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Show 1392 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis. 3. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Thegreateriscalled in Latine Salix perticalis, common Withy, Willow, and. Sallow,efpecial, ly that whichbeing often lopped fendeth out from one head many boughs : the kinde hereofwith the red barke is called of Theophraftus blacke Withy; and the other,white : P/iny calleth the black Graca,or Greeke Withie (the red,being the Greeke Withy,faith he,is eafie tobe cleft) and the whiter, Amcrina. Theophraftes writeth, that the Arcadians do call the leffer ‘tx*, not ‘Ive: Pliny alfo nameth this Helice : both ofthem do make this tobe Salicis tertiafpecies, the third kinde of Sallow : the fameig likewife called in Latine,Salixpumila, Salix viminalis, Gallica Salix ; and by Columella,Sabina, which he faith that many do terme smerina : inhigh-Dutch, Rlepn Hdepders ¢ in low-Dutchyjjmen: in Englith, Ofier, {mall Withy, Twig Withy : Petrus Crefcentiue namethit Vincus. ‘ 4] The Temperature. The leaues, floures, feed,and barke of Willowes arecold and dry in the fecond degree, and a. ftringent. q The Vertues. The leaues and barke of Withy or Willowesdoftay the {pitting ofbloud,andall other fluxes of bloud whatfoeuerin man or woman, ifthefaid leaues and barke be boiled in wine and drunke, The greene bougheswith the leaues mayvery well be brought into chambersand fet about the bedsof thofe that befickeof feuers,for they do mightily coole the heateoftheaire, which thing is a wonderfull refrefhing tothe ficke Patients. , The barke hathlike vertues : Diefcorides writeth, thatthis being burnt to afhes,and fteeped in vineger, takes away cornes and otherlike rifings in the feet and toes: diters, faith Gales, doeflit the barke whileft the Withy is in flouring,and gather acertain iuice, with which they vfetotake away things thar hinderthefight, and this is when they areconftrainedto vfe a clenfing medicine ofthin fabtill parts. ; G The Defiription. full of I ack tame ormanured Oliue tree groweth high and great with manybranches, muchivnlike the leaues of Willowes,but narrower andfmaller: not leaties narrow long e and round, ' the fotires be white andvery fmall, growing vpon clufters or bunches: the fruitis long we call oyle Oliue. which liquor that preffed is fruit which from : hardftone an is whereif 4 ThewildeOliuc is like vnto the tame or garden Oliuetree, fauing that theleaues are fome:the fruit hereof is leflei thing {maller among whichfometimes dogrow many prickely thornes or ripenesin fomuch maturitie cometo thanof the former, and moe.in number,which do feldome thatthe oilewhich is made of thofe berries continueth euer green,and is called Oile Omphacine, qroileof vnripe Olites. a The Place. Both the tameandthe wilde Oliue trees growin very manyplaces of Italy, France, and $ paine, andalfo in the Iflands adioyting : they are reported tolouethe fea coafts , formoft do thinke, as columella writeth, that aboue fixty miles fromthefea theycither dy jor elfe bring forth no fruir : butthebeft, and they that do'yeeld the moft pleafant Oyle are thofe that grow in the Ifland called Candy, q The Time. Allthe Olive trees floure in the monethof Iune : the fruit is gathered in Nouember or Decem- bet: when they be a little dried and begin towrinckle theyare put into the preffe,and outof them is{qeezed oile, with wateraddedin the preffing : theOliues whichare tobe preferued in falt and pickle muft be gathered before they beripe, and whileft they are greene, q The Ngmes: ol¢a (ttiva,and. The tame or garden Oliue tree is called in Greeke Petz, and ‘Prate Ssess in Latine, Trhina.: inn high- Dutch, Delbaumts in low-Du tch, Dlijfooome sin Italian, Olivo domeftico: i Cuar, 564 8 Oleafativa, Themanured Oliue tree. Ofthe Oliue Tree. 2 Oleafylueftris. The wilde Oliuetree. French, olivier : in Spanith, Olino,and Olivera : in Englifh, Oliue trees The berry is called Olima: in Greekealfo ‘tie : in Spanifh, 4Xeytwma: in French, Dutch, and Faplith, Olive. Oliues preferued.in brine or pickleare called Colymbades. Thewilde Oliue tice is named in Greeke, 'aes«iz : in Latine, Oleafylucftres, Olcafter,Cotinus Olea \Bhopica : ix Dutch, naald Oelbaum : in Tralian, Olivofaluateco : in Spanith, 4 Xebuche, AXambulbara in French, vlinier fauuage: in Englith,wilde Oliue tree. @ The Temperature and Vertucs. The Oliués which be fo ripe as that either they fall off themfelues, or be ready to fall,which are lated in Grecke, syns, be moderatly hot and moift,yct being eaten they yeeld to the bodylittle howri~hment. = : ’ Thevnripe oliues are dry and binding. Thofe that are preferued inpickle, called Colymbades, do dry vp the ouermuch moifture of the Otlacke, they remoue the loathing of meate, ftirre vpan appetite; but there is no nourifhment at allthat is tobe lookedfor in them, muchleffe good nourifhment. = Thebranches, leaues, and tender budsofthe Oliue tree do coole, dry, and binde,and efpecialofthe wilde Oliue -forthey be ofgreater force than thofe of the tame: therefore by reafon they : milder they are better for eye medicines, which haue need of binding things tobe mixed with em, ; Thefimedo flay $. Anthonies fire,the fhingles, epiny Aides, night wheales, carbunclés,andea- Ung vlcers ; being laid on with honey they take away efchares, clenfe foule and filthy vicers,and quench the heateofhor fwellings,and be goodfor kesnels in the flanke :they heale & skin wounds inthe head, and being chewedthey area remediefor vicers in the mouth, Theiuyce and decoétion alfo are ofthe fame effect :morcouer,the iuice doth ftay all maner of Kedinos, and alfo'the whites. J pie, ; hich is better) or The iuice is preffed forth ofthe ftamped leaues, with wine added thereto(w withwater, and being dried inthe Sunit is madevpingo little cakeslike perfumes. i _ The fiveat or oyle whichiffueth forth ofthe wood whileft it is in burning healeth tetters,fqgrfs ad feabs, if they be anointed therewith. mA} ee 1¢ fame whichis preffed forth ofthe vnripe Oliuesis as cold asitis ae enone 1ot= ‘ The old oilewhichis made of fweet and ripe Oliues,beingkept long,doth wit : “Landis of greater force to digeft orwafte away ; and that oilewhich was made of the vnripe O- inte old, doth as yet retairie fomepartof his former aftriGtion,and isofa a faculty,chae » Olay, partly biniditig,and partly digefting , for it hath got this digefting or confuming faculty /*G¢, and the other propereic ofbinding of his ownenature. The |