184. The foure and twentieth Booke: 
tocure the fatcins and {cabs of cattaile 3 as alfo when the young fucklings doe hurt the teats of G 
; theirdams, Ofthiskind, that is beft which is of it felfe, and come to maturitie and perfeCtions 
“Pix navals, the famein boiling {wimmeth aloft. * Zopiffa, is that Pitch, which (as! faid heretofore) isfera- 
ped from fhips, and is confeéted of wax well foked in the fale water of thefea: the beft is that 
which commeth from fhips thachave been at fea and made fome voiages* it goeth inté emolli-. 
tive plaftres,for to refolve the gathering of impoftumes. As for Tzda or Torch-wood, if it be 
fodden in vinegre, it maketh a fingular collution for to wath the teeth withall when they ake, 
Let us come nowto the Lentiske tree: The'wood,the feed or fruit,the barke and gum therof, 
doe provoke urine, and bind the belly:afomentation made with theirsdecodtion, is excellent 
good for cating and corrofive ulcers: it ferveth ina liniment forall fores in moiftand phlegma- 
tick parts: likewifeto cure S, Aathonies fire, and to wath the gumbs withall: chew the leaves ther- 
of and crufh thein well between the teeth, the famewill cafe their ach :wafh them with their de- 
coction, and they will fet chem faft in the head, The fame are good to colourthe haire wee 5 4 
The gum which this tree doth yeeld, is foveraigne for the infirmities of the feat, efpeciallyfach 
as require either drying or heating. The very decoétion of Mafticke is comfortable to the fto- 
macke, it caufech it to rift,and is befides diureticall. Applied unto the head asa liniment, incor 
porat with the fried groats of barley,it cureth the ach or paine thereof. The tender leavesbe ap» 
plied to right good purpofe,for the inflammation of the eyes.Moreover, this Maftich, which is 
the gum of the Lentiske tree, is ufed ordinarily to lay the hairs of the eyelids even,and to extend 
or make plaine and {mooth the riveled skin of the face: therefore it is ufed in fope,and wath-bals, 
Moreover, there is good ufe thereof, for {pitting and reaching up of bloud, & for anoldcough. 
In one word, it ferveth all chofe turns whereto the gum Ammoniacke is ufed, It healeth all pia- 
ces galled atid chaufed, where the skin is rubbed or fretted off: and if the cods and members of 
generation beefomented either with the oile made of the feed of themaftich tree mixed with 
wax,or with a decodtion of the leaves boiled in oile or els in water, it will skin any raw part ther- 
»of To knitup this difcourfe, I am not ignorant that Democritus the Phyfician, who hadin cure 
*Iethould  Confidia the daughter of Mf. Servilivs late Confull of Rome, for an*infirmitie or maladie ofhers, 
feeme the ul- (for that this damofell couldnot abide to heare of any unpleafant Phyficke) caufed hertobefed 
fae ne Ings a long time with the milke of goatswhich were kept with the Lentiske tree leaves, and did eat 
els fome out- nothing elfe, and fo he cured her of her maladie. | 
racious flux of 
bleud, A 
Cuap. vill. 
C& Ofthe Plane treesthe Afh, and Maple : of the white Poplar and Elme,the Tillet 
or Linden tree; the Elder and the Inniper. 5 
“THe Plane tree is an enemie to Bats ot Reremice: their litle balls which they beare, if they 
@ ‘berakento the weight of foure Romane deniers in wine, doe cure all poifons of ferpents 
and {corpions : likewife they heale’any burn, Being braied or ftamped with ftrong & {harp 
vinegre (which if icbe Squilliticum is the bettex) they {taunchany bleeding whatfoever . Incor- 
porat in honey,they mund:fie and cleanfe all cancerous ulcers, the red pimplesand {pecks, with 
all blacke foots and marks in the skin which have remained a longtime. The leaves and barkere- 
duced into aliniment, their decoGtion alfo, helpe to rid away any gathering of humors to an 
head, andnamely ifthey matter and run, The decoétion of the barke fodden in vinegre.is a fin= 
gular remedie for che tooth-ach ; like as the tendreft leaves boiled in white wine, for the infirmi- 
ties of the eyen. The afhes which come of the forefaid little balls, doe heale up any burne,occa- 
fioned either by fire or extreamecold. The barke taken in wine, tepreffech the venome of the 
fcorpions fting, fo that it fhall goe no farther, 
Astouching the Ath tree, of what effe@tuall operation it is againft ferpents, Ihavedeclared 
+Called zine heretofore: irbeareth a * feed enclofed within certaine * cods, which being taken in wine, isan 
ace ordinarie remedie for the obftru@ions and infirmities of the liver ;as alfo for the pain in the fides, 
named Keyete Lhe fame alfo doe evacuat the aquofities or waterifh humours {fpread between the skin and the} 
» ficth in the dropfie Leucophlegmatia, The leaves do take down bylittle and littleand make lean 
abodie over-grofle, and doe eafe it of the troublefome carriage that it hath of fo much fat,ifthe 
fame be flamped and given in wine: but herein good regard ought to be had of the ftrength of 
the partie, after this proportion: If it be a child, five leaves of the Ath are fufficienttobeinfufed = 
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