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Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. L I B. 3.

2 The white Mulberrie tree groweth vntill it be come vmo a great and godly ﬁaturei ﬁlm?‘ as big as the former: the Ieaues are rounder, not fo {harpe pointed, not to deepely fnipt about_t pt: edges,yet fometimes linuated or deeply cut in on the lides,the fruit is like the former, but that 1‘ 1 white and fomewhat more tailing like wine. a

. 1] The Place. \ , .

The Mulberrie trees grow plentifully in Italy and other hot regions,where theydoe maintaiiiis: great woods and groues of them,that their Silke wormes may feed thereon. The Mulbeff)’ ‘reﬁt: fitly fet by the (lip ; it may alfo be grafted or inoculated into many trees,being graftedmaw ‘W Poplar,it bringetb forth white Mulberries, as Beritzm in his Geoponickes reporteth. Theft? S‘° «

in fundry gardens in England,

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{T The Time. , her Ofali the trees in the Orchard the Mulberry doth laﬂ: bloome, and not before the cold W53‘ be is gone in May (therefore the old Writers were wont to call it thewifeft tree) at which tiinet Silke wormes do feeme to reuiue,as hauing then wherewith to feed and nourith themi'cl.u€‘a_Wh‘°n all the winter before do lie like tmall graines or feeds,or rather like the dunging ofa ﬂ_efb the VP; at glalie,or fome fuch thing,as knowing their proper times both to performe their duties for Whine they were created, and alfo when they may haue wherewith to maintaine and preleruc their OW bodies,vnto their bufinelie aforefaid; ' Map The berries are ripe in Auguft and September. Hqqcﬂznaérr in Ladtbcmem aliiimeth; Eb“ the ac bery trees in his time did not bring forth fruit in twenty yeares togethemnd that (0 great 3 PI‘? d of the gout then reigned and raged fo‘ generaliyﬁs not onel y men,but b'oies,wenches, eunucbﬁsa women were troubled with that difeafe. 1] The Names. g , hi 1, This tree is named in Greeke rune: : and ow<.a'iuv5=-' in Latine,u'uarm: in (hops, tﬁtam C'€1ﬁ"».’“ gry Dutcli,§l13mtlb9tb&ttm:in low Dutchﬁxgnerhzfte bﬁgm: in Frt:nch,Mttm'tr: in Eng1ifbaM“lb“ tree.‘ , - The fruit is called mew, and warm: in Latine,Moruw.- in (hops, Momm Cel{i:in high D“‘°h'wa: t31!9l'i8: iii ItaIian,Moro :in French,Mmre .,-? in S paniih',t/’Mor.2u and More: : in Englilh M"Ibwy'

T/re Temperature am? Vmuer.

A Mulbﬁrrics being gathered before they be ripe, are cold and dry almoﬂ in the third d€8’°c’and»

do mightily bind5b:eing dried they are good for the lask and bloudy ﬂix,the ponder is vfﬁd in meat’ and is clrunke with wine and water.

. f B They ﬂay bleeding, and alfo the reds 3 they are good againﬁ inﬂammations or 110! fwemngs O

the mouth and jawes,and {or other.inﬂa’minations newly beginnin .

e if C The ripe and new gathered Mulberries arclikewife cold" and be full ofjuycc,which hath £119“ d

‘ tbr0at,and almondsror Vvula of the throat,or any other malady ariﬁng in th0l'Cgpal't$.

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H The fame batke being ﬁﬁepedip in vinegerhelpeth the tooth-ache : of the fame eiieﬂ 19

. t . . . . . . . - - ' X5 of wine,and is fomething drying,and not withouta binding quality :and therefore it is all?) 9" - f .

Almonds 0

aft“ gtlﬁ

_ with medicines for the mouth,_and {rich as helpe the hot fwellings of the mouth, and the throat; for whigch infirmities it is lingular good. ’

F the juyce of the ripe berries is made a eonfeétion with fugar, called Diamarum : that E?’ the manner of a fyrrup, which is exceeding good for the vlcers and hot lwellings ofthC'¢°”

the belly’

Tbefc Mulbcrries taken in meat, and aiio before meat, dovery fpeedily pafic through eats,

bYg3*;f°?f3fgheit moilhire and {lipperine lie of their ﬁib (iai’ice,and make a pa ﬂitge for DEW’ m as 4 an air . _

Th5)’ ‘"5 good to quench thirltthey {tit vp an appetite to meate,they are not htirtfull to the RO_ ﬂmkeibuf the)’ “°“|'ifhthC_,b'TOdy very little; being taken in the fecond place, or after tneate, Olhcy

though they be lelTe hurtfuli than other like fruits,yet are they corrupted and putriﬁed,vn1C{r“ fpeedily defcend. ’

r l . F .G The bafke Oftbﬂ 5003 is bitter, hot,‘ and dry, and bath a {coating faculty : the deco5f10“ harm

doth open the {toppings of the liner and fpIeene,it purgeth the belly and driueth forth W0Y‘;‘1‘g'tbg

u. decoffcion of the leaues and barke,l'aith Dz‘ofcarz‘der,who fheweth that about harueﬁ time Ihefe lay eth out of the root a juyce, which the next day after is found to be hard, and that the farm good againft the toothache; that it waﬂzeth away P/2yma,and purgeth the belly. both (0

Galen faith,that there is in the Ieaues and {iii} buds of this .tree a certaine middle facul‘Y= binde and (come. ' V

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of the Hifiorie of Plants»

C H A p, 1529': . Of it/ye S)z,:om0reTree. Sjlcomomar M Tbepggﬂljﬁm’ jh§°$_yc0n1OretrCei "I'.‘.I-le .S’ycomo'r'e. tree is of no frnali V / height. being very like to the tnulbe. Vrie tree in bigne {Fe 8: ﬂClCW53§ alfo in leafe: Iv» the fruitis as great as a Fig, and of the ﬁfame fafhion , Vetyilike in juyce and taﬂe , 74 ~ to tihewilde Fig,l:itit.£weeter,and without ~ 1;: iany graines or feeds-wi'thin,which grow- eth not forth of the tender bo7ughes,but but of‘ the body and great old armesvegy fruitfully: this tree hath in it plenty of inilkie juyce,which fo {bone as any part is‘ broken or cut,dot'h ilihe forth.

A 1] The Place; _ ,_ _

It groweth,as Dio/c'\m'a"es Writeth, very plentifully in Caria and Rhodes , and in fundry places of Egypt, as at the great i Cayre or Alkaire, and in places that doe not bring forth much wheat,in which it is

an helpe, and fulﬁceth in Read of bread eorne where there ‘is fcarﬁtie of vi5’tua Galen writeth, that hee faw a plant of they Sycomore tree like to the wilde Fig tree} fruit and all. ’ v V ‘ Q] T/J5 Place‘.

1 It bringeth forth fruit three or foure ,

times in one yeare, and oftnet if it be fera- ped with an iron knife, or other like in:

ﬂrument. ' qr rbcrlrzzmer. V V _ ‘ ._ _ __ _ .I.hiS mg is called in Gmckea m,,,,,-W,-, of the Fig tree and the Mpulbery tree :_ in Lati_ne,s_‘ycpm‘orm : ar;;eg;,_,, Cam“ named; it baclceward til/lorafycos : the iigyptians of our time do cal_l it Ifzcm Pbaraa. m'a,or P/W4‘; his Fig me 35 Witneffeth Bcllanms :‘ and it 15 likewife tetrnedfzmr e:ﬁg~ypti4_.1Egyptiang Fig “CC and a1{O.M,,,,,,» :ggypti4,or Egyptian Mulbery tree. e call it in Engl1{h,Syc0more tree after tI1(>_)Gygckc and Larine,and alfo Mulberry Fig tree, whichisi the right Sycomore tree, and not

9 great Maple,as we haue faid in the chapter of: Maple. ‘p go i . 3, ‘L g The fruit is named in Greeke S _ytomaro‘za, and in Italian, Sycomore and F160 a’ Egztto;

q] The Temperature mdf/crmer. M

4 ’ The fruit ofrhe Sycomore tree hath no fharpnelfe in it at all,asi(§:iléb faith. it is fomwhat Tweet’

‘Iﬂ tal’£e,and is of temperature moiﬂ after a fortﬂnd COM 35 be Mldbwieso

B It good,faith Diofcoria’er,for the be1rly';b.utit is «raw; that isnvithout any nouriﬂI‘m€“==aﬁd U0“? 1??

Home to the ﬂomacke.

There ifﬁieth forth of the barke of this tree in the beginning of the Spring, b€F0r.<‘= the fruit 3?‘ C

peafeth a liquour, which beeing taken vp with a fpunge, or a little woolliis d“'°d>m-'=‘d¢ VP “"0 ﬁne

Calmsiaird kept in gallie pots : this molliﬁeth, clofeth wounds together, and diffolueth grorfe hua ' Outs.

‘It is both inwa,-dry taken and outwardly applied againﬂ: thebiting of ferpents, hardnelfe ofthe

{hilt or fpleencnand paine of the ftomacke proceeding of a cold caufe: this liquor doth very quick: “3’Puttiﬁe. t e ” ‘

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