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ftronger fmell,and in tafte bitterer and hotter : but the later is thouS^ — ? 



Larch, but of the Fir tree,wlrich Gden becau fe it is after a fort like io fob a • finc 



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There grovveth alfo vpon the Larch tree a kinde of MuOmim or excrefcen 



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kKSSSfieS' l! find < *■ %ss good 



chiefe,and bringethmoft plenty of Agaricke. 



Glandifera for Coniferajh&t is,thofc tree 



among all the trees that beare u^w, 



was fomewhar 

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k Larch is the 





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The Larch tree grovveth not in Greece, or in Macedon, but chiefely vpon the Alos of T*i 

 farYrom Trent,hard by the riuers Benacm and Padm jand alfo in other places of the fame m"!!?' ° 0t 

 it is likewife found on hils in Morauia, which in times paft was called tl 



I the country of the Marc 



bfm ' writetb,that it groweth alfo in Silefia , others,in Lufatia,in the borders of PoJS 



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_ r~:-7/ — - — -ofFrancedo beare Agaricke^and not only the acorn* 



trees,but the Cone trees alfo^among which,faith hejthe Larch tree is the chiefe that bringetfa forrh 

 Agaricke, and that not onely in Gallia, which now is called France, but rather in Lurabardv and 

 Piemontm Italy,where there be whole woods of Larch trees,although they be found in fome final 



quantitie in other Countries. 



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Winter 



Winter.fb foon as the leaties are eone : but after the fcales are loofed and 



■nedjthe feeds drop away : theRofine muft be gathered in the Summer 



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This tree is called in Greeke,w«{ = in Latine alfo Larix p in Italian and Spanifti, Lor ice : in high 

 * Jlercljen&aum t in low Dutch, ftojfcenbOOm ; in French, UHelefe . in Englifli, Larch tree, 



and of forae Larix tree. 





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Larch Rofimthe Italians,£drg*.'the Apo£hecaries,7Vr<?6//tf^/»4 J or Turpentine,and it is fould and al- 

 fo mixed in medicines in ftead thereof: neither is that a thing newly done ; for Galen likewife in his 

 time reporteth,that the Druggers fold the Larch Rofine in ftead of Turpentine ; and this may bee 

 done without errour ; for Galea himfelfein one placevfeth LarchRofin for Turpentinejand inano- 

 ther,Turpentine for Larch Rofine,in his booke of medicines according to the kindes. 



The Agarickc is alfo called in Greeke,«Vf««' and iyt e nar. in Latine, Agaricum and Agaicus,va^ fo 

 likewife in (hops : the Italians, Spaniards, and other nations do imitate the Greeke word j and in 

 Englifh we call it Agarickc. 



«Jf The Temperature and ftrtttes. 



The leaues,barke.fruit,and kernell,are of temperature like vnto the Pine, but not fo ftrong. 



The Larch Rofin is ofa moifter temperature than all the reft of the Rofines, and iswithalbvicn- 

 out (harpenefle or biting, much like to the right Turpentine, and is fitly mixed with medicines 

 which perfectly cure vlcers and greene wounds. *■'■ u u Ann 



All Rofins,fa ith Galen.that haue this kinde of moifture and clamminefTe joined with won, aoa 

 as it were binde together and vnite drfc»edicines,and becaufe they haue no euideat biting f*Y> 

 they do moiften the vlcers nothing at all : therefore diucrs haue very well mixed with »"" S 

 pound medicines either Turpentine Rofin,or Larch Rofin : thus far Galen. Moreouer,Lar£ » *» 

 performeth all fuch things that the Turpentine Rofin dotb,vntowhich,as we haue laid.it 

 like in temperature^vhich thing likewife Galen himfelfe affirmeth, ; - tetJ , 



Agaricke is hot in the firft degree and dry in the fecond,according to theold ™ liC:$ '*\ lfo bv ' 



iketh thin, clenfeth, takcth away obftru&ions or ftoppings of the intrailes, and purg«» 



maketh 

 ftoole. 



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Agaricke cureth the yellow jaundife proceeding of obftruftions, and is a fure rcme 



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