j 5°4 C.m a p.74.. Tbeatrum ' Botanicum . T ribs. 16. 
pur r ° fe beufed .when better things are not at hand,or cannot tehaTfthe Joyce of Crabs, ey ttaTv^d juv« or 
Cider is of lingular good u.e in the heate and famtings of the ftomacke,and againlt cafting, to make a pellet with 
fomeofit, andidrmke,or take fomc thereof by it felfe: Cider is not onely called in the North Country Wire 
by thole beyond Seas, but is ufed almoft as wine in divers Countries of this Land where it is made, and as I (aid 
o erry before, to a Itomacke unacquainted with it, it will be fomewhat troublelome thereto, and to the belly, 
yet by the often cue: of it, ltbecommcth familiar and helpefull to thole that have fainting or weakened of the ipi- 
r res and ftomacke lomewhat comforting and refrefhing the vitall Spirits; it is of great life at Sea in longvoya- 
ges, and is more defired then Perry the/uyceot Crabs or Cider applyed with wet clothes therein, to icalded 
cr burnt places,cooleth.healeth,and dra weth forth the fire: a rotten Apple applyed to eyes that are blood {hotter, 
or em lamed with ueate, or that are blacke and blew about them by any llroke or (all,and bound to all day, or all 
night helpeth them quickely : the drilled water ot rotten Apples doth coole the heatc and inflammations of 
lores and is good to bathe foule and creeping ulcerr, and to walh the (ace to rake away fpots, freckles, or other 
drlcolourings in the face, the deflilled water ofgood and found Apples, is of fneciall good ufe ta procure m.rth 
and expe 1 melancholly ; the oyntment called Pomatum if it be i'weece and well made doth helpe the chaps in the 
bps or hands,or to Imooth the rough s kinne ot the hands or face,parched with winde ot other accident,to (upple 
and make them lmooth. rr 
Chap. LXXIV. 
A{*las CjdomA. The Qujncctree. 
]Here are foure or five forts of Quinces knowne to us in thefe dayes, which are as foiloweeh, 
I. Blaltu Cotoneavulgarit. Our ordinary Quince tree. 
, *he ordinary Quince treegroweth oftentimes to the height and bigne(fc of a reafonable Ap- 
j f etree f bur , mor ^ u lual 'y lo ' ver and crooked, with a rough barke, fpreading armes and branches 
| tarre abroad i the leaves are fomewhat round and likethofeof the Apple trie, but thicker, bar- 
1 i cic,,fuller of veines, and white on the underfide, not dented at all about che edges: the flowers 
are large and white, fometimes dafht over with a blufh : the fruite that followeth is yellow, bcin<> neere to be 
S**™? “ v . et / d 7 lth . a w . blte f ? eze ° r c ««". thicke let on the younger, and' growing leffe, as rfiey grow to 
be thorough ripe, bunched out oftentimes in feme places, feme being liket an Apple, and fomea Pearc, of a 
ftrong heady Cent, and not durable to keepe, and is f 0 W i C ,harfh, andofanun ' ' " ' 
.,j . baked, or preferved becom- 
being fealded,rolled, 
meth very pleafant 
2 . Cydonia Lttfitanica. 
The Tcrtugall Quince. 
_ The onely difference in thi^is in the fruite,which 
is oftwo forts,the Apple Quince is great and yel¬ 
low, fcldome comining to be whole or feene with¬ 
out chapping, it is fo pleafant being frefh gathered 
that it may be eaten like an Apple without offence, 
but dreffed after any the wayes aforefaid,itis much 
moie pleafant: the pearc Quince is like ihe other, 
but nor fit to be eaten raw like the former.bntmull 
bee prepared after fome of the wayes before fee 
downe, andfo it will take up Idle Sugar then the 
Englijbjoczank it is pleafant of it felfe. 
3 , CydoniaBarbaricA, 
The Barbary Quince, 
This is like unto the lad in" goodnefle and plea- 
fantneffe, but leflcr in bigncfTe, not cleaving at all. 
ThcLyons Quinceisa reafonable great Quince, 
tajdara-like the £»j/;yS,but not lo yellow as the PortingaH 
fort. 
The Brunfmcke Quince is altnofl round, neither 
like peare nor Apple. 
7 be Place and Time, 
The firft is our EngHfh Quince, that bed likes to 
grow neere ponds and water (ides, and is frequent 
through the Land, the other have their placesex- 
prefled iu their titles: and flower not untill after 
thcleavesbe come forth ; thefruire being ripe of 
the Portugal! and Barbary , about the middle ot Stp- 
trwAn-uluaily.the othst later by a moneth, 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke“»'>r !Ut dJfam, and inLatine 
Alains Cydonia , a Cydone Crete oppido dicitur unde 
prima aditihi fanh Pliny £ato [irfl called it Gotcuea 
Alai and F!:»y after him; T>ioJcoridet and Ca. 
len have but two lorts.the one fmall and round, and 
the other greater but Idle ulefull, called Strutbia, 
unpleafant tafte, to eate frefh, but 
Xnufiti. 
/cefis. 
Malm Cotoned vtdgsou, 
Tl.c ordinary Quince cree, 
which 
