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CHAF.78. 
fruite from the hither parts of d)>siKf,andkeepe time witfuhe reft. 
The Names, 
It is thought that thefe Apples were knotvnetothe auncients who called them Mala aterea Hejperidam, bein'* 
rare any where elfe.and therefore Hercules made it one ofhis taskea or labours to flay the D agon that kept the 
Garden where they were, and brought them away with him : Some call them Anrantia a corticis calare aarea 
and (omeM’antiaab Aramiaappido diSa.Somt Pamum Narantissm, T>odonaue Anarantinm, and Label .Malar* 
aureum, which name doth beft fiute with them for Golden Apples they are indeed All nations call them ac¬ 
cording to the Latine,and Clafcai faith the Spaniards cal! them Naranjos, and the third fort here fee downe Na. 
ranja eaxel, the derm acre cal) the Orrenge Posner ante, and the French Pommrs d" Orrnges. The flowers ofthe 
Orenge tree are called Naph.i, and the oy ntment made ot them Vnguentttm ex Napha. 
The Vert sees. 
The rindc of the Orrcnges are bitterer and hotter then thofe of Lemmons,or Citrons,and therefore doe warrne 
a cold ftomacke the more,helping to breakethewindetheiein,and the flegme, and after the bitternefie is taken 
from them by deeping them in water for fundrydayes, and then prelcrved either wet or dry, betides theirufe 
inbanquets, they arclitrleleflecftecluall for the ftrengchening of the heart and fpirits, and the other qualities 
that Citrons have : the jnyce is farre iiiferiour to either of them, and are fitter for meate then medicine, yet 
foure or five ounces of the j'uyce taken at a time, will drive forth putrid liumottrs from the inner parts by Rvcat 
and after ftrengthen and comfort the heart. The deftillcd water of the flowers, befides the odoriferous fent it 
hath,fit for an/ perfume,it is good againft contagious difeafo.and peftilentiall feavers, to drinke thereof at iun- 
dry rimes, it hclpeth alfo the cold and moift infirmities of the mother: the oyncmenc that is made of the flowers 
is often ufed to annuint the ftomacke to hclpe the cough, and to expeftorate the cold raw flegme, and to warrne 
and comfort the other places of the bodyes. 
Chap. LXXVIII. 
\Malttm Ajjyria vel Poma Ad ami, Adame Apple. 
His tree for the moft parr groweth asgreatas the Orrenge tree, yet fometimes it i, nohigherthenrhe 
Citron tree, andI fpreadeth faire great armes and branches with few, and thofe fliort thornes upon them 
the leaves are faire and large,almoft as great as thofe of the Citron or Lemmon tree,pounced with holes 
in the like manner, the flowers alfo are not much unlike, but the fruite that followeth is more like un¬ 
to an Orrenge, yet two or three times bigger, pale 
yel’ow rinded, thicke, rugged or uneven, and with 
fomerifts or chaps thereon, as if it had bcenc bitten, 
ffrom whence was obtruded that fond opinion unto 
the vulgar, for wife men would be aftiamcd of fo ri- 
diculous an opinion, that it was the fruite that Adam 
tafted in Paradice,and that therfore the matkes fhould 
remaine upon the whole kinde ever after but thu3 
have you three or foure trees folded into mens conceits 
by irreligious cozeners, for Adams Apple, like to :he 
reft of the Rcllickes in the World) a Spongy fubftance 
nexttoit, and with an acide lweetc juyee, yetnotfo 
pleafant as others, lying in parts and round feedesa- 
mongft it like the Citron, which may be eaten altoge¬ 
ther like the Apple Orrenge as Clu[tas faith. 
The Place and Time, 
This groweth with the other forts in fimdry places 
of Spaine, among the Monasteries, or with others that 
are curious of rare fruites, and is in nature like the reft, 
ever green, and bearing flowers and fruite all the yeare 
long. 
The Names, 
This is called by fome Pomttm, and Malum lAJJpri. 
m, as denoting forth the place of his originall, the 
more generall part Poma Adami, yet Carches in bifloria, 
calletb it Citri M altera, the Spaniards as Cl.-ft a.i faith, 
call it Toronjaa, and iome Zamboas, as the Portingalt 
doe,the Italians Lomie, and Pams di Adorno, the French 
Pmetres in general!. 
The properties hereof are referred to the Lemmons 
yet having a milder j'uyce, and therefore not fo much 
regarded as the others; it is by fome ufed to kill the 
itch and take away the fcihs, to cut one of thefe 
through the middle, and thereon to call fome fine pou- 
ther of Brimftone,being heated under the cinders, and 
rubbed on the parts affected afterwards. 
Meltua.a/fjTta vclPoma Adami. Adam Apple. 
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