TR[Bt 1 6 . 
The Theater of Tlanis. 
C H 
A P.21. 
Nhx Pifimia. The Fift/rke Ntitj; 
maimer which are fomewhat long and round nuts, bigger then Filberds, pointed at the end;, with arouehoutef 
iheli fomewhat like an Almonds outer fhell but tough,and hard to breake,yet (leaving irt itwo parts.and fmooth 
and white on the infide thereof, having a full grcenc - . - ’ ooul 
nut or kernell within, filling the whole (hell, whofe 
rinde or peeling is thicker and red, the kernell is very 
fwScteand pleafant intafte, without anyoffenfivc 
quality therein : this in the warmer countries beareth 
alio a long crooked (lalke like'as the true Turpentine 
doth. "he Place and Time, 
it is natuiall to BaElria ,and other thofc parts ncere to 
the Ead Indies, and from thence brought to Sjria and 
Egtyf,md from them unto our Europe, where atlVa- 
fles and other warme Countries of Italy, they th ive 
andprofper, andbeare frui c in the end of the yeare, 
but not in any of thefe colder climates 
The Names. 
It is called inGteeke tns*'«/» Piftacia,ot Njcander 
ipgarja. fbifiacia, and in Theriacir^tTtwuo P/lttacian,by 
Poffiionius gmto* Biflacia, in Litine Pi/lac,a and 
Pifiacium, and of fome Nux Pifiacia, Theophrajltu 
calleth it Terebinthus Indica, for his defeription theie- 
ofagreeth foexafliy hereunto, thatthere canbeeno 
doubt made of ic. The Arabians ca'l it Fufiedpe or 
Feftick, the Italians Pifiacchi, the Spaniards Aiboca- 
gos t and FiJHcos, the French Piflacbes, the Germanes 
Pimper nu/zlin, and by that name they likewife call 
the bladder nut, not putting an y difference betweene 
them.as the mod judicious in former times did, the 
Dutch Fifttken boom, and we in Snglijh Pifcckes, and 
Fidicke nuts or tree. 
The TJertucs, 
The Pidacke kernells be little inferior in goodnefle 
unto the ! ine kernels for they are very friendly to the 
flomacke, whether they be eaten or drunke. they are 
good againfl the dingings or bitings of ferpents and o- 
ther vertemous creatures,by rcafon of the thin elTeiice, 
and a little bitter and fweet fubdance is in them : and 
therefore they open the obdruftions of the Liver, and 
-P° d , alf ° for T 11 and lu “S s > therc h ,Uo a lictle adringent quality in them, whereby they drengthefi 
both the liver and the domacke.ro be put either in rneates or medicines: they are alfo good to clenfe the back and 
“ 0Be bPCedins ***«“ 1 [ hey noutifh more then any other nuts.andhe'lpetoentucafe 
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Chap. XXI. 
Nux Veficaria. The bladder Nil?* 
S ? r batlardt rothcr t0 ' he Pidacke,I mud ad/oyne this bladders nur, whofe growtth is not much unlike 
ruing up lometimtsintoa reafonable tree,and in other places (hooting forth fundry fuckers, wherebv 
it becommeth rather an hedge bufh to be plaiTred, and lec fpread, the barite whereof isofawhitifh 
the fdep? reCn u C ° • r ’ j 1 ,C ,ca '' CS3rc ^ s ' e I° r themodparefet together onadalke, each a little dented about 
nv fet topXr PO h T tCd 'a the ends ? of a P aic g' eene colour: ‘he flowers grow on a long (talke ma- 
feLnike fn oTwWre J’-n MV ? ard l belng 5,1 WhitC ' the J ma11 round ™PP e the making them 
brownilW? llff ^ D h°c', : a!ccr them come lwolne ruffetidi greene skinny bladders, with one or two 
it° atche fird fcmpwhar f f ( wlth a ^ hard (bdl not eafie to breake, and a greenid, kernell within 
Counrrv nenni^'tTr 2 !! WeC n C ’ h“t afterwards loathfome and-ready to make one cad, yetitis eaten by fome 
defetm hath hranohr 0 ^^ 1 ' 8 S a ' c not f, 0 safll 3 ' provoked : the wood is white,hard and firme.Mr. 7 r,*. 
xejcanr hath brought a fort from f trgimx, having divers nuts in the bladder. JtUrii 
The Place and Time. Firgncnfs 
It groweth in many places of this land,both as a hedge bulb ,and a dandard tree at Afrford in Kent and at Mil 
‘ threc miles from Cambridge,ani. flowreth in cA&y.the fruite is ripe in Atuufl or September, 
. The Names. 
„ iI h o!!L n /TL mPjn ^ rf ° f an ? 0ng tllC - ncicnc Authours ’ cither Greeke or Latine, except it be taken for Pli- 
wbere £ lome . doe In lom = P art doubt > becaule he faith the nuts grow in ftliaui,, but thefe 
rctla8rec,r, S t0his defbriptionthereof, caufe.h othersto thinke hi t 
can ^^r r adderS:the G “ aS 1 faid cal1 ft b * the fame nams the P cal > Pidacke^and tWforc otto 
calf itPiJl actum germavmtm. Matthtolm m his Epidlestaketh it to be the CttUcoul, and Hebulbim of the Turin 
nle»fam I ta« a e d m bea h UC * ^thebigneffe of both "ones fids, and faeh this is not, and i, oto?efSS 
pleafant tafte among them. It is nfually from the forme itcarryeth nowadayes, called Nux veficaria w 
ionic places Ptftactafjlvefiru, and fo Scalier taketh it to be a ipeciet of it, Gefier Ctich, that Come Italians at 
Eeee e« 3 Rome. 
