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Show 1602 - Cwar. 45, Trine. Theatram Botanicam. the fruite or nuts are not u(uall invour fhoppes, but hath beene formerly appointed to bee put into’ Antidotes and Alexipharmica’s (asnamely into the Eletsarinm de Ove, according to the Phifitions of Asgu/ta their receipt : but for their dangerous qualitie thought fit by our Phifictons in the Pharmaropea Londinenfis to be expunged and left out). I thought good to'fhew. you them and theufes they ate putto for the molt part withus : The fruit,asis generally feeneare fiat, round, of the thicknefle- ofhalfe ones finger, almoft like unto Lupines but greater, hollowiflyon the onefidesand alittlebunchedroundonthe contrary, of a grayith colour with a kindeof Freefe or foft Cotten covering the whole, and offo hard/a horny fubltance that they will no way bee beaten into pouther, Tx1B817, The Tbearer ofPlants. of the tree was in formertimes in much ufe by the ancients but isutterly negleéted now a dayes which was more drying and binding then the Gumitfelfe : they had /alfo (Mana Tharu;s which fome tooke to bea fort of thar dewy Manna thacis gathered fromrees but were deceived, for itis but the finall peeces of pouther of the O4- éanimuphich is brokenby the carriage : they ufed alfo thefulige ot foote of it when ic was burned being made as blacking for fhooes;8c, is made,but is wholly. out of ufe now adayes. but muft be eratedon afmall Spice grater, buttake heed not to grateSpice thereonafter. The chiefeftufe that rhey.are put unto isto kill Dogsand Cats, andother creatures, ‘by mixing fomeof ic with their meate ; as alfo to give unto Crowes, Ravens, and other fuch like tronblefomebirds that by their noy{e difquiet mens fleepe or fiudies, or upon pleafuure to trew'thereof uponflefh, a little fprimkled over with Aqua vite, tied falt to fome ftake or other fuchlike thirig,. which will make them afrer they have eaten thereof feeme as it were drunke for a time, tumbling off from the poaft or treeupon the ground; there fluttering for a while untill the operationis paftandthen they willflyeaway.. Some:thatgive it inwardly three or foure graines at atime fay that it expelleth peltilentiall vapours from the heart, and procureth fweate but not vomit as farre as I can learne,notwithftanding the name,and therefore (Matthiolus would haveit called Nw#x Canina rather then Vomica, Cuar. XLV. Olibanumfeve Thus. White Frankumf{cénfe. He genérall tenetbothof old or ancient and new writersis, that the Francumfcence tree doth growin Arabia, yet Diofcorides faith in India, but Garcias faith none groweth there; and as fome fay, the Mirrhe and Frankum{ence grow inthe woods promifcuonfly togecher, but the defcription of the tree in particular was kept clofe (as it was anciently related ) religioufly by thofe that gathered the Gum, but thofe nodoubr were but meere fables and tales co hold it in eftimation, as thatof the religious A/firiaw youth, flainethroughenvy, and therefore Tas the more accepted by the gods ; for fince the rites of Gentilifme here a ceafed,and Turcifme creptin place, the knowledge shereofby acceffe untoplacesis as hard nowas before, onely Theophraftus faith the leavesare like Bayleaves : but Tbever makethit likethe Pinetree, and Garcias faith that itisa low tree with leaves like the Mafticke tree, and thar the Gum of the mounrainefort is the beft, and laft- ly, Lobel and Péenain their Adverfaria give us the figure of a ftrange leafe to bee the leafe of this tree which con- filtech of a double fould from the lower end, whereit is {mall and pointed, to the toppe being broad and wide, like untoa Funnell,having asit werea {mall flippet or peece hanging down,which ofall othersis the moft unlikly to be the leafe of this tree,the forme being of fuch an extraordinarylikenes,and may morelikely be the leafe of ( lufiua his Limonio conger,as I have before fhewed you.I Arbor Tharifera, have'therfore hefe given you the figure of the tree asLugThe Olibawum, oc Incenfe tree. duvenges fetteth & forth.Some have thought that the bark of this tree may be the Narcaphthum (which as fome fay fhould berather Wa/caphthum) of Diofcorides, and called T buss Indzum,for the lews ule it as Incen{e,and to {uchufes Diofcorides faith it was applyed,andfor the Mother in women. The Gum droppeth from the tree in reafonable plcntie into round peeces, fome bigger and leffer then others, and {carce any exceeding the end of ones thumbe, the belt is pure, without eyther batke, wood or any other Cua °.46, Cuape XLVI. ° Piper ejufque [pecies nigrum album longum,cc, Divers forts of Peppersas blacke,white and long, 8c. © Owfiibulous and untrue were therelationsof Indian Drugs broughtto the ancient writers, Die/cord= des and others maybe plainely difcerned,by their defcription of the plant of Pepper, and the fruic thereof, for Diofcorides faithofit, that it groweth ona {mall tree, and that the froit at the firkt iSlong; whichisithe long Pepp2r; kaving within it {mall graines like unto Millet feede, which in time growing ripe becommethblacke Pepper, ‘by {preading forth the branches and the graines of Pepper upon the Coftws and themastliey are {eene t and thatthe white Pepperis taken beforeir is ripe, the roote islike unto) whether blacke or-white dif not to Ginger as fome fay,thus farre he : but the cruch is farre otherwife : for Pepper; fereth not either immanner of growing,norin formeof leafe or fruite the long alfo groweth after the fame manand: frequent tranfner,burdiffereth inthe fruit ; nowalll the forts ate {ufficiently knowne by our Navigations is, as Hoppes doe fickeinto the Eaft-Jedies, co grow each ona feverall climing bufh, but after one manner, that withus, fo that if rhiey be nor fuftained by fome tree,pole,cane orthe likes whereon they may climé and {pread; hath beene truely willlye downe on the ground,andithereon runne and {hoor forth {mallfibres at every joynt,as or obfervedsbutthe wuall syanner is to:plant a branch taken fromthe bufh,neare unto fome tall and great tree, as I faid forne great Caneor fuch like, and fo it will quickly by winding it felfe aboutit (but not with tendrelle large asa Vine doth) get: to the very toppe thereof,being full ofjoynts, and {hooting forth faire and fomewhatwith a leaves one at ajoynt, being almoft round, but ending in a point, grecner above and paler underneath, great middle ribbe, andfonreother ribes fomewhatleffer, {preading from it two on each fide, and fmaller veines therein alfo anto the edges which are not dented bur fmoothandplaine, fot thicke but fomewhat thine, and the fame fet ona pretty long foorltalke, the fruit or Pepperit felfe,whether blacke, white, or long, owe athave falfly fome joynt,bat onthe contrary fide oppofite to che leafe, and not betwecene theftalke and théleafe,as fet it downe roundabout along ftalke,fomewharthinly {etalalong thereon,or not fothickeas a bunch of Grapes: the roote hath fandry joynts crecping in the ground withfibres at the joynts, the white Pepper is very hardly Piper wigvan velalbam. Blacke or white Pepper. Piperis albirracamus. A branch of white Pepper. i WDE Y; Z GES 4 aoe VLE Wy ape R i thing, white, yea and the whicer the better, reafonable guminy of far, not dry like Roffin,and confuming quicks ly and wholly intafmoake. It is hot inthe {ccond degree anddry inthe firft and binding withall, It reflraineth bleedings, “{toppeththe laske and the Gonorrhea,helpeth the memory,avoideth fadneffe and melanchully, and comforteth the heart mixed with other things for that caufe; it isalfo very pectorall and good for the cough, forthinne cheumes and. diftillations,and the Plurifie alfo,mixed with conferve of Rofes.and taken fafting, the fumes thereof when it is burned,being taken in at the mouch and nofe, thé head being covered is very availeable both for the Coughof the Ltngs,and thofe thinnediftillations thereon canfing it ; the fumes thereof taken beneath,or the application of itin ointment,helpeth the Piles and the Texa/- mus whichis a difeafe provoking one often to the ftoole without doing any thing, it is a fingular good medecine for the rednefleand paines in the eyes, or in the cares : Mirrthe and O4ibannm mixed with the white of an egge being beaten and laid on the temples helpeth the Mcgrome and paines inthe head it is of efpeciall ufe and account in Balmes, Salves, Plaifters, and Oinsments for wounds and Vicers, after their clenfing to incarnate and healethem fpeedily, and in fraCtures of the skull molt effeQually, fo that the pia mater be not perithed, The barke diftinguifhed |