43<J 



Of the Hiftorie of Pla 



other in price or value,becaufe it is not fo well concofted in the heat of thl c jWoifer th ** the 

 wound this tree with a knife, that the liquor may flow out more abundantly ?' The Arabians 



yeeld threefcore pound of Frank incenfe. 



tfcorides faith it groweth 





y > whereof A 



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i 



j cfpecially in that quarter which 



beft in that country is called to^^and is round, and if it be broken islaVw^ ^""^the 



Kufn^rl Ar\*U miMrUi *,~r>\A * /u*«n fci ._ • . « _ _ UIUAUJW rat within *«J —i. . . 



than the other,and more yellow. 



«fl The Time. 



that which 



The time is already declared in the defcription. 



"u wuen ic is 



Srailo, lelTer 



i 







u 



Encen 



r -v XI '• 'I? Latine ' T ^- inIcahan >^^>-inDutch,ttarifmifh 



tfi : in French,E«ft* : m Enelifh.FrankiWnfe.anH r n^«r- . :- »u ' 7 *r flr8w 9 





A 



B 



:W*r. 4: The Rofin carries the fame e 

 ! and article put before it. $ 



fj The Temperature 

 Diofc ' ' " ' * 



in Spanifl,, 



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C 



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D 



E 

 F 



G 



It driueth away the dimnefie of rhe eye-fieht,filleth vp hollow vlcers it dnfrrh «•<»«,. 

 eth all corruptions of bloud, although it fall from the head? ' d ^ "* """M* 



(7^» writeth thus of itj Thm doth heate in the fecond degree, and dry in the firft and h* a <x 

 fmall aftri tf ion,but in the white there is a manifeft aftriaio%the rindeX ma oifcSj bSe^S 

 dry exceedingly and that moft certainely in the fecond degree, for it is of more gS p « r 

 Frankinccnfe,and not ft, fhatpe, by reafon whereof it is much vfed in fpitting of bloud S n« 

 m the mouth,the co hcke pamon.the flux in the belly riling from the ftomacke,and bloudS/ 



1 fte tu me or fmoke of it hath a more drier and hotter quality than the t rankincenfe it felfe be* 

 mg dry in the third degree. " ■ • «•«««*■* 



It doth alfo clenfe and fil I vp the vlcers in the eies, like vnto Myrrhe : thus far Galen. 

 Biojcortdes faith,That if it be drunke by a man in health, it driueth him into a fren/ie : but there 

 are tew Greekes of his minde. 



x^duicen reported] that it doth helpe and ftrengthen the wit and vnderftanding,but the often ta- 

 king of itwill breed the head-achcand if too muchofit bedrunkewith wine ir kilWh 



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HAP 



Nut 



87 



Of Fiftkfo Xu 



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$ 



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Deft 



He tree which beareth Fifticke nuts is like 

 <*■ totheTurpentinetreertheleaueshereofbe 

 greater than thofe of the Mafticke tree,but fet 

 after the fame maner, & in like order that tbey 

 are,beingofa faint yellow color out of a grecn ; 

 the (ruitor Nuts dobangby their ftalks in c!u- 

 fters,being greater than the Nuts of Pine Ap- 

 ples, and much lefler than Almondsrthe huske 

 without is of a grayifh colour, fometimes red- 

 difh,the fhel 1 brickie and white j the fubftance 

 of the kernell greene ; the tafte fweet,plcafant 

 to beeaten,and fomething fweet of fmell. 



f The Place. _ . 



Fifticke Nuts grow in Perfia, Arabia, Sy 

 ria,and in India 5 now they are made free ueni- 

 zons in Italy.as in Naples and in other Prowo- 

 ces there. 



Time 



Th 



May, and the fruit 



is ripe in September 



N 



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fer Cokfhofiius : 



ru meth itw**»r.Poftd 



booke 

 nameth it to* 



others,*/** 



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