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it cleanfeth the matrice & natural parts of women. Ifone drinke the fame hearbe,it willdiflolve G 
aud remoove the cluttered thick bloud within the bodie: it provoketh {weat,ifthe bodiebether- 
wit annoinred ;and it is e{pecially good for the reins. Being reduced into pils,togitherwith figs, 
itis paffing holefome for thofe that be in a dropfie; for itpurgeth the belly of waterith humors. 
Ifthishearbebe taken in wine to the weight of a viCtoriat pecce of filver,é. halfe a Romane de- 
nier, it waritheth for ever the paine of the loins, and ftoppeth the courfe of anewcough. Final-! 
ly, if it be boiled in vinegre, and fo taken in drinke, it is faid that ic will prefently expell the dead 
infant out ofthe mothers wombe. ? | 
For the like caufe and reafon,1 will do the hearbe Pityufa this honour as to write ofit among 
trees,fince that it feemeth by the name tocome from the Pitch tree : this plantfome doe reckon 
*4, Spurge, atmong the * Tithymals: a kindof thrub itis, like unto the Pitch tree,witha finall floure,andthe py _ 
{ame of purple colour. If one drinke the decodtion of the root, to the quantitie of one hemina, 
it purgeth downward both fleame and choller: fo doth a fpoonfull of the feed therof, putup into 
*ynbalanissun- the bodie * by fuppofitories. The decoction of the leaves in vinegre, doth cleanfé the skin of 
ae wer read dandruff and fcalfs: and ifthedeco@tion ofrue be mingled therwith, itis fingular for fore brefts, 
bilanis,.aking to appeafe the wrings andtorments of the cholique ,againtt the {ting of ferpents, and general- 
cane ve ly for to difcufle and refolve all apoftemations and botchesa breeding, | 
Tamarind, _ Dutt returne againe to our former trees; how rofin is engendred in them, of their feverall 
kinds,and the countries where they grow, 1 have fhewed before, firft in thetreatife of VVines,and 
afterwards in the difcourfe and hiftories of Trees, Andro fpeake fummianilyof rofins, they may 
be divided into two principall kinds,to wit,the drieand the liquid rofin. The drie is made of the 
Pine and the Pitch trees; the liquid commeth from the Terebinth,Larch, Lentiske,& Cyprefle I 
trees; for thefe beare rofin in Afia and Syria:and wheras fome there be of opinion, Phatthero- 
fins of the Pitch and Larch trees be all one, they be much deceived; forthe Pitch tree yeeldeth 
*Whichis a fattic tofin and in manner of frankincenfe,un@uous : but from the Larch tree there iffueth *a 
yet fubtile and thin liquor,running like to life honey ,of a {trong and ranke unpleafant {mell. Phyfi- 
tine, cians feldome ufe any of thefe liquid rofins, and never prefcribe them but to be taken or fupped 
: off with an egg. As for that of the Larchtree, they give it for the cough and exulceration of 4 
fome noble parts within: neither is that per-rofin of the Pine tree much uled: as tor thereft,they 
be norof any ufeunleffe they be boiled. Touching the divers manners of boiling them, Lhave 
fhewed them fufficiently. 
Burif whould put a ditierence betweene thefe rofins according tothe trees from whencethey K ~ 
come ; the right Terpentine in deed which the Terebinth yeeldeth, liketh and pleafeth me beft, ; 
being of all orhers lighteft and moft odoriferous. If [fhould make choice of them inregardof = 
the countries where they are found ;certesthey of Cyprefle and Syriabebeft, andmamelythofe =~ 
thatin colour refemble Atticke honey: and for the Cyprian rofin,that whichis ofamoreflethie = 
fubitance and drier confiftence. Of the drie per-rofins, thofe are in moftrequeftwhich be white, : 
pure, tranfparent or cleere, quite through, io generall, thofe that come from trees growing up- 
on mountains,be preferred before them of the plains :alfo regarding the Northeaft,rather than 
any other wind, Forfalves to heale wounds, as alfo for emollitive platters,rofins ought to be dif- ; 
folved in ole: fordrinks or potions, with bicer almonds. As touching their medicinablever- J 
tues, they be good to elean{e and clofe up wounds: to difcufle and refolve any apoftemeswhich ~~ 
bein gathering, Moreover, they be ufed in the difeafes of thebreaft (and namely wue Terpen- 
tine) by way of liniment 5 for then itis fingular good,efpecially if it be applied hot: alfofor the 
pains of the lims,and for thofe that be plucked with the crampe,in cafe the grieved parts be well 
rubbed therewith in the fim; which they know well enough who buy flaves and {ell them for 
gaine, after they have trimmed and fet them out for fale: for they efpecially are very curious to: 
annoint their bodies all over with this Terpentine, fortoloofen the skin when they bee hide- 
bound, lanke, and carrion leane, to give more libertieand {pace for every part to receive nutri- 
ment, and fo tomake their bodies feeme fatand faire liking, Next unto the right Terpentine,is 
the rofin of the Lentiske tree: this hath an aftringent or binding qualitie but of all others it pro- 
voketh urine moft: all the reftdoe mollifie the’ belly and make it foluble, concoét and digeft all 
crudities, ftent the inveterat cough, and draw downe all the {uperfluous burdens of the matrices 
for which purpofe laft named, their fume received by afuflumigation, is very effeCtuall, They are 
moreé particularly as good asa countrepoifon againft the venomeus gum Ixia , growing nyt | 
the 
