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Of the Hiftorie of Plant 



in Effac at a 



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place called Ouenden,and in diuers other places. 



The Indian Poplar groweth in raoft parts of the Iflands of the Weft 



^J The Time, 



Thefe trees do bud forth in the end of March and beginning of Ap 

 muft be gathered to ferue for Vnguentum Pepuleon. 



^ 7 be Names. 



The white Poplar is called in Greeke,A.w, in Latine,Ptf/»Aw alba .- of diuers F arfarus t 

 tus in his Comedie Penults, as you may lee by his words fet downe in the chapter of Col? f 

 fg.813. t00t > 



time 



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Poplar tree,and Abeell,af ter the Dutch name. 



i-*f £• 1 • 111* ^ \ • T % 



hjpoppcttaum, M i mibatbaum : in low Dutch,3b Ce i ofhh 



KlbWibOOme ; which the Grammarians doe falfly interpret Sfc 

 _ • .- c-~.h Pettier blmc^ubeLobel, or Aubeau , in F.naiin, 2 



10 



Greeke jA /^ W :in Lat'u\e y P<>j>ulus nigra :by Perns Crefientius^lbtm 



3Ifpcn:in low Dutch, $oputte* 



in 



Spanifh, K^ilamo nigailbo:m Englifh, Poplar tree, blacke Poplar, and Peplar. Thefirft or new 

 fprung buds whereof are called of the Apothecaries, Oculi Popult\ Poplar buds ; others chufe rather 



tocall it Gemma PoPttlf : tome of the Grecians name ir im'tua: wfi^rpunnn »>•«,,, »«...j.jj. • 



grounded their 



ror,whorafhlyfuppofedthat thofe rofcnny or clammy budsarenottobeputorvfedinthecom- 



-pofition of the ointment bearing the name of the Poplar, and commonly c 

 oilion and Poaaoillion 1 but the berries that erow in cluftersJn which th™ 



ill. 



Engl 

 is no clamminefle at 



ey are alfo as farre deceiued,who giuing credit to Poets fables,doc belecue that A 

 oftbe clammy rofin falling into the riuer Poo. 



th 



Ml 



er com. 



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B 



C 



name it Tremble: it alforecciuedaname amongft the low-Country men, from the noife and rat- 

 ling of the leaues,v«4SatCClet : this is that which is named of Pliny > Libica : and by Theofhr. i*?t, 

 which Ga^a calleth Populus montana:va Engliflh, Afpe,and Afpen tree,and may alfo be called Trera- 

 blejafter the French name,confidering it is the matter whereof womens tongues were made,(as the 

 Poets and fo«e others report) which feldoroeceafc wagging. 



^[ The Temperature and Venues* 



The white Poplar hath a clenfing faculty, faith Galen* and a mixt temperature, confifting of a 

 watery warme elTence,and alfo a thin earthy fubftance. 



The barke as Diofiorides writcth,to the weight of an ounce(or as others fay, and that more truly, 



1 dram) is a good remedy for the Sciatica or ache in the huckle bones, and for 



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s good for the Sciatica,SVrawx Sammwicus doth alfo write : 



Safins occult us vitta cox en dice morbus 

 Pcrfuritjfr g r t(J us diro languor e moratur z 



of little 



the ftrangury. 



Populus alba dabit medicos de corticepotus 



An hidden difcafc 



I 



The hip ouercomc and vex with the paine, 



It makes with vile akingone tread flow and fhrin 



The barke of white Poplar is helpe hadindrinkc 



D 



ported 



fitbedrunkewiththekidneyof 



E 



ended. 



Mule,v?hich thing the leaues alfo are thought to perform e, being ta 



lice of the leaues being dropped into the cares doth 

 clammy fubftance of rhe blacke Poplar buds is hot 

 filiating and mollifying : it is alfo fitly mixed ac»pis & 



iy the paioe 

 md of thin I 



;eof* 



thinparts,^- 



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iikeoperation for alltficfe things,yet weakerand not fo e£feauall,as >Galen ^Xhafldsorfi**. 



The leaues and young buds of blacke Poplar aflwage the paine of the gout in uk 

 beins made into an r^mt-monf .. r .vv. A^o^rk.irror _ e.uc andfucfl 



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and young buds of blacke Poplar aflwag 



th , 

 ,.. ,_• • . jisgood 



like 



brufc 



dfuch 



I 



:e : this ointment is very well knowne to the A pothecanes. 



Ftulm %fymtta teacheth to make an oile alfo hereof,cal!ed •Sgyrlnup* 







falls, an 



fblackePopl* 





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