T rib *17. TheTbeater of T? Unis. Chaf.86 . 1627 
but the lurfet of them is dangerous,even as ic is ufuall ofthc bed fruit;; it is not ufed Phylically hitherto that I can 
learne, but obfaporugratiam wholly fpent and eatentthe Phifitions there forbid it their (like patients, becaufeit 
is fbtnewhar too hot and mightbreed inflammations. Some admirable things are reported thereof, oneisthat 
ifoneofthefefruitsbecutthroughthcmiddlewithi knife and they /oyned together againe, the peeces will 
joyne and fticke fo faff together as if it had not beene cut at all: another properticic hath, that if one cut the fruit 
with a knife and leave the knife flicking therein untill the next day, fo much of the blade thereof as ftucke within 
the fruit will be found wholly confumedand walled, or as it were eaten away : the knife alfo that did cut oneef 
them if it be not fodainly wiped buc let alone unwiped willfeemeasifithad befcne eaten in with AquAfariU. 
There is another wild kindeof fix* growing naturally both greater higher and more prickly or 1 hifllelike, ha¬ 
ving a great tuft of leaves at the bottome of their (hikes or ftems next the' ground feeming to be Aloe leaves a far 
off but Idler, and of'a pale grtene colour fet with fliarpe pritkes, it isencreafed by the offers, one rifing from 
another .-from the maineflem grow {undry branches bearing at their ends, heads of loft tender leaves clofed 
round together,which arc nothing buttlie flowers,and are of a yellovvifh colour fmclling very fweettout of thefc 
heads rife fpikes not unlike to thofe of the Reede but thicker, elofer fet and farre more beautifull, fuelling like 
the Cedar: from the branches hang downe the fiuit called by thcT’crtHgnllj ir*ivAj,ibaus t wild Ananx 
or P if/ts which doe fomewhac refemble the former or manured kinde, of the bignefle of aMtlon, of a beautiful! 
red colour very pleafant to behold which is divided into parts like unto Cipreffenuts when they arc dry, and fet 
with bunches or knobs, very neatetelembling a Cone or Pine Apple, which arc nothing fo good although a little 
pleafant,yet fomewhat harfh withal!, whereof few doc cate or take pleafure in them, and give as little good nou- 
rifhmenc when they are eaten, and is therefore more P hifically ufed, for fix or eight ounces of the juice taken in 
a morning failing with fome Sugar,is a moft prefent and certainc remedy againft the beate or inflammation of the 
liver or backe,asalfo againft the Vlcers of theKidneyes, and foule purulentous urines and the excoriations of the 
yard ; all which dileafes this cureth upon three times taking. 
Chap. LXXXVJ. 
Mela carduiu Amer'uemw. The MelonThiftle. 
His admirable plant or frultchath neither leafe nor ftalke, but tileth immediatly out of the ground, 
from a fmall whitifh rough flringy roote and many fmall fibres thereat,into the forme of a Mitske 
Melon for the bignefle, but made Cone 
j fafhion, that is, broad and flat below, and 
fmallerup to the toppe, having round a- 
bout it fourcteenc ribbes let with fharpe crooked 
ptickes ten or twelve together like a ftarre infix, fe- 
ven or eight places of every ribbe and furrowed bc- 
tweene.ot a yellowifli greene colour: from out of the 
toppe whereof thruffeth forth fundry filkelike downe 
or Cottony threds,as the Artichokes and other Thiftlcs 
doe.within which lye when they are ripe fmall long 
(lender pointed (hcathes or cods, of a perfect crimfon 
colour.refcmbling the long codded Capfieum or Gimp 
Pepper,wherein is contained (mail round feed like the 
AtnarantliWy fet with hard yellowifli prickes at the 
head: the rinde hereof is hard and thitke like unto a 
Me Ion, which may be pared away like it,under which 
the pulpe or meate lyeth white in colour, fatty i n fee¬ 
ling of an unlavory Cower tafte, waterilh andcooling 
This plant groweth neate the Sea fliores in divers 
' Iflands ofthe Weft Indies as Saint Margate ,Saint lahns 
and others neate unto Pncrco ricca, One of the fruits 
hath beene brought from thence to us that hath weigh¬ 
ed feven pounds and twelve ounces. We knowofno 
other ufe this fruit is put unto, but that in the hot time 
ofthe yeare they cate it to quench their third and coole 
the hcate of their ftouiackes. 
Mclo carduus Amciicanui. 
The Melon Thiftle. 
