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A’ ftoppeth a laske, and ftaieth the flux of bloud : likewifea collutionmade therwith fafteneth loofe 
teeth, if thepbe wafhed withall. The fame'decaction orliquor is good:to foment the ulcers of 
the feacprivie parts. The afhes of theroor burnt, keepe up the uvula from falling.. | 
-» The Rafpisis called in LatinRubus Idztis,becaufe it groweth upon the mountain Ida,and not 
-elfewhere *[fo plenteoufly. |Now is this bamble mare tender, & leflein growth: it putteth forth * zx Diofior. 
alfo fewer ftalks upright, and thofe more harmleffe and nothing fo prickie as the other brambles 
before-named : befides, it loveth well to grow under the fhade oftrees. The fours of this bram- 
ble reduced intoa liniment with hony,teftraine the flux of rheumatick humors into the eies,and 
keepeth down the {preading of S. 4atbonics fice: and given in water to drinke; i¢ curech the ipftr- 
mities of the mouth. Inall other cafes, it hath like operationstothe formet brambles, - 
B Among the diverskinds of Brambles,is reckoned the Rhamne,which the Greeks call Rham- 
nos,notwithftanding that it is whiter and more branching thanthe reft, This Rham beareth ma- 
ny flours, {preading forth his branches armed with pricks not crooked or hooked asthe reft, but 
freight and dire@,clad alfo with larger leaves, A fecondkind there is ofthem growing wildin the 
woods,blacker than the othier,& yet inclining in fome fortto.ared colour: thiscatieth as irwete 
certain little cods.Of the root of chis Rhamne boiled in water,is made that medicine whichis cal? 
led Lycium.The feed ofthis plant draweth down the after-birth. The former ofthefe wain(which 
alfo is the whiter) hath a vertue moreaftringent and cooling than the other, and therfore better * 
for impofiumations and wounds :howbeitthe leaves of both,either greene or boiled are ufed in 
Jiniments with oile forthe faidpurpofe. Buras touching Lycium, the beft of all other is (by-re~ 
C port)made ofacertain Thorne tree or buth, which they call Pyxacanthos Chironia, the forme 
wherof [have defcribed among the Indian trees: and indeed theimoft excellent Lycium by ma- 
ny degrees,is tharIndian Lycium thoughttobe. Themanner of making this Lycium, isin this. 
wife: They take the branches of this plant, togither with the roots which be exceeding bitter,and. 
after they be well punned and {tamped, feeth them in water withina brafen pan, for three daies. . 
togither or chereabgut: which done, they take forth the wood, & fet the liquor over the fire again, 
where it taketh a fecond boiling, folong untill it be come to the confiftence or thicknefle of ho- 
ney :howbeit fophifticatédit is many tumes with fome bitter juices, yea and with the lees of oile 
and beafts gall. The veryfroth and {cum, in manner ofa florie that it cafteth up, fome ufezo put 
intocolyries and medicines for the eies. The fubftance of the juice befides is abfterfive,it mundi- 
PD fieththe face,healeth {cabs, cureth the exulcerations or frettings in the corners of the eies :itre=: 
prefleth old rheums anddiliillations, clenfeth cars running with filthie matter, repreficth the in- 
fammiations of the almonds in the mouth called Tonfill, and of the gums ftaicth the cough, 
reftrainerh the reaching & cafting of bloud,ifit be raken to the quantitic of abeane : being {pred 
in maner ofaplaftre or liniment and foapplied,ic drieth up running and waterie fores; it healeth 
the chaps and clifts in any part ofthe bodie, the ulcers of the fecret parts ferving for generation, 
any place fretted or galled, newand green ulcers, yea and fuch as be corrofive and withall grow. 
ing to putrefaCtion : jt is angular for the callofities werts or hardcorns growing in thenofthrils, 
and all impofiumations :moreover, women find great helpe by drinking itin milke, for any vio- 
lent fhift ot immoderat flux of their montlily ficknes, The beft Indian Lycium isknown by this, 
E Thatthemafle or lump thereofis black without-forth,red within when it isbroken, butfoone it 
commeth toa black colour, An afiri@tivemedicine this is,and bitter withall; and hath the fame 
effects which the other Lycium is reported to have, but {pecially if it be applied to the privie 
members of generation. As touching Sarcocolla, fome bee of opinion that itis the gum or li- 
guor iffuing from a certain thornie plant or buth :and they hold,that it refembleth the crums of 
frankincente,called Pollen or Manna Thuris,and in taft feemeth tobe {weetith, & yet quick and 
fharpe withall. This Sarcocoll ftamped with wine, and fo applied, repreffeth all fuxes:and ina 
liniment,good it is for yong infants. [his gum alfo by age and long keeping waxethblacke; but 
the whiter isthe better,and thereby is the goodnefle knowne. 
But Before | depart from this treatife of frees,and their medicinable vertues,I muftneeds fay, 
we are beholdentothem yet for one excellent medicine more, which is called Oporice bythe 
Greeks,as one would {ay,made of fruits. Lhis compofition is fingular for the bloudie flix or exul- 
ceration of the guts ; alfo for the infirmities of the ftomacke. The manner of making it, isin this 
wile: Take five quinces, with theirkernels,feeds and all,as many pomegranats likewife, let them 
boile gently overa foft firein one gallon of new white wines put therto the weight or meafure of 
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