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80 OftheHiftorieofPI. 



floiucs grow at the top or extreme point of the plantTafteTwhirfTrTf " ^-1 



full of a red juyce, which being touched ftaineth the hands of the en ™ T^™ fta PeUke7fc 

 not vnpleafant. ^ouroi red leadeitbeJ^ 



4 There hath been brought from the Indies a prickly reed of the U B( r f ' 



of the length of fix or eight foot, chamfered and furrowed, hailing voon ftl ca * g °° d HH. 

 anvneuen membrane orskinny lubftance.asitwere/ijagorwelt fetvr.™*!, s§rowin g»2 



anvneuen merourauc \m s&iuujr muuaucc, as icwere^ jag or welt fetvDonrti • 

 and vpon the very point of euery cut or jagge armed with moft fharnp nrilu W1, l gof 



» filial full of a fnonpeous fuhrtanre fnrh a« ;««, ,ln»l,«ii Z K c P"ckles : the vv 



a 



gttta 



is filled full of a fpongeous fubftance,fuch as is in the hollownes of the hZT- *' tbc , wb <*oi 



the which istobefeene as itwerethepillings of Onions,wherinareofren fn.^/r • k '**m 

 at the firft fecmc to be dead. The plant is ftrange, and brought dry S^J&j^*** 



toafurtbttcBB. 



cannot write loabfolutely hereof as we defuej referring what more might be laid 

 iteration or fecond edition. 6 wutu 



«[ The Thee, , 

 Thcfe plants grow vpon Mount Atlas,in Lybia, in moft of the Iflands of the Meditrm^r 

 in all the coaft of Barbary, efpecially in S.Crux neere vnto the fea fide, ina barren Z T^ 



bufineffe, euen as the Exchange in London is : from which place my friend M' Wilim,* 

 a right expert Surgeon,did procure me the plants of them for my garden,by his fertuotttoK 

 thither as a Sqrgeon of a fliip. Since which time I haue receiued plants ofdiuers otters tfeC 

 r, a ,„]M ,n^ ™ hcr of thofe parts and coafls : nptwithfhnding they haue not endured tbecoSJ 



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They put forth their leaues in the Spring time,and wither away at the approch of Winter. 



It is called both in 



ir 



Greekeand Latine,*^'*, Euphorbium : Pliny in one place putretb tbe babe 



in the feminine gender, naming it Euphorbia : the juyce is called alfo Eupherbioti, and fo it is 1* 

 wife in (hops : we are faine in Englifh to vfe the Latine word, and to call both the herbeand jayc 

 by the name of Euphorbium, for other name we haue none : it may be called in Englilh, tbega 

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^f The Venues. 



A An cmplaifter made with the gumme Euphorbium, and twelue times fo much oyle,aodi fictfc 

 wax, is very lingular againftall aches of the joynts^amenelTe^alfieSjCrampcSjandftriotiflgoffi- 

 newcs 3 as Galen>lib.$. de medicament is fecundum £#W4 a dcclareth at large, which to recite atthis pre- 

 fent would but trouble you ouermuch. .. 



B Euphorbium mingledwithoyleof Bayand Beares greafe cureth thefcurfcanJica^ofw 



hf>*A inA niMn/»tf*> ^ati/TnfT tht* h*irr> tr\ rrrrwnt strain** anA r\rhf>r hatv* ntarPQ. hfinff dflflOlfltt* MPv- 



with. 



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The fame mingled with oyle,and applied to the temples offuch as are very fleepy^nd tto 



j:'c: 



with the Iethargie,doth waken and quicken their fpirits againe. % thaoctf 



edfpoOi 









D If it be applied to the nuque or nape of the necke, it bringeth their fpeech againet 



it by reafonof the Apoplcxic. 

 E Euphorbium mingled with vinegrc and applied 



what part of the body foeucr they be. 

 F Being mixed with oyle of WalI«floares } as Mefu 



quickely heateth fuch parts as are ouer cold. 

 G It is likewife a remedy again ft old paines in the 



A l "Zetius^Paulus^ttuartus 



fiege water and flegme ^ but v 



and mouth,butalfo the ftomacke, liuer,and the reft oftheentraIs,and in }^^^»f^f m 

 * For that caufe it muft not be beaten finalUnd it is to be tempered with iuca ^ ^& 

 hea tc and (TiarpenelTe thereof, and that make glib and flippery } of which tfl o» ^ ^ p. 



3ee fufficient to couer all ouer the fiipcrflcw 



t and fold itvp, or to mix it, as ^* wi ^ 

 euerfo much oyle, if it be ouwardlyappn 



-~w, M ^auuuc, rt 5 mac it may 

 thereof. 



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