y ri a E z. The Theater ofT [antes. Chap. 4., \6i 
hive tlieir names in their titles.asmoft writers do cal them,that mention them,and as much as can be laid of them, 
n elv Trapi:s calleth the Pyrify rm is, Cslocynthis Geymmica,b^awk it is leflc dangerous, and more eafic;to grow 
inthefe colder Countries, Eejlfrtu that fet out the Bilhop oi'Ejftot in Germany his garden, calleth both the Peare 
fafhioned Colloqumtidn #nd the greater that bearethround fruite like an Apple PJeudacelecynthides. It is the fame 
v ■ !i ie Scripture ‘in the 2 aCldings and the 4. chapter, iscalleda v/ild Vine, whereof one gathered wilde 
Gourdsithc Arabians call it Chcndell and Hxndtil ,and thereof Tmhifci Alhandalquafic.r Coloc)mbide came. 
- The Vertries. 
The inner white foft fpongie iubftance, under the outer fh'ell or rinde, is that onely without any feede; 
which is tried; and being txtreame bitter purgeth violently, even to excoriation and blood oftentimes, efpecially 
in tender bodies: but the dole or quantity which was given bythe ancients, and is yet continued ill the hotter 
climates of Europe, ("their dry conftitutions better enduring it) doth farre exceede the proportion, that our moi- 
n „ bodies are poflible able to endure without manifeft danger, unleffe itbein thofe that are robuftious, and 
ufed tocontinuall [fronglabour : for Thofcorides appointed 4. obeli, that is a.fcruples or 40. graines, of the in- 
ner fubftance to be made with honey,Myrrhe and water into pills, when our Phyfitians,dare fcarle give one obo. 
that is 10 graines orlulfe a fcrup’.C; yea they thinke halfe this quantity, mixed among other purgers, isa 
ffrong purgation and it is fo found by dayly experience, and therefore to avoyd the danger that often happeneth, 
being a "rear enemy to the ftomacke and bowels, although Pliny faith the contrary, it is bed to correft the vio¬ 
lence thereof with oyle of Rofes, Gkw Tragttctmthet and Edellistm, as it is appointed in th zTrochifit tyilhandall, 
which lenifieth the fliarpenefle thereof by the gutnmes, and caufech it by the lubricity of the oyle, to paffe 
the fooner away; This is the fated way to take it inwardly at the mouth, the fubdanceofthefeede in powder, 
or the decoflion, is not of halfe that force, as the pulpe it felfe, fo found by Labels experience, and Others; if the 
feedes be taken forth out of an apple, and it overcruded with loame or clay, and fame V megar and Niter put to 
be heated therein.the liquor doth eafe the paines of the tooth-ach, and fadneth look teeth, if they bee waflied 
therewith- and if in an Apple fo ordered,fome old fwcete wine, or new boyled wine, be put to deepe for a day 
and a night (which fome have falfely interpreted that the Apple, fhould be deeped in the wine) and the wine 
Aravnecf forth to be brunke warme, purgeth the body more gently. Diofcorides order was to boyle the wine or 
honied water, in the Apple, and let it dand open all night tocooleinthe ayre: It purgeth drougly ilegme and 
cholcr and other tough or clammie groffe humors.from the further or more remote parts,as the braines.finewes, 
mufcles and juynta, as alfo from the lunges and bread, and from [the veyncs alfo; and is therefore very hdpe- 
<4,11 fif ; t be wifely applyed) to all the difeafes that happen to thofe parts, as all old paines in the head, the mea- 
"rime that is inverate-the falling ficknes,the apoplexie.the turning or fwimming didines in the head, the warning 
Sfthc eyes,the could Gout,the Sciatica or hipgoute.and other paines of the joyntes and dnewesut is hdpfull alfo 
for the Iaundife, and for putride or rotten fevers, foranoldcdngh, the dratghtnede of the cheft, fhortneffe of 
the breath and above all thefe, ithelpeth the cholicke, whether it proceede from degme or from wmde, as alfo 
the dropfie, being taken cither in gliders, or fuppofitories: it is not good to be given to the agedorweake, but 
'oche drone, young, and ludy bodies; neither to women with childe, for if itbeeapplyed to the wombe it de- 
droveth the childe. Being deeped in vinegar, it takethawayalldifcolouringsofrhe skmne.as morpliew, and 
lenrve dry feurfe and fcabbes, if the places aflefted, be often rubbed therewith. Pure oyle being put into an 
hollowed or clenfed apple of Coloquintida, and let upon warme allies or embers, to be tnroughly heated, both 
makeththe haireblacke, that was not fo afore, flayeth it from falling that is difpofed thereunto, and keepeth 
it ion™ from growing gray : the fame oyle dropped into the earcs.taketh away the paine, and fingmgnbyfe of 
them? and mixed with a little Oxe gall and anointed,_ on the belly warme, killeth thewormes and caufeth 
them to avoyde, and oftentimes purgeth the belly, being onely fo applyed : Galen faith, that the bittcrnelfe 
thereof, which might be availeable for many griefes, fuffereth it not to exercife them, but isovercomeby the 
vehement purmno quality it hath : Ifwhen it is taken it fhould worke overmuch, and bring forth excoriations 
and blood, to the danger of the patient, a decoftion of Rayfins of the Sunne, given with Oyle of Iweete Al¬ 
monds or the Oyle of Walnuts, mittigateth the violence thereof.Rats and mice doe much delight toeate (eedes, 
and the feede hereof alfo.-if therefore they be fet, or layd, in diverfe corners of the houfe, troubled with them, 
it will kill and deltroy them all: The decoftion ofthem alfo fprinkled in Chambers is fayd to kill fleaes: The 
other forts of Coloquintida are feldome or never ufed with us, yet Tr-ieus commendeth the ufe of C c- 
locynthis Tyrtformis , as being letfe bitter and violent in purging, and therefore fafer to bee taken in- 
wardly. 
Chap. 1111. 
Cucnmis agreftis five dfmirms. The wilde or fpirting Gowcumber. 
3 His wilde Cowcumber (as well as the former wilde or bitter Gourde, differing from all the reft 
3 of their families) is fit to be entreated of apart by it felfe, as alfo to be next remembred, being as 
* violent in all the qualities thereof, as the former, or rather more: It crecpeth on the 
ground like unto the former, with many rough trailing branches, whereon are fet very 
F rugged and rough ill coloured greene leaves; fomewhat whitifh underneath; little or nothing 
divided or parted at the edges; at the joynts betweene the branches and the leaves, come forth (mail pale 
yellow flowers, opening into five leaves, at the end of fmall greene heads for the moft part, as all other forts or 
Gourds, Cowcumbers, &c. doe: but thofe that have flowers onely without fuch heads, fall away quickly with¬ 
out fruite; for that greene head, as in all others, growethtobe the fruite, which is fmall, rough, round and 
long, and fomewhat of a grayifh greene, when they are ripe; the fhott rough footc flalkes, being crooked, and 
bending the fruite downewards, which with a little touch, when they are throughly ripe, will quickely open 
at the end next the ftalke,and fprirt out the juyce,and fome fcede,into their faces or hands 3 or other places agamic 
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