Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

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The female Balfam Applfb

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The male Balfam Apple.

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qr; T/ie 13cﬁ:rij7tioﬁ. « . {c He male Balme Apple hath long {mall and tender branches, fer with leaues like ‘lffcb of the Vine, and the like fmall clafping tendrels wherewith it catcheth hold 0_ bout things as grow neere it, not able by reafon of his weakeneﬂe to Rand vpright W1‘ d fome pole or other thing to fupport it. The ﬂoures conﬁft of ﬂue {mall leaues ofrnean brgﬂfhirarpe are ofa feint yellow colour : which being pa{lt,there come in place long Apples,fomethi_ng1eS red toward the point,almol’r like an eggqrough all ouer, as it were with {mall harmelelle prick. both within and without when they be ripe,and cleaueth in {under of themfelues : in the APb€ V eth great broad ﬂat feed,like thofe of Pompion or Citrull, but fomthing blacke when they thered . The root is threddy,and difperfeth it felfe far abroad in the ground. ‘ks n 2 The female Balm-A p le doth not a little differ from the former : it brings forth fl’ ﬁance running or climing like the other,but a molt thick and fat trunk or ﬂock full of juice, in fub arrow. like the {talks of Purﬂane,of a reddifh colounand fomwhat (hining.The leaues belong ‘(:65 : 3. in {hape like thofe of Willow or the_Peach tree,fomewhar toothed or notched about the I; S or mong which grow the ﬂoures,of an incarnat colour tending to blewne_lTe,hauing_a fmall pom taile anexed thereto as bath the lsarks heele,ofa faire light crimfon colour : in their places be . the fruit or apples rough and hairy, but leﬂer than thofe of the former, yellow when the?” Eu which Iikewife cleaue afunder of themleliies, and call abroad their feeds much like vnto {, 6‘ faith mine Author. But thofe which I haue from yeare to yere in my garden bring forth} :3 the Cole-ﬂory or Muflard feed ,-,whether they be of two kinds,or the climat doth altCl’ t »

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They mull b : {iv - ~ ‘ _ - . ﬂ T56. Tillie.’ . ‘ . . . . . jam‘ Cvmmb t L.Vl‘.é; in tlrebegrnning ofAprill in a bed ofhot horfe-dung,euen_ as Muske-me; mm“: he *‘ n 1 fers, an lllC‘u lll<€ cold fruits are5,and replanted aoroad from the {aid bed, into the

I let ertile place of the garden,at fuch time as they haue gotten three leaues apiece.

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Que Called it P-0mVm](3 . egrftlran rt‘)/jt1§',uc3;ﬁBalf[f£11 D1133? ._inh renlc ,L?:cr;eZz e {fame of the Latins w emu the ti CA.) Ilmrzé tlf,or1 dame f€)l.}Sd pp is. tist ouﬁg ]{)l1IOft: 4f41mz11:zi,bCCauf.e’th€01lC jrmﬂm or [help gp es e teepe or in u e , ist ougitpro ta e or manyt ings,as is 0;m£»4[;

}éf€inaIa1%lI§rofthe plant B.4l_{2maam. ‘ M _ . _ umiimm _. Geﬁcr ihatp APPle is likewilecalled Balﬁamz-m,and‘;ftentirnes in the Neuter g€flCl&‘I_‘13’d[-’-"- B/1% mimfmmma ' _u eth rather to name it Balﬁzmma amygrlulot L’5.‘V/I1.-'61 Ia: Cvrt{m',Ba//}z7¢2el[4:orhe1-5,. - In Engli(h,the female Balme Apples. qf T/2c Temperature. pples hereoﬂas alfo the leaues, do notably dry, hauing withall a certaine moderate Y Deere to a mean temperature,that is after fome,hot in the firflyand dry in the {econd

The fruit or A coldneﬂéver egfee.

q] The Vermes. re reported to heale greene w0unds,if they be bruifed and la_id_thereon 5 and taken Ste laid to be a remedy for the colique,and an Cifeﬁllal medicine for burllings and am es.

._ ea . . . . . . . . mnwnt ues of the male Ba{ﬁzmm.z dried in the {hadow , and beaten into pouderand giuen in

COHIck:th0{e that are mortally wounded in the body,cureth them inward1y,and helpeth alfo the

ram 15: (:i‘[lr‘13Y*{hihch is drawne forth of the fruit cureth all greene and Frefh “vounds as the true natu— therewith . It QIPEIII the cramps and convulﬁons,and the {hrinking of {inewes,being annointed _ It ' macrggogtjgg Wongen that are in great extremitie of chilcle- birth,in taking away the paine of the 3 Cali info t C miter? 1° Slelluﬁfatlce beeing applied to the place,and annointed vpon their be1lies,or ‘ t cured] the HIX with a lyring, and eafeth the dolour of the inward Parts. _ p _ lintofold cloucs Cmorrhoides and all other pames of the fundament, being thcrﬁto applied with i E ﬁr‘: e Ealliltﬁtsl drunken in wine, heale ruptures. _ F thong t to me or nothing written of the property or vertues of the female kinde , but that it is G He 01iuei:]vv:§§1‘§vnto the ﬁrft in temperament and verrue. _ _ 3 one chores QC b the fruit (the feed taken forth) is either {er in the_Sui_i, as we do when wee H ay inﬂam 3 r_ oiled in a double glafle let in hot warer,or elfe buried in hot horfe d_ung,ta— glew them to matmns that are In wounds. It doth alfo ealily and in fhort time confolidate or

gether, and perfe étly cure them.

t on thceurhth ﬁle "l_°°_'-S Of the dugs or paps, the head of the yard or matrix, as alfo the inflammati- I This ap ]:{"g1_“J€€ted or conueied into the place, with a fyringe or mother peﬂhrie. gfﬁar forcfto ‘C5 ‘”",h g°_0d ﬁlCcelTe applied vnto woLinds,prickes and hurts of the ﬁnewes. It hath K e t e poudegfgcglﬁlngs and burnings : it raketh away fcarres and blemilhes, if in the meane c is report d h t e eaues be taken for certaine dares together. _ V _ a tit and con 6 t at fuch as be barren are made fruitfull herewith, if the woman ﬁrll be bathed in L -mthaand I uenient bath for the purpofe,and the parts about the {hare and matrix annointed here.

.9 W0man prefently haue the company of her husband.