of Plinies Natural! Hiftorie. 
A theplant Chameleon. Incorporat with bulls tallowand honey, ee the biles called Pani, 
and fuch rifings in the fleth. The Lentiske rofia, isfingular good forto lay even and ftreight the 
haires of the eyelids when they growinto the eyes. In fractures and broken bones, it is moftne- 
ceflary;as alfo for the ears running with filthie matter: likewife to kill the itch in the privie mem- 
bers. Finally the per-rofin of the Pinetree, is a moftfoveraigne medicine to cure all the wounds 
of the head. 
Cap, Vii 
2& Of Stone-pitch : of Tarre: of Pitch twice boiled : of Piffafphalt or AMummje': of 
Zopiffa : of Tor ch-wood, and the Lentiske, 
Rom whattree Pitch commeth,and the fundrie wayes of making it,] have declared hereto- 
&fore:alfo tharthere be two principall kinds thereof, to wit, the thicke orfaft Pisch, and the 
thin or liquid : of the foriner fort, the beft for ufe in Phyficke is the Brutian Pitch ;for that 
~ (being of all others fattieft and fulleft of gum) ityeeldeth atwofald commoditie.both for medi 
cines,andalfo to trimand rofin wine-veflels :for which purpofes, that which enclineth toa red+ 
dith yellow iscounted the chiefe. But wheras fome do fay moreover, that the better Pitch com- 
meth from the male tree, I cannotconceive what they fhould meanetherby, neither do I chinke 
it poffible to difcerne any fuch difference. True itis,chat Pitch by nature ishot, and a good in- 
catnative :a {peciail and particular propertieit hath againft the venom inflicted by the fting or 
tooth of the horned ferpent Cerattes, if it bee made into a cataplafme with fried barley groats : 
and being applied with honey, ithealeth thefquinancie, cureth catarrhs, and reftreineth {nee- 
zing : with oile of rofes, itferveth wellto be poured into running ears, out of which there doth 
oofe filthie marter: orbeing applied in manner of a liniment with wax, itis pafling good: it hea« 
leth the illfavouredtettars called Lichenes; and it loofeneth the belly: licked or let downe ete 
furely in maner of a loch,it is agood means to void and reach up from the breaft, tough fleame : 
and toannointthe tonfils or almonds in the mouth with it and honey togither, is a proper me- 
dicine : being inthat manner prepared and ufed, itcleanfeth ulcers: and if it be incorporatwith 
raifins and {wines greafe, it doth incarnat and fill them up againe with new flefh: carbunclesalfo 
itdoth mundifie;{o doth it fores thatbegin to putrifie and gather corruption : but ifthey be fuch 
as {pread & be corrolive withal],then there would be an addition of the Pine tree barke,or brim- 
ftone. Some have prefcribed, for the confumption of the lungs, and a cough of long continu- 
ance, to drinke the quantitie of onecyath in Pitch. The fiflures & chaps as well about the featas 
in the feer, it curethi: for the flac bilesnained Pani, itis very good :as alfoto rake away the rough» 
nails that be fotroublefome. The very odour or perfume thereof, helpeth the hardneffe of the 
matrice; and ferlethit againe,being either falne downe,or turned out of the due place: likewife 
it helpeth fuch as be furpzized with the lethargic. Moreover, ifit be boiled in the urine of a yong 
boy under fourteen years of age with barly mealc, it isa good maturative anc bringeth the wens 
ealied the Kingsevil] to fuppuration. Aster drie Pitch or {tone Pitch, ic helpeth much to make 
the haire grow agzine, whereit is fhedby fomé difeafe, The Pitch called Brutiaor of Calabria, 
boiled in wine to a waulme or two,with the fine floure ot the bearded wheat Far,and fo applied in 
a cataplafme as horas may bee fuffered,is fingular good for womens paps « Concerning liquid 
Pitch or Tar, as alfothe oile which they call Piffelaon, and how itis made, | have alreadie writ- 
ten at large. Some boile it a fecond time, and then they name it Palimpiffa. With this liquid 
Pitch it is good to anoint the {quinzic that groweth inwardly;as alfo the uvula within the mouth. 
The fame is fingular for the paine in theears, to clarifie the fight,to cleanfe the mouth furred as 
it were, foas it hath notaft of meat: likewife for thofe who are fhort winded: for women who are 
difeafed in their matrice: to ripen & rid away old coughs; aridto eafe chem that can do nothing 
butfpitand reach out of the cheft: for {pafmes, cramps, fhaking, and trembling :morcover, it 
belpeth them whofe heads or bodies are drawne backward :it cureth palfies, and any paines or 
gricts of the finews. There is nota better thing to kill either the mange in dogs, orthe feab and 
fatcines in horfes,affes,cnd {uch like wavailing beafts, 
Moreover, as touching Piffafphalt, which is of amixtnature, as if Pitch and Bitumen were 
mingled tugither, it groweth naturally fo,in theterritorie of the Apolloniats: yetfome there be 
who make an artificial] Piffafphalt, and meddle the one with the other, and holdit for a remedie 
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