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, in low-Dutch, qggupmeu : in‘ Spanifh, Czmelo : in lirenchfnmier .- in Engliih,

_ 0‘ P1“m5- 501'“ 01" age we vfe to call thofe that grow in Hungarieﬁrmgarica, or mnomm

I ’ . ' en A Plllmmes that be ripe and new gathered from the tree, what fort foener they are of, do ﬂ1°‘a

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2 The Mirobalan Plum tree groweth to the height ofa great tree, charged with man)’ 5"“?! armes or-boughes, which diuide tliemfelues into fmall twiggy branches,by means whereof It Ye‘ ‘ deth a goodly and pleafant fhadow : the trunke or body is couered with a liner and thinner 133‘ 6 3511110 30)’ Qfthe °‘bCfI Plum trees: the leaues do fomewhat refernble thofe of the C herrie t1'C€a they are very tender, indented about the edges : the ﬂours be white:the fruit is round,hanging vp_0“ Ionﬁ foot-{talks pleafant to beh0ld,greene in the beginning,red when it is alrnoll ripe, and beeing fa . ripeit glillereth like purple mixed with blacke : the ﬁe-lh or meat is full of juice,pleafant In E3 ' the {tone is fma1l,or of a meane biguefle : the tree bringeth forth plenty of fruit euery other ye“:

The Almond tree glroweth vp to the height of a tree ofa meane bigneffe : the branches 3’ I 1-rong,{‘rnooth,anc_l euen : the leaues are broad,fomtbing long,and ribbed in diuers places_,with {I113 nerues running through the fame;the Hours are whitefprinkled with a little dalh ofpl"'P1° reams’

sly to be perceiuedrthe fruit is I0ng,hauing a cleft downe the middle,ofa brown red colour; 3“d O a pl eafant taiie. _ _ h

'4. E The Damafcen Plum tree groweth likewife to a meane height,the branches very Pllftlcit C leaues of a deep green colour: the fruit is round, of a blewifh blaclre colour :' the {tone is like V9“) that of the Cherry,wherein it differeth from all other Plums. _ _ ‘ n

5 The Bulleffe and the Sloe tree are wilde lcindes of Plurns,which do vary in their kinda”; as the greater and rnanured Plums do. Of the Bulleﬂ'e,fome are greater and of better tafie than V thers.Sloes are fome ofone tal%e,and fome of others,more {harp 5 fome greater, and others 16 C ’ the which to diliinguiih with long defcriptions were to fmall purpol‘e,coniidering they be 31 . n euei-y of them knowne euen vnto the ﬁmpleihtherefore this {hall fufﬁce for their feucrall d€fC“P trons.

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The Plum trees grow in all knowne countries of the world : they're quire a Ioofe ground,tl1¢‘Y 3 fo receiue a difference from the regions where they grow, not only of the forme or falhioll 2 “I fpccially ofthe faCulties.,as we will forthwith declare. I do’

The Plum trees are alfo many times graffed into trees of other kindes , and being fo ingrﬁg‘ ’ they flmem yarentigfmmnz azlolatiomk, vt Plinim ditit,ex.6i£mt. . of

The greateli variety of thefe rare Plums are to be found in the grounds of M" Virmﬁf PWW” C Twicknam before remerribred in the chapter of Apples: although my felfe am not without {Om ’ and thole rare and delicate.

The wilde Plums grow in rnoil hedges through England.

. . . . {f The Time. -lb The common and garden Plum trees do bloome in April : the leaner come forth prefenfll’ W} them: the fruit is ripe in Surnmenfome foonegfome later. i 1] TIM.’ N amt: . ‘ o The Plum tree is called in Greek, mimira =in Latine,Prmm : in high-Dutch%Bﬂaumlﬂb3 ' l in tree. ‘ The fruit is cailed in Greeke, l(nit;w,tui7\oi7 iin Latina, Pnmum .- in high.Du;ch, agﬂgumzu . ' D’-“Ch. qbgupmcn : in Italian and French,Przme: in S pa1iilh,Pm2mJ .- in l:'ngli{h,Prune,a Theft? haue alfo names from the regions and countries where they grow. ‘ M ., Thﬁpld Writers haue called thofe that grow in Syria neere vnto Damafcus, Damafcemz 7”‘ es in Englifh,Daml‘ons,or Damask Prunes , and thofc that grow in Spainjli/fanica, Si1aDiﬂ1_%'ll$g, of H ungarie:fome, Gal/iaa Pmmi, or French Prunes, of the country of France. c1earcm'Pc’”?"""M falthﬁhat thcl’ °fRh°d€5 and Sicilia do call the Damaslie Prunes Brn€3m’.r.. » qr 77:: Temperature mm’ I/ertrm. and C00l€:3"d Yﬁeld l/M0150 b0dy_vcry little nourifhment, and the fame nothing good at 31 fig: as Plummes do very quickly rot, lo is alfo the juice of them apt to putriﬁe in the body, and that wife to cattle the meat to putriﬁe which is taken with them : onely they are good for tliore

. would keep their bodies foluble and coole 5 for by their inoiilure and ﬂipperineife they do mom‘

fie the belly.

.3 Dried Plums,commonly called Prunes, are wholfomer, and more pleafant to the li0m3°l"'h‘-iy

yeeld more nourilhment and better, and fuch as cannot eafily putrifie.Ir is reported,f3i€b 6”” In his boolre of the faculties of N ourifhments, that the befidoe grow in Damafcus a city 0

and next to thofe, they that grow in Spaine .2 but thefe do nothing at all binde, yet diuers ° Damaslze Damion Prunes very much 5 for Damaske Damion Prunes are more aftringcntabml I’ 3 _ of S paine be fwceter.Dio[b0ride5 faith, that Damaske Prunes dried do fiay the belly; but ab‘: 1), ﬁrmeth inhis books of the faculties ofﬁinple medicines, that they do manifefily 10093 the y ’

mg L _____ . - Yﬁt leiler than they that be brought 011‘ of Slﬁmvbecm

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gboiled wig: i\‘:Ie[<1leI_or honied water which ath . O in in they 10015 the bcny very muc. (as t e ame Anthor faith) al- th°u:hgCt):l:ieh1ulEy1 ttlidlrrciidllurgsy much more if the Mede be fUPl?ed_;fte§1Eh;m'\éVe. .C°‘¥'m§nd,.[h°.fc' °fHitingary which be long arid fweetayet more more of Momwhaﬁ Seed he: at? Plrlmclpa €11“), ".1 limes pelt Oi the prOUiBC€ Ofthe Marcomans 5 for ‘here aclfizlﬂ tafcil witliteiirit aiit tt fiwljltti 1-{lo riiglloir may be conlumed awayabe “loll Pleafam m Ch? wﬂeéalll aiidl Malina as Tim Izrcianlda afﬁrmeth . 6 the bellysas that in that reipea they go beyond a la ’ ' ' '

Th 1 i l Pl t are good again“ I - « mmeles Verlagieerstelsmttileroadrjeaeves 5 they {gap the rheum and falling down of humoursnf the deco-

‘ ‘ 03$ ' i étion thereof be made in wineﬁnd galgled In the mouth and mr

‘the Plum tree doth glue and fallen togetherias tDiofcorz'der faith. D

{tone and heales Lichens in infants and yong children : . ks the fame effeéts that the gum of the Peach 8: Cherry tree doth.

Th -Id 1 ‘d fl» nd binde the belly, __ while a:eP{liua[ii)San(d l'cid’r:,for then the?’ ‘"3 aim gem’

.' . du E . ‘ . G The juice of 51065 doth ﬂop the belly,the lask an bloudy ﬂnt,the inor mat cour e o womens

. - ' it d l ' termes,and all other illhes ofbloud in man or vy];>r‘Ii1ﬁI(l);‘g_I1*3g gig‘:ggitﬁlabdecggidpﬁccegn d°t11‘:f:&::é Which is a thorn tree rowing in EgYPt>"e‘.7i r C. ’ ‘ ' 3 the bum for w£;[on3§1beir the Plums of this Country are equall vnto it in vertues.

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’ Aﬂyrian 13 lums. Ebeiliens are alfo a kindeiofPlums,“die tree‘

whereof is not vnlike to thC‘P1Um.U€l§o, 13*‘

ving it groweth lower than molt Of?!” ma‘ mired Plumme trees :the leanes be harder and rounder : the“ ﬂoures grow at the tops of the bmches,conﬁfling of line fmall white leaues, with pale vellow threds in the middle like to‘ thofe of the Plumme tree. After follow etll the fruit like little Flluvmsfalined in little gskinny cups , which when they be ripe are ofa gree- nifh black cO._lour,whetein is contained a final hard ﬁone.The"f‘r’uit is fweet in taiie,the pulp or meat is very tough a‘nd_.cla’rri‘-my.

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The Sebeiien’ trees grow p‘lentifu‘_lly”in gia and Egypt-,they were in tirnestpﬁﬁ .f°F’5,‘“' and ilrange in Italy,now grow alt???“ 1,“ euery garden , beeing ﬁtihbrou'ghI iwnzer time = 1‘,T.9.vv do the‘*Se_be ﬂen_=;r%=. faith hee, zit. I 5a..-»6"4p’:1’l8-. begin iayawtw I 0”" “‘ mong the Snervice. tfC¢5-‘‘‘ ‘ it ,7‘ " y . ,....»:v I :g‘._‘,_,,‘ g V

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he fwelling ofthe’Vv«ula, the throat, gums, and

and fo doe the vnripe plums of What fort foeuer,‘ F