of Plinies Natural! Eiforie. 469 
A applied,bring the Vvula againe into the right place,and afluage the paine thereof. The athes of 
the very treeitfelfe, being incorporat with honey, doe cure therhagadies, fiffures, and chapsin 
the feet, orelfewhere. The root boiled in wine, eafeth the tooth-ach. The winter wild fig-uee, 
(which beareth fruit late in the yeare) if it be fodden in vinegre,and fo ftamped and brought into 
a linimenr, is fingularto kill tettars and wild fcalls. But to prepare this medicine, the woad and 
boughs of the tree mutt be defpoiled of the barke,and then fhaven or {craped {o fine as any pou- | 
der or faw-duft,that they may be reduced into an ointment. Yet there is one medicine more bes 
longing to the wildfigg tree, which is admirable and may make a man to wonder at it: ifa yong 
boy not yer undergrowne nor fourteene yeers of age, breake a braunch or bough of the wild fig- 
tree, and with his teeth doe pill the faid braunch, and fetch off therind before it have gathered 
B any downe or moffe aboutit; then the marow or pith within the faid braunch, if it be taken forth 
and tied faft about one that hath the kings evill (fo that all this be done ina morning before the 
fun-rifing) doth repercufle and {mite backe the faid difeafe, fo that itthall notarile and grow. 
Moreover ,this wild figtree hath one fingular propertiebefides, Thatifa collar made of the bran- 
ches thereof be but about a bulls neck,it will make fim perforce to ftand flill and nor to ftir,how’ 
fell and fierce foever he be otherwife; fuch a wonderfull vertue it hathto bridle and keepe under 
his courage. : 
Moreover,fince that the Greeks do tearme this wild fig- tree in their language Brineos which 
purteth me in mind ofa certaine hearbe called Erineos alfo in their tongue, 1 cannot will nor 
chufe but for affinitie and neighbourhood fake, defcribe the fame in this place, and fet downe 
© the properties and vertues thereof. An hearbe itis, one good handfull high rifing up common. | 
ly with five or fix little ftalks or braunches,much like unto Bafill ; bearing a white floure, a black 
feed,and the fame final]: which feed beaten to powder and medled with the beft Atticke honey, 
cureth the rheume which falleth into the eyes and caufeth them to weep and water continually. 
Astouching the hearbe it feife,ifit be applied or ufed accordingly with a litile fal-nitre put ther- 
to,it isa pafling good remedie for the painé of the ears. The leaves area countrepoifon. 
Tocome nowto the Plum-tree: the leaves thereof boiled in wine, are good for the infirmities 
incident to the amigdals,the gums,and the Vvula,in cafe the mouth be oftentimes wathed with 
a collution made of their decoction, Plums themfelves make the bodie foluble, and very com- 
modious they are to the fomacke ; but this benefit continueth but a finall while. 
D _ Peachesare mucha better than plums; and fo is their juice, principally if it be drawne in wine 
orvinegre :and verelyfor a fruit,there is not in the world any more harmeleffe chan it. You fhall 
not fee afruitagaine, to have leffe {inell,& more juice within than the Peach ; and yet as liquid 
as itis,iecaufeth them to be drieand thirftie who ear ae | be leaves of the Peach tree, pun- 
ned and applied, doe ftaunch bleeding, The kernels of Peacliks, incorporat in vinepre and oile 
toa liniment, andlaid too asa frontall, allay the head-ach. | 
Bulleis,Skegs,and Slone (which aré the berries, as it were, or fruit of the wild pluns-tree) or 
"the very barke aad rind grow:ng to the root,boiled in one hemine orfmall pint offomehardand 
crabbed wine untill a third part only remaine, doe yeeld a decoction efiectuall to allay the pains 
of the chollique,and ro {top the flux of the belly : Of this liquor,a cyach is a fullicient dranght to 
E. be taken atatime. As well in this wildkindas in planted plumtrees of the hortyard,there is tobe 
found a cettain skimnie gum,in Greek called Lichen, which hath a wonderfull operation to cure 
the Rhagadies or chaps, yea and the {welling piles or knobs that appeare in the fundament. 
In Agyptand Cypies both, there groweth the Sycomore, whichis a kind by itfelfe between 
a fig-ttee and a mulberrie tree,as | have before {aids the fruit or berries whereof be full of liquor, 
which fo feone as the uppermoft rind or pill onely is pared away, appeareth in great abundance: 
Cutandgath them deeper in, they feeme drie, after a wonderfull and incredible manner. This 
juice ifuing out of them, isa fingular defenfative againft the poifon of ferpents ;a holefome 
medicine for the bloudie flix; and*a notablecarminative to difcuffe andrefolve pufhes, biles, +) - jikeis 
and all sr;poftumations. Itfoudereth and healeth up wounds, it allaieth head-ach,and afluageth Empicsimm | 
~ F the wens or pains of theears. Suchasalfoasbe {pleniticke ordifeafed in thefplene, find much ?<~Hins 
eifeand co:nfort by drinking thereof. Moreover, a liniment made therewith, is poodto chaufe by Galen, and 
and heat thofe, who chilland quake for extremitie of cold :howbeir, laft it will not, but breed deferibed by 
worins very quickly, Certes,the juice of our mulberries which wee have, is of no leffe operation “2"*"* 
aad efieG ; for ifit be taken in wine, itis a fingular countrepoifon for them who have drunke ci- ’ 
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