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‘fpongy, full of grey feed, in tafte very bitter; the which i 1s dried and ‘kept for medi- 
cinal ufe. os 
Prace. Coloquintida groweth in Italy and Spain, from which places the dried 
fruit i is brought unto us. 
Time. Cologuintida bringeth forth its fruit‘in September, 
Narvre and Virtues. It is under the planetary influence of Mars 5 of tempera- 
ture hot and dry in the third degree; the white or inward pith or pulp of the apple; 
taken about the weight of a {cruple, openeth the belly mightily, and purgeth erofs 
phlegm and cholerick humours, and cleanfeth the guts of flimy filthinefs and ftinking 
corruption, which oftentimes fticketh about them, and caufeth thofe grievous pains, 
gripings, and rumbling of the belly ; but if taken in too greata quantity, it caufeth 
blood to come forth. The like virtue it hath if it be boiled, or laid to foak in ho- 
nied water, or any other liquor, and afterward given to be drank, it profiteth much 
againft cold dangerous ficknefles, giddinefs of the head, pain to fetch breath, the 
cholic, loofenefs of the finews, and places out of joint; for all the-fame purpofs, it 
may be put into glylters and fuppofitories, that are put into the fundament; the oil 
wherein coloquintida hath been apie, being dropped into the ears, eafeth the pain 
= finging thereof. 
 Coloquintida, if adminiftered by an unfkilful hand, is very dangerous and hurtful 
to the ftomach and liver, and troubleth the bowels and entrails; for remedy, you- 
muft put.to the pulp or pith of coloquintida, gum-tragant and mattic, and after 
“make it into troches or balls with honey. 
AWS om COR WEL rR RE 
Namrs. IT is called of fome, long cherry, or long cherty- tree. 
Description. The cornel-tree fometimes groweth up to a reafonable bignefs, 
like other trees, and fometimes it is but low, and groweth like to a fhrub or hedge- 
buh, as divers other fmall trees do; the wood or timber of this tree is very hard; 
+ the fowers are of a faint yellowifh colour, the fruit is very red, and fomewhat long, 
almoft like an olive, but fmaller, with a long little ftone or kernel inclofed therein, | 
like. the ftone of an olive-berry. 
~PLacz.. The cornel-tree i is in this country to be found no where but in gardens 
and orchards, where it is planted. ae 
Governmenr ano Virtuss. It careth the falling ficknefs, and gripings in i pee 7 
_ belly or bowels; ic expelleth wind from the ftomach and entrails, helpeth fuch agence « 
bruifed or broken by falls or bruifes,. thofe that have loofe or weak finews, ) 
-. of the fciatica or hip gout; and ufed with vinegar it is good againit eat, 
aperedient i in many of our compofitions and cordial antidotes. 4. 
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