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atly from the root,which hang downeward enclining tothe earth: but inthetopit hath’an-hai- G | 
_ rie cuft or headin manner of rufhes. This groweth inrough places androckes by thefeas fide, 
The feed together with the hairie bufhthat it hath,they ule commonly to gather in Autumne’s— 
which after it be dried in the Sunne, they.{tampe andthen lay up againft theirneed: As forthe 
juice,men draw it about che time that Quinces begin to ripen and. gathera downeabout, them); 
for then they breake the {prigs and tender crops of the plant,out of which there iffueth the juice 
or milke,which they receive either in Ervile flower,or els upon Figgs, thatit may driewith them 
together, Now, itis {ufficient to let five drops fall upon every fuch figge : For this opinion they 
have,that looke howmany drops light upon a figge, fo many ftooles {hall hee have who:taketh 
that figg in a dropfic,to purge warérith humors. Butin che gathering of chisjuice or liquor,ereat 
heed mult be taken,thatnodrop of itouch the eyes. Theresa juice alfo prefled otirof the leaves 
being bruifed and ftamped, but not fo effectual] as the former. The decoétion of the braunches 
alfoisufed to the {amepurpofe.And the feed being fodden ,ferveth to the making of certain pils 
Mor rather the Confected with honey, which are highly commended for purgatives.: The fame feed *-enclofed 
feed or milkeis within wax, is good to bee put into hollow teeth when they ake : In which cafe alfo;a-collntion 
eet. 29. made of the root boiled in winie or oile,is fingulargood, if they bee wafhed therewith. With the 
hollow teeth; juice of this hearbe there isa lintiment made for tettars and ringworms. And {ome there be who 
i ae reft  drinke the fame for to purge both upward and downward, for otherwife an enemie it isto the fto- 
vaich bee : . : : ees 3 « 
foundareto Macke : in which potionif there bee put fome falt,it doth evacuat fleagme,but with falepecre it 
bedefended yoiderlichollericke humors. If the patient have a mind to purge by feege. hee fhall doe well to 
ais drinke the juice of Tithymall in water and vinegre mingled together : butif hee beedifpofed to 
" Diofeorides, — Vomit, it is better to drinke icin cuit or mead, The ordinarie dofeis three oboles thereof ina po- 
tion. But the better way is to take the figges prepared as is beforefaid after meat: andeven fota- 
ken,in fome fort the juice doth fting the throat and fet it on fire. For tofay a truth, of fo hota na- 
ture it is that alone of it felfe,being applied outwardly unto. any part of the bodie,it raifeth pim- 
ples and blilters no leffe than fire; in which regard, it is ufed for a caufticke or potential] cauterie, 
The fecondkind of the Tithymall,is knowneby the name Myrfinites, which others call Caryi- 
tes : The reafon of the one nameis this, for that it beareth fharpe pointed and prickie leaves in 
mianner of the Myrtle, but that they bee fomewhat more tender: and the fame growethin rough 
places like as the former, The bufhie heads or tufts of this Tithymall,would bee gathered when 
Barley beginneth to {well in the eare : & fo they be let to take their drying in the fhade nine dates 
together :tor in che Sunne they will be withered in that {pace. The fruit which this plantbeateth, — 
dooth not ripen all together in one feafon, but fome partthereof remaineth againft the-next 
yeare : andthe faid fruit is called the Tichymall nut,which is the caufe,that the Greekes have im- 
? pofed upon it that fecond name Caryites, The proper time to gather and cutdownthishearbe,is 
wo when come is ripe in the field and readie to be reaped or mowed. Which being wafhed,muftaf- 
Pe terwards be laid forth a drying : & fo they ufeto give it with two parts or twice as much of blacke 
ta Poppie, yetfoas the whole dofe may not exceed one acetable. This Tithymallis nothing fo 
{trong a vomitorie as the former,no more be the reft whereof I will fpeake anone.Some there be 
who give the leaves alfo with blacke Poppie after the torefaid proportion :& the very nut or fruit 
it {elfe alone in mead or cuit,or elfe if they put any thing thereto, it muftbe Sefama: andtrulyin 
this manner it fendeth fegmatick and chollerick humors away by feege. This Tithymal isfingu- 
larfor the fores in the mouth: But for the cankerous and corrofive ulcers indeed which cotrode ° 
deepe in the mouth, itis good co chewand eat the fame with honey. The third kind of Tithymall 
is called Paralius or Tithymalis. This hearbe putteth forth round leaves :rifeth up with a ttalkea | 
{pan or handfull high: the branches be red and the feed white,which oughttobe gathered when 
Ex Theophraf. the grape beginneth to fhew| blacke upon the vine, And being dried and made into pouder,is a 
fufficient purgation,fo itbe taken inwardly to the meafure of one acetable, The fourth kind is na- 
med Heliofcopium: the leaves whereof,refemble Purcellane,andfrom the root it putteth foorth 
foure or five{mall upright branches,which be likewife red and halfe a foot high:the famealfo be 
full of juice or milke, This hearbe delighteth to grow abouttowne fides, bearing a white feed, 
wherein Doves & Pigeons take exceeding great pleafure: which alfo is ordinarily gathered when 
the grape maketh fome fhew of ripening. lt took this name Heliofcopium, for that it urneththe 
heads whichit beareth,round about with the Sunne.Halfe an acetable thereof taken in Oxymell, 
purgethcholler downeward, Add in other cafés ufed itis, like as the former Tithymall named 
Characias. | 
