788 



■% 



' The fixt Booke of 



SD^e learneu spatt^tola0 m tw Commcnfarieg tppon jSDioC' 

 to;iDes lib . j. uoubf et^ not of tf)i» plant but tljat if ts Crtf a of £Di* 

 offouoes, iDfterctjnto Ije Ijatf) Ut tUio otf)er figures of ttrange 

 ^cat^jfent tjnto ^im b^ one d^ab^icl ifaliopius a Icarneo plj^fi 

 ttom ^o^cquer i)c commenoettintuctjtlje Decoction of our comi^ 

 mon l^eat^ made tuitl) faire U)ater to be D;!on&en toarmc bott) 

 mointngant) euening^mtbe quantitie of Sue onre£!,tb;ee fjoureiec 

 before meate, againft tbe done in t^e blaooer, fo tt)at it be tfeo 

 bi? f^efpace of ttjirtte Dates: but at tlje laff tift patient muft enter 

 into abatb maoe of tbe Decoction of teatIj,anD hj^les be is in tbe 

 (atD batb> be muft fit bpon fome of tbe beatb tt)at maoe tbe fo.^e 

 faiD batb? tbe tobicb batb matt be oftentimes repeateD ano t>feD« 

 ifo^ b^ tbe bfe of tbe faioe batb anD Diet o^ Decottion , b^batb 

 fenotoen man? to be bolpen, (b tbat tbe (tone batb come from 

 tbem in ber? fmaU peeces * 0tfo burner faitb y tbat fo;^ tbe DiC^ 

 fiafes of ttje 9pilt , it toere better to bfc tbe barftes of l^eatbfin 

 fieeD of SDamaritlt) tben t^e barike of €luictoeme*Tur.ii.i . toU 



2io.li.2.fol.5p. 



r 

 ■t 



Of Cotton or Bombace. Ghap. xvij, 



H-The defirtption. 



l^is plant is but a flj;mb o j loto tree tbat grotoetb not tie^ 



rie bigb i tbe leanes be b^oaD \Xiit\) Dape cuts o; flifs,rmal 



ler tben bine leaueSjbut elfc fometobat like* SDbe flotoers 



be ^eUotoe , anD fometobat pnrple in tbe miDs,iaffgeD about t^t 



cDges.2Dbe ftnit is aUnoft like to 6lbearDs,bjoD ano flat , anD fall 



of fairc tDbite cotton,oj tbe Dolone tbat ioe cal bombace in U)b«b 



t^z U0iz lietb Witn* 



^ The place. 



Cptton %m grotoetb in c^grpt anD t^t SInDians , anD is 

 pianteD inCanoie , spaltba,anD otbcr fucb Countries. 



^ The names. 



€otton is calleD in €Jrceke ^^o» ^yo>>ximoy -. anD alfo in Hattn, 



Xylum, anDGofltpium : in Iboppes Cotum, Bombax, anD 



Bombafum : in bJ0b ^oucb BaumlDoi : inbafe;aimain)l5a)m«' 



fDOlle. 



iS>The 



