AND COMPLETE HERBAL. 361 
(as faith Mathiolus) was ufed at Venice to catch birds but Alpinus faith they ue 
it in Egypt as.a plaiter to diffolve hard tumours or iwellings.. |. , 
7 meron 
Description. THE true fena is faid to grow in Arabia and Syria, and is tranf- 
ported from Alexandriato us. There is a baftard fena, which is kept in many gar- 
dens with us, commonly called colutea, which is its Latin name. 
GoveRNMENT AND Viktuss.. Itis under the dominion of Mercury. The leaves ~ 
Of fena (which only are ufed) are hot near the firft degree, and dry in the third; it 
is.of a purging faculty, but leaveth a binding quality after the purging; it openeth 
obftructions, and cleanfeth and comforteth the ftomach, being corrected with forme 
annife-feed, carraway-feed, or ginger; it purgeth melancholy, choler, and phlegm, 
from the head and brain, lungs, heart, liver, and {pleen, cleanfing thofe parts of evil 
humours, a drachm thereof taken in wine, ale, or broth, fafting; it {trengthens the 
fenfes, and procureth mirth; it is alfo good in chronical agues, whether quartan or 
quotidian 5 it cleanfeth and purifieth the blood, and caufeth a frefh and lively habit 
of the body, and is a fpecial ingredient in diet drinks, and to make purging ale, to 
be taken to clarify and cleanfe the blood. +The baftard fena works very violently both 
upwards and downwards, offending the ftomach and bowels. 30: 
¢ 26ciGiA M O-R Ei TREE: 
_ Kins. THERE are, two forts of this tree, the one bearing fruit out of the 
body and creater arms of the tree only, the other upon ftalks without leaves. The 
firit is called in Latin fycomorus and ficus Eg yptia, the Egyptian fig-tree, and is the 
true fycamore-tree; thofe trees which are vulgarly called fycamores in England: are 
a kind of maples. 19; 20 Sh abe (Homes YI tdoaadw ta! 
Description. 1. This fycamore groweth tobe a very, great tree, bigger than 
the-mulberry-tree, with great arms and branches, full of round and fomewhat long 
leaves, pointed at the ends, and dented about the edges,. very like the leaves of the 
mulberry-tree ; but harder and sougher,, like fig-leaves; this beareth {mall figs, or 
fruit, and no.flower, differing in that from all other trees; for it bringeth forth the 
fruit out of the very body or trunk of the tree only, and the elder branches next to 
the body, and no where elfe and are, very like unto white or wild figs, and of the 
every part, aboundeth with milk, if the bark be/but gently wounded. but, if it be — 
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