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eateth away and without mordication, the excrefcence of ranke and prowd flefh, drieth the G 
fores, healeth and skinneth them up, In other cafes, this olive is ufed asthe other olives: and 
yet one peculiar propertie hath the wild olive, That a {poonefull of the deco@ion of their 
leaves with honey, is given with good fucceffe to them tharfpit and reach up bloud . Howbeir, 
the oile made hereofis more egte and (harpe, yea and mightier in operation, than that of the 
other olives: anda co}lution thereofto wath the mouth withall, fetleth theteeth that be loofe. 
The leaves of the wild olive reduced intoa cataplafme with wine, and fo applied,doe cure whit-. 
flaws about the root of the nails ;carbuncles, and generally all {uch apoftemations: but with ho- 
ney, the faid cataplafineferveth well to cleanfe and mundifie where need is. The decoction ofthe 
leaves, yea and thejuice of the wild olive;is put into many compofitions and medicines appro- 
ptiatto the cies. [o. good purpofeal{o the fame is dropped into the ears with hony,yeaalthough > 
they ran filthie atter. A liniment made with the flours of the wild olive, is fingular for the {wel- 
ling piles and the chilblans that be angriein the night: andthe fame applied with barley meale 
tothe belly, or wich oile to the head for the ach thereof, occafioned by fome rheume, is knowne 
to doe verie much good, The young tendrons or {prings of the wild olive,being boiled and laid 
too with honey, do rejoyne and reunite the skin of the head which was departed from the bones 
ofthe skull. The fame tendrils pulled ripe from the wild olive,and eaten with meat, doe knit the 
belly and ftay laskes: but corrified, and {o beaten to powder and incorporat with honey,they doe 
mundifie the corrofive and eating ulcers; they breake alfo carbuncles. 
As touching oile of Olives, the nature and manner of making it,I have alreadie treated of at 
Jarge, But foraf{much as there be many kinds thereof, I purpofeto fet downe in this place fuch as 
ferve for Phyficke onely : And firft to begin with the oile made of unripe olives, called in Latine 
Omphacinum,and which commeth neareto a greene colour, it isthought of all othersto be 
moti medicinable: moreover, the fame is beft when it is frefh and new (unlefle it be in fomecafe 
when it were requifit to have the oldeft that may be found) thin and fubtile,odoriferous, and nos 
thing atall biting ; which bee qualities all of them contrarietothat oile which wee ufewith our 
meats. This greene or unripe oile (I fay) is good for the fores of the gumbs: and if itbe held in 
the mouth, there1isno one thing preferveth the whiteneffe of the teeth better: itrepreffeth alfo 
immoderat and diaphoreticall fweats. 
The oile Ocnanthinum, made of the flours of the wild vine Oenanthe, hath the fame opera- _ 
ons that oile rofat hath. (But note by the way, that any oile howfoever it doth mollifie the body, 
yet it bringeth vigor and addeth ftrength thereto.) Contrarie it is to the ftomacke : it encreafeth 
‘the filthineffe in ulcers, doth exafperat the throat, and dull the {trength of all peifons, efpecially 
of cerufe or white lead, and plaftre; namely, if it bee dranke with honyed water, or the broth of 
dried figs : but itis taken againft Meconium or Opium, with water: againft the Cantharides,the 
Bupreftis, Salamanders,and the worms Pityocampz,if it be drunk alone without any thing els: 
butif itbe vomited and caftup again ont of the gorge, it hath no fellowin all chofe cafesabove- 
named. Moreover, in laffirudes and extreme colds, oile isa prefent refrefhing and remedie, Ta- 
ken hot to the quantitie of fix cyaths, it mitigateth all wrings and torments of the belly; the ra- 
ther, if ruc be fodden with it: and in that manner it expelleth wormes out of the guts. Drinke it 
to the meafure of one hemina, with wine and hot water, or els with the juice of husked barley, it 
loofeth the belly. Itferveth in good ftead for vulnerarie{alves and plaftres: it fcoureth and clean- 
feth the skin of the face.C onveied up into the head of kine and oxen, untill they belch anddeli- 
ver it againe, it doth allay and refolve all their ventofities : burold oile doth heat more, and is of 
greater force to refolve a bodie into {weats than the new : as alfoto diffipaall hard tumors and 
{wellings,More helpfull alfo it is to thofe who lie ofthe lethargie,and efpecially when the difeafe 
is in declining and wearing away. Somewhat it is thought to clarifiethe eyes, namely if ic be ap- 
piyed with an equall quantitie of honey that nevercame neare fmoake. A proper remedie it Is 
for the head-ach : likewife in ardent fevers, itis very good with water, to allay their heat:and if 
there cannot any old oile be gotten, it oughtto be well fodden, that therby it may feemetohave ~ 
age fufficient. 3 | 'o bing o's Te goes 
The oile of Ricinus or Tick-feed, called Cicinum, taken as adrinkéwith the like quantitie of 
hot water,is fingular to purge & evacuat thebelly : and it isfaid to havea fpeciall vertueto clenfe 
the midritfe, and thofe precordial parts neare the heart. Soveraigne itis forall gouts, hard tu- 
mors, the infitmities of the matrice, ofthe ears, and for ali burns orfcaldings, Andif itbe = 
