

Lib. 5 



Of the Hiftorie of Plant 



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Thisgraincisaftringcntand fomwhat bittcr,and alfodry withour fliarpcncfTeand bitin^thcrc- A 

 fore, faith GAlcn % it is good for great wounds and fincwes that bec hurt, if it be layd there™' fn™l 

 temper it with Vineger • others with Oxy mel or fyrrup of Vinegcr. 



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thofe Simples which be cordials, and good to ftrcngthen the heart. Of this graine that noble and 

 famous coofeftion <^i/kermes, made by the Arabians, hath taken his namc,which many doe highly 

 comment againft the infirmities of the heart rnotwithftanding it was chiefly deuifed in the begin- 

 ning for purging of melancholy s which thing is plainly percciued by the great quanriticof/.r vis 

 LazuIus added thereto : and therefore feeing that this ftonchath in it a venomous quafity,*nd like- 

 wife a property to purge mclancholy,it cannot of it felfc be good for the hcarr,but the other rb igs 

 be good,which be therefore added, that they might defend the heart from the hurts of this done 

 and correal the malice thereof. 



This compofition is commended againft the trembling and fliaking of the heart, and for fwou- C 

 .: j — i — i.^f M ^rr. j iv™ proceeding of no cuident caufc : iris reported torccrc- 



ate thcmindc,and to make a man merry and joy full. 



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without manifeft caufc, for that it purgeth away melancholy humors : after this manner it may be 

 comfortable for the heart, and delightfull totheminde, in taking away the material 1 caufc of for- 

 row .-neither can it otherwifc ftrcngthen a weakeand feeble heart, vnlcffc this ftonc called Lap* 



Cyaneus be quite left out. 



Therefore he that is purpofed to vfc this compofition againft beatings and throbbing? of the E 

 hcart,and fwounings ? and that not as a purging medicin^fhall do wel and wifely by Icauing out the 

 ftone Cyaneus ; for this being taken in a little wcightor fmall quantity,cannot purge at all, but may 

 in the meanefcafon trouble and torment the ftomackc,and withall thorow his fharpc and veno- 

 mous quality (if it be oftentimes tiken)be very offenfiue to the guts and intrails,and by this means 

 bring more harmc than good. ' * 



Moreoucr,it is not necefTary,no nor expedient, that the brittle died with Cochcnclc, called 



died without Auripigmemum^ called alfoOrpiment, and other pcrnitious things joyncd therewith, 



whofc poifonfome qualities are added to the juyces Together with the colour, if either the brittle 

 or died filke be boy led in them. 



The berries of the Cochenele muft be taken by them ft lues, which alone are fufficient to die the 

 juyecs, and to impart vnto them their vertue : neither is it likewife needfull to boile the raw filke 

 together with the graines, as moft Phyfitians thinke : tMs may be left out, for it makcth nothing 

 at all for the ftrerigthning of the heart. 



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hap. 34 . Of the great Scarlet Oke, 



H The Description. 



HegreatSkarletOke,or the great Holme Oke, groweth manytimesto the fullheightofa 

 tree,fomctimesasbigas thcPeare-tree, withboughes farfprcading like the Acorne or com- 

 mon Maft trees : the timber is firme and found : the Ieaues are fet with prickles round about 

 the edgesjlike thofe of the former Skarlet Oke : the Ieaues when the tree waxetb old haue on them 

 no prickles at all, but are fomewhat bluntly cut or indented about the edges, groene on the vpper 

 fide,and gray vnderneath: the Acorne ftandeth in a prickely cup like our common Oke Acorne, 

 tthich when it is ripe becommeth of a browne colour, with a white kernel! within of tafte not vn- 

 pleafant. There is found ypon the branches of this tree a ccrtaine kindcof long hairy mofle of the 

 colour ofafhes, not vnlike to that of our EnglifhOkc. t Tbistreeiscuergreene,andat the top* 

 of the branches about the end of May, here in England, carricthdiuers long catkins of mo/fie yel- 

 low floures, which fall away and are not fuccceded by the Acornes, for they grow out vpon other 

 ftalks.c/«//^intheyearer58r obferued two trees- the one in a garden about the Bridge, and rjF 

 ?ther in the priuat garden at White-Hall, hauing lefler Ieaues than the former. The laterofchelc 

 ls yet (landings and euery ycare bearcs fmall Acornes, which I could neucr ob ferae to come to any 



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