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Show 1366 Of the Hiftory of Plants; L153, ofa ftronger{mell,and in tafte bittcrer and hotter ; but thelater is thought not to be theRofin the Larch,but of the Fir-tree, which Galen becaufe it is aftera fort like in fubftance,mighthauer, kenfor that of the Larch tree. : { There growethalfovpon the Larchtree akinde of Mufhrum orexerefcence,notfuchas isin other trees,but whiter, fofter,more loofe and {pungie than any other of the Mufhrums,and Bod for medicinewhich beareth the name of 4garicus,or Agaricke : 1 find that Pliny fuppofeth all the Mafticke trees,and thofe that beate Galls, dobring forth this Agaricum:wherein he was fomewhgt deceiued,andefjpecially in that he took Glandjfera for Conifera,thatis,thofe trees which beare matt or Acornes,for the Pine apple trees : but amongall the trees that beare Agaricus, the Larchisthe chiefe,and bringeth moft plenty of Agarick. q The Place. The Larchtree groweth not in Greece,or in Macedon,but chiefely vponthe Alpesof Italy,nor far from Trent, hard by the riuers Bemacus and Padus ; and alfo inother places of the fame moun. taines: it is likewife found on hils in Morauia, which in times paft was called the countrey ofthe Marcomans : Fuch/ivs writeth,that it groweth alfoin Silefia: others,in Lufatia, in thebordersof Poland: it alfo growethplentifully in the woods ofGallia Cefalpina. Pliay hath {aid fomewhat hereof contradicting the writings of others,in his 16 book,8 chapter, wherehefaith, that fpecially the Acornetrees of France do beare Agaricke,and notonly the acon trees,but the Conetrees alfo,among which,faith he,the Larchtree is the chief tharbringeth forth Agaricke,and that not oe = Seeve sich nowis called France , but rather in Lumbardy and Piemontin Italy,where there be whole woods ofLarchtrees,although they be found in fomefmal quantitie in orbs countries. 5 : The beft Agarick is that which is whiteft, very loofeand fpungie, which mayeafily be broken, andis light,and in the firft tafte fweet,hard,and well compaé&: thatwhich is heauy,blackith,and containinginit little thredsas itwere of meres counted pernicious and deadly, Lis. 3. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 1367 Itprouoketh vrine, and bringeth downe the menfes: it maketh the body well co loured, driueth G forth wormes, cureth agues, efpecially quotidians and wandring feuers,and others that are oflong continuance,if icbe mixed with fit things that ferue forthe difeafe: and thefe thingsit performes 4 drawing forth and purging away groffe, cold, and flegmaticke humors, which caufe the dif a From a dram weight,ora dram and a halfe, to two,it is giuen at once in fubftanceor in pouder: theweightofit in an infufion or decoétionis from two drams to fiue. But it purgeth flowly, and doth fomewhattrouble the ftomacke; and thereforeit is appointed that Ginger fhould be mixed withit, or wilde Carrotfeed, or Louage feed, or Sal gem,in Latine, sufifil. Galen, as Mefue reporteth; gaue it with wine wherein Ginger was infufed : omevfe to giueit with Oxymel, otherwife called fyrrup ofvineger, whichis the fafeft way ofall. Agaricke is good againft the paines and {wimmingin the head,or the falling Euill,being taken with fyrrup ofvineger. Itisgood againft the fhortneffe of breath,called 4/thma,the inueterate cough of the lungs, the tyficke,confumption, and thofe that {pet bloud:: it comforteth the weake and fecble ftomacke, ek good diceltion ands good.againft wormes. 2 : a Cuap. 45- Of the GOprefe tree. f luelbri Coralia(einer sea The Gardenand wild Cypreffe tree. @ The Time, Ofall the Conetrees onely the Larchtree is found to be without leaues in the Winter: inthe Spring grow freth leaues out ofthe fame knobs, from which the formerdid fall. The cones ate t0 be gathered before winter,fo fooneas the leaues are gone:but after the fcales are loofed and ope- ned,the feeds drop away : the Rofine muft be gathered in the Sommer moneths. ; | The Names. This tree is called in Greeke «e+ in Latine alfo Larix,in Italian and Spanifh, Larice: inhigh Dutch,Levehenbaumn: in low Dutch Logkenboottt : in French,catele(é : in Englith,Larch trend offomeLarix tree. The liquid Rofin isnamedby Galen alfo yt: the Latinescall it Refina Larigna, or Refina Laritts, Larch Rofin: the Italians, Larga: the Apothecaries,Terebinthina,or Turpentine,and itis foldandal- fo mixed in medicinesin ftead thereof: neitheris that a thing newly done, for Galen likewifein his time reporteth,that the Druggersfold the Larch Rofinein ftead of Turpentine: and this may bee done withouterrour; for Galen himfelfe in one place vfeth Larch Rofin for Turpentine,and inanother, Turpentine for Larch Rofine,in his booke of medicines according to the kindes. The Agaricke is alfo called in Greeke <yépa0 and ¢épmr: in Latine, 4¢aricumand Agaricwand b likewife in thops: the Italians, Spaniards, and othernations do imitate the Greeke word ; and in Englith wecall it Agaricke. A @ The Temperature andVertues. Theleaues,barke, fruit and kernell,are of temperature like vnto the Pine,butnotfo firong. B withe TheLarch Rofin is ofa moifter temperature thanall the reft of the Rofines,andis withallwit out fharpneficor biting, muchlike to the right Turpentine, and is fitly mixed with medicines C whichperfeély cure vicers and greene wounds, : AllRofins,faith Galen,that haue this kinde of moifture and clammineffe ioined with them,doas itwere binde togetherandynite dry medicines,and becaufe they haue no euident biting qu they doe moiften the vicers nothing at all : therefore diuers haue very well mixed yor “35 compound medicineseither Turpentine Rofin,or Larch Rofin:thusfar Galen. Moreoucr, ate wis fin performerh all fuch things that the Turpentine Rofin doth, vnto which, as we haue faid,! muchlike in temperature,whichthing likewife Hates himfelfe arecaoil a Agaricke is hotin the firft degrce and dry in the fecond,accor ing to the oldwriters. Itcutteths e ianeth thin,clenfeth,taketh away btiealgtious or ftoppingsofthe intrailes, and purgeth allo by RGole: E f die foreold Agatickecureth the yellow iaundice proceeding of obftrudtions,andis a fureremeci¢ fhakings,whichare caufed of thickeand cold humors. + of vetDF Thefame being inwardly taken and outwardly applied, is good for thofe that are bit of mous beafts which hurt with their cold poifon, It LS gq The Dept: sc decane ile Hetame or manured Cypreffe tree hath along thicke and ftraight Menor betee tate flender branches do grow, which do not {pred abroadlike the Sais ofa fineple ded4 vpalongtt the body, yetnot touching the top : they grow jes ie a coat conga Gala Bwaiid tiarcow toward the top :the fub tance of the wood is hard; fou .2 feb aashe a {mel!, andfomewhat yellow, almoft like the yellow Saunders,but not altogether ther |