withinwthe Peach I-lone ﬁamped fmallgand boiled with vineger vntill it b6 bro

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to the form of an ointment,is good to reﬁore and bring again the haire of ﬁich as be troubled W1‘

the Alopecia. . . h There is drawn forth of the kernels of pt-aches,with Peniroyall water,a juice like to milk,Wh‘° is good for thofe that haue the Apoplexy : if the fame be oftentimes held in the mouthsitdraw

forth water and recouereth fpeech. - reafofl

K The um is ofa meane temperature, but the fubfiance thereof is tough and clammy, by there or

whereof it dulleth the lharpnes of thin humors : it feriieth in a loocb or licking medicine 0 that be troubled with the cough,and haue rotten ltings,and itoppcth the {pitting and railing "P v bloud,and alfo iiayeth other ﬂuxes. _ ,.._o—”"

I C H A P. 95. Of the t/iprecoc/re or e/fhrecoche tree.’

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._ A 03 7'/2cDej7crz;vtz'a;z., C pg.‘ His tree is greater than the Peach tree,and hath a bigger bod y, it laﬁeth 10955’ like

cially if it be gtaffed or inoculatedrthe leaues hereof are broad and {harp p01_“,‘% ’n;

ca thofe ofblacke Poplar,but 1eﬂ"er,a‘nd comming more neere to the leaues of B_“c. ’ and ked in the ed ges : the ﬁotires are fomewhatwhite,the fruit round like a Peach, yellow W1‘ ex ,1{o without,ii1 which doth he a browne ﬁone nothing rough at all as is that of the Peach, 91° and 1effer,in which is included a {weer kernell. 1 _ _ rear.‘ 2 V\7e haue aiidther fort of A Precock,Whofe trunke or body is equal with the oth€1' In get of n.e{Ye,it is like alfo in leaues and brittle branches : his tii_neofﬂon_ring,ﬁourifhing,and mg.“ mgr, growing aceordeth : the only point wherein they differ is, that this tree bringeth forth 15 " H and not (0 good in cafiejn euery other refpe£_-‘t it is like. _ d M, M,’/, , 1 Oithis alfo M‘ Parhiizfan hath fer forth dm€fS'V3Li‘l€EiCS,E!nd my fore mentioned frien ‘Y A, la: hath thefefiue f0rts,the commontthe long/and greagthe Mllskc’-thg Batbayyiand th¢ C

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Piiiiorie of Plants. T 144

A q)‘ The Place. ,_ s g Eagle? trees grow in my garden, and now adaies in many other gentlemms gardens throiughgm an . . . _ _ 1} The Time. ‘V T116}! fioure and ﬂoiirilh in Aprill,and their fruit is ripe in Iuly. q The Names. .. A ~ M . , A The tree is called in Greeke, 1}(§MiAﬂ’AVl=W37 : inLatine, Malta‘: Armmizim : in EiigIiﬂi,AbtccOi;:k.treé ‘nd Aprecock tree. “ . _« _ A V The fruit is named ivliiAa1Ap_ml91axt'i, and of diners, r=em'n#oy,Of ﬁsaxsnmnt which bee words eon-u ted ‘r.°m the Latine 3 for Pmcax in Latine is diucrs times called.Pmcoqtmm: it is named Malum A5->m¢ Hz « i_. 5 - ‘ . 2 ‘ as - fa » _ . ' _f in“l‘:?_7i,%id commonly Ai’m€ﬂM£1l77.i.ln high-Dutch,Q139112tf¢l1~%D}yl2llﬁ,%,joyang igfgtﬂugg. in F W- iitcli,mtoe_ge 1_gttftn,?ltuant {Batten 3 in I'talian,Armemac cgiimc e, C7:fame1e,Mg;;j4;/m rencli,Ahrzwz .- in Spa-nifh,»Alrtmrraques,Alwrchzgagand Alhmoc: .- in Engl;fb,~Abrecocl<e, A. 5)"-"~‘(.>Cl<,and Aprecox. - »'

Galen {cents to make a ‘difference between Prmcia and .4I'72‘renz'4m,in his book of thefiaculties of»

Our.-i(hments,preferring Pretoria before Armenian : yet he doth confeffe that both of them bee allied /!rm‘eni4c‘zz. Others pronounce them Armenia with fo_ure fyllables. And in his book of the Fa-_ alfties ofﬁmple medicines he aﬂir_meth,that both the fruit and the tree are called 02,0.-ra'».Iia!' J’ D iuefg t o the later phylitians do betwixt thefe make a diiference,faying,that the greater ones 8; thofef

at are gralfecl be Armcnizica (which the French men call ixrvmr, Perfes) and t e lefiitt Prretotia .- in ' re.nCh,L/{hﬂ'(‘.‘5z~.' _ _ ,_ — _ ‘ s _ The T ezhpmztare andrertuei. r _ _ y _ _

C Aprecockes are cold and m_oiPt in the fecond degree, but Y6? 110? (9 main as P'ea?ches,for which tiiflife they do not fo fO9l1pUtI1iiC;IhCy ale alfo more wholfome to the ltomack and pjleafam to {I}: esyet doe they lrkewife putrilie and yeeld biitlittle nourifhment,_and the fame cold,moiPt, and tull ofexcrements.Being taken after meat they corrupt and putriﬁe in the ﬂomackgbgjng ﬁrp‘ em tegaggiorﬁ meat they eaﬁly defc:end,and caufe other meats to paﬂe down the foo’ner,like as aslfo the CS Oc_ A ‘ ' V g . ‘. . _ g 5 \ ‘=1 _ g . ‘ The kernel within it is fweet,and nothing at all i‘l:l_.faC:li_1tI8:iiite that oil’ the Peacli. The vertues of the leancs of this tree are not yet found outs s '

it A P. 96?. the gjohregrdndt tree;

The kinder;

3 ‘there he iiinclry forts of App'~Ies,Peares,Plu’ms,;and fuch like fruits 5’ lb there are two forts of

Of spornegtanatsﬁhc garden and thewildc,anc_1 a third for: which, is barren and lruitleifmche ﬁn}: anéhe garden 'P0megranatis of three fortsgone hauing a fou_re iurce or liquoi',anothet a very fweet er-Q pleafant liquor,and the third the raft of_ wine. 0 f the wild alfo there be two fortgand the dlf,

- . nce between them is no more than betwixt crabstand weildings, w_bic_._h are both wilde kindes

apples. Therefore the defcription of the garden Pomcgranat {hall lufhce for the reit-

qj Shh: Déﬁrzfiiaﬁ.

He maniired Pomegrangatbtreevgroweth vp',_to the height ofan hgdge m~e,heeing iEue*n 0?. éight Cllbits hlghsh3“i“3 many Pliaﬂt fwiggy branches,very limber, tough,and pfa tn: ‘ ‘ o browne colour, whcreon are fer very many leaues in {hape like more of the Privet, but ~:.°_T€ like thofc ofthe Myrtle tree,ofa bright fhining green colour tending to yellowneifemmong ‘Ch Rand certain {harp thorns confufedxly fet,and lilrewife hollow iioures hire to the hedge rofcﬁ,

111 t « .‘ . . . dented on the edges like a ftar,of a Carnation eolounand very ﬁngle: after which commeth the

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aiﬁéticoliercd with an hard bark of an ouerworne purplilh colourfull ofgrains and ketne}-lS,Which ~ .i C!‘ they be ripe are of a ctimfon coloiir,and ﬁill ofjuicqwhich differethin raft aCCQtdi_Dg to the e '.°1Ym8t,a_nd country where they gt‘OW;ii.)t'Il(‘. be fweenothers fonresﬁndn ‘[13 Chlid 3f€ in at mid»

K - “Ween them both,hauing the talte ofwine, ~ , s c 7 g_g Q . prick The wild Pomegranat tree is like the other in leattes and IWIESY b’3¥1Ch‘35~i3UiE It is more p [Y and horrid. O f this there are two forts, the one haurrig {uch ﬂoutes and fruitas the tam’: fm“a*°granat,the other bearing ﬂoures yéry cloubIe,as may app?-W by “E $gw‘€:,_Wl.i.ich withcryand. . "33’ leaning no fruit behind them.,as the double ﬂnured Cherry doth,an.d- diners other hcrbtsr ' Ffffffg ' ' and