Tribe i6. 'Tbe’Theater of Plant's. Chap,? 5. 1505 
which as Cjalen faith isfo called in Afia, Colnmella fetteth downe three forts, Struthia great ones, Chryfomela 
gold colour, and Mafic* zudy ones,but little, Virgil in his third SccUg, calleth the Chryfomela a wild lore 
inthefe Verfes. 
Quod pottei, (jlveflri ex arbor' led a 
Attrea mala decemmife , erai altera mittam. 
But ‘Pliny hath erred very much in faying that the Struthiaot Strmbiomela, arc (null, contrary to Diofcorider 
Galen, and Columella. The Arabtam call it Sajfargel, the Italian! Melocotogno, the S pmards Afembritlit, and’ 
Marmdto, and from thence is our Marmelate of Quinces called MarmeLides, the French Corny, and Pommedc 
coing, the Germane! KuttenQniuenbaum, and the fruite Kuttinopfell,the ‘Dutch Qneboom and Queappel, and we 
Qnincetrce,and Quince. 
TheVertnej . 
Quinces have a cold and earthy (acuity in them, and by thereafonof their great binding,they moTlcn the body 
lefle then other Incites, for they aie cold in chefirll, and dry in the fecond degree : they are acceptable to the 
flomacke, but much more baked.rotted,or fealded then otherwile : yet when they ate greene they helps all forts 
offlixes in man or woman,and chollericke laskes,callings,ar.d whatloever needeth a(lriaion,moie then any way 
prepared by fire, yet the Syrupe of the juyee, ortheconletvc, isfomewhat conducible for much ofthe bindin" 
quality is confumed by the fire if a little vinegar be added, it ttirreth up the languilhing appetite, and the flo¬ 
macke given to catling, and if fomc Ipices it comforteth and flrength: neth the decaying and fainting Ipirits, and 
helpetb the liver opprefl, that it cannot perfeft the digeflion, and correfteth chollour and flegme ; if you w'ould 
have them purging, put honey to them in (lead of Sugar, andifmorelaxative adde for chollcmr Rubarbe, for 
flegme Turbith, for watery humours Scamony : but if more forcibly to binde.ufe the unripe Quinces with Ro¬ 
les and Acacia, or HypociftbU, and fome torrefied Rubarbe: To take of the crude j'uyce of Quinces is held a pre- 
fervative againll the forccjsf deadly poyfon, not fullering it to have any force in the body, for it hath becne of¬ 
ten found moft certaine true,that the very ftnell of a Quince hath taken away all the flrength of the povfon of £7. 
leborut albne, which Hunters make to kill wild beads, by dipping their Arrow heads therein: it hath bee'nc 
alfo found certaine, that if Quinces be brought into a houfe where Grapes arc hung up to be kept dry all the 
yeare, they will affuredly rot with the very fmellofthem: If there be neede of any outward binding and coo¬ 
ling of any hot fluxes, the oyle of Quinces, or the other medicines that may be made thereof,are very available 
toannoync the belly or the other parts therewith, it likewifeftrengthenctn the domackeand belly, and the fi- 
rues that are loofened by fharpe humours falling on them,and reliraineth immoderate I weatings: the miccilane 
taken from the feeds of Quinces,boyled a little in water,is very good to coole the heate,heale the fore breads of 
women, who have them lore by their childrens default or otherwife: the fame alfo with a little Sugar is good to 
lehefietheharfhncfTeandhoarfeneffe of the throate, and roughnelfe of the tongue: the cotton or downe of 
Quinces boyled in Wine and applyed to plague fores,healcth them up, and laid as a plaifter made up with waxe, 
it bringeth haire to them that are bald,and keepeth it from falling, if it be ready to fhed. 
Chap. IXXV. 
Malm Medica velCitria, The Pomecitron tree. 
Lthough diverfe have ufed this word of CMahu Medica ,to comprehend under it all the other kindea 
of Lemmons and Orrcnges,yet 1 meane to diltinguifh them feverally,and take it but for one kinde 
which as the mod principal!,I will fet in the firfl place and the red to follow, whereof there hath 
becne obferved in divers Countries, divers varieties, and their names let downe by fundry Au- 
ixrhirh hour flints Ane* au-trmt* T _ L _ i ^ 
. J *■**- *r aaw \jy luuui y uU* 
thours, which how they doe agree together I cannottcll, fofewofthem having beene feene in 
our Land. I will therefore here (hew you thofc few that Clnfm hath fet downe, with lome o- 
thers of our ownc obfervation 
t. Malta Citriamajor, The greater Pomecitron tree. 
The greater Citron tree groweth not very high, in fomc places but with a (liorc crooked body, but in others 
roc much lower then the Lemmon tree,fpreading fundry great long armes and branches fet with long and fharpe 
thornes^nd faire large.and broad frefh grccne leaves a little dented about the edges, with a (hew of almod invi- 
fible holes in them, but leffe then the Orenge leaves have, olavery fweetefent, the flowers grow ar the leaves 
ail along the branches, being (omewhat longer then thofe of the Orrenge, made of five thickc, whitilh, purple 
or blulT leaves with lome threds in the middle, after which all the yeare long followeth fruite, for ir is feldo.ne 
dene without ripe fruire, andhalfc ripe,and fmall, young and greene, and bloflbmes all at once : Thiskind bea¬ 
red) great and large fruite, (bme asgreatasaMuske Melon, yet others Idler,but all otcfysm with a rugged bun¬ 
ched our,and uneven yellow barke.thicker then in any of the other forts, and with fmall (lore of fowre iuyee in 
the middle, and fomewhat great pale whitifh or yellow feede with a bitter kern.ll lying in it, the fmell of this 
Apple is very flrong, but very comfortable to the fenfes. 
■ a. Citria maim minor jive Limonera, The lelfer Pomecitron tree. 
