Lib. 5 





Of the Hiftorie of Pla 



'373 



and September. ? 



Auftrian Alp 



f The Place. 



ifa 



parts of Eugland 



it is found on the fhores of the Ligurian and Adriaticke fea 5 and in IIlyrium 3 bringing forth great 

 berries rand others fay it groweth in Provence of France : it comes vp for the moft part in rou^h 

 places and neere to the fea,as Diofiorides writeth. 



% The Time. 



The Iuni per tree flourethin May ; the floure whereof is nothing die but as it were a little yel- 

 lomfh duft or pouder ftrewed vpon the boughes. The fruit is ripe in September, and is feldom^ 



found 



II 



The Iuniper tree is called in Greeke 4**** i the Apothecaries keepe the Latine name lumper u* : 

 the Arabians call it Anhonas^nd Arcluncas : the Italians, Gincpr$ : in high-Dutch, WCC\)ho\tctX 

 in Spanifh,£^A*^G/^r^and Zimbro .-the French men and bale hlmzntsficntue ; in Engiifti lu- 

 niper tree. 



Thelefler is named in Greeke, at**,**: in Latine Iuniper us ■ the great Iuniper tree is called as 



fome thinke in Greeke, Kwrapiw^e** i in Latine by Lobel> lunipcrus maximtts J fly riots cmulea b&cca bv 



The berries 



iper 



;h the tree it felfc U oftenri rues 



tn low- Dutch, (KetietJJCbCficn t m Spaiii(h,Afarr/iM • in Engli(h,luniper berries. 



The gum of the Iuniper tree is vfually called of the Apothecaries Vtrnix .in Latine, Lackim* 

 tynipcri.Serapio nameth it Sandar ax, and £40^4^4 .• but there is another Sandar acha amoi*gft the 

 Grccians,beinga kinde of Orpment, which growes in the fame minerals wherein Orpmcnt doth . 

 and this doth far differ from Vernix or the Juniper gum. Pliny Jib. n. cap. 7. makesmention alfo 

 of another Sandar acbawhich is called £ritbrace x an& Ctrinthtts ; this is the meat of Bees whileft rh™ 

 be about 



If 





n — r — w 



Iuniper is hoc and dry in the third degree,as Gden teacheth : the berries are alfo hot.but not al- 



and 



f[ 7fo Venues. 





and 



Iuniper tree doth clenfe the liucr and kidnies, as £*/<?» teftifieth : it alfc 



A 



»ng oucr largely taken it caufeth gripings and gnawings in the ftomack,and raaketb the head hoc* 

 « neither bindeth nor loofeth the belly : it prouoketh vrine. 



Vitfcmdes reporteth, That this being drunke is a remedie againft the infirmities of the cheft . B 

 coughsjvvindineflejgripingsjand poifcns,and that the fame is good for thofe that be troubled with 

 cramps,burftings,and with the difeafe called the Mother. 



It is moft certain,That the decoction of thefe berries is Angular good againft an old cougb»and C 

 a S a . inft that with which children are now and then extremely croubled.called the Chin-cough, in 



which they vfe to raife vp raw tough and clammy humors that haue many times bloud mixed with 

 tnem. a 



Diuers in Bohemia do take in ftead of other drinkc the water wherein thofe berries haue beene I>' 



good 



v •«" '» anuurunxe again u punonsana peuuent teuers,ana it isnotvnpj 

 fc'tcn the firft water is almoft l'pent,the veflell is again filled vp with frefh. 



. The fmoke of the leaues and wood driues away ferpents and all Inferior. ..» K *»v» M .vi *u* 



JJ^which bring the plague or fuch like contagious difeafes.-the juice of the leaues is laid on with 



^.and alfo drunke againft the bitings of the viper. • 



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and 



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f the skin. G 



The pouder of the wood being inwardly taken is pernitious and deadly.as DiefcorMes his vula 



^« do affirme ; but the true copies do vtterly deny it,neitherdoany ofthe old writers affirmlc. 



fton ? T C and fmoke of the gum doth ftay fle § maricke humo" that diftill out ofthe head,and I] 

 PPcth the rheume : the gum doth ftay raw and flegmatickc humots that ftick in the ftoraacke 





ftayeth 



f ? 



r,a if all ° a 8 ainft fpictingof bIoud,it drieth hollow vlcers and filleth them with fle/h, $ k be 

 wa u thereon fhAtncr m,v^„n'fKmi»AruArAe,VK .ut^u^.:..L- 1 „ 1 1 r_. 



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d with oile of Rofes it healcth chops in the hands and 



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Ther 



