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Show ae 4p Cwasias: Tbeatviom Botanicum, Péixy faich, his (orinus is, addincamenta before faid,givech a yellow colour. The Savoy srs call the wood hereofmodo conchylis colore infignem, for this as is which they loppe and fell for that parpofe Fuftety and we Futticke, which ali Dyers know is of e(peciall ufe with them,both the old wood to givecne ye]. low colour, and the young another. Moatthiolus,Ancuilar a, Camerariys, and Gefner in hortiscall It Cotings, Gefner yer alfo calleshit Coctigriaforte Barba Lovis P lir y, Dodoneus Cotinus Cortaria, Coggyoria by C lufivs and others, and of Cefalpinws Scotanum vulgo, asthe common p*ople did. The laft isliker to bethe Rhus [ylveltr ig and called by Lugduvenfas, Rhus (ylueStres altera, by Clufius Péryallo, as Ruellins aid before him,and Afyrtus nemovalig,Rhus her ba Pliny, and thinkethir isthe Dryophanon Cordus tooke it to be Eleagnus , and Bellosins fiir. pivmcultura, tooke it to be the Eleagrus ot Theophrafius, and Lobel thercfore called it Lléagnus Cord;, and Do. doneus Chameleagnis Lobel calleth it Gage! Germanorum, and .Wyrtus Brabantica,and Belgarum, bucll may fay as well Afprrze Anglia, foritisas plentifull with us as with them, but Arabians callehe firlt Sumac, Adurior, Rofbar, Sadifticos, or Rofaidicos that Lobel did not know fo much? The ,che Italians Rha,and Sumaco, the Spaniards Sumach and Swmagro, the French Sumac, the Germanes Gerberbaum, the Dutch Sumackand Smack, and we in Englifo Sumacke,and red Sumacke, the Frencé call the lalt Pincentroyallchat is Royall Balme: the-Germa nes Gu gel,as s The Theater of Plants, Page 1. the Apensineihils doe call yc'Scorano, and thofe at the foote Roffelo, of the ret colour of the berke, and not of the Dye,as fome thinke,becanle is before faid,and we/Ganle and {wecte Willow. The Vertues. Sumacke both leavesand feedes,and the medicines made of themare the third, the leaves of the firft Sumacke have an altringent qualicy, cooling in the fecond degree wand dryiae in that they may ferve inftead of Acacin, for thofe purpofesit is ufedhedeco€ion of the leaves and feede is fingular good forallforts of fluxes inman or wo- man, totakethem in broth,er in meate or drinke, and to fit in the deco¢tion whileie as wanmesas che blood flix, the flax of the Romacke,womens courfes,and the whites alfo, tobe drunke or invected’by velifters or otherwite, or inbathes, it ayeth the ftomacke that is much given to calting, the deco@ion: of the leaves or feede made withvinegar,anda little honey put thereto is good againft Gangrens or Cankers, the Juyce tharis taken out of the dryed leaves by boyling them in water and after they teeery I jxtma, 1.0 Agetias mma i Thegreateit alt} openolea Laurell Myrtle, Crarh§s1453 2. Myrtuslatifolia exctica, < The Arange 4 3 bgoadIcafed clofe Myrtle. < =Ei NG Bz ‘ Wem =: Vis e sY WB i a i eB a ee | yt U N Gj Zs PROS Lip DWY7 a LZ aus \ be firayned to boyle them ‘againe with fome honey, hath he fame preperties thar Lycium hath, the fame helpeth the rc ughneffe of the tongué and throate ; the {cede likewife boyled in water,and the decoétion thereof evapoured to the thickeneff e of honey,isam oreeffe@uall then the feedeit felfe: the decoétion of the greene leaves maketh the haire blacke to be wa(hed therewith: the juyce ofthem droppedinto the eares dryeth up the moifture and running of them: the feede beaten and boyled into a pultis and applyed to anyinflammation or hot Impoftume ,cooleth chem much,and dothalfo take awaythe markes and paines of bruifes and blowes, as alfo the frettings and gallings of the skinne, the fameatio helpeth the hemorrhoides or piles when they bleede too much, ifitbe applyed with thefine pouther of Oken coales: irisfingular good alfo tobe applyed ro ruptures, both inwardly and outwardly,and to flay defluxions of hot and fharpe rheumes into the eyes, and Damocrates ufed itin a medicine with Poppy heads, againft deftillations from the head, and again wantof fleepe : the gum thatis found oftentime s iffuing ont of the tree, isgood for hollow teeth, to eafe the paines,and the decoétion of the feede is good te wafhthe mouth bothto falten loofe teeth, and to heale putrid androtten gummes, ‘What the Virginia Sumacke will performe, I have not ‘knowne any hath madethe proofe, butit is probable ir might worke fome of thefecfeas if any would make the tryall, Both the Myrtle leafed Sumacke andithe Vewice.are ina manne;as effe@uall co all the purpofes aforefaid, except that they area little weaker, The Gaule is by the bitternefle and harfhneffe found tobeboth dryinyand difcuffing, andis very effeCuall to kill che wormes in thebelly or Romackes it mightily affe@teth che braine, caufing firlt pertarDatians and then fopiting the fences: itis much ufed to belaidin Wardrobes, Chefts, Preffes, and the like, to Keepe mothes from garments,and woollen cloathes as alfo to give them a goodfent. Myrtus, The Myrtle. Aving {pokén of the Gaule in the Chapter before , which fomé account 2 kinde of Myrtle both from the forme and {weetenefle, I thinke goodto fer the ftocke of the Myrtles nextthereunco, which aremany, becaufe although I have fhewed you three of them in my former Booke, yet] have not thewed you all the properties they have. 1. Mytus latifoliamaxima, The greate tt open Laurell Myrtle, This greateft Myrtle hath grearand thicke woaddy branches {ec with ad yet not fo clofeas the next comming neere unto row of large leaves the {mallerleaves of the Bay tree, but of ble a paler greene colon abiding alwayes greene and very {weete: this fore faith (//ius even in Spaine {eld ome beareth fruite becanfe they pruineic often,being kept either fowers or in hedges for pleafure. Clofins maketh another fort hereof. which differethlitle from the former, bur inthe léaves which are fomex what{malfer and thicker, whereas the former are thinner, 2. Afyrens latifolia exotica, The ftrang e broadl eafed clofe Myrtle. This Myrtle growethhigher then the forme r,and fhooreth from the roote {tore of {trong plentifully Qored with large leaves, yet thicke ftemmes more not fuily fo large as the firft fort, tur clofer fet together thar they almoft touch one another fometimesin a double row and fometimesin treble,and very {weete: the like unto others bet larger, after which fowers are white commeth thefruite, fomewhar longe r then in the fmall forts, greene the firtt, purplith beforeit be ripe, and at blacke when iis full ripe, wich many crooked white {eedes Withia them, 3. Adyrties latifolia uulearie, The ufuall broad leafed Myrtle. This ufuall broad leafed Myrtle (whichI fo callbecaufe we havethis onely in our Count broad leafed Myrtles)srowethtobe ry, of all other forts of fonre or five foote high with us,an d in the warme Countries fall of branches andleaves,like a {mall buth, the leayes are fomewha t large and great, yet notfo to bea little tree largeas the laft,as +7» Myrius Battica fjlvefiris to minor acuto folio. The Spanith wild Myrtleand the {mall poynted Myriles 2 @ = ) fweete Hhbhhbh 3 &. Aprius domeftica minutifimnis folijs frau albo, The {mall white Myrtile, : |