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Show 4326 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE do mightily binde; being driedthey are good for the laske and bloodie fixe; the powder is ved in meate, andis drunke with wineand water. il Jalfothe reds; theyare goodagainft inflam esof for other inflammations newlybeginning, j acheved Mulberies are Jikewife colde,and befull of itiice,which hath the tafte hingdrying and not withdur a binding qua ‘the mouth, and fuch as he h infirtnities itis fingula pe berries is made aconfection with figar, called Diamorum, that is: which isexceeding good forthe vicers and hot fvellings of the toon ot Vuula ofthe throte,oranyother maladie arifingin thofe parts, “0 es takenin meate,andalfo before meate, do very{peedily paffe thorowthe belly, vy {ture andflipperineffe of their fubftance, and make a paflage for othermeates, to quench thirft, they {tirvp an appetite to meate, they are not hurtfullto the the bodyvery little, being taken in thefecond place, or after meage, for full chanotherlike fruits, yet are they corruptedandputiified,vnleffe they HISTORIB\OF PLA NTS. 132 ; Ws C ofourtimedscallit mens: mors: Cornelis Celfus namerh it backward Atorofycon : the Egyptians oe Pharaonisor Pharaohis Fig tree,as witneffech Bellomias: and itis likewife termed Freus U4 1610s Aceratia, iti tees esypt Fig CAfor atidnot the gteat Maple,as we haue faid in he chapter of the Maple i bane Thefruiris ngimedin Greeke wssiemandin Etalian Syromoroand . PO’ Woake tho. “ tt Thetemp-rasure andvertues, The fruit of the Sycomore tree hath no fharpneflein it at all,as Ga/ew faith, It is fom intateysndisofcetiperature moiftela‘terafortandeoldeasbe Mulberies,. itis good,faith D7feorides, forthe belly; bucit iserespos, chatis,withournourifhment and blefone tothe fLomacke, SUV peereth,a liquor cakes, and kept in gally’ pc humors, : Itisboth iawardly takena doutwardly applied againft the bitings offerpents, hardnes of the | icuor doth very anick! iniltorfpeene and aine of ( proceedin putrifie, 3 ors Of the Figtree, °Q itter, hot anddrie, and hath a fcowring faculties the decoétion hereof the liuer andfpleene,it purgeth the belly nd driueth foorth wormes, teepedin vineger helpeth the toothach 5 of the fame effectis alfothe de- ty Ficus, 1rit watteth away Phyma andpurgeth the belly. - is in the leaues andfirft buds of thistreeacertaine middle facultie, both to binde and “yp Chap.12.6. Ofthe Sycomoretree. & The defcription. CT eral . He Sycomore tree is of no finall height, be. yery like to the Mulberie tree in bignes ing nd thew, itis alfo like vnto itin leafe fruit thereofis as great as a Fig, and of tl fa thewil d Fig jon, very like in inice & tafte to ot fe weeter, and without anygraines iuice,whi doth iflue f tenae ich growethnot foorth of the e body and greatol Jat Y ilk :this tree hath init plentyof orcut, foone 4s anypattis broken %& The place. Jentis Diofeorides wriceth, veryPs 1odes, andin fundry places Cavre orAlkaire,aneia 19 srth much wheate, sot do that es plac dof bead ot which it is an helpe, &/ “ceth in {teed ofbrea als. 4 and corne when ther is fcarfitie of victu more Syco the tof d plan 1 lenwriteth, thathe fa Ook stk : r tree, fruitand all. tree like to the white ec tine. ingeth foorth fr yeere,and oftnerifi! be! lis tree is calle tree and the N Lifeetae There iffuet ote! barke,{aith Diofcorides, whofhe ththat about harueft timethereiffueth rich the next dayafter is found tobe hard, andthat the fameis very good alfo tree,and Aegypt Fig tree,and alfo Morus Acg yptia ot Aegyptian Mulberietree, We call it in Enehity Sy and Latine ,andalfe ,andalfe Malberic FiBi tree, which is: the right Sycofore colt nore. tree after the Grecke 3 and Latine Plantediyn.2 e Peed vader an hot wall,whereto |