Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

CHA P. 133. Oftke Fig Tree. q] The Defcriptiw.

He garden Figtree heeommeth a tree ofa meane fiature,hauing many branches full Of a white pith within,like Elderne pith,and large leaues of a darke greenecolour, diui E

into fundry feétions or diuiﬁons. The fruit commeth out of the branches without 39.7 ii nure at all that euer I could perceiue,which fruit is in lhape like vnto Peares,of colour either Wh“ ti{h,or fomewhat redgorofa deepe blew, full of (mall graines within, of a fweet and pleafant C3 C5 which being broken before it be ripe,doth yeeld molt white milke, like vnto the kindes of Splllgc’ and the leaues alfo being brokendoe yeeld the like liquor; but when the Figges be ripe, the lUY‘° thereoﬁs like hony. » __

:l: 2 Cbmrrfcus. The dwarfe Figtrce.

I Firm. The Fig tree.

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. one 2 The dwarfe Fig tree is like vnto the former in leaues and fruit, but it neuer gr9W¢‘h:lk;, in, the height ofa man, and bath many fmall {hoots comming from the roots, whereby It Sr“ . creafet .. V V ’_ . , [in , There is alfo another wilde kinde,whol‘e fruit is neuer ripe 57/Jcojibraﬂus nameth it Ermtv-lap I Caprzjicus. ‘ . _ 1} The Place. y _ _ E The Fig trees do grow plentifully in Spaine and Italy, and many other countries,as In e where they beare fruit, but it neuer commeth to kindely maturity,except the tree be plan‘ an hot wall,whereto neither North,noi- North-eaﬁwindes can come. ' Q] The Time. The dwarfe Fig tree groweth in my Garden, and bringeth forth ripe and very great moneth of Augul‘z,of which Figs fundry perfons haue eaten at pleaﬁlre. me, In England the Fig trees put not forth their Ieaues vntill the end of May, where Often‘ fruit comrneth before the leaues appeare. 4 7}”

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Of the Hiiiorie of Plants.

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.Thr1 fig tree is called-iin Greeke, W‘: and 0fdiP¢Y5,f0r difieremfe {eke betweene i’ t and the wilde Pg FTee,am'riue;; ; in Latine, Fina, and Fifi“ f""f‘4, and V 1647}; : l_ﬂ high Purchijfepgenhaum 2 iii £>l_V;tDutoh’ ngiygmboom gin pmnch, Fzgmer: in Italian, Fzco .~ in Spanlfh, Hzgmm : in Englifh,

fee, . ‘ - . , , ‘ The fruit is named in ‘Greeke, vv'W-‘ in Latines Fi""‘{ and thf: winpff fm-its z‘”"’°“ Latin?) 974/; "5 -' that which is dried is called in Greeke,i2,a::i11 L3f1|1e:C"’_“‘“ in, h1gh_D”t°h; feygen 2 in IOW D“‘°h,titér§shrn : in Frcnch,Fz'«rzwLr: in ltalian,1«‘i6I9i .- in Spamfhﬂ/£05 -‘m Englifh Fig ; the littlé: 5 5 which are found in them acre named b)’ G415”: “"“““""”C“h"”’"/““ q]TI'7eTc'mp€ratrtr:f. _._ A 1 _ L p _ I The greene Pi s new gathered are fomewhar warvme and molﬁ ﬂhe dl)’ and ripe Figs are hot al; "mil in the third degree,and withall ﬂr4TPe_a“db".mg§ , , r - 1 , r T , t i The leaues alfo haue fozne lh arpﬁﬂﬁﬂﬁeawlth/J3“,/°P¢“‘.”g Poweribm “Gt {O “mug 35 the l“iC€-‘ qtrre :rtacjs._ _ V ‘ pp The dry Figs doe nourilh better than the greene or new Figs ;notwithf’ta?nd'ing they ingende, not very good bloud,{or fuch people as do feed m_uCh th¢1’€°“ be°0m@10Wﬁ€-' o M Fig; be good for the moat and lungs, they mitigate the c_ough,_and are good For them that bee ortwmded, they ripen ﬂegme, cauﬁn the fame to be eaﬁly f pit out, efpecially when they bee Odden with Hyﬂ‘op,and the deco6tion runke. t t _ N _ . t _

_-Figges {tamped with Salt, Rew, and the kernels of Nuts_withl'land all pciyfon and corruption ol ttyo aim‘ The Kingof[Jo11;us, called tﬂtit/zriofzztcr, vfed this preferuatiue againft all venom and 590? on. r . r

Pigs ﬁamped and made into the forme o-fa plailier withwheare rrieale,the poude.r of Fenugreek, and Linefeed,and the roots of Marifh MalIdwes,3PPH°d, Warmeﬁoe fofteti ?nd 'iP‘°~'“ imP°ﬁ”m“-352 legmongall hot and angry ﬁvellings and tumors behind the cares : and if you iadde thereto the {Dots QfI__i1lie5 , it ttpencth and breaketh Venerious irrrpofiumes that come In the ﬂanke, which "npoltuttm is cauod M59, by reafon or his lurking in {rich fecret places :in plaine Englifh tel-mos

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Figs boned in Vvormewoocl wine with four: Baily meale are verygood to‘ be applied as an im. E,

P all} h b 11' ff has haue tliedropﬁe, Dreyr ;¥i)Og?l_‘1taLf€ peowCei(tjo lidiiten,‘-confum'e and make thinne,‘and may be vfed both outwardly and

ihwmdy Whether it be to open or {often impoﬁutﬁesior to featter,di'llolLlC and confume them . The 1¢;ttcs of the Ficr tree doe walie and confumc the Kings EH1“. Of {Welling kernels in the throat,-ma doe mo11tﬁe3vaﬁe,and corifume all other turnorsibelng ﬁnely pouned and laid thereon: t Ut after my praétifc, biting boyled with the roots of Marifh Mallowes vntill they bee foft, and fo °0rporatcd togcthenand applied in forme of a plaiﬂer. V _ V y A _ . The mime juycc either of the Figs or leaues is good agairifl all roughnelliz of the sl<rn,lepries, fllreading forcs, tetters,fmall p‘oc'kes,rneal'els,pufhes, whealcs, freckles, lentils,and all other ‘fpots, f°lIrLiineﬁ"e, and deformity of the body and face, beeingmixed with Barley meale and applied :it t0th alfo mko away warts and fuch like excrefeences, if it bee mingled with fame fatty or gteaﬁe 1n o i r . Ti; milke doth 11 lb cure the tooth-ache,'if a little lint o"r Cotter! be We-t therein _.,and put into the hollownelie of the tooth. _ M . 6 C _ o o It opencth the vcines of the hemorrhoids, and loofencth the belly , being applied to? the ftthda. Eng. ‘ V

L , Figs {tamped with the ponder ofFenugreeke,aI1d vinegar, and applied plaifierwifqdoe cafe the

‘Htollerable paine of the hot gout,efpecially the gout oft-he feet. V _ The milke thereof put" into the wound proceeding of the biting of :1, mad dog,o'r any other veno- m0'us bcaft, pfefcfugth the parts ad joyning,taketli away the paint pre fently,and cureth the hurt. The greene and ripe Figs are good for thofe that be troubled with the {tone of the kidneiesa {Or they make the conduits llippery, and open them, and doe alfo fomewhatclenfe :whereupon after the-eating of the fame it happeneth that much grauell and {and is eonueighed forth. , . 1 ti Dry or barrell Figs’, called in Lafine Carzrie, are a remedy for the belly,the cough, and for old in- "nities of the cheft and lungs: they {come the kidneies, and clenfe forth the fand, they rﬂ1‘_1g3te the Paine of the bladder,and caufe women with childe to haue the 6355’ dcliucfaﬂcea 11 they feed theleof for certaine daies together before their time. o t _ Diofcarides faith,that the white liquor of the Fig tree,and juyce ofthc leaue_s,do curdle milke as mun“ d0th,and diffolue the milke that is cluttered in the ﬂomacke,as doth vinffgﬂﬁ It bringeth down: the menfes,if it be applied’ with the yollte of an-iegge,o'r with yellow wax.

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