1514 Chap.Si. 
C 1 heatrum Botanicam, 
Tkibki( 
within it, and a bitter ketneU within the tone. It fooner waxeth old and d^A^th 7 A pricock e bj 
ftir&Z Tnere 15 a ?‘* h< j r klndc of . ! ! e . acI ;> u ' hc reof Camerarim and Tmhir.m in his MatthUbu, and Gefner in hurt i i 
The Ail. mentioni whole kernels within tnerugged (tone is noc bitter as others are,but fweete like an Almnnri makt 
mond 2. Nueiperfica, The Ncdlarin. * 
p«di. The Neftarin feldome groweeh fogreae as the Peach, the body and elder bouohes hfin. u 
and the younger branches very red, whereon grow long leaves,very l.kc thole of the Peach • theblnlT 
wife is lcddifh, but hath fmaller and nairower leaves, and the fruite that follows th is as rnnnd! If 0 ”* lke ' 
fmall Peach, but fmooth on the outfide.and not rough or cottony as the Peach, norhavinu am, rl,fr llu 8 ie atasa 
colours and taftes, lome grecncotlurs whmfti or yellow, and Line red more the n othe rs ad U ofd f cr ' n g 
wThi» u “ ancc>and mjrc dd,catc then the Piach ' but withfi “ h * 
5. Fafia arbor Clitfij The Lsurell Peach. 
This ftrangetree whereof onely fii ft made mention, isa realonable great tree fnre,*;** „„i 
branches,and hue fliffe greene leavesonthem like unto the large Bay leaves,grayilh underneath Til 
veir.es running through them, lweete both in lencand tafte, but a little Itipticke ap^ birino ,v a d ■° mccrc ' {Ic 
thofe of ihe Bay tree, and grow many, and thicke let together intuits, attheend'sof 
fix pale coloured leaves a peece, after which come fruite, at the firft greene and like a nlummp I , . ln ? of 
is long and formed like a peare, of a blackc colour and pleafant tafte. having a long and round ker , S P 1? W ‘T ri P e 
of the fafhion of an heart, and of the talk of a Chefnut or Almond : this abidethK iZ ^ "• 
leaves in Winter. vvayes greene, not loofirg the 
Th: Ph.ce and Time. 
The two firft are familiarly nourfedupin our Orchards and gardens through the Land hnrfmm • , . 
original! I cannot (hew you: Thelaft CUfim faith was brought forth of thcWeft indies „d„i ? 1S their 
nafte. y in Spam, where he faith he onely law one tree.and none any u here elle yet he und-rflond"^ 'i",'^ 0 " 
r^ ; atW/,thathehadli.chanothcr g rowm g withh,m: The/a, 1 
The Names, 
The Peach is called in Grecke wxta. and pcj^Mv* a !(o k v r om • T • w . n r 
not ^c e a<jet t a S f om e would have it, to be derived from Duracwa For Doracia is dilb'no, ^"^ aCina > tut 
from Frecoaa ,and Armenia, and by him made all ih, ce to be belter then Peaches^ • ,?“ 
drived from the Latmes Buracina, but rather i contra. Ihe Neftarin is called bv Maul 
falpmtu Xmiperfica btcaufe it refembleth the Wallnut in the round fmooth outer rinde V a ^d the h” d 
meate/ubftance and done. ^*i/«Mcalleth it *?«•&«*».v, by the fame intention and ^ ^ ln tbe 
The laft Clufim makcih the queftion, whether itbe not the Perfcaot Theophrafttu hb\ c 2 nr n* 
ride,, Galen;?tiny and others, doe make memion of alfo, and which Thlphrajlm ddcribeth "0 ^° T 
faire tree, and mod like unto the Peare tree, both in leaves flowers and branches, but that this ha* an r "?* 
fling leafr; it beareth much fruite, and is ripe at all times, the young dill follow the old- the f uirr Is f 1, 7- 1 ' 
neffe of a Peare,long and like an Almond, and of a greer.e colour, it bath a done wirhin bri m cf tbc b 'S' 
much lefte, and of a fofter fubftancc.very fweete, thus farre Tbeophraftiu. Now let me defe'an! VrlTT’ ^ 
and compare them. Firft,the leaves of Perfea, laith Thcophraftm a / e mo fl like unto th! leaf r 1 ^ llCreon > 
and this faith Cbfim is like unto the greated Bay leak, ihe one is aimed asbroad as long and^he'o hT!""’ 
as long as broad,befides it is (mall pointed, the flowers of Per/ea are like the Peare tree th 2 h °' h ? ‘ w,ce 
then i lufe of the Bay,and doe not grow io roa cy together as this dn-h nnMcrh^t^ * c i ^ are much larger 
the fruite of Clufna is blace.ot this greene, of that!,ke a Peare, of this as bi^c "as a 'a ! 
of this the done is like a Plumme.ot that likaan Heart, whichis round and nor flar L r u ’ , llke an Almond, 
batn ripe fruite onely in Autumne, this at all times of the yeare. And befides all thele whi P* urnr ^ e f tcne ls > that 
ficient to didinguifti them. I doe not finde almod any plant either^herbe kh f re dlft ' rence ? (uf - 
bc like unto thofe that grow in Europe, the Idler /Ac or the hither n,rr f a, b aung in the Wed Indies to 
bilities, this 0 (Chiji,,, cannot he that of Theophrajiiv y. t this fli-weth a^excefenr tbcrcbore al1 Ptoba- 
'i' ' trCe t° tj 1 J t ' c: fe.', but in any /udgement th« Prr/ciofis mod^ehTto be fbme^!' !? 
AlyoboLr.c , or cllefomc other fruite not knowne to us It was raiw/foi'i-h rlur^.u C0 ^ onie ^ Indc °^ 
Mnney, buthewasa'terw-ardsenformedbyDoaorr»J !^f t[ ? vhere hc fw «>• 
the Indians. Some havcthoughcihis Fer/er, to bead one with thePerricaarbor ‘Tap'll CalI f, d by 
l.u Parfraot ■ Diofcmdes. Gam iranftacing Tbeophrajlu, in tome ph«s^!nde!eth it £th u’ OT 
as Fb.nj m one place alfo confoundeth them both to^ethe- alrhnLi' ’ i.„ t ,- n . J _ a > an ^ ln others Perfea 
and feparateth it himfe'fe from Perfica : but howl thtv^dSn! f ° he 'f <P^kceh of Perfea’, 
doth nlainrii, a„i„...._ Ti,. i. " l T tr ™ cf '« another, the deferiotinns of hb,.h 
_ TheVertnes 
borne are of opinion that the leaves of Peaches are ofa cold ciu iliru Wnr r n it 
have an excedent bitter quality, that if ih;y be bruited and laid 2n the belly’’ thev wT'^’f thebnds and les,e: 
! Hf'Vr k° eafo,lfthevbc bo)' ledinAlcandd 'unke, and open the belly like wife kiI1 ' he wormes, and ft 
to difi nfehumours, bcingdryed; and the poutherof them llrcwed Linon f!!! ^! a " dalfoIsa fafe medicine 
fray t.icir bleeding and dole them up t the flowers being (teeped all ni>>h! tna'li-tl- ^ ,n8 n W !? ndf> do[hbotf 
liedI form in the morning,and drunke fading, do;h gently'‘open^the bdhAnd^ move warmc.ftrai. 
made of them by reiterate infufions.as the Sympc of Rales is made is found to wo r ke dOWreW / rds, m d ? SyrUpt 
rheW ’ri°fl that U Pr ° V ^ ih a " d Ipendeth wateriftr and Hydropkke hnm°. 1 °^! '' y thC '‘ ' ha: 
the,eof. the flowers condited or made into a confcrve, worketh to the feme eflVt hu , mollrs - b y th ^ continuance 
d„ PP „s k „ „«„,„ d!d ,, . *3£S: SGtSzsrz&s “■ 
are 
troubled 
