153 s 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
c The N utmeg is good againft freckles in the face, quickneth the fight, ftrengthens the belly and 
feeble liner ; it taketh away the fwelling in the fpleene, ftayeth the laske, breaketh winde, and is 
good againft all cold difeafes in the body. 
C " Nutmegs bruifed and boiled in Aqua vita; vntill they haue wafted andconfumedthemoifture 
adding thereto of Rhodomd (that is, honey of Rofes) gently boiling them, being ftrained to the 
formeofafyrrup, cure all paines proceeding ofwindieaud cold caufes, if three fpoonfulls be gi- 
uen fading for certaine dayes together. ° 
D The fame bruifed and boy led in ftrong white wine vntill threepartsbe fodden away, with the 
roots of Mother-wort added thereto in the boyling,and ftrained : this liquor drunke with fome fu- 
garcureth all gripings of the belly proceeding of windinefte. 
E As touching the choice, there is not any fo Ample but knoweth that the heauieft,fatteft,and ful- 
led of iuice are the beft, which may eafily be found out by pricking the fame with a pinne or fuch 
like. 
'T'Here be diuers forts of Pepper, that is to fay, white, blacke, and long Pepper,one gntater and 
A longer than the other ; and alfo a kinde of Ethiopian Pepper. 
1 HP *k C P i! nt t,iat be3reth tbc blacke Pepper groweth vp like a Vine among bulhes and 
J[ brambles where it naturally groweth ; but where it is manured it is fowneat the bot- 
tome of the tree Faufel and the Date trees, whereon it taketh hold, and clymbeth vd 
euen to the top, as doth the Vine, ramping and taking hold with his dafping tendrels of any other 
Chap. 152. Of the TepperTlant. 
The Kinder'. 
r Piper nigrum. 
Blacke Pepper. 
a Piper album. 
White Pepper. 
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