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and aihingenr,ic prouoketh vrine. 



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 taineoiIe,or rather a kinde of fat like buttcr,without any fmell at all,except ic be made warmc,and 

 then it fmclleth as the Cinnamon doth, and is much vfed againft the coldneffc of the finewes, all 

 paines of the joynts 5 and alfo the paines and diftemperature of the ftomacke and breaft. 



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 flow vpon any one plant 5 therefore thefe few (hall fuffice, knowing that the thing is of great vfe a- 

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fc termed it haue thought that the firft plenty 

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 haue erred,f or the abundant ftoxe thereof came 

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the country of Pecu 



trunk or body of the treenaipth .u -I , 

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labour in the timeof Haru^ft ,Tt nd 



gainft the p^ury of " w£* Z*ZT?? 

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tree wT^;,, a... » \ , lwcu ls tf ic nature of the 



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