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iii. O ’1OEll7.3S in gardens : he calls the other which climeth not vp,but lieth crawling on th6 gm"; 51 £g;’.’,1;.‘;7"li/"£}IVl‘.A Plelvcias in ltali:-1n,Z1¢cczz .- in Spani(lr,Cal4bazza: in Frencbpourge : in high—Dutch;3l‘m ' in low- Dutclgclhﬁubﬁﬁiflzmtl 1 in Ef1gli{h,G0’~1Yd5- ~ ‘

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ding ofarr hot caiilc. n his The pulp or me at thereof rnitigateth all hot fwellings,if it be laid thereon in manner 053 P“ ’ and vied in like manner it takes away the headache and inﬂammation of the eies. , )d by The faiiie Author aﬁirmeth,thata long Gourd or Cucumber being laid in the cradle of D‘ the yong infant whileft it is aﬂeep and ﬁcke ofan ague,it {hall be very quickly made Wl10a'f‘§ ~{ an The pulp zil {o is eaten fod,b-at 'n~ecaiil'e it hath in it a vvaterilh and thinne §uice,it yec1€l<3_”‘ ‘I3 noiiriihrnerit to the lZ‘OClfr"r31ld the fame cold and moilisbut it eaﬁly pafietli thorow,elp'3 ’ ing €o»:icZei~i,w Erich by realon of the ﬂipperinelfe and moiﬂnefli: alto of his fubftairce, H101 bell . _ Pitt beinglboilled in an ouen or fried in a pan it lofeth moﬂz part of his naturall i11Ole.fflll'€,WllCfCA fore it more i ow y clefcencleth,and doth not molliﬁe the bell fo foou. . The feed all-ayes the (harpneﬂe ofvrin,and brings down thh fame. ‘

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Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants; _ an T /we Defcriptibn. ‘ x T Here is helides the former ones a certaine wilde Gourd : this is like the garden Gourd

in clymirig iialkgclafping tendrels,‘and {oft l'eaues,and as it were downy3all and euery homes. h_ tymeof whicli thingsbeing far 'l‘e_l’I'e : this alfo clymbeth vpon arbours and banquetin ut in b-ii if fruit reprefenteth the great_b.e_llied Gourd,and thofe that be like vn_to bottles inform, may be.hg‘l?€fl‘e.1t is very far inferiogfor it is fmall, and fcarce fo great as an ordinarre QUIITICC? and it is as V 9 within the compalii: ofa mans h‘and:tl_.iegoutward_ rinde at the ﬁrﬂ is green, afterward 3“ “ES rharpas wood,aird ol_ the colour thereof: the inner pulp is rnoiﬂ and very full ofjuice, Whey- ciauy inc ted.The whole is as bitter as C_oloquintida,which hath made {'0 many error-s,one cfpe- 2 > Talglng the fruit Coloquintida for the wilde Gourd. L A V _ V with it tlglilecorid wilde Goiird hath likew_ifc_ many trailing branches 3I1CElCcl‘afpll'J§?', f€Dd.fClS,‘W:l]er,. among “Eh hold of fuch things, as be neerevnto it : the_ leaues be roa , eepely cut into d.‘L1e:‘s the Géh (1! Fe tlrole oﬁghe Vine,l‘oft_ and very downy, whereby it IS efpeciallyiltnowne to be one of to a-I - 1‘ >= the flours are very white,as are alfo thofe of the Gourds: the fruit lueceeds growing Ouﬂd forme,ﬂat on the top like the head ofa Mufhrome,whereof it tooke his fyr-name. The qr :T'b€ Plzwen Y L g V‘ _. V _ ‘V thefe«C§i§ig’V Ofthernfeliies wildein hot regions zthcy neuer come to perfeéhon of ripeneffe in . untries. l ~ ‘

Ti‘ _ q 7-£47 * ‘€ “ms anﬁvereth thofe ofthe garden. I _ . T/1eNamer. _ _ V W . pa” lfwildc Gourd is called in G-reelre, x.iaws. ebua = in Latine,Cucurbz'taﬁlm;/frz2,orwilde Gourd; ""§"’°- Cap. 3. aﬁirmeth,That the wilde Gourd is named of the Grecians, av’:-cw, which is hol- the’{:ﬂ1UCl1 thicke,not growing but among ﬂones,the_ juice whereof beingtaken is very good for ngit (3mf‘~C_l<e. But the wilde Gourd is not that which is fodefcribed, for it is abouc an inch thick, mack? is it lrollowjoiit full of juice,and by reafon ofthe extreme bitternelfe offenliue to the {lo- is tSh°“1e_ alfo there be that take this for Coloqiiintida,but they are far dece_iu_ed 5 for Colocynthis‘ °Wilde Clrmll Cucumbenwhereof we haue treated in the chapter of Cltruls. Th _p p_ _ A qr T/ze Temperature. , _ y " _°_.“’1lde Gourd’ is as hot and dry as Co‘loquintida,namely in the fecond degree. Th ‘ " ‘ qfirhe Vertues. __ _ T : _ « ._ _. 9 the boéwiltl Gourd is extremelbittergfor which caufeit opens and fCOutCStl1_Cﬂ°PPCd paflages of A = .dY= It alfo pm‘-geth ‘downwards as do wilde Melons. . _ _ migh‘:l.°°“eI‘, the \/Vine which hath continued all night in this Gourd likcwtfe purgeth thérbelly ﬂy; ringing" forth cholericlte and ﬁegtrraticlre l1L'lD.'1OIS.‘

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