054. Chap.io. Theatrum'Botanicum. Tribe 3. 
Syria, and thefe Eadcrne countryes: the third is thought tcTcome out oi^£tbiop,a, and the backe parts oi Bar- 
bar ye : the fourth Lugduncnfii faith, groweth in fhadowie places, upon the Afeminc Mountaines: the laid Hke- 
wife groweth in thofc Eaderly Countryes at Egypt, Syria, Arabia, &-c. 
The Time, 
The three fird doe flower late in theyeare, that is, not untill Augufl, fothat their fruite, hardly commeth to 
be any thing ripe with us, but the forts cf the lad, doe (dually ripen well, if the Sommer be not too cold. 
The Names, 
The firfl is called by Label, Solatium pomiferum herbariorum, but is not C Mala ,t£tliiopica of Dodonaw and o- 
thersas TSauhima fettcthitdovvnc. Thefecondis called in Latinc MalaInfana of mod writers, that is Madde 
Apples in English, ( bat many doe much marveile, why they fhould be fo called,feeing none have bcene know ne 
to receive anyffiarme by the eating of them: ) in Italian OKe/anzatia and Mtlongena , and of the Florentines as 
Matthio/us faith Petranifiani, of the Spaniards Verengenat, of the French Pommes d'amour, but why they ffiould 
focallit, flKfffiifr doth not know'as he faith, when as there is another more fitly to be called by that name-of the 
germanes AleUntzan and Vollopffetl : divers doe take this to be Strychnon otViofcorides, mdvrbanum of 7 heo- 
fhrafim, as alfo the third kinde of Pliny, whereupon Cefalpinm as I thinke, calleth it Solanumhortenfe ,;and Pyrit 
infant, of Baubitms S olamum pomiferum frullu oblongo, Hermolaus is thought by Ftfchiw, and Brafavo/w,to take 
this to be the CManiragoras Morion ofDiofcorides, but Matthioliu defenderh him, and reprooveth them, for lay¬ 
ing thatimputationuponhim, which he did not avouch. Thethird is called by Todonem, and others' Mala 
eAotbiopica ; Litgdunenjis calleth ic Capjicum rotundum Dalechampij, blit very erronioufly, for this hath no fuch 
fiery heating quality therein as the Capfiea CinnejPeppers have ; of ’Baubinm, Solanum pomiferum fruRurotun. 
dofiriatodura: The fourth is called by Lugdmenfis, Hyafciamm peregrines Dalechampij, and of Baubinm Sola¬ 
rium peregrituimfrublu rotunda, I have called it Mala Infant P.uropea, becaufe that growing naturally in thefe 
parts, it isfo like unto the lad, which is a kinde of Mala Infant: the lad is called, Fomnm amorts, mdTomum 
pr LMalumaureum, which Anguillara tooketobe Lycoperficum, or Lycoperfion as fume have ic of Galen and 
others, and robe Glattciumcf ‘Diofcorides, which it cannot be, for that hath a yellow juice and bitter, which 
this hath not: Guilandinm faith it is called Tumatle by the Americans, and fome others alfo would referred to 
Solatium furiofum, whcrcunto it hath no quality correfpondenr, Baubinm calleth it Solanurn Pomiferum fruUu 
rotundaJlriato modi, J 
The Vertues, 
. Madde apples are eaten being fird boyted in fat broth, with vinegar or fait, oyle and pepper, as a continual! 
juncket with the Genvefes and others, as Sealiger faith, and neither breed frenfyesnor any other harme, and 
therefore he faith, minus fano jndiew infanadicuntur. Yet Avion lib, i.eap.^p, condemneth them, fayingthac 
thofe that are old are very noifome and hurtfull, although the frefh ones be better: for by their bittemefle and 
acrimony itisgarhered, that they are hot and dry in the fecond degree, and that therefore they engender Me- 
lancholly, theLeprofie, Cancers, the Piles, Impoflumes, theHeadache,andadinckingbreath,breedobdrnai- 
ons m the Liver and Spleene, and change the completion into a foule blacke and yellow colour, unleffe they 
be boyledm Vinegar ; fo that it is to be admired, that Averrhoes fhould commend them, being dred in fome 
talhicn. Fufchius faith that there is a fuperaboundant coldneffe, and moidure, in the Madde apples, as there is 
in Cowcumbers andMufhroomes: yet the beauty of the fruite worketh in fome, and thcinfatiabledcfireofde- 
light to the palate 111 others, and the inciting to Venery inthemod, (which thefe are thought to procure) doe 
lofarretraniport a great many, that in Italy and other hot countries, wherethey cometo their full maturity, 
and proper rcllifh, they doc eatc them with more defire and pleafure then we doe Cowcumbers, or the like,and 
therefore prepare and dreffe them in divers manners; as fome doe cate them raw', as Cowcumbers, fome doe 
roait them under the Embers, and others doe fird boyle them, pare them and (lice them: and having drowed 
bower over them, doe frye them with oyle or butter, and with a little pepper and fait, ferve them to the table. 
Some alto doc keepe them in pickle, to ferve for to fpend in the Winter and Spring: but it is certainely found 
truc *, ™. at ,hc y °° e hardly diged in the domacke, whereby they breed much windineffe,and thereby peradven- 
“Uy iudjthat they engender bad blood and Melancholicke humours,and give little nourifhment at all unto 
thebody,andthatnocgqod:the Apples of Ethiopia,nre of the lame quality, although of afirmer fubdance, not 
ycelding any good nouriffiment, but rather offenfive to the body,for thefe two are congeneres in forme, and there¬ 
fore mod likely inquality. T he golden apples or apples of love, are cold and moid, morethen any ofthefor- 
mer, and therefore leffe offenfive, thefe are eaten with great delight and pleafure in the hotter Countries, but 
not in ours, becaufe their moidure is flafhy and infipide, for want ofthe diffident heate of the Sunne in their 
Ch a p. X. 
Solatia pomiferafpinofa. Thornye applebearing Nightffiades." 
Here are one or two more to be fpoken of, to finiili this family of the Nightffiades, one whofe 
fruite is neered in likenefle unto thefe Madde apples, the other to the Nightffiades, after which 
the T home apples fhould nexr follow, as being by all authors referred unto the Nightffiades,but 
becaufe I have already let forth all their defcriptions.I ffiall not neede to repeate them againe. 
I. Solarium [pinofumjruclu rotttndo , jive Vomum Hicriconticum Imperato , 
Thorny Nightfhade of Hi ertcho with round apples. 
The leaves hereof are very like unto thofe ofthe former madde apples of Europe , but whiter and fofter, having 
many 1 mall thornes on the middle ribbe of every leafe on the under tide; on the ftalke like wife and branches are 
fparledly let divers thornes-,and purplifTi flowers at the toppes of them being (mailer then the former,after which 
come tmaller apples alfo, greene before they be ripe, changing yellow ana brownilh afterwards, being round 
and tome what lweete in fmell, but as unfavoury, or wichont tafte as the former. 
‘Datur* 
