ob Mlinieesarieall Blitode! Bes 
A ders,and overrule our Emperours.But the difcourfe of this matter in more ample manner,| will 
referve to fome other time and place. 
Cuar in | 
2% of Lotos. 
Ai touching the hearbe*Lotos,the .gyptian plant likewife of tharname:as alfo, of ano. *Called orber- 
vi eadallaiskheicd ife Calo 0 
ther tree about the Syrtes fo called, [ have written fufficiently in their dueplaces. As for Joa inc Bayo 
this Lotos,which our countreymen call in Latine the Greekifh Beane, hath a property for tian Beane. 
to bind and knit the flux of the bellie,with the fruit or berries which it beareth. The fhavings or — 
B ferapings of the wood therof, boiled in wine,and fo taken inwardly,curethe bloudie flix and ex- 
ulceration of the guts ; repreffe the immioderat flowing of womens months; helpe the dizzinefle 
and {wimming of thebraine;and thofe who be fubject to the falling fickneffle. The fame decoGt- 
on alfo*keepeth the haires from fhedding, if theplace be bathed therewith. But wonderfull itis, + cotjtene c4e 
that thefe finall fhavings fhould be 6 bitter,as nothing more, when the fruic itfelfe is as fweetas vilum. Diofeor. 
: : i , h Zavbides, 
any other.Moreover,ot the fine duft {awed or filed from this wood,fodden in Myrtle water, then pa ees 
kneaded and wrought into pafte, and foreduced into feverall trochiskes,there is afoveraine me- lourcth thems 
dicinemade for the bloudie flix :if the patient drinke the weight of one ViGtoriat or halfedzam Yellow. 
of thefe trofches in three cyaths of water. 9: 
Cc - - Cuar. 1 
o Of Maft. 
Corns or Matt of the Oke, beaten to ponder, andincorporat with Hogs lard falted,heale 
all thofe hard and {welling cankerous ulcers, which they cal] in Greeke Cacoéthe, In all 
- thefe trees bearing Maft, the very{fubftance of the wood is more forcible than the fruit 5 
the outward barke more than the woods and the inner rind or tunicle under it, more than the 
barke or all the reft. This membrane or pellicle if it beé boiled,is fingular for the flux of the fto- 
macke,proceeding of weakenefle. The very Maft or Acorne it felfe reduced into a liniment and 
applied: ftaieth the bloudie flix. And thefame refiftech the venom of ferpents ftings,reftraineth 
D rheumesand catarrhes, and namely that flux of humors which caufeth apoftemations. As well 
the leaves,the maft or berries of this tree,as the barke or juice drawn fromit,after boiling are ex- 
cellent againft the poyfons called in Greeke Toxica. The barke fodden andbrought into a lini- 
ment with Cow milke,is very good to bee applied unto the place where ferpents have bitten or 
fiung: itis given alfo in wine for the blondie flix.Ofthe fame vertue & cfficacie is the Holm-oke. 
Crap, 1111 
ee Of the[ Scarlet |graine of Holme-oke : of Galsand Miffelto: of certaine little bals 
growing upon the Oke:of Maft of the root of *Cerrws: and of Corke. : il ae 
_ Holme Okes 
E *7" He*Skarlet grain growing upon the Oke-holme,is very good to be laid unto freth wounds * 6%” Hiei 
oP with vinegre. [tis applied with water for the flux of waterie humors unto theeyes: and drop Kurchenel,as 
ped likewife into them when they be bloudfhotten.Now there is a kind of it growing com. fome thinks, 
monly in the region of Attica and throughout Natolia,which very quickly turneth to bea grub 
or maggot (whereupon itis called Scolecion) and is rejected,as being of noworth, Many more 
forts there be of it,whereof the cheefe and principall have fhewed alreadie. 
Astouching the Gall-nuts,I have likewife made of it as many kinds : for fome bee folide and 
maffie others full of holes,as if they were bored through. You fhall have of them white, & black: 
fome great,and others{mall : But how different foever they bee in {ub{tance,colouror quantitie, 
they bee all of like nature. The beft are thofe of Comagene.Gals are good to eat away the {uper- 
F fluousexcrefcences inthe bodie. They ferve very well for the infirmities of the gumsand Vvula; 
for the cankers and exulcerations breeding in the mouth. Beeing firft burnt,and then quenched 
in wine they are fingular for the fluxes occafioned by a feeble ftomacke. Applied in manner ofa 
liniment,they helpe the bloudie flix. [ncorporat in honey,they cure whitflawes,tifings, andpar= 
tings of the ficfh and skin about thenaile roots ;the roughnefle of the nailes; the running aa 
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