Tbeatmm Botantcum, 
1442 Chap^S, 
1 r 1 b t \i 
Winter without falling, buti nCandj, andothcrthe 
hether parts, they have becne obferved to fall off, as 
other trees doe : they beare in the warmer Countries 
twifeayeare, yet the former fruice that commethin 
the Spring of the yeare, feldome commeth to matu¬ 
rity, becaufe the moiftare of the time fpoyleth them, 
that they doe not ripen kindly, but in the Autumne 
the fruite is ripe and delicate. 
Tbe Name t. 
That fort which is without thornes is deferibed by 
tsflpiniH in his Booke of Egiptian plants, who calleth 
it Nabca Pa! turns Athen<ti credita , and very truely for 
AtheK&M in the fourteenth Booke of Deipnofophijlcs, 
calleth it r Paliurw > and faith that Agatbocles y in the 
third Booke of his Hiftory, deferibeth it by the name 
of ConnurWy as thofe of Alexandria called ir, and by 
Henoriw Bellas that fen: the fruite to Clufim , as it is 
feedownein hisfifh Epiftle to him called OenoplU 
Cplnofa, That without thorne is fet forth by Clxfins, 
in his Hiflory of plants; as he received ic alfo from 
Honoriw Bellas qP Candy t who calleth it Oenopliafeu 
Napeca Bellordj Com nr ha Alex andriuorum forte Athe - 
: Serapio comprehended them both tinder die 
name of Sadar or Sudor, but as his manner is in other 
things, he confounded it with Lotus oP Diofco- 
ridey, from which it much eifferetb, ic is called in Sy¬ 
ria and Egipt.Ncp and Nap, and as GuiUndiniM faith, 
put by many among the forts of Jujubes. But Pliny 
feemeth to call ic frunua tAEgjptiaca, an Egiptutn 
Pluaimc, 
Tbe Vert ties. 
The fruite of both thefe before they are ripe, are 
cold and dry in the firft degree,and binding, but when 
they are ripe they have feme moiflure in them, and 
are much ufed to (lengthen the loofeneffe of the ft 0 - 
mackeandbeity, by the/uyee of them bein® taken at 
the mouth or given in a glider: the dryed fruit infufed 
in water, and the infufion taken, is profitable aeainft 
the flippcrineiTe and ulcers of the bowels, tbe decofti- 
Nupccj Nabca aui Oenoplia fpino/a. 
The white lujube rrtc vvit h c homes. 
on or infufion of the ripe fruite, being dryed i, of great ufeagainft penilenti.il feavers, (or the finite is held to 
have a wonder full property aga.nft venomous qualities,and to refill pucrefaftion, and miehtily to ftreng hen t e 
and violence thereof. 
firft conduits of the veines: as alfo in all putride fcavers.an infufion of them is familiarly taken to code the heat: 
the 
Chap. XXXVIII. 
AwcLrack Avicrmx, The Bead tree. 
dcfcnption is on this manner. It groweth to be htfh andvadeTpaVd^ and makfn^lmod 
fhadow in the warme Countries wh:rc it btfinrnfn^r^rh r ^, ana ma mg a good 
red witharusgedbarke and fall of chinkes hnr rh ^ i* ' Y ano S rc attr botig.-es aie cov 
I ike unto thole of the Figgc : the leaves arekverv^a^IvV^^^H^'^ir^ 1 ^ 00 ^ 1 ^ orritw ^ 
ftalkes/omewhat like unto Aflren leaves, but larger more foread and Iff L W " ,gc . d ’ haV! ”g long foot 
edges, the end leafe bein" lonpeft vet in fomr nl a ‘P^ adan d ofa darkt grtene colour, dented about tl 
tvhereofeome forth long flakes. Wring fundryblewifii flowers laid oMVwfttffi^e f rP n ad> ^ the f °>° 
lp ne t tpe tint, and white when it is ripe, of a fweetiiL raftparrl^ firft ’ V - vl,eo , ^ ne 
foaihfome.and Uinckin" containing a fione u/irhm ir r, aftcr vcr K b| tter, unpleafan 
ftone, with two kernels’ within each from whence An lome * llat hke unto the 
finite being drilled (which will be eafily done not beinu * ^ r 'r C lWo Jprc utts orflalkcs cf greene leaves, tl 
Searo number their prayers on.lealt they forget themfclvesand^ and dra "’ reon fWnges/erve people beyon 
in Winter.fiefh arifing m the Spring. * S them ‘ cUcsand g^e G odtoo many : this loofeth all his leavs 
tl - , • Tbe Place and Time. 
ehards orOsurt “Jr'f ^ a " a " P' a " t£d whenever they grow, in O, 
Sr*, and heard they faW dive ™ ° f « 
br. e Cquentm ltal J‘ It flowrtth in /»»*, and the fruite is ripe in Srpun 
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