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Melons: zzqutztici ed’:-ales Virginian.

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C‘ ,l‘i.‘1f' i\’lr:tlor1 or Pcnrrpion is like and fully as big as the common Pompio’n,in fpreading ttmning

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gm than ﬁiftiiﬁflctli it lelfe in length neere foure inches,and three inches broad, no bigger nor lon- fmm the ‘great apple, and grow alongﬁ: the branches forth of the bofomes of the leaues, not farre ()I’ H-mmC‘1‘;0R‘3t't_»:'I: to ‘the {Ops of thebranchesacontarnrng a fubllzance, pulp, and ﬂat feed like the min W] {D Ompron : the root rs\vliitr1h,and drfperfeth it felfe very far abroad in the earth,ancl pg-- . . ,ov.rt the beginning of \/Vrnter. Oﬁob. 1 o. 162 1. 10674 Gaorlyer. 1: AIM ‘F Z. q)’ '1'[zeP!:zce. _ _ _ . on ).n‘_f‘3t .6 Melons or Pomprons he garden plants :they ioy belt rna frurtfull foile, and are come - ngland,exccpt the lat‘: defcr1bed,whrch rs as yet a ﬂranger. The . . . _ 11 TﬁrTzme. _ _ ‘ . . temberl’ are planted in the beginning of Aprill: they ﬂoure in Augull: the fruit 18 ripe in Sep-:

1] The Names. _

on or Pom pion is named in Greek I‘Is’7rm: in Latine likewife Pcpogthe fruits of them‘

hey be ripe are called by a common name in Greeke, mam: in Engli{h,Melons, or Poma

hereupon certain Phyli tions( faith Gzz[w)haue contended,that this fruit ought to be cal-

-4 imam, that is to lay in Latine,Pcpo Cummeralz‘.r,or Cucumber. Plz'22y,lzb.9.ca}>. 5. writesrThat

W D when they exceed in greatneffe are called Pcpeme: : it is called in high-Dutch, galttktzt 1: ‘ “tchﬁgepoemn : ID Prench,Pompm.

AM . qr The Nature ma’ Vermcs. lit‘ \ ' ‘ll? Melons are of a cold nature,with plenty of moiﬂure : they hauea certain clenﬁng qua- eithgr 3' means whereof they prouoke vrine,and do more fpeedily paﬂe through the body than doe ‘Eb? Gourcl,Citron,or Cucumbenas Galen hath written. king ‘t‘ Wlp ofthe Pornpion is neuer eaten raw,but boiled 5 for {o it doth more eaﬁly del'cend,ma- Galen P‘? be“? folublc. The nourirhment which comes hereof is little,thin,m(_71ﬁaa“d C0ldzbad,as and, “thsand that efpccially when it is not well digefled ; by reafon w_hcrof1t maketh a man apt eady to fall into the dileafe called the Cholericke pafﬁon,or Felonre. ' with e feed clenfeth more than the m_eat,it prouoketh vrin,and is good for thofe that are troubled Ce {lone of the kidnie s. _ ’ _ but fo r“1t boiled in rnilke and buttered,is not only a good and wholfome meat for mans bodre,

‘ ﬂam§§°P&fed,it is alfoa phyfical medicine for fuch as haue an hot f’tomack,an<l the inward parts

make ﬂea! Or pulp of the fame ﬂiced and fried in a pan with butter, is alfo a good and wholfome

09 V “t aked with apples in an ouen,it ﬁlls the body with ﬂatuous or windy belchings, and is hurtetltter 3' Vnvvhollbme for lhch as liue idlely gbut vnto robnlhous and rulfxcke people nothing "hat ﬁlleth the belly.

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3 there is awilde fortofCucumbers,of Melons,Cir.rons,and Gourds,{'o likervife are there certain wilde Pompions that be fo of their own nature. Thefe bring forth rough l}_&ll:s fer with {harp thorny prickles : the leaues be likewife rough, the Homes yCllO_Wa 3Lzau° of the garden Melon,but euery part is lefler : the root is thicke,round,and fharpﬁ Pm”- lsf-;e thC)1l['jg ahard green rinde 5 the pulpe or meat whereof, and the middle pith. with the fetal; are : ~ I . . , ‘ 2 EOE tile garden Pomp1on,but very bitter rn taﬁe. “ “3 fﬁcond is like vnto the former but it is altogether lefl'e,wherein conﬁﬂs the dlﬁﬁrﬁﬁfﬁs . 3 I“ The Place. ‘

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