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formers tafte and fubftance of the frnit,wherof fome haue much core and many kernels and others 
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The Quince tree. 
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'T'He Quince tree is not great, but groweth 
~ low, and many times inmanerof a fhrub : 
it is couered with a rugged barke, which hath 
on it now and then ccrtaine feales : it fprea- 
deth his boughes in compafle like other 
trees ; about which ft and lcaues fomewhat 
■ round,Iike thofeof the common Apple tree, 
greene and Tmooth aboue, and vnderneath 
loft and white : the floures be of a white pur- 
ple colour :the fruit is like an app]e,faue that 
many times it hath certaine embowed and 
. fwcllingdiuifions.-itdifferethin falhion and 
brgnefte ; for fome Quinces arelelfer and 
round truft vp together at the top with wrin- 
kles, others longer and greater: the third fort 
be after a middle manner betweene both • 
they are all of them fet with a thin cotton or 
freeze, and be of the colourof gold, and hurt- 
full to the head by reafon of their ftrono- 
fmelljthey alllikewile hatieakindeof cbo^ 
king tafte : the pulp within is yellow, and the 
feed blackifh, lying in hard skins, as doe the 
kernels of other apples. 
The Place. 
The Quince tree groweth in gardens and 
orchards, and is planted oftentimes in hed- 
........ ges and fences belonging to gardens Sc vine- 
yards : it delighteth to grow on plainc and euen grounds, and fomewhat moift withall. 
The Time. 
Thefe apples be ripe in the fall ofthcleafe, and cliiefely in O (Sober. 
<(1 The Names. 
The tree is called in Greeke t* a(« in Latin it, Malm Cotonea : in HnglilTi, Quince tree. 
The fruit is named .- Malum Cotoneum,l’omum Cydonium,and many t'imes,Cyde>mum,\vkh- 
out any addi tion ; by which name it is made known to the A nothecariesiit is called in high Dutch 
aiJttten^iuttenopfcll, ortumcnopfM .- in low Du;ch.<flucappcl : in Italian, Me/e cotogne ■. in 
c>pacu.ih,£’oaiiyons,CWembrtlhos > dnd CMarmelles : in French, Piwrwr dc coing : in Englifli, Quince. 
TheTempcraturc and Virtues. 
Quinces be cold and dry in the fecond degree, and alfo very much binding, efpecially when they 
be raw : they haue Iikewile in them a certaine I'uperfluous and excremcntall moifture, which will 
not fuffer them to lie long without rotting : they are feldom eaten raw: being rofted or baked they 
r hey ftrengthen the ftomackc,ftay vomiting, flop lasks, and alfo the bloudy flix. 
They are good for thofe that fpit vp blond, or that vomit bloudiand for women alfo thathaue too 
great plenty of their monethly courfes. 
r( /me u 6f> Sethi writeth,that the woman with childe, which eateth many Quinces during the time 
of her breeding, fhall bring forth wife children, and of good vnderftanding. 
The Marmalade, or Cotiniate,made ofQunces and fugar,is good and profitable for theftreng- 
thening of the ftomacke, that it may retaineand keepe the meat therein vntill it be perfeftlv dige- 
lted :rt Tixewifeftaycth all kindcs of fluxes, both of the belly and other parts, and alfo of blond : 
which Cotiniate is made in this manner: 
Take fa ire Quinces, pare them, cut them in pieces, and call; away the core, then put vnto euery 
pound o Qiincesa pound of fugar.and to euery pound of fugar a pinte of water : thefe muftbee 
boiled together ouer a ftill fire til I they be very (oft, then let it be {trained or rather rubbed through 
a ftrainer,oranhairy fieue, which is bctter,and thenfet itouer the fire to boileagaine, vntill it be 
ltiffe. 
