Lib. 5 



Of the Hiftorie of Pla 



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or appIc,althougb it feeme to be like thefe is notwithftanding of lefler force 

 cffettuallypcrforraeanyoftheaforcfaidvertucs, buthatbio it a ccrtaine 



orce,infomuch as ir cannot 



hurtcth. 



ccrtaine biting quality, which 



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Q\ toftbePinetres,cfpecialIyofthewi!de kindj,thcre ifTueth forth a liquid, wfeitifh, and 

 hveet iraclhng Rofin, and that many times by it fclfe } but more plentifully either out of 

 tnc cut and broken bout;hcs,or forth of the body when rhc tree commcth to be a I orcb Pine. 



2 There ifliieth alfo forth of the crackes and chinkes of the barkc, or out of the cut booehes 3 

 ccrtaine dry Rofin,and that forth of the Pine tree orFirrc Tree. - ' 



There is Iikewifefounda ccrtaine congealed Rofinvpon rhc cones or apples. 

 Itiscallcdin Latinc./tyiWin Greckc-*..- inhighDutch^attjtinlow Duteh.ficrfJ : in fat- 



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"(in* : in Grccke, 1**>* *>«,and of diucrs, *4 



•emfp*™, or Frimtflua the fir/1 now 



cooled 



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in <~iciHa, b«.-M». as GVr» wntcth in his third bookcof medicines according to the kindes ■ in 

 iTiop$,^y?«4?/w,orRofin of the Pine trcc,and common Rofin. It hapneth oftentimes through the 

 negligent and careleffe gathering thereof, that ccrtaine fmall pieces of wood, and little ttoncs be 

 found mixed with it : this kinde of Rofin Galen furnameth «****: , as though he fhouldfav.confu- 

 fcd,which being melted and elenfed from the droffe becommeth hard aod brittle. 



The like hapneth alfo toanothcr liquid Rofin , which after it is railtcd.boylcd, auc . Wi v» .- 

 gainers hard and brittle, and may likewife be beaten, grounded fcarccd jand this Rofin is named 

 rn Greek-e*'«v,m Latme^r/tf^and manv times Colophon*, in Grcckc, »»»». which name is vfed 

 among the Apothccaries.and may ftand for an Englifh name ; for Galen in his third boric of Me- 

 dicines according to their kindes faith,th - it is called fr/^, and of fomcC»/*///«/«.-thac/aith he, 

 is thedrieft Rofin ofaIl,whicb Come call Fri another s, Colqhmia&ccaak in times paft,as Drefeo- 

 rides writetb, it was fetched from Ctlophon, this being yellow or blackc in comparifon of 

 white when it is beaten : Pliny in his 14 booke, a ©.chapter. 



The fecond Rofin is named in Grecke*™ 1*4 fpccially that of the Pitch tree withour fatnefTe, 

 and that foonc waxcth dry , which Galen in his 6 .booke of Medicines according to their kindcs,ca!- 

 Icth properly ^ ™„, : that which in Afia is made of the Pitch tree being very white, is called 

 J/4/«,as?%tcftifierb. 



The third is called in Grceke M< *«*<*&» : the fame isalfb named ». ff *r^*«.» 1 rhatisvnknownc 

 in fhops. Yet there is to be fould a ccrtaine dry Rofin, but the fame is compounded of the Rofins 

 ol the Pmc tree,of the cones or clogs, and of the Tine tree mixed altogether, which they call G'ari- 

 fot; this is vfed in perfumes in (lead of Frankincenfc, from which notwithflanding it farrcdiffe- 



^ TheTempcrdturc andVertucs. 



All theRofinsare hot and dry , but not all after one manner : for there is a difference among 

 them : they which be (harper and more biting, are hotter, as that which commcth of the cones, 

 being of Rofins the hotteft , becaufe it is alfo the fharpeft*he Rofin of the Pitch Tree is not fo 

 jnnch biting, and therefore not fo hot : the Rofin of theFirrctrecisinamcanebetwcenethetn 

 both • the liquid Rofin of the Pine is moifter,commingncereto the quality and faculty of the 

 iarch-Rofin. ' 



The Rofins which are burnt or dried,as Mofcoridcs teftiftetb,arc profitable in plaiftcrs, and com- 

 pofitionsthateafewcarifomenelTc; forthevdonot onclvfoooleor mnllifie.htiratrn Uur» a (hnn£ 





The Torch Pine cut into fmall pieces and boiled in vinegct , is a remedy likewife asainft the F 

 tooth-ache iftbe tcerh be warned with the decoction. & 



Of this there is made a profitable fpathcr or flice to be vfed in making of compound plaifkrs G 



and pefTanes that eafcpainc. ° * v "" u 



Of the fmoke of this is made a blacke which feructh to makciokcof, and for eating fores in the H 

 coiners of cies, and again ft the falling away of the hairc of the cie lids, and for watering and blccrc 

 cics,a s Diofcertdcs tcachcth , 



Of fy fins. 









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Jhethmnefle of their parts and drynefle, they digeft : therefore they both mollifie and wafte awa 

 fellings, andthroughthe fame faculty they cure wearifomcncfTc : bcingvfed in compound medi 

 cinesfo^hatpurpofe. 



The liquid Rofins are very fitly mixed in ointments, commended for the healing vp of g Teetie 



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