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mt^tt.nt rcaf e id ttjicke ajtl> long, SDtie flot»cr«, ftalfec,| (aue 

 are mucl) lifee t|>e flotoer B,f!alHe ,ani> feefie of jaiffoD^ll,a0 Diofco- 

 rides faitl),bttt int^tU parts t!}e\? !)aue not bane pet feene-atl tl^e 

 fjerbe «s of ttrong fauour anD bitter taftc, iXtm out of tfjiis Ijerbe 

 to^icb gr otost^ in Inoia is tj^aton a iuice,tlie tpliicl) is Djieu, anD 

 10 alfo namcft Aloe,ano it ig tarteD into all carts of tl}e i»o.ilD foj 



tobet)fct)mmemctne 



^ The place 



Aloe grotoetl) berg plentcouflt? in 3ln5»a>attB front tdencc com= 

 met^ tbe bcft iuice : it grotoct^ alfo in ot^er places of jaCa and ^^ 

 rabifl,aBiointng to tl)e fea, but tbe iuice thereof is not tommonh 

 founD fo g(D9.3it is to be C&ne alfo in f t)is countre? in t|jc garUcr 



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of fome Bcrbo^iffs 



H> 7 he names. 



ttts !)crbe v& called V(x <I5r^he«>^« ■■ anb from tljencc fpwng tlje 

 ILatine name,anb fs calletj Aloe in all ottjcr fpocbes of Ct);iiff en# 

 j)ome,anD fo \% tlje fap o;j xwxzz thereof nameb. %\)t jf rencbmen 

 call it Perro!jiuet,huMc of U^ greenencSiK iuemar call it in Cng? 

 lifl^ AIoe,berbe Aloe,oj^ea a^isrdene. 



3^ The If at are. 



%^z iuice of t}^\^ ^erbe calleo Aloe,to^ic|) ondi? is t>feb in mv 

 i)icine,isl)ot abnoft in tl)e.feconb Degrtt,anb 8;^ m tlje tljirb, 



^ The venues. 



SC^e iwitz of Aloe iubicfj is of a b^otone colour , like to t\z t^f % 

 lour of a liuer,tul>icb is clearc anb cleane , openetl) t\% bclltc, \\\ 

 purging colo, flegniatike, anb cljoleriche burnous, cfpec lallv' fuclj 

 tol)eretuitbaU t^e ftomacfee isburbeneb, anb v& tbe cbicfeff of all 

 otber purging mcbicincs (tDf}ict» mcCcommonli? Bo bnrt t\\z ffo 

 macijc) \mt ^\ti is a foueraigne mebtcine fo: tljc ftomacke, fo: it 

 comfo^tetb, denfetb , b;iietl) bp , anb bjinctb f6)?tballftiptv0u* 

 jjus l>umo;js, if it be taben toitlj tuater tge quantitic of ttoo 

 b.:ams. 



Spen tafee it toit^ Cpnamon,©inger,^ace, €\^^tt^ (lE^alan* ® 

 gan,0nnisfiKbe,attbfac|jfpiccs,toaatoage anb bjiue atuartlic 

 paine of ti)e ttomacfee , bi? tol)icl) meancs t[}ci? comfort anb \}tm 

 t^e Itontatke^anb f aufe fieume to be erpulfeb, 



Cbe fame ts alfo gojb againft tlje iaunbers , as DiofcoridesC 



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