7^8 Chap. 21, 
Tkeatrum Botanicum , 
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maT r3 fv! d n r that P Ur P of = is P ut int0 ' h f S ^t M . *)***ti* w , which worketb to the fame effeft: the Conferee 
Tnd f ?r R °ur tS, 0 u r tb u fl T" S CJndldare helpmg alfo in all thofc caufcs.but are chiefely ufed as a CoSl 
“j t f od , for th ° f ! that have beene long ficke and feeble or ina Cofumption, to comfort the heart and fm'nr!’ 
and thereby good for thofe that are troubled with often fwaunings or paffions of the heart. The deflillprf A 5 
s no leffe effaftuall to all the purpofes aforefayd ; and the eyes wafhed therewith helpeth the redneffe and infia ' C 
matrons ofthem: the dryedherbe is never uled but the greene, yet the alhes thereof boyled in mede or hon£!i 
water is available agamft inflammations and Vlcers in the mouth or throate, to wafh and gargle it tYm? 
Fhvfile root , es ,°, f r Bu S | o f fc are much more clammy and glewilh then of Botrageand therefore by fome »nnd 
I h) fitrons not held fo convenient to be ufed in.opening decoftions : for it is thought by the tenacious mur 
a™ f" t H Cm,tllC J' rath 7 hcl P e t0 binde t!lcn °P en obftruftions.but may be effeauall in a Lohoc or lickim Elt 
J,Z the T^ a " dt0 helpe t0 condenfate thin flegmeand rheumaticke dcftillations upon the lungs Ihcii 
o her forts of wilde Borrage or Bugloffe are fomewhat hotter and dryer, and are very neare unto the prope'rtre nf 
f £7 v.pers Bugloffe whofe Vertues I (hall not neede here to reiterate. Ifhall rather re erre yo To htdr 
Chapter to be informed in the particulars thereof. y t0 thclt 
Chap. XXI. 
Cucurbit a. Gourdes. 
4 H ere } s lo S reat a '‘keneffe of Gourdes, Melons or Pompions, Muskemelons, Cowcumbers, and Ci 
egg,, trI " dles ? ne unt ° ano:h£l ;r both in their manner of growing, and qualitie of coolinp, that the ancil 
ent V rcckes ’ and others have much confounded them togciher, yet they dee each"notably differre 
CgsC one from another, both in the for-ae of their finite and leede, befidestheir fife and colour. Ihave 
n n m my former Booke let forth thelbrts, Loth of Muskerncions, and garden Cowcumbers, whereof I 
1 not neede to fpeake agame hei e, alth up, 11 may give you fome of their figures : of the wild Cowcumfccr as 
aho of the wi deor bitter Gourde called Cohcjxthj,, I have fpoken in the fccond Claflis of this Worke before • 
diveys forts of Gourdes- remaine tube entreated of, whereof the Pompion is a peculiar kinde, and having fpoken 
-,T e r - ga T d f n tficrrcrof s,;o in nn former Booke, I entend not to repeate it againe, hnt of fome'’ ftran«e 
Wnde kind';I mult here comprehend unoer the Gourds, although their (eedes dee differ Citr«Hi Citrrdh which 
are accounted by di ers^to be kn , e- f Cowcumbers, but I doe rather teferre them alfo to the Gourds, bccaufe 
their uiedes have hard (bells, luch as neither Melons not Cowcumbers have, which two are of fo neare afiimrie 
that then feede is very hardly diftrnguifhed. Of CitrullesI (liall enrreatein the next Chapter,and of the Gourds in 
this,and vyrth them fome fuch flrange frnites as have come to our light or knowledge from forraine parts.where¬ 
of we rookethefigures, and that after I have given you fome of their deferiptions to Cave many repetitions, 
i. Cucurbit a l agcMria major . The greater bottle Gourde; 
This great Gourd groweth as all other of thefe kinds of herbes do,fpreading many great,rough and hairy armes 
and branches,with feverall great and broad leaves,foft and almoll round,yet pointed at the ends, and fometimes 
dented about the edges fee upon long footeftalkes and long clafping tendrills like a vihe, fet at other ioynts 
whereby it climeth, taking bold and winding it felfe about whatfoever poles,atbours,trees or other things tlrt 
ltand next unto lt.orelle not having whereon to clime and raife it felfe, itlyethc, the ground fpieadin° agreat 
comp j He as the Pompion doth,at the feverall j’oynts likewife with the leaves come forth feverall flowers in the 
ame manner as Pompions,Cowcumbers or Melons aoe ; but are very large hollow bells ending in five points or 
corners with a round greene head under each ofthem that will beare fruit,for many flowers wither and bearc no 
fruit, not having that round greene head under the flowers which ihould grow to be the fruit and v II be full a„d 
ready to come forwards with the fhort ftiffe ftalke under it, the colour of the flowers arc either wbi,e, orpale 
white,or pale yellow,the fruit when it is ripe hath an hard outer rind or fhell,ytllowili,,!ar..<- and round bellied 
flat at the bottome 1 ike unto a bottle and f mailer up to thenecke, above which is a fmall round formed head’ 
u icreunto theflaikeis fanned, and fometimes without any mull head, being pendulous or hanging downe 
not [landing forth or upright, within which fruit lye difpe. fedly many fcedcs, having fmooth hard wooddy 
, 1 ells, flat and broad at the upper end or head, and fomewhat pointed below, wherein Ivcrh a fweite white 
the firft f'fl r ° 0Ce conddctb man y l° n S Stings fpreading much within tire ground but perilheth ufiially with 
. a. CucurbitAlagcnaria minor. The leffer bottle Gourd. 
This differeth from the former in nothing but that it is fmaller in every part as well leaves (hikes flowers as 
fruit, which is of the lame forme but fmaller. 
;. Ciicnrbita lonaa. The long Gourd. 
This Gourd alfo differeth little but in the fruit and feede from the former,for the fruite groweth Ion" and 
lornetnnes crooked oi bending like a home, almoff of an equall fife all the length which in fome places grow¬ 
er to be of an incredible length, efpecially when thefruithangethdowne from fome high place, otherwife ly¬ 
ing on theground.it never atrameth to hahe that length, whofe outer Rinde is vellowiflr in the hotter climates 
a> the other fort is,but with us whitrlh.and feede therein,fomewhat whitifh with us,and not fo broad at the head 
nor lo hard. * 
. 4 ; Cttcnrbitacljfeiformiifive lacin'uita. The Buckler or Simnell Gourd. 
There is a mamfeft difference not onely in the fruite of this Gourd from the reft but in the manner of growing 
alio,tor it groweth upright with great hollow rough hairy crefted flalkes, to the height of three cubites, and 
runnetn not along on the ground as the reft, having greater leaves rough and hairy fet thereon, of a fad greene 
co our,and more cut m or divided on the edges: the flowers are bell fnfliion like the others, ofa faint yellowilh 
colour Itandmg upon the head of the frurte which growing to ripenefle is fomewhat big and round toward the 
italkc but flat forewards.witha crumpled verge or brim, fomewhat cut in or endented, and thinner there then in 
any other place,the forme doth much refemble thofc fodden baked cakes that are made in Lent time which wee 
call 
