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Lib. y. a Of the Hifterie of Plants. l/ *6f 



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It i< good to be eaten againft a ftinkipg breath, for it maketb the breath fwect ; and being fo ta G 

 ken iccomforteth the cold ftomacke exceedingly. 5 



The white, found, and hard pulpe is now and then eaten, but very hardly concoded, and ingen- H 

 dreth agrofle, cold, and phlegraaticke juyce, but being condite with fugar, it is both plcafant in 

 tafte, and eafic to be digefted, more nourifliing, and lefle apt to obftru clion and binding or (top- 

 ping. 



Galen reportcth, That the inner juyce of the Poraecitron was not wont to be eaten, but it is now * 

 vfed for fauce j and being often vfcd,it reprefleth cholerwhich is in the ftomacke, and procures ap. 

 petite : it is excellent good alfo to be siuen in vehement and burning feuers, and againft ail pefti- 

 lent and venomous or infectious difeafcs.it comfort'eth the heart, cooleth the inward parts,cuttcth 

 diuideth,and maketh thin.gtoflcjtougb^nd (limy humors. ' 



Of this forefaid fharpe juyce there is a fyrrupprepared^which is called in (h9ps t Syr»put Je ^tce- K 

 tofttate C/rr/',very good againft the forefaid infirmities. 



Such a fyrrup is alfo prepared of the fharpe juyce of Limons,of the fame quality and operation, *• 

 fo that in flead of the one, the other will ferue very well. 



A dozen of Orenges cut in flices and put intoa gallon of water,adding thereto an ounce of M er- M 

 curie fublimate,and boy led to the confumption of the halfc, curcth the itch and mangineflc of the 

 body. 



Men in old time(as iheofhrA^m writeth in his fourth booke)did not eate Citrons.but were con- *f 

 tented with the fmcll,and to lay themamongftcloathes,to prefcruerhemfrom Moths. 



As often as need required they vfed them againft deadly poyfon^for which thing they were ef- 9, 

 pecially commanded by Virgils verfes, which we haue before alledged. 



Athen/tmjib. 3 .bath extant a ftoryoffome that for certaine notorious offences were condemned ^ 

 to be deftroied of Serpents, who were prcferued and kept id health and fafcty by the eating of Ci- 



trons* 



The diftilled water of the whole Limons, rinde and all, drawne out by a glalte Still, takes away Q 

 tetters and blemifhes of the skin,and maketh the face faire and fmooth. R 



The fame being drunke prouoketh vrine,dilToIueth the ftone,breaketh and expellcth it. 



Therindeof Orenges is much like in faculty to thatof the Citronsand Limons, yet it is fo S 

 much the more hot as it is more biting and bitter. 



The inner fubftance or foure pap which is full of juyce is of like faculty, or not much inferiour T } 

 to the faculty of the pap of Citrons or Limons 4 but the fweet pap doth not much coolc or drie^ 

 but doth temperately heate and moiften,bcing pleafant to the tafte : it alfo nourifheth more than 

 doth the foure pap,but the fame nourilliment is thin and little h and that which is of a middle tad, 

 hauing the fmacke of winc,is after a middle fort more cold than fweet, and lefler cold than foure : 

 the fwect and odoriferous floures of Orenges be vfed of the perfumers in their fweet fmelling oint- 



ments. 





Two ounces of the juyce of Limons, mixed with the like quantity of the fpirit of wine, or the Y 

 beft A qua t/tf*(but the fpirit of wine re&ified is much bettcr)and drunk at the firft approach of the 

 fit ofanague,taketh away the fhaking prefently : the medicine feldome faileth at the fecond time 

 of the taking thereof per fed ly to cure the fame ; but neuerat the third time, prouided that tht Pa- 

 tient becouered warme in a bed,and caufed to fweat. 



There is alfo diftilled out of them in a glafle ftill,a water of a maruellous fweet fmell,which be- <X 

 ing inwardly taken in the weight of an ounce and a halfe,moueth fweat,and hcaleth the ague. 



The feed of all thefc doth kill wormes in the belly,and driueth them forth : it doth alio mighti- Y 

 ly refill poyfon 4 and is good for the flinging o( Scorpions,if it be inwardly taken. 



Thole which be called Adams Apples are thought to bee like in faculties to the foure juyce, Z 

 cfpecially of the Limohs,hut yet they be not fo etfcftuall. 



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hap. 104. Of the Qornelltree. 



^[ the Defcrhtion. 





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 He tame Cornell tree groweth fomtime of the height and bignefle of a fmal tree^itb'a j 

 Dumber of fprings : it is couered with a rugged barke : the wood or timber is very batd — 

 dry ,wi thout any great quantity of fap therein : the leaucs arc like vnto the Dog-berry leaues, 

 crumpled,rugged,and of an ouerworne colour : the floures grow in fmall bunches before any Ie £* $ 



and of ao great value (they are fo fmall) in (hew liik 



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