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Show 440 Fheatrum Botanicum, Cuar.36, Tripe 16. Esienaé tongue: but that faith he, which is blackith refembling Gam Ammuoniacum, corothergum, and burnei! not Wp. on the other places withus alfo : and fowreth inthe beginning of Summer in the warmer Countries, but very rongue, is adulterare and talfe, bur faith CMarchiolus, this gum isneither brought us now ale “ 8 cn ufe : yet tome thinke that our Gun Elemiisic , buttherein faith he they are much deceived ineciiate a, Olivierfanvage, And wein Englifs the wild Ollive tree, : ue The Vertues, _ The greene leaves and branches of the Ollive, but much more of the wilde Ollive doe coole and binde, efp= ciaily the juyce with vinegar,all hor Impofthimesinflammation s and {wellings,Saint Aztbonies fire ‘a t ee ind creeping ulcers, cankers in che flefh or mouth: the {ame alfo reftraineth the bleeding of wounds i fi) ning — too abounding courfes, being applyedto the places: the faid juyce dropped into the eyes fta eth the deftillan. ons of hor rheumes into them, and éleereth the fight fromfilmes or cloudes that dimme the he 3 d & see ‘ that doth breede therein, or ulcers that breede inthe cares, The pickled Ollives doe ftirre up Ha ~ eee iim aa, and although hard of digeftion, yet pleafing tothe ftomacke , aptco putretie therein are ae b SWier c eyelight and breede headache, yerif they be dryed and applyed being to fretting or corrhodine ulcers dothft hg and taketh awaythe {cares of carbuncles.or plague fores -the pickled Oilives burned, beaten and ap Holts 3 wheales, {tay their further encreafe, and hinder them from rifing and cleanfe foule ulcers helpeth the a peas are loofe and {pongy, aud fafteneth loofe teeth, The water that is taken from the greene wood ‘he ota ted in the fire, healeth the fcurfeand {cabbes inthe head or otherparts: the Olivedtonas eile bis oy ’ gk for the {aid purpofes, andalfo to ftay foule {preadingulcers, and being mixed withfat and meale Feaie am the rugyedneffeof the nailes. Nowto {peake of tle other parts thereof : firlt the oyle is of divers variable Properties, accordingof the Ollive, whichare theo ite aa he fo rh to the ripeneffe of unri Scheie of th - ae whereof itis made, and thenof thetime and agethereof, and lattly of the wafhing ehebets toca: the {al ; ee With fomeis made, theoyle that is made of unripe Ollives,is more cooling and binding then that whi fy 5 iia ofthem when theyateripe: which when itis freth or newis moderately heating and moiltening 'b Ghicbe old ithatha {tronger power to warme and todifcuffe, which properties are perceived by the Genetnette i = the oyle be harfh,it is more cooling then warming : andifthat oyle be wafhed it eal fromit all chasit offe. The greene oyle of unripe Ollives while it is freth, is moft welcome to the ftomacke, it {trengtheneth th ie 1 and fafteneth theteeth, ifitbe held in the mouth for any time, and being drunke it hipigereth thei z tose ting that are given thereunto: the {weete oyle is of moft wfin Sallets and meates being moft nisatineod a he. ri the olderthe oyle is,che better itis for medicine s, pian : open a moove the boty downewards, bothto warme any part, and to difeufe nae flee and is moft effectuall againft all poyfons, efpecially thofe cexulcerate the guts, or not being pafleddownefol ow, but yet abiding in the flomacke, it brinceth; up by vomitting, or hindereth the malignity, fromfurther {preading : iris allo a principal hpredi BR tines falvesalmoft, helping as well the forme, as the vertue on in working, The foote or dregges of oyle, t} the betteritis for divers purpofes, as to heale the {cabbe in man or bealt, being uied with the deco@ Pines = it is very profitablyufed for the ulcers of the fundament o1 privy parts, with honey fine hd v healeth wounds, and helpeth the toothache, being held in the mouth bebe led ; ; ntti thickeneffe of honey, it bindeth much andis eftectua ll coal the purpotes f xa 1 Lysium it beboyled with the juyce of unri e grapes to the thicknefle ofhoney, and epplyed un ailing or co it will caufe chem tofall out: if this foote or dregges ofoyle be put into that morter that th all parget or flooresof your Wardrobs, where youmcane t tolay any woollen or filken Quffes or garment s. in che Preffes,it will not onely preferve the places dry,fro mgathe ring moifture, but warme alfofroin over a oh os and will keepe awaymothes,wormes, {piders, d, and flyes, nor will fuffer any to breede therein The om : met the Ollive tree (whether tame or wilde) is ufed in ocular medicines to helpe the dimneffe ofthe eyes Fhe Yas : alfo provoketh urine and womens courfes , and helpeth the paines of hollowteeth : it caufeth abo) fe ae oe pelleth the dead childe,and hea'eth tetters,ring wormes , fcabbésandlepry. : one yao” Cw aF.37. b Oleafier Cappadicieus. tA4t 5 The baftardorfiveere wilde Olliye, late with us.the fruire ripeneth in Autumne in Spine, &c, burfeldome withus, yet (Marthiolw faith, hee biting tafle init, and befidesit is mo elike untoaRoffen that will melt with the fire tthea Gam whi h on burnein the fireand will not be diflolved without wine or vinegar,or other {uch liquor. The Arab. “f tthe mapured Ollive Zarton and Carton, the Italians Olivo domoftico, the Spaniards Olivo and dee se ia a os Olivier, the Germanes Oclbanm,and Ohvcbaum, the Dutch Oliveboo m, and wethe tame or whan od Puc oo the wilde Olllive is called bythe Italians Oliva vatica,by the Spaniards Axebache. and Atsiher bee. eee ae Tbe Theater of Planis, faw fruiteon the tree that grew in the Emperours Orchard in Vienna, The Names, This treeisdiverfly taken by divers learned Wri= ters, for Matthiolus callethic Olea Bobemica, and ta- kethittobe Eleaguus of Theophrastus, becanfe the namebeing deduced from Olea and Agnus, the Ollive andthe Chalte tree, as like untothem both, this naving leaves and branches like the Chafte tree, and ber- ries like the Olives: but that it cannot be Eleagnus, let me fhew youthar this isa gréactree, TheopbraAusfaithie is fratico(a planta, 2 (hiubby plant, and againe, he faith theflower of che white Poplar which allknow, dothgrowin {piked heads not fcarteringly on the branches,and laltly he faith,it beareth no fruit, andthis is plentifull in any of thofe places, where 7 beopbrafius chiefly gathered his knowledge of this and other Plants, and therefo:e as Thcopbraftus faith, being folikeunto the kindes of Willowes, it is moft probable toa kinde of Willow, whichare though: to beare no feede or truite, and therefore Amatus Las/itanus Would make it to be Salix Awerina, without any good ground or reafon, Bellowius,Clafim,and Camevarius callit Ziziphus alba Columelle, whereuntoitis very like: Gefner alfoin boresfocalling it, and Oleaftri [pecies quibu(damal{o: Bellonim, Dodonew , and Lagdunenfis, take it to be the Ziziphus Cappadocica Plisy, which it is very probable to be alfo, Lobel calleth it Olea [ylvestris Septextrionalium,and eAleagnus alfo,and fome likewile O/ea Germanica,butin my opinion Lobel and Baxhinus,and thofe in Ge/ners time do come neereft unto the name, whereby it may be molt truelycalled Olea /ylveftris or Oleafter, which Ihave followed and added Cappadocicus, becau(e chat in leafe iedoth more neerely ref: mble the Ollive tree, then the Injuhe, and that itis more naturall to be of Cappadocia then Bohemia, or any of thefe Northe rly Regions: fome alto call it -4rbor Paradifea, and fome Thuia odorata, and {ome take it to be the Barba ovis of Pliny lib, 6, 6.18, Rawwolfius faith it is called in Syria Seifefan, The Uertues, We have no efpeciall Phyfica'l property alotred untothistree,or the fruite, burthat as Belonins and ¢ lafius haverecorded, the fruite is eaten by the people where they grow, with delight and pleafure, and without any offenfive quality. The fowersas Lugdanenfis (heweth might be employed to perfume gloves, or garments, or tobe diftilled into a {weete water as well as the Mowers otf Calef, which Bellanenfis cooke ta be this tree, and are ufed inthe manner aforefaid: Cuar. XXXVI. Ocnoplia fpinofa & non [pinofa five Napeca five Ziziphus alba Cm are cx KV I. The white Inne cree, with thornés and without. Cleafter (appadocicus, The baltard or fweere wilde Ollive. N regardchat this tree doth fo neere refen:ble the other Injube tree, mentioned here before in this @jq Worke; I might have joyned themtogether, bur that I could nor affure it yon to be of the fame pro24 perty, | have therefore referved it for this place, as partly partaking with the Olliveas the Injube ik Mote baftard wilde Ollive, (and whyI call ic Twill fhewyou by and by) edontt e body, t tree, and well {pread, whofe barke is veryrt es Sy a@ercac the armes. “Se which Walch have have very very {trong ( and fharp i 2thornes i on them, theyo: the leaves are fetonbothfides of them without order, long and narrow, veryli thining cot leay a pe thicker, fofter, and white r, boththeupperandt nderfide, which enclineth toa 1§ Colour: the flowers growat the foot he be: 1 and fomewhat ftrong, fenie aes 2 of a pale white colour, : pee e hin eoldn: ee es, being a leaves, {mall and very fs (wee oi ar oe 8, t e n are of: afterthe flowers are falne, come berries ,like ni unto f {mall : I Ollive rea berries,Sy witha ’ i h : ends the - is like likeunt a o thornes, .aeit withaaece ee ge a ee or the eek {weete weete Ca foft foft and and e { red Jujube fruite, having chanelled hardfto ne, like an Olll Ive itor oen Seve? Dut Ligdunen C fesfaith the berryis I ) J as dry,an ; d without wittt (ublta ul nce aas s the th Hawth vthot wthorn ae in thofé places neere him, but in the orne, whic hi : warme Authours thathave feene them tobe fach, ; r Countries maybe fuch as I have defcribe d tt Senay The Place and Time This growet £ JCuonisns faith has Pelloni anthin in divers dj y . bie places in\Tarkic. i is 3 i fawinh i travail1 e through their and ij res Gr. wn alte Reese ol Turkic, ashe Countr inthe hedges of Granade in Spaine,as Clufiws obferved, and in moft Orchards of note in France, Germany, ies; a d other ’ Egy? tree, and isoftwo forts, the one bearing thornes, andthe other none, inall other things folike, 22 that one deicription may ferve themboth. Irgrowethroteatreeas gteat a9 ameane filed Peare- spinor @ tree,whote body and branches are covered with a whitifh afh-coloured barke, full of {mall (hort and fharpe *” /pinoa Prickes or thornes, two fet ateach leafe not farre infander, in the one fort, and withoue any inthe orher: the leaves are fomewhat broad and (hort, verylike rothe leaves of the other lnjube tree but greater, round pointed. for the molt part, with three ribbes in each,running all the length, of adarke fhining greene colour on the upper fide, and fomewhat tending to an afh-colour pnderneath, {tanding fingly at the branches, one onthis fide and et on that up to the roppe; at the joynts with the leaves come forthdivers {mall greenith white flowers, ike the bloffomes of che Ollive or Iujube tree for the forme, each {tandingon its owne {mall footcftalke, afrer which being talne come many {mall round fruite, as bigge asagreatCherry, yetfometimesas great as a Wall- hut,tn fome whitifhiin others more yellow, and reddifh on the one fide like an Apple,ofa very {weete tafte, with aftone in the middle thereof,like an Ollive ftone,bat round and not long. The Place and Time, Thele grow in Syria,Egipt, Arabia, and the parts neere unto them,where they holdtheir greene leaves all thé Geesgigg 3 Winters |