WW1:3r4_-6 T i Of the Hiftoric of Plants. L I B- 5-

downe the menfes,helpe the iirangury, aud clenfe forth of the chelt and lungs clammte hUmf‘_”.5t_' if they be mixed with fome kinde of looch or medicine to licke on : with ﬂarch they ﬂay the P‘ A ting ofbloud. T . , I“ And it is reported that fine or fix being taken fallzing do keepe a man from being dT““l‘°' . _ M Thefe alfo clenfe and take away f pots and blemifhes in the face,and in other part5 0f E115 body ’ they mundifie and make cleane foulc eatingvlcers. , , . _ N With hony they are laid vpon the biting of mad dogs ;being applied to the temples with V105 0 get or oile of Rofes,they take away the head-ache,as Dizycorideswriteth. They are allo good againii the cough and {hortneffe of winde. I W» 1’ They are likewife good for thofe that {pic bloud,if they be taken with the line Home ohm) I‘ D; Q There is alfo prelfed out of thefe an oile which pruoketh vrine, butrefpecially if a few fcorpl-0 be drowned and iieeped therein. but R Vvith oile it is ﬁngular good for thofe that hane the ftone,and cannot ealily make “'3'” with extremitie ofpaine , if the {hare and place betweene the cods and fundament be aI1bY“‘e t ierewith. - T 5 Diofoorir/es faith, That the gum doth heate and binde, which qualities notwithllanding are 9°: VT perceiucd in it. A * [his ' lthelpeth them that fpit blond, not by abinding faculty, but through the clammlﬂem’ ° .. fubliance, and that is by cloﬁng vp of the p_all‘a.ges and pores, and fo may it alfo cure Old ¢°“g and mitigate extreme paines that proceed of the ilone, and efpecially take away the ﬂ1al‘P"‘lecO_ of vrine,if it be drunke with Bailard,or with any other fweet potion, as with the decoétion of y r‘ice,or of'Raifons of the f'unne.The fame doth likewife kill tettets in the outward parts Owl‘ be (as Diworides addeth) if it be dilfolucd in vineger.

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C H A P. 9.4.. Of the ‘Peach tree.

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1: ll Here are diucrs forrs oi Peaches belides the foure here fet forth by our Author, 5"‘ lb: trees do not much differ in {hape,but the difference chiefely conlilts in the fruit: W W, of I will giue you the names of the choife ones,and fuch as are to be had from my frien ” , I on in Old-yilreegwhich are tllCfC5tW0 forts of Nutmeg Peachcs;The Queenes Peach;The Ncwmgﬁw, Peach ,- The grand Carnation Pcach;The Carnation Peach 3 Thehlacke Pcach;The Mel0C°“:)0j The VVhite5The Romane; The Alberza ;, The Iﬂand Peach 5 Peach du Troy. Thefe are all g ones. He hath alfo or that kinde of Peach which fome call N mperﬁca or Neétorins, theft? ing kindes 5tl1C Roman ted,rhe bell of fruits;rhe baﬂafd Rcdgthﬁ little dainty greene5the _ the White,the Rufi'et,which is not fo good as the refs. Thofe that would fee any fuller d C0 of thefe may haue recourfe to the late worke of M“ Iabn P4rk:’nﬁn,vvhere they may ﬁnde m0T¢V ties,and more largely handled,and therefore not neceﬂéry for mic in this place toinﬁii V130“ ‘hem.

of The Dtfcriymion.

He Peach tree is a tree of no great bigneffe: it fendeth forth diners bOLlgl'lC53vWhlFhdbef

TO brittle,as oftentimes they are broken with the weight of the fruit or with th‘? Wm

The leaues belong, nicked in the edges, like almoft to tliofe of the Walnut “E as 1“ ti-13¢ bluff 3 the ﬂ0“T<’-S beofa light purple colour. The fruit or Peaches be round, 3“ wee it were a chinke or cleft on the one lide; they are couered with a {oft and thin downe or l1“"7:,,e i0l1>l"3i“g White Wlfllmﬂiaﬂd Ola pleafant tafie ; in the middle whereof is a rough or rugge color:

wherein is contained a kernelllike vnto the Almond ;the meate about the flzone is of a while The root is tough and yellowiih. .

2 The red Peach tree is likewrfe a tree of no great bigne li‘e:it alfo fendeth forth diuers 5°" orbrancheswhich be very brittle. The leaues be long, and nicked in the edges like to the I on dent.The ﬂoures be alfo like vnto the former; the fruit or Peaches be tound,and of a red colouches the outﬁdes the meate likewifeabout the Prone is of a gallant red colour. Thefe kindcs Clip“ are very like to wine in tal’te,and therefore maruellous pleafant, r cr and

3 Perﬁcapr.ecm'a,or the d“auant Peach tree is like vnto the former,but his leaues are Swat I vnt0 larger. The fruit or Peaches be ofa rulfet colour on the one ﬁde, and on the other lid‘? “ex the 5011 Ofared colour,but much greater than the red Peach : the {tones whereof are lIl<¢ TV

former: the pulpe or meate within is of a golden yellow gglgllrpagcl gfa prcafapg calico 4 Mm

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l the Hlﬁorre of Plants. 3447 Perﬁm 4/64. 4 Pcrfim lute5t,01‘ the yellow Peach tree is 1 ﬁlm} The white Peach . “"0 the former 111 leaues and ﬂours, his fruit is-of a yellow color on the out ﬁde,and likewife on the e in title , harder than the rel} : in the middle of the Peach is a wooddy_ hard and rough (tone full of creﬂzs and gutters,l'n which doth l y a kernel much like to that of the almond , and with fuch a like skin: the fubllance within is white , and of taﬂe fomewhat bitter. The fruit hereof is of greatcﬂ; pleafure , and of hell tafle of all the other of his kinda; although there be found at this day diners _ other forts that are of very good taﬂe,not remem- bred of the antienr, or fer down by the later Wig- ters,whereof' to fpealre particularly would not bee great to our pretended purpoie , conﬁderingweg hallen to an end .

qt 3 There is alfo kept in fome ofour choice gardens a kind of Peach which hath 3 very double and beautifullﬂoure , but it is feldom fucceeded by any fruiturthey call this ‘Pcrﬁm ﬂdreplmo , The double b.loﬂ'omcd Peach. i

_, {I The Place.

They are let and planted in gardens and Vine- yards. I haue them all in my garden, with many other forts. , , 1

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The Peach tree foone comes vp, it beams ﬁujgf the third or fourth yeare after it is planted, and 1: f050ndecayet'h,b,eing not of long continuance. It ﬂours in Ap’rill,or a little after the leaues appeare, and ripens his fruit in September.

. , The Names. _ _

V The Peach tree is called in Greeke, muses I'«e‘=w»': in Latinc,U"4l“‘ Pfrﬁfd, and Pf’I‘ﬁL‘zz .- in High- ‘M Lxtchqgetffdjbuum 3 in 1ow.DutCl1, EIBRTB 110011! 2 in French,Perfc/{er : ID Engl1ﬂ1,Peach tree, (3 fruigas Galen tcﬂ:iﬁeth,j_s nafneduﬁm !'Ispwto'r, and Ilt[imw'r ali:O,Wltl1OUC any adClltiOD 2 in La-

meaul/[alum I’erﬁcum,and Pcrﬁmm : in high-Dllfclls 1Bf¢Uml§$ lﬂ l0W'DmCl1; 1993:?“ 3 in Italy.’ Per‘]’€.: in Spani[h,Pt‘xc,zor : in F-FCﬂCl1J’ (‘ff’)?-‘ ~" ll“ Engliﬂ1:1’€a¢b-

' git T/ye N Marc and Vertzm. . A

th beaches be cold and moi£¥,and that in the fecond degree,they.haue a juice and alfo a‘ fubgancg

mat doth ealily puttiﬁe, which yeeldeth no nourifhment, but brrngeth hurt, ttlpecrally (Sam, afm.

taker mcats,_tor then they caufe the other meats toputnﬁe. But theyare leile hurtfull if they be 9!} firﬁ 5 for by realm) that they are moiii and ﬂipper y, they eafrly and quickly defcend, and by

“king the belly flipperyﬁrcy caufe other meats to lh p down the looner. _

of he kernels of the Peaches behot and dry,they open and clenft-,and are good for the (toppings, B‘ the liuer and fpleen.

taches before they be ripe do (‘top the laslce,bu‘t being ripe they loofe the belly, and ingender C:

_a“%l1ty humors,for they are foon corrupted in the fiomacke. «t

he leaues of the Peach tree do open the fioppi fongtlng applied plailienvile vnto the nauel of yong children,they kil the worms,a'nd driue them The fame lcaues boiled in milke do kill the wotmes in children Very fpeedily. he fame being dried and cal’: vpon green wounds cure them. . _ V F G .h° Homes of the Peach tree infufed in watme water for the {pace often 01' tW€l”e. h_°“‘°3r and G Oralnedaaﬂd more ﬂoures put to the {aid liquor to infufe after the fame mannenand l0 Iterated ﬁx rugllt times and (‘trained againe then as much fugar as it will require addtd t0 the famﬁ l1qUOt,f Oiled vn to the conﬁ ll-fence or ihickneife of a f yrrup,and two fpoonefulls hereof taken, cloth [0 bg“l-itly well purge thebell‘y,that there is neither Rubarb,li§ganck,nor any “ﬁllet purger ¢°mP3"‘ emf vnto it 3 for this purgeth down waterifh humors mlghtllyaand Ye‘ "“‘h°“‘ gmfe 01’ troubles‘ r ertothil ~'-esloe - f d. . , , e Iornacl. or w rparts 0 the ho y P fffff Z:

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‘rigs of the liuer,ancl do ‘gently loolen the bflll’ 3 D‘