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Show a Sie ae ia MeeDT pee 1528 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. itwere a piece ofCorke,which - water"like asdotha ftie L 18,3 : i ; i notwithftanding finketh to the bottome whenit falleth into th. 3 Balfamifructus? £ 3 Balfamum Alpinicum Carpobsl The Balfam tree wide Thefruit ofthe Balfam tree; 1529 Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants, ~Lis. 3. é thus diftilleef; or drops,ofa molt feet {auout, and fingular effects, for one drop of this which ofthe tree, is worth a pound of that which is made by deco@ion: rhe fruit hereof is fall et {pect of the others; it feldome exceedeth the bignes ofa Peafe, ofa bittertafte, inclofed in y as the Tdi tow huske,of the length ofa finger, fomething thin, and ofa white colour; which ve again{t head-ache : which fruit of moft is that we haue before deferibed called Carpobalfam e Trisalfo written,that in the Ifland called Hi/panjola ; there groweth a {mall tree,ofthe hei htot two men,without the induftry of man, hauing ftalkes or Rems of the colour of athes; hese do grow greene leaues, fhatpe at both ends, but more greene on the vpperfide than on the lower hauing a middle rib fomewhat thicke and ftanding out; the foot-ftalkes whereon they ror are fomewhat reddith :among which leaues commethfruit growing by clufters, as bear a mans hand,fingers andall : the ftones or graines in the fruit be few, and greene ; but growing torednefle moreand more asthe fruitwaxethtipe, From thewhich is gathered a juice after this manner:the take the young fhootes and buds ofthe tree, and alfo the clufters of the fruit, which they bruife, and boile in water tothe thickeneffe ofhony, which beingftrained, they keepeit fot theirvfes. oe They vfe it againft wounds and vicers ;it ftoppeth and ftancheth the bloud ; maketh cleane ; brimgethvpthe fleth, and healéth them mightily, and with better fueceffe than true Balfame. The branchesof the tree being cut,docaft forth by drops acertaine cleare water, more worth than Aqua vite, moft wholefome againit wounds, andall otherdifeafes proceedin ; from cold caufes, ifit be drunken fome few daies together, q The Place. 6 Thefe trees growin diuers parts of the world, fome in Agypt, and moft ofthofe countries adia- cent: there groweth of them inthe Eaftand Weft Indies ; as trauellers in thofe parts report q| The Time. ; Thefe trees for the moft part keepe greene winter and Sommer. a The Names. Balfainc is called in Greeke,séaceus: in Latine alfo Balfamum : of the Arabians Balfeni,? Balefiva’ and Bel/an - in Italian, Balfamo : in French, Baume, The liquor that floweth out of the tree when it is wounded, is called Opobal/amum : the wood Yylobalfaraum : the fruit Carpobalfamum : and the liquor whichnaturally floweth from the tree in Agypt Balfamum, q The Temperature. Balfameis hot and dry in the fecond degree, with aftriction, q The Vertues. Carpobal/amum,is alfo one of the Balfam trees:it s: 3 This tree,faith Garciasthat beareth the fruit ranate tree,garnifhed with very many branche Pomeg greene: amongft groweth to the height and bigneffe ofthe ur ofcolour whiter, alwaies growing Rue,b of thofe like leaues grow whereondo forth fruit th comme which after certaintie: no which comeforth floures, whereofwe haue t {mell; ie ; s 1s called’ Carpobalfamum,ofa pleafan thatofthe Turpentine tree,which in fhoppe liquour of fome's which r: {weete much is tree ed wound liquour which floweth from the Opobalfamum. Balfam of the Antients, andalfo figure! £ Profper Alpinus hath writ a large Dialogue ofthe _ ereof in his booke De Plant .Aigypticap.x 4.whethet I refer the oobi anddeliuered the hiftorie th the (arpobalfamum fet forth by our Author,w a Thaueprefented youwitha flip from his tree,and s,alwales Bith,and leaues ofthis are like to thofe of Lenzi/cm feemes to be ofthe fameplant. The —s . to one foot-ftalke;the wood is gummie,redee sean4 winged,growing three,fiue, ot feuen faftened like thofe of Acatia,growing v fuallythr well fmelling : the floures are {mall and white ow ofthe Turpentine tree,containing 1pm gether; thefruitis ofthe fhape an d bigneffe ofthat re like honey, their tafte is bittcrifh,& fom bat well {melling feeds,filledwitha yellowith moiftu EVIE: jthou biting the tongue. + the frui twhereofisasitwere akemell- with ane Ofthefe Balfamtrees there is yet anotherfort :veines ,of a browne colour : themeat § firm , : d with many fa grateful tau a thell,couered witha thin skin ftrake ite colour,andwithout fmel!, but o {olid,like the kernell ofthe Indian Nut,of'awh in the beginning ofthe fecond. or , degree firft e tinth tobeho helefie! wil ught istho it and omitted becaufe oftedioufneffe:neuerthe gagreat There be diuers forts more,which might be ing:there is,faith my Author,in Amenc gbero! thenot y worth trees fpeciall trouble youwith two fon and boughes euen to the ground, the trun treet™" tree of monftrous hugenefle,befet with leaves vnto Corke,& another thin next rorbe cee to like thick one he is conered with a twofold bark,t Balfam like vate®* betweene which barks doth flow (the vpper barke being wounded )a white Naturall Balfame taken in a morning fafting, with little Rofe water or wine,to the quantitie A of fiue or fix drops, helpeth thofe rhar.be afthmatike, or fhort of winde: it preuaileth againft the paines of the bladder,and ftomacke,and comforteth the fame mightily ; and alfoamendetha ftinking breath, 8 takes away the fhaking fics of the quotidian egue,if it be taken two orthree times. Ithelpeth confumptions,clenfeth the barren wombe,efpecially being anointed vpona peffary. B é ormother fuppofitorie,and vied. _ The ftomacke being annointed. therewith, digeftionis helped thereby; it alfo preferueth the 2 tomacke from obftruétions and windineffe; it helpeth the hardneffe of the fpleene ; eafeth the atiefes of the reines and belly, proceeding of cold cat fes. Italfo taketh away all manner of aches, proceeding of cold caufes, if they be annointed therewith, but more fpeedily, ifalinnen cloth be wet therein, and laid thereon: vfed in the fame mannet, it diffolueth hard tumors, called edemata ; and ftrengthneth the weake members. The famerefrefheth the braine,and comforteth the parts.adioining , ithelpeth the palfie,con- 5 wulfions andall grie fes ofthe finewes,if they be annoitned therewith. - The maruellous ¢ ffe&s thar it worketh in new and greene wound, were heere too long to'fet 7 towne,andalfo fuperfiuous , con fidering the skilfull Chirurgionwhom it moft concerneth, doth ‘howthe vfe thereof, and as for t he beggerly Qitackfaluers, Runnagates, and knauifh Mounti- Yanks, we are not willing toinftruat hem in thingsfo farabouetheir reach, capacitie and worthi- Cuar.146, Ofa kinde of Balme, or Balfame Tree @| The Defcrintion. t tc. - His tree which th hauing a trunke o le of the Indies docall catolli, groweth to the bigneffe ofa great tree, odyofa darke greene colour, {prinkled oucr with many afh coloured fpots : Noanannon |
