Lib* 3, 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
H99 
yet Ic (Ter than they that bee brought out of Spaine-, being boiled with Mead or honied water, 
which hath a good quantitie ofhoney in it, they Iooie the belly very much (as the fame Authour 
faith) although a man take them alone by themfelues,and much more if the Mead be dipped after 
them. We molt commend thofeofHungarie being long and fweet ; yet more thofeof Morauia the 
chiefe and principall citie in times pad of the Prouincc of the Marcomans : for the fe after they be 
dried, that the waterie humour maybe confirmed away, be mod: pleafantto the tafte, and doeafily 
without any trouble fomollifie the belly, as that in that refped they go beyond Calfiaand Manna, 
as T homos lor danus affirmeth. 
The leaues of the Plum tree are good againft the dwelling ofthe Vuula, the throat, gums, &jker- Q 
nels vnder the throat and iawes ; they Hop the rheume and falling downc of humors, if the decodi. 
on thereofbe madein wine, and gargled in the mouth and throat. 
The gumme which commeth out of the Plum-tree doth glew and fallen together, as Piofcorides B 
faith. 
Beingdrunkeinwineitwafteth away the done, andhealeth Lichens in infants and young chi!- E 
dren ; ifit be layed on with vineger,it worketh the lameeffeds that the gum of the Peach and cher- 
rie tree doth. 
The wilde Plums do flay and binde the belly, and fodothevnripeplummesofwhatfortfoeucr, p 
whiles they are fharpe and fower,for then are they aftringent. 
The iuice of Sloes doth flop the belly, the lask and bloudy flix,the inordinat courfe of womens q 
termes,andall other iffuesofbloud in man or woman, and may very well bcvfed in (lead of Acatia, 
which is a thornie tree growing in Aigypt,very hard to be gotten,and of a deere price, and therfore 
the better for wantons ; albeit our Plums of this countrey are equall vnto it in vertues. 
Chap. 117. OJSebeJlen } or the aJl jjynan Tlum. 
Sehefiena,Myxa,five tJHyxara. 
Affyrian Plums. 
«[[ The Defer; ft ion. 
S Ebellines arealfoakindeofPlumsitbetree 
whcreofisnotvnliketo the Plum tree, fa- 
tting it grovveth lower than the mod of the 
manured Plum trees; theleaues be harder and 
rOundetjthe floures grow a t thetops of the bran- 
ches confiding of Hue (mallwhite leaues, with 
paleyellowifh threds in themiddle, likethofe 
of the Plum trec.-after followeth the fruit like to 
little Plummes, fadened in lircle skinny cups, 
which when they be ripe are of a greenifh black 
colour, wherein is contained a fmall hard done. 
The fruit is fweet in tade, the pulpeormeat is 
very tough and clammie. 
The Place. 
The Sebeden trees grow plentifully in Syria 
and Egypt ; theywere in times pad forreineand 
flrange in Italy, now they grow almod in euery 
garden, being fird brought thither in Plitrie his 
time.Now do the Sebeden trees, faith he, in his 
1 5 . booke, 1 8 .chapter, begin to grow in Rome, 
among the Seruice trees. 
«[[ The Time. 
The time anfvvereth tbecommon Plums, 
qj The Names. 
Pliny calleth the tree Myxa, it may bee fufpe- 
ded that this is the tree which Matron Para - 
dus in his Atticke banket in Athenaos doth call 
. but we cannot ccrtainely affirme it, 
and efpecially bccaufe diners haue diuerlly 
deeme d thereof. The berry or fruit is named 
Myxon i 
