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- . . . - ~ - n the or LomIaita's,as writers afﬁrme 5 the other is gathered in the _Spring,which is reddi,ﬂi,w1o;1f:TAt1: ,3“ other in price or value,becaufe it is not fo well conco6ted in the heat of the Sunne. f fomc mes wound this tree with a knife, that the liquor may flow out more abundantly , wh€r€0 yeeld threefcore pound of Frankincenfe. Tlae Place. _ _ f T 3 tbs Diafcarides faith it groweth in Arabia,and_ efpecially in that quarter which is called Thurihef] it . belt in that country is called S ragom'ar,and isround, and if it_be brol<en_is fat within, and W:1 '3 16 “.6 X burned doth quickly yeeld a fmell : next to it in goodneile is that which groweth in Sin: 0; than the other,and more yellow. 1; The Time. The time is already declared in the defcription. - _ The Namer. _ _ uh‘ I; is ca] {ed in G;-eeke ardent : in Latine,T/arm in Italian, Imeaﬁ:inDutch,1l1l{2lCﬁil€i} 3 1“ Paﬁnand’ Eﬁtmfd : in French,Enccua : in Englifh,Frankincenfe,and lncenfe : in the _Arabian tongu€,L"““O;.‘he of forne few,Co;zder. 1: The Rofin carries the fame name 5 but in {hops it is called 01154771177’; Gl‘€‘Ci{€ name and article put before it. 1: ' ' Tlae Temperature and Vernm‘. A It hath, as Diziﬁoridcs faith,’ a power to heate and binde. _ p ds mi. B It driueth away the dimneffe of the eye-ﬁghptiﬁllﬂth VP hollow vlCets,1t clofcth raw WOW I eth all corruptions of bloud, although it fall from the head. u h {owe C Galen writeth thus ofit,'I/ms doth heate in the fecond degree, and dry in the ﬁrit, and h?‘ dc fmall aftri<Stion,but in the white there is a manifeﬂ al’rri6tion,the rirrde doth manifeﬂly bin 5 than dry exceedingly, and that molt certainely in the fecond degree, for it isof. more grofler Qarhmgsi Frankincerife,and not fo fharpe, by reafon whereof it is.much vfed in fpitting of blond: ‘WC - in the mouth,the collicke palIion,the flux in the belly riling from the £romacke_,and bIo_UdYlfe be. I) The furne or fmoke of it hatha more drier and hottﬁr quality than I116 Ffanklﬂcﬁﬂfﬁ "5 [5 ’ A ing dry in the third degree. _ E It doth alfo clenfe and ﬁll vp the vlcers in the eies,lil<e vnto Myrrhe {thus far Galen. [them 1: Diaﬁaridz: faith,That if it be drunke by a man in health, it driucth him into a frenlie = b“ are few Greekes of his minde. ‘ B _ {ten ta{ C; r,4zrz'm2 reporteth that it doth helpe and flrengthen the wit and vn.derllanding,but the 0 ‘ king ofit will breed the head-ache,and if too much of it be drunke with wine it killeth.

C H A P. 8 7. Of Ft.’/Zia/{,8 Mt!- Pi,/Zacia. The Fiﬂickc Nut.‘ 1] T55 D9fWa1’fi¢7.”-4_ siis like ~ - He tree which beareth Fifhclte D1" rcofbe V - I to theTUrpent1l‘le tree:the leauciihebu er ' i _ _ ‘ ""1" 1 ‘I . greater than thofe of the«Ma_ﬂicl<e tfeesa - '.;g._:_«,,., , ,_\ after the fame maner, 8: in like orderf ""’r"~~*" are,being of a faint yellow color out 0 3 .1) C S ” ‘W’ ' I /, the fruitor Nuts dohang by their ftglllgge A 1 V.,,'...- ,—,-A; I i‘rers,being greater than the Nuts 0 C has

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ples, and much Ieﬂ"e_r than Almondsiﬁlgne ._ N_,,,,',.,_,_, ‘I without is ofa grayifh colou_r, f0m°" b agcc """"=-’«?’«""’ --_-, diih,the {hellbrickle and white;th€ ” Ieafant ‘ of the kemell greene ; the tafleafwt’-Crap” to be eaten,and fomctlhinlg ﬁve“ °f {me ' D T e P 468. . "'m%'i“'v Fiﬂicke Nutsﬂgrow in Pﬂfﬁaa Afabclg ria,and in India5now they are rnadc f‘PIouin— zons in Italy,as in Naples and in 0th“ ces there. « qr T/.ze T me. he fmit 7 f " This tree doth ﬂoure in M8)’, ‘mat is ripe in September. , V I37 The Names. , , in AM!‘ This Nut is called in Greeke ”""’“° of 1‘rea~ metu:Nicana'tr Colo lyoniar in his b001“i] it ga»'*"" cles nameth it .;n7&mnPo_[i’idonz'uA ﬂ3“_‘ct the ﬁlm‘ 0thers,¢um'»uav=the Latines Obfcwmg.

pli- , . - - M 0‘. . terrnes,haue namedit I’zj?4¢“’”»3‘/M7 /’tac_:W’:.

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Of the Hiftorieof Plants. , 14

l1lh,Fifticlce Nut.

q] T/re Temperature and V crmes.

The kernels of the Fifiiclte Nuts are oftentimes eaten as be t

Offcmperature hot and moiﬁ:,they are not {'0 eafily conco&ed,but much eafier than common nuts:

‘ C j uyce is good,yet fomewhat thieke5they yeeld to the body no fmall nouriihment, they mm 1' H,- Odies that are confirmed : they recouer firength .

/{am : the Apothecariesjiﬂici .- the Spaniatds,dl/aocig-'ar,and Fz_‘/fire: : in Italian, P2;/iarcai : in Eng- if

They are good for thofe that haue the phtl'iiﬁCke,Or rotting away of the lungs. They concorS’t,tipen,and clenfe forth raw humors that cleaue to the lights and cheft.

They open the {toppings ofthe liuer,and be good for the inﬁrmities of the l{idniC5_3[hCy alfo re- 1)

m°ue out of the leidnies {and and grauell 3 and alfwage their paine : they are alfo good for vlcers.

The kernels of F iltieke nuts condited,or made into comfits, with Sugar, and eaten, doe procure E

bodily luft,vnfl:0p the lungs and the brcﬁ, are good againli the fhortneife of breath, and are an ex- Ccllem pmfgyuatiuc medicine being miniﬁred in wine againfl the bitings of all manner of wilde

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Nam oeﬂqaria.

The Bladder Nut.

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THis is a low_ tree, hauing diuers young fprings growing forth of the rootztlie fub- ﬁance of the wood is white,very hard 8: found. the barke is of alight greeiie : the leaues con: {me of fine little ones,which be nicked in the edges like thofe of the Elder, but leffer, not fo greene norranke of fmell. It hath the plcaf-mt whitifh ﬂoures of Bryony or Labrafra, both in fmell and fhape, which turne into fmall come. red bladders of Winter C herries,ca11cd Alka- kengie, but 05311 ouerworne greenfth colour : thefe bladders 816 contained two littlg nuts, and {ometimes no more but one, Ieffgr than the Ha fell nur,but greater than the Ram Cich,

with 21 Wooddy {hell and fomewhat red: the S

kemell within is fomething gteenes in rage at the Erik fweer,but afterwardslotlifome and rea. dy to prouoke vomit. ‘ _ qr The Place.

_ If gfoweth "1 _I‘3IYa Gfrmany and France ;‘ it growerh likewilh at the houfe of 5 it W4/fer Crtlpepfer neere Flimmewell in the VVeild of Kentaas alfo In the Fryer-yard without Saint Paules gatein Stamford, and about Spalding Abbey,and in the garden of the right Honou-

table the Lord Treafurer my veryigood Lord

and Maf’rer,and by his houfe in the Strand. It

grower}; 3111) in my Garden, and in the Garden

hedges of Sir ivmma Caren» neere Croydon,fe-l uen miles from London-

q] The Time.

This tree tloureth in May,the Nuts be ripe in Augufh and Septcmh¢1‘-

q The Names.

It is commonly called in high Dutchqzitﬂpttﬂuffzvvh ich ﬁgﬂiﬁclh in low D“fCh>39t'miJ€tﬂﬂ=

ta,‘ zdiuers can it in Latine,P1ﬂacz'am Germanic

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am .- we thinlte it bell: to Call it N/zx rut./icar.ia. weat- H: in hisEPiﬂ;Ie5 doth judge the Turks Coulcoul and H eéalé-ea, to agree W1 th this:Gulzel.»mu ﬁa- ”!“ afﬁrrneth Coulcoul to be vfed of diuers in Conflantinople fora daintie, efpecially when ’ ath no old name,vnlelI'e it be S¢a,m’aylaa’:m!raa_Plia ": E ee (2 e e 3 lg

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hole of the Pine Apples; they be A