1516 CHAP.83, 
C7 / 
heatrum Botanicum, 
RSB E 10 , 
jneunt the.'e by the nameofiYww grtc*, but yet lomedoe rather referre them to the Wallnuts. Columella ma 
KtinmtniimQzNucesGrtctJuglandes* and AmygdaU, as or three kindes, for many tliinke the Almond wa" 
notl nowne in Italy in Cato his time, Pliny out oiTkeofhra&us (ettech dovvne the way to make the bitre- All* 
mond tree to beare fweete Allmonds,and the fweete bitter ; but with fuch fond conceits ofalterations and Ira !r 
mutations are the worker of the ancients according to their Gcntilifme too plentifully ftored which \vc l " n * 
is contrary to the law, that God hath fet in it felfc to preferve the kinde,and although there be not onelv luf 
” atH . r f> as “ hapenethin many things, as in the Hermaphrodite, yet that altereth not the' law of 
and notwithftanding the example of the Mule. The Arabians call the fruite /<*«*, Katz, and L/tnzi the />»/■■! * 
Afanaole } the Spaniards Almendrcs , the French Amsmdesy .he Cermanes AUnde'.k'rnfhz T)utch Amcudel 1 a ** 
Fnghjb Allmonds. ' , n ^wem 
The Vtrtues. 
The fweete Allmonds,are the pleafanter mcate, formed into many faOiions as every one liketh, but the 
are the more phylicall; the fweete are hot ar.d moift in the fitll degree, the bitter are drying intbefecond • 
lweetcAllmonds blanched and dryed, that they may be made into pouther, and fo taken by It ielte or vviihm!,, 
things helpeth to binde the loofeneffe of the belly: the oyle of fweete Allmonds, mixed with the fine nouthe- nf 
Sugar Candy is good for the dry cough.and for hoarfeueffe.to take a little at once ; the faid oyle drunkc e : rhe'r,' 
fonc or with fomcSyrtipe of M rfh Mallowes, isgood for thofethat are troubled with the (lone toeafr .tj 
paines,by opening and makingflippery the paflages thereof: Itisufed affo by women in Childbed after rhr^ 
lore travel! : being mixed wich oyle of Tartar, it maketh a crcame called LacViroims, that clenfeth the 
and lenyfieth jha dryneffe or roiighnelle.parched with the winde or otherwife : it is ufed alfo by it felfe nr u- ih 
other things, to annoint the flotnacke for the cold : The pouther of the Allmond cakes, after the ovle is nref 
feu from them,doth ferve fcrrc better then fope to clenle the hands or skinne in any place, and to fupple the narrs 
and make them fmooth : The greene fruite while they are very greenc.are eaten to helpe the mailt humours in 
the ftomacke, and are eaten with plead,re by women with childe, and being preferred; are very delicate The 
bitter Allmonds doe provoke urine,and womens courfes,and helpe to mollifie the belly s they are good alfo taken 
rnth Amyl, lm and Mimes for the (pitting of blood, and taken with water they are good for paines in the baebe 
and the inflammation in the lungs; or elfe taken with fine Turpintine, made into an ekduary or lickino medi ’ 
cine, with honey and m.lke,they arc good for the c bftiudtions of the liver,for the cough and the winder chohick/ ' 
aking the quantity_of a H afell nut at a time : ■ the oyle of bitter Almonds is cffecTuall to all the purpofes afo efdd 
and doth more effefluallyclenfe the skm then that of fweete Almonds: it is alfo Died for thenoyle and deafr 
neffe in the eares.ro droppe thereof into them .the bitter Allmonds themfelves beaten withoyleof Rofesand 
Vinegar annoinred on the temp e, doe cafe the paines in the head, and procuretb fleepe and reft i„ h ot agues or 
phrenfies. it doth mollefie the ftiffeneffe of the finewes and joynts.and healeth the bitingsof dogs andfouieul 
cers: ifonedoeeatefiveor fee bitter Almonds before he fall into drinking company, it will keepe him™, 
being overtaken more then the reft.- and it is laid that if they be given to a Foxe in his meate.it will kill hftn 
Chap. LXXXIII. 
Cerafue. The Cherry tree. 
fences. 
jHere are as many forts of Cherries almoft as of plnmmes, the moft whereof I have declared in my 
u former bookc, but there are iome other forts both tali and low, that are not there mentioned, and 
3 are ;° fac w ‘ dtb ‘ s P'? ce - And “‘though I have there fet forth,both the defections and figures 
111 part of fomethat Ido-ehere agaii’cmention, both ofthe taller and lowerforr, yet I alfogiveyou 
the figures of fome there not let forth but defer,bed: the double repetitions being to drew the diffe- 
„ . r , 1 . C'rafm vulgaris. The ordinary Cherry tree, 
are neere ° 3 rea , fon f lc he ‘g htb “"d grcatncfie.lprcading well and fomewhat thicfce.thd leaves 
forrh M, P i for torme > but l°®ewhat longer m moft, and dented about the edges: the flowers come 
or three,or foure at the mod ac a pl ace or; ay nt together, every one on his owne footeltalke, conlilf- 
edffi’ X = ,Ca y es ’ W ‘ t;h . fom “ hrcds,nt ' 1 .= middle, after which come round berryes, greene at the firft, and 
whnfr k?r rfM 7 T K pe ’°u a mCane b ',S" effeand P'^Cant tafte, with a hard white fmall(lone within it 
tTrrtsme u , rT b e r n ^ Un P ,cafanr - Someforts are greater and pleafanter than others, fome 
tart,tome waterifh,others hrme,(om? red, others whiter. r 
a. C'rafmTrxp'WiMfiv'Laurmrtfr,. The Bay Cherry, or Cherry Bav ' 
a Cherrv done "a T 't i Crry n VtTy 7 C V° tai c e gre . at blad(C Cherryes ' and a ftoce t!l ™. “ko unto 
ver fn-^htnlteu is moft worthy to be referred to this ftocke or kindred of the Chtrryes howfoe- 
nv hr/„T y ! 'r'T, 0 ” 8 • r C k ‘ ndCS ° u a> eS ‘ k fo ™«imesgrowcth to be a faire great tree, Ipred into ma- 
faire fbinin^ rT V US ‘ c B row f h as a 1 irubbe . lowing forth fundry g.-eene branches, with goodly 
on a lono Hnlt leaves thereon, larger then any Bay leafe, the flowers are many and whitilh.growing 
“er henfb f a f r ^ the 1,erC a "° "P rtilcd > mad ^ leaves apeece, but much 
very fweete^w?rh 1 ^ r Wh,cb £ommctb tb efruite.bemg as large as any Flm+rt, and of a very blacke fhining cblonr 
Theophrajti by fSmay verTwcIlbe " r ' tJ *^ ‘ St0 be th£ 
This rr,., , 3 ) rT f ”’ 'T”^1 **‘7 7^ 1 bc °P hr *fl i d ‘The ftrange long clnfter Cherry. * 
any of them ^rmvAh'rh ‘°' l ° Cke °l 771 ° f 7 Cbe ‘ rycs > althou S h it doe nor much refemble 
barke the vo U n£- hr \ u ■ ^ 7°^ b ° dy a " d greattr brar ' cbes are covered with a fad coloured 
cr *Dled c ems ,S reenc > k wher “ n §> ow lom ewhatbroad and ftiottleaves, harder and more 
in a lorn c lufter mai v mreA ^ er ]! ed£ ^ e ec ^ces: the flowers come forth at the joynts with the leaves 
s maiy together,like thofe of Ul/mnum, the, Beane Trefoilc.but very fmall, and of a downy white 
colour 
