1446 Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lib. 3. 
downe the menfes, he! pc the ftrangurie, and clenfe forth of the chert and lungs clammie humors : 
il they be mixed with fome kinde of looch or medicine to licke on : with flarch they ftay the (pit- 
ting of blond. 
L And it is reported that fine or fix being taken farting do kcepe a man from bein'* drunke. 
M Thefealfo clenfe and take away fpots and blemifhes in the face, and in other pahs of the body; 
they mundifie and make cleane foule eating vlcers. 
N With hony they are laid vpon the biting of mad dogs ; being applied to the temples with vine- 
neger oroileof Rofes, they take away the head -ache, as Dio (con da writeth. 
O They arealfo good againft the cough and fhortnefleofwinde. 
P They are likewife good for thofe that fpit blond, if they be taken with the fine floure of Amylum. 
Q. There is alio prefled outofthefean otle which prouoketh vrine, but efpecially if a few fcorpL 
ons be drowned, and fteeped therein. * 
R Withoile it it lingular good for thofe that haue the flone, and cannot eafily make water but 
with extremitie of paine, if the fhare and place betweene the cods and fundament be anoynted 
therewith. 
S Diofcond' s faith, that the gum doth heate and binde , which qualities notwithftanding are not 
perceiued in it. “ 
T It helpeth them that fpit bloud, not by a binding facultie, but thorow theclamminefTeofhis 
fubftance, and that is by clofing vp of the pafTages and pores , and fo may it alfo cure old coughes, 
and mitigate extreame paines that proceed of the ftone, and efpecially take away the fharpenefle 
ofvrine, if it be drunke with Baftard.dr with any other fweer potion, as with the deco&ion of Li- 
corice, or of Raifons of the funne. The fame doth likewife kill tetters in the outward parts of the 
bodie (as Diofcondes added)) if it be diflblued in vineger. 
Chap. 54. Of the 'Teach tree. 
TheKindes. 
t "T^Here are diners forts of Peaches befides the foure here fet forth by our Author, but the 
*• trees do not much differ in fhape,but the difference chiefely confifts in the fruit w here- 
ofl will giueyou the names of the choice ones, and fuch as are to be had from my friend WI’.MiL 
ten in Old-ftrect, which are thefe ; two forts of Nutmeg Peaches • The Queenes PeachjThe New- 
ington Peach ; 1 he grand Carnation Peach ; The Carnation Peach , The Blacke Peach • the Me- 
locotone; the White- The Romane; The Alberza ; The Ifland Peach; Peachdu Troy. Thefe 
are all good ones. He hath alfo of that kindcof Peachwhich fomecall Nuoperfica or Nc- 6 or iris, 
thefe following kindes ; the Roman red, thebeft of fruits;the baftard Red;the little dainty green; 
the yellow; the white ; the ruflet, which is nor fo good as the reft. Thofe that would fee any ful- 
ler difeourfe of thefe may hauerecourfc to the late workeof M \lohn Perkinfon, where they may 
finde more varieties, and more largely handled, and therefore not neceffaiie for me in this place to 
infiftvpon them. £ 
7 be Description. 
i 'T~ , He Peach tree is a tree of no great bignefle: itfendeth forth diuersboughes, which be 
J fo brittle, as oftentimes they are broken with the weight of the fruit ot with the winde. 
The leaues be long, nicked in the edges, like almoft to thofe of the Walnut tree,ymd 
intaftebitter : the fiouresbeof a light purple colour. Thefruitor Peaches be round, and haue 
asitwereachinke or cleft on the one fide ; they are couered with a foftand thindcwneor hairie 
cotton, being white without, and of a pleafant tarte ; in the middlewbereofisarougb or rugged 
ftone, wherein is contained a ketneil like vnto the Almond;themeate about theftone is ofa white 
colour. The root is tough and yellowifh. 
a The red Peac.v tree is likewife a tree of no great bignefle •. it alfo fendeth forth diners 
boughes or branches, which be very brittle. The leaues be long, and nicked in the edges like to 
the precedent. The floures be alfo like vnro the former •, the fruite or Peaches be round, of a red 
co'ouron the out fide , the meate likewife about the ftone is of a gallant red colour. Thefekindes 
of Peaches are very like to wine in tafte.and therefore maruelious pleafant. 
’ Perfica pr&coc:a, or the d’auant Peach rree is like vnto the former, but his leaues aregreater 
and larger. The fruit or Peaches be of a ruflet co'ouron the one fide, and on the other fide next 
vnto the fun ofa red colour, but much greater than the red Peach : the ftones whereofare like vnto 
the former : the pulpe or meate within is ofa golden yellow colour, and ofa pleafant tafte. 
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