Li b.J 



OftheHiftorieofPIanc 



15^5 



Saflafras. 



Saflafras 



^ The Nam 



The Spaniards and French- men haue na- 



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his vertue in healing the Ague 



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f 



and branches hereof are 



and dry in the fecond degreejthe rinde is hoc- 

 tcr,for that it entrcth into the third degree of 



hearpanddrvnefle. as is manifeftlv oerceiued 



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in the decoction. 



^r The Venues. 

 The bed of all the tree* is the root,and that A 



worketh the beftcffe&, the which hath the 

 rinde cleauing very faft to the inner part, a 



irt 



of 



Mil 



rinde tafteth 



\ tree : and th< 



: is of ereatei 



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with 



any other part of the tree> and is of a more 

 fweet fmell, and therefore the Spaniards vfe 



fe&s. 



f- 



It is a tree that groweth neerc vnto the fea, C 

 and in temperate places that haue not much 

 drouth, nof moifture. There be mountaines 

 growing full of them, and they caft forth a 

 moft fweet fmell, fo that at the beginning 

 when they faw them firft, they thought they 



, . had been trees ofCinnamon,and in part they 



were not decerned : for that the rinde of this tree hath as fweet a fmell as Cinnamon hath.and doth 



mutate it in colour and fliarpnefTe oftafte,and pleafantnefTe of fmelhand fo the water that is made 

 of it is of a moft fweet fmell and tafte,as the Cinamon island procureth the fame workes and effeds 

 as Cinnamon doth . 



The wood hereof cut in fmall pieces and boyled in water,to the colour of C laret wine,and drunk D 

 for certain daicstogethcr,belpeth the dropfi, -- -• •• • - » " IK - 



quotidian and tertian agues,and long feuers 



eth 





,l? t0 | ?*?, « S hath , powcr to comfort the liuer, and to free from oppilations, to comfort E 



erudition A:\ZaZ "~-- w ~>\^" ulw 6 wu *F^«^wOTuiumewinaineue,tlic chicfeft 

 cruumeand digeftion.ftay vomiting,and make fweet a (linking breath. 



apt toTonceiue Vr, ' ne ' rCm ° Ueth thc ira P ediments that doe caufe barrenneffe, and maketh 



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Chap. 14,3, Of the Storax tree 



% The Deft 







ie atorax tree groweth to the height and biffnefTe of rtw.rwn„ . 

 ouewd with a barke or rinde like vnto the Sire! I % " t ttee : th , e trunke or bod y i$ 

 heron do grow leaues like tho(^^^K^ S ^ r ^ chc$ are ^all and limmer: 

 I which come forth white Houres like tSfco^ ^£rf f^ aboUe ' aad whiti ^ vnderneath : 

 Kh the fruitor berries.ftandhS voon Ion* *1 J° 9™? e *" ' of an vnplcafant fmell : after 

 neff e> of the bigneffe SffiTrfl^ *™;ftalkes,couered oner with a little 



B ot aDiaa«ernut,of of the fame colour . wherein iscontaincd fmall 



feed, 



