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Show THE THIRD BOOKE HISTORIEOF PLANTS.” OF THE st The temperature. Carob treeis dry and aftringent, as is alfo thefruite, and containeth in ita certaihetweete nes.as Galemiaith . The vertues. A ‘ dty, belly ;; butbeing the belly gentlyloofe I fruite re ofoft bettree eaten ate when it is greene,doth grec c gen ls loole the the Carobe The itis hard of digeftion,and ftoppeth the belly, it prouoketh vrine, itis good forthe ftomacke, and nourifheth well,and much better chen when itis greene and freth, Of Calsiafiftula,or Pudding T "spe. Cafia fistula. Chap. 77, Itpurgeth andpurifieth the bloud, making it more cleane then before, breaking therewith the D %& The defeription. Ajfia purgatrix, ot Caftafiffula, groweth vp Pudding Pipe tree. 7 tobe fairetree, with a toughbatkelikelea- ther,of the colourof Boxe, wherupon fome haue fippofedit to take the Grecke name Kes: in Latine Coriaceus : the armes and branchesofthis aré {mall and limber, befet with many goodly leaues , like thofe of the Wall nuctree: among which come foorth finall flowers of ayellowecolour , compact or confifting of fixe little leaues, like the flowers ofChelidoniit minus, oxPile-woott: afterthefe be vaded,there fucceede goodly blacke round,lomg cods, wherof fome ate two footlong, arid of a woodiefubftance ; in thefe codsiscontained blackepulpe, very {weete and foft,ofa pleafane tafte,and feruing to many vies in Phifick, in which pulpe lieth the feede couched in little cels orpartitions : this feedeis flat and brownifh, not valike the feed ofCeratia Siliqna, and inothet refpects very'like vntoit alfo. % Theplace. se This tree srowethtiiuch in Egypt, efpecialie of about Memphis andAlexandria, S¢moft parts Barbaty,atidisa ftrangerin thefe parts ofEurope, te The time. winter and fom ‘The Caffia tree groweth greene imer!it fheddeth his old Jeaues when neware com, Jeaues It by meanes whereof itis neuer yoide’of flowréth eardlyiti thé fpring,aid the fruite’s tripe in Aucurtine. % The names. ‘ % Thevertues, ThepulpeofCara fftula exttac;with violet water, isamoft{weete and pleafantn nédicine; and may be giuen without danger to al} weake peopleofwhatage and{exe foeuer chek Sonues it miniftredtowomnen with childe;forit-gently purgeth cholericke humours andflimie Hoe Nie Re ee ss = takenthe waight of anounce, Caféais good forfuch as be vexed with hot agues, pleuriftes, iaundife or anyother inflammati- B onoftheliver being taken as afore is (fhewed, Cafiais gdodfor the raines andkidneies, driueth foorth grauell arid the ftope; efpeciallyif it be C Ger ee mingled with the decoction of Parf ey,andFennellrootes,and drunke, i: actimonie and fharpnesof the mixture of bloudand choler'togither, Itdiffolueth all phlegmons and inflammations-of the breft,lungs, andtherough artery, called E 4 ilies i. Tracheaarteria, eafingthofe partsexceedingwell, Cafgaabateth the vehemencie ofthirft inaguesjor anyhot difeafewhatfoeuer.efpecially.ifitbe taken with the iuice ofut ybumGichorenm,or Solannm, deputed, according to Ar racte abateth alfo x decoction of theintemperate heate ofthe taines,ifit be receiuedwith diuretick fimples,or with Licorice onely, & wil not fufferthe {tone to growin fich perfons as do receiue & vie this medicine. heauy, andfaireftcods; or G The belt Ca/Zafor your vie, is to be taken out of the moftfull moft canes,and thofe which dofhine without,andare full of foft pulpe within sthat pulpe whichis newly taken foorth is better then that which is kept in boxes by what Art foeuer, Cafvabeing outwarilyapplied,ittakech away theroughnes of the skin,and beingIs ride ypon hor 3: fellings,it bringeth themto fuppuration. Many fingular compounded medicines ate made withthis Ca/a, which heere to recitebelong- J cthnotto my purpofe or hiftory. Ofthe Lentiske,or eMaflicke tree Chap.78. The defeription. He Mafticke tree groweth commonlylikea fhrubbe without any great body, riling vp with many{prings &thoots like che Halells and oftentimes it is of the height and bignes mean tree; the boughes therofare tough, &flexi bles the barke is of a yellowifh red colour, pliable likewife, & hard tobeb here ftand ypon one rib for the moft part 8.leaues , fet vpon amid leaues of Licorice, but har rib, much der,ofa deepe gt what redin th running along of a ted « ftrong of im i This tree was Wikiownetd the olde writers) or folittle accounte@of ; as that they havemat” nditieAtion ofitatak che Arabians were the'fictt that efteemed of itsbyteafon theyknew a te thepulpe;whicl?is found in the Pipes:and after themthelater Grecians, as AttarRothe fruice thereo! time bywhom it was hamed wets aawva; that is'tofayin Latine,Ca/i gigraithe inorftore lmmoutor thicke a it within Hauing pipe; long ikea booke;is fe Jtthiayinpin bis itiscll patti many with diuided and is notcongealed all alike thorowthe pipe, burisfeparated Pipe bt mas The Apethecaries call it'Caizfifuda anidwith a doubleCajafii thinhéewoc may alfo be Englifhed Pudie Py led in Englifh after the apothecaries word,Gaffafiftula;& fitula,orael£ in Grecke,ts Oeeh ; caule the codiorpipe’is ike a puddingeburthe ofd Caffia oddriferous barke that is rolled togithet,aftet the mant?‘ofa long & round pipe,no” moa Apothecaries Canela whiclithey vile in feed of the right Cinamonse bur deccicfully. , : te The temperatnre. -baPhepilpe ofthis Pipewhichischiefelyinrequelt’, ts'moilt in thelatterende ofthe fit degre dlittle more chentetiperately hot: ' ins the ke madeoile, a foorth lik thed like a horn; inw! afterwards when thi thinges like vnto g sea hoines,and in the folded of the ! 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