1520 Chap.c4> C 1 heatrum Botamcum, 1ribei6 
writeth.and l'odoth Pliny, that the Cherry was not knowne in hat), before the wane with Mith idutes K n. 
of Tart us, and tint Lucius LuchHui after he hid overthrowne him, brought it from Cerafismta in Pmvn j nt 
and gave it cho name Cerafum, from the place he had it. Thelecondis called by the Turk's Trebii, 
Cttrmaft, thati , DattyUuTrapevtnuca, but by Beilomus f\s{{, as I take it, Lststroccraftt;, and Cerafiu Trj-c 
Dalecbampiw tooke it to be Lotus African*, but Clufim conteftetn there againlf, 1 he third U takri 
by ‘Dalcchampuu t0 oethe Padm of Jheophrajius, which C/ufim taketh, or miftaketh rather, to be the 
Kvtnrn, or racemofa vts!go btrlturicrum, whichisquite another tree, aslhavc fhewed aifcong the other fort 
of Chcrryes, and Bmhnms follow, th him therein, making them both one. The Burgonians about the River a 
Scm, doe call it Budit, (from whence it is likely T> aUchampuu tooke the name, to come neere to T.idm) an. 
take it for a kinde of wildc Cherry, as the cinder Cherry is, and in the long cluttering of the flowers and fruits 
together very like it, and becaufe the wood frnellc hftrong, the •SVtf _yav.t call it Putter, as alfo Cerijler bUr.c 
Lugdunenfts doth much confound this with the Guajacwr, Pavuvimm of Fallopius, taking them to be all one a < 
alio with the Lottu tecstnia of DiojcorUes, and the Diofpyros ollheophrajlus, and the Faba Cjraca of Pliny,with. 
out all knowledge whereof he wrote as it feemeth. It cameto tne cut of Italy, by the name of Liurut rc*i.t 
butts moll ufuaiiy now called L wrn ei-.fui, and in Eisglijb asic is in the title. The fourth is molt likely robe 
the CcLtfMfylveJlrbsol Tragus,and lie Mabalrb, or -JMacaleb of C/ufiiu, and the Pctroccraftu, or Chamber a . 
fus petraa of Gefier, which 'Bauhir.m foulely confounded! with Mtttibiohu his Mtth.ileb, and the Chamecer.tfus 
Syriaca of Gefner, which is the true Mabateb to be both one, when as this fifth onely is the true kinde, as the 
fweete fmelling ftuite doth plainely dedare, befides thedivcrlity of the tree,as is before declared. The fixt caoie 
as a rarity from the Indies,whereof no more can as yet be faid. Thelaftisoncly remembred by gefner jn born, 
andby Lugdrtnenjis. who faith that Gefner fern a branch thereofto DakchampiM, by the name of Cbamacerafm 
mentu Gemrefi. The Arabians call the Cherry, Sarafie, the Italians Ciregie, the Spaniards Ceraa,as, and GuI-Jm 
the French Cerifes ,and Gaines ,the Germane! Ktrf, n,i id Kirfchen ,the Dutch Krtken, And we in Snqlijh Cherry. * 
TheVertues. * 
. Cherry cs as they are of divers cades, fo they are of divers qualities, thefweetc are more lubricke, and pafle 
through the ftomseke and belly morefpeedtly, but are of little nourifhmenc, the rare or fowrearemore plea¬ 
ting toanhoeftomacke, and procure an appetite tomeate, and hclpc to cut tough flegme, and groffe humours 
hut when thefe are dryed, they are more binding the belly then being frefli, and doe give a fine relffh to broths 
and drinkes wherein they arc boyled ,• being cooling in hoc difeafes, and welcome to the ftomacke,and provoke 
“ rine ; The Gum of the Cherry tree diflolved in Wine,is good for a cold cough and hoarfenefle of the throate: 
hclpeth to give one a better colonrin the face, fharpeneih the eye-fight, ffirrethup anappetite, and lelpcthto 
breake and expel! theftoue: the blackc Cherrycs beingbruifed with the (tones and drilled, the water thereof 
is much ufed to breake the done, expell the gravcll, and breakc thewinde: the true Mahaleb ofSytia, was 
mtltaken by Serapio to be the Pbjlljrea of Diofeoridcs, when as the properties are much differing, for AinhaUb 
doth heate and mollih'e, even by the teftiraony of CMefucs and Rafts, and as Avicen faith, doth clenfe, attenu¬ 
ate and refolve and eafe paircs: 1 he oyle drawne frem the kernels, doth much more cafe the paines in the bow¬ 
els and backe,being annoynccd, then the kernels themfelvcs which fome ufe for the faid purpofe, and for foun- 
mgs and fu’ntingSjto be taken with Mede or honyed water, anddoehelpe the chollicke and ftofte in the kid- 
neyes,kill the wormes in the belly, and provoke urine alfo. 
Chap. LXXXIV. 
Carnw % The Cornell tree. 
He Cornell is divided into male and female • the male is of two forts, one bearing redberryes like 
Cherries, and another whitifh: the female hath no diverfity. 
i. Cornus mas fruttttrubro. The male red Cornell tree. 
Tbe Cornell or Comcllian O.herry tree groweth to be a reafonable.tall and great tree, the body 
. and branches are covered witharugged barke, and the younger ftnooth, whereon grow fmooth 
ca\ es, and plainejiot dented at all about the edges, the flowers are many final 1 .yellow tufts, as it were ("bore 
tnreds let together, which come forth before any leafe, and fo fall away likewife, before the leaves appcarc 
much open: thelruiteare fome what long round berries, of the bigneifeot fmall Ollivcs, with a fm all hard 
tone wtthin them Jike unto an Ollive ftone, reddifn when they are ripe, fome what like a Cherry, of arcafon- 
FraflttTM- ?. Jomcwbat auftere withall: the wood is hard like an home, and groweth flowly. Of this 
gutubroba- ^makerh another fort, with redder berries, little differing in any thing elfc: and another that grow- 
w /,. eth low,but yet bath beene obferved upon the tranfplanting to grow much greater. 
a Comm mufruflu albo. The white male Cornell tree. 
This other Cornell d;lTrethnot from th.* firft in any other more notable matter then in the fruit, which becom- 
meth net fo red, butwhuifh when it is ripe. 
3 * Comw fammaj The Dogge berry or Gatten tree. , 
I bis never nfeth to be a tree of any bulke or body with us (but Onfiut faith chat he fa win the Woods o fA*~ 
j rtj , as 'igge trees hereof a • of the male,and BelLoniw faith the fame lib, i. c. 5 6 jbut ufually abideth as an hedge 
tulh with many pithy (trong twiggy ftemmes riling from the roote, ot a brownilh colour and the Iprioees more 
rcc 1 ,\\ 1 i a pith vvitiUn them like unto Elder, having leaves thereon fomewhat like the former, but a little 
itiortcr and broader, (landing upon teddilh footeftalke, and themiddlcrib teddifli likewife, theflowersare 
w li::e and Hand at the end of the branches,many growing cogethtr in a tuft or umbel!, upon reddifli footeftalkes 
tatt^provokin'" 0 ' m - 3 ^ crr ' es ’S rccn at ^e firtt.and Aiming blacke when chey are ripe,of a molt unpleasant bitter 
The 7 *lace and Time. 
The fit (l is found Wild in many places of Germany, and the other forts hereof alio, but the lecond is more 
