of Plintes Naturall Hiftorie. 159 
A Touching the gum thariffuech from the olive tree it felfe,and namely thatwild olive which is 
called Aithiopica; I cannot wonder enough at fome,who give counfell therewith to annoint the 
teeth which ake, confidering that they themfelves give out, Tharit isa poifon, and to be found 
as well in wild olives as others, Therind or barke pared from the root of a mofttender and yong 
olive, reduced into an eleCtuarie, and often licked and let downe by leifure into the throat afre 
the manner ofa lohoch,cureth thofe whoreach up bloud,and cough out filthie and rotten mats 
ter. The afhes of the very olive it felfe,mixed with {wines greafe,cureall tumors; draw forth car- 
ruption of fiftulous ulcers;and when they are thus mundified, heale them up cleane. Whire 
olivesagree very well with the ftomacke, but they are not fo good forthe belly. A fingular coin- 
moditiethey yeeld before they be put up in their compoft or pickle, for cobeeaten greene by 
B themfelves as meat: forthey {coure away gravell with urine;and goodthey ate for the reech,whe- 
therthey be worne, rorten, worme-eaten, or locfe inthe head. Contrartwife,theblacke olives 
not fo friendly to the ftomacke ; better for the belly ; but offenfive borhits the head andthe cies, 
Both the oneand the other,aswell the white as theblacke, being punned and applied to burned 
or skalded places, doe cure them: butthe black have this propertie, Thariftheybeichewed,and 
prefently as tacy be raken out of the month, laidto the burne or fcald, they will keepethe place 
from blitering. Olives in pickle are good tocleanfe foule and filthie ulcers ; burhuriuiltothefe 
who piffe with cifficultie. ; has vilod 
Astouching the mother or lees of oile-olive,! might be thought to have written fulficiently; 
following the ftps of Cato, who delivered no more in witing: but I muft ferdownealfo the me- 
C dicinabievertues obferved cherein: Firft andforemoft thereiore, it helpeth the foreneffe of thie 
gumbs,careth the cankers and ulcers ofthe month; & of all other medicines itis moftefleauall 
to faften the teethin the head. If it be dropped or poured upon S. Aatdonses fire, and {ach othet 
corrofive and fretting ulcers, it is of fingular operation to healetlem : but forkibed heeles, the 
grounds or dregs of the black oile-olive is the better ;as alfo therewith to foment {mall children. 
As for that of the white olives, women ufe to apply it with wooll unto their fecret parts,forfome 
accidents thereto belonging. Beitthe one or the other, generally it ismore efiectuall fodden 
than otherwife. Boiled it oughtto beina copper or braffe veflell, untill ir come to the conf 
ftence of honey. Vied itis with vinegre,old wine, or with muft,according as the caufé requireth, 
in curing the infirmities of che mouth, teeth and ears ; in healing running skalls;and finally, in 
D thecure of che genctoits or privie members, and of the fiflures or chapsin any part of the bodie. 
In wounds it is ufed with lianen cloth orlinc; butin diflocations, itis applied with wooll. And ve- 
rely in thefe cafes and in this practife, ic is much employed,efpecially if che medicine be oldand” 
Jong kepr: for being fuch, it healeth fiftulousfores, And being injected by a fyringe into the ul- 
cers of che fundament and genetotrs, or otherwife by a metrenchyte into the fecret foxes within 
the natural! parts of women, it cureth chem all, Alfoa linimencchercofis fingulartor tobe ap- 
plyedto the gout ofthe ice: alfo in the reft whether they bein the hands, knees, hucklebonesor 
‘any other joynr;fo chey be not fedled and inveterat, but taken atthe firft. Bur in cafe it bee fodden 
againe in the oile of greene olives, untill iccometo the confiftence of honey, and {fo applyed) it 
cauferh thefe teeth to fall out of the head withoutpaine, which aman would willingly be ridof, 
E Itis wonderfull to fee how it healeth the farcines and manges of horfes, being used with the de: 
coGion of Lupinesand the hearbe Chameleon. To conclude, there is no better thing thanto 
foment the gout with thefe lees of oile,zaw, 
Cuap, 111! 
2h Of the wild Olive leaves. The eile of the floures of the wild vine Oenanthe. Of the vile 
+ Cicimim, i. of Palma Chrifti, The one of Almonds : of Bayes of Myr- 
* bani i. * i, Bure! 
tles of * Rufcws or Chameriyrfine, of Cypreffe, of Cé ue bier 
trons ,anaoy Nuis, 
FE He leaves of the wildolive have the fame nature that theleavesofthetame. Asfor An- 
tifoodiym, or the athes made of the tender braunches of the wild olive,itis of greater force 
and operation in ftaying and repreffing of rheume, catarrhes,and fluxes,than thatabove- 
_ named in rhe former chapter. Over and bedides, it afluageth the inflammations of the eyes, it 
mundifieth ulcers, itdoth incarnatand fill up the void places where the ficth is gone, it gently 
P yj eateth 
