ib. 3. ■ Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 1519 



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ordrops^ofa moft fwctt fauor and Angular effc&s 3 for one dropof this which thus diftillerh out of 

 the creep's worth a pound of that which is made by deco&ion. The fruit hero f is fmal in refpe&of 

 rhc others ; itfddorneexceedeth thebigncflcofapeafc,ofa bitter raft,inclofed in a narrow husk 

 of rhclc hofa finger, ibnKh'ingthin.and of a white colour, which the Indians vfc again ft head- 

 ache -: which fruit of moft is that we haue before defcribed 3 ca!led Carfobalfarmtm. 



h is alfo written, that in the Id and called HifpanioIa,there growes a (snail tree of the height of 

 nro men, without theinduftryofman,hauing ftalksand ftems of thecolourofafhcs; whereon do 



mo* 



iiiiddlcrib fomewhat thickeand (landing out -.the foot ftalke whereon they grow is iomwhatred- 



ft - m % * « 1 * ■ m m m m * -•*___—_ 



dilh : amon 



^, -«««.„., hand 



graincs in tl fruit be few, and greene, but growing to rednefle more and more as the fruit waxcth 

 ripe ; from the which is gathered a juice after this manner 5 they take the yong (hoots and buds of 

 the crcc.and alio thcckiftcrs of the fruit, which they bruife and boile in water to the thickneflc of 

 bony, which being ftraincd,thcy keep for their vfes. 



They ?fc it again ft wounds and vlcers,it flops and ftancheth theb!oud 5 maketh themdean,brin- 

 gcth vp the fledi^nd hcaleth them mightily,and with better fuccefle than true Balfam. The bran- 

 ches of the m t being cut,do caft forth by drops a certain cleare water, more worth than Aqua vita 

 moft wholfome agiinft wounds and all other difeafes proceeding from cold caufes, bein& drunke 





fomc fewdaies together. 



^ The Place. 





Tbefc trees grow in diners parts of the wor!d,fome in Egypt and mod of thofe countries adia* 

 it. rhcrc creveth of them in the Eaft and Weft Indies.as rrzneUor* in thr,C> n „„ « . ' 



IT 





w 



5f 

 Balfam is called in Greek, b.Wm, . in Lati 



'•1[m : in halhn y 8alfamo .• in French. Bourne. 



^2u»w» .« of the Arabians^;//? 



IdCimmn. 



1 ur uic acewnen it 1S wounded, is called OpoMfi 

 Ifamum.and the Jiquor which nAmrallvfln^v tJ™ 



am urn 



urally flowes from the tree in Egypt, 



Wine. 



R,ir„~- u j 1 • . ,. " 1f T^e Temperature. \ 



Balfam is hot and dry m the fecond degree,with aftridion. 



*M*£^£^ SSS 8 ^ T- - v v „,, to cne quantity of A 

 of the b!adder P and (£a^M^^S ^ W f,f >■ "P**W *§** the pains A 



takes away the taking fits'of the quo! idian a^ Sftfi \ ° """V*"* 3 ftinki °S *>««M*i 

 Ithelpethconfumpcions clenfc?hT£?, g J I be < aken twoot three times. & 



ormorhe^fuppofitorfeandS 



rcmsand belfy >pr oceedingof cold cau'fes P '^ th ° f P Ieen ^th the griefs of the 



^£1^^ they be pointed therewith , but 



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D 



maruellous effects it worketh 



E 



of: and 



-»« iur me oegserly Qu 



^"g to inftrua them in things 



and F 



S2^^5S«*^£SK 



Mount 



their reach.cap.citie.aodworeSr^ MC n0t """ 



Chap. ,4$. 0/< ^ ^ ^ ^ 



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