Th: Names, 
The Pomegranate tree is called in Latine,M<i//« Pttnica-. in Greeke, of the Athenians,;.'*, and 
r >*■ as Galen faith : in Englilh, Pomegranate tree : the fruit is alfo named'.**, orV« ; in Latine,A/.r/«M» 
Punicum ■ in fhops,.Ma/«w,Or Pmmn Granatum : in high Dutch,<]5tan8t0p(Ecl tin low Dutch, 
tapptl*. in Italian, Mclagrano, and Pomo Granato : in Spanifh , Granada.; ^ and Romanos ; in French, 
Pommes Granades : in Englifh, Pomegranate. 
The floureofthefruitfull Pomegranate tree iscalledofthe Grecians, which is notvvith- 
ftanding properly the cup of the floure : theLatines name it alfo Cytimts. 
The floure of the wilde and barren Pomegranate tree is called b.x*»v<« .• the Apothecaries doe 
likevvife termc it Balaustum. 
The pill or rinde of the Pomegranate which is fo much in vfe,is named in Greeke «w»i in Latino, 
Sidium : in (hops it is called Cortex granatorum fit Pomegranate Pill. 
The Temperature and Pert ties. 
The iuicie grains of the Pomegranate are goodtobeeaten,hauingin them a meetly good iuice; A 
they are wholefome for the ftomacke,but they all containe in them a than and (mall nourifhment, 
or noneat all. 
The fweet ones be not fo cold as the reft, but they eafily caufe hot fvvellings to arife, and they B 
are not fo much commended for agues. 
The foure ones, and efpecially if they be withall fomethingharfh, doeeuidently coole,dry,and Q 
fome thing binde. 
They are good for the heart burne , they reprefle and ftay the oucrmuch vomiting of choler, D 
called the Felonie : they are a remedie againft thebloudy flixe,aptnefle tovomite andvomiteit 
felfe. 
There is made of the iuice of thefe foure Pomegranats a fyrrup, which ferueth for the fame pur- E 
pofes,and is alfo many times very profitable againft the longing of women withchilde, vnlefle the 
coldnefle of the ftomacke be a hinderance thereunto. 
The feeds of the graines,and efpecially of the fowerPomegranat,being dried, do likewifecoole F 
and bmde. 
They flop the flix, ftay vomiting, and ftanchthe fpittingvp of blond, they (Lengthen the fto- G 
macke. 
Of the fame effedf be the fioures.both of the tame and wilde Pomegranate tree, being like to the H 
feeds in temperature and vertues. 
They faften the teeth, and (Lengthen the gums, if the fame bewafhed therewith. I 
They are good againft burlfings that come by falling downe of the guts, if they be vfed in plai- K 
fters and applied. 
The rinde or pill is notonely like in facuitie to the feeds, and both the forts of floures, butaKo L 
more attainable; for it cooleth and bindeth more forceablydt bringeth downe the hot fwellings of 
the al monds in the throat,being vfed in a gargarifme or a lotion for the throat, and it is a (ingttlai 
remedy for all things that need cooling and binding. 
Diofcorid.es writeth,that there is alfo gathered a iuice out of both thofe forts of floures, which is M 
very like in facuitie andvertue to Hypocijhs^s the fame Author affirmeth. 
Thcbloifomes of the tame and wilde Pomegranates, as alfo the rinde or fhell thereof made into N 
pouder,and drunke in red wine, or boyled in red wine, and the deco&ion drunke,is good againft the 
bloudy flix, and all other ifliies ofbloud ; yea it is good for women to fitouer, & bathe themfelues 
in the decoftion hereof : thefe forefaid bloflomes and fhels are good alfo to put into retraining 
ponders, for the ftanching of bloud in wounds. 
The feeds or ftones of Pomegranats dried in the Sun, and beaten to ponder, are of likeoperati- O 
on w ith the floures : they ftop the laske and all ifliies of bloud in man or woman, being taken in the 
manner aforefaid. 
Chap. 97. Of the Quince T ree. 
«T The Kindes: 
olumella maketh three kindes of Quinces, Struthia , Chrjfomtliana , and Muftclajoui what manner 
ones they be hee doth not declare, notwithftanding wee finde diuers forts differing as well in 
forme. 
