The twelfth Booke of 



of the b(5tors undc£ the EmperoiUjwho fold it firft. Whereby a trian may fee how gainefiill it is G 

 to increafe this liquor by fophiftications. As for the Baulme Vwood Xylobalfamiim^the priee of it 

 isfixdenicrsapoimd^ 



Nowitremainethtofpeakeof Storax[Calamita]Gomming6utofthatpartofSyriaj vihkA 

 above PhoenicCjGonfronteth & borderethnext to lurie : and namely jabotic GabalajMarathus^ 

 and the mount Cafius in Seleucia.Thc tree that yeeldeth this gum or liquotjis alfo named Scy- 

 rax, like unto a Quince tree. It hath at firft a rawifli auftere tart, which afterwards tiirnech to bee 

 more fweet and plealant. There is found within ^ refertiblance of canes and reeds^ full of this 

 juice.Howbeitjabout the rifing of the Dog ftar there be certaine winged wormes leitle upon the 

 faid recdsjcreepe in and cat .Iway the marrow(as it were)which lay within : fo as a man fliall find 

 nought left behind but a mouldie diift or rotten powder^good for nothing. Next to tliis Storax H 

 of Syria^ great account is made of that which commeth out of Pifidia/romSidonjCypres.and 

 Cilicia: but leaft reckoning is made of that which Csndieletideth us . That which is brought 

 from the mount Amanus in Syria, is good for the Phyficians, but better for the perfumers and 

 confedioners . From what nation foever thatit commethj thebeft Storax is that which is red, 

 fbmewhat glutinous befides by reafon bfihefattines.The worft is that which hath no confidence 

 and tenacitie, but crumbleth like bran^ and is fo mouldie that it is overgrowne with a white hoa- 

 ric mofle. The pedlers and fuch like petie marchants can skill how to fophifhcate this druQ alfb, 

 with the rolin of cedar and gum : otherwhiles alfo with honie^or bitter almonds.B ut all ihefe de- 

 ceits are knowne by the taft. The price of the beft is i p dcniers a pound. There is a Storax be- 

 fides which Pamphyliadoth yeeldjbur drier it island nothingfofullof moifturc. 1 



MoreoverjWe have from Syria our of the fame mountaine AmanuSjanotherkindofgum cal- 

 led Galbanumj iffiiingoutof anhearbc like Fenell-geantj which fomc call by the name o( the 

 faid Rolin^OLhersjStagonitis. Thebeft Galbanumj and which ismoft fetbyjisgriftly and clesre 

 withal]3relembling Hammoniaeum, without any Ipilsof wood in it. Forin that wife the huck- 

 ilers uie to deceive theirchapmen by minglingbeanes with it,or the gum Sagapenum.The right 

 Galbanumjifyouburneitjchafethaway Serpents with the ftrong perfume or fmoketheieoLitis 

 fold for five dcniers the pound : and is uled onely in Phyficke for medicines. 



Chap. xxvi. 



of Panaces^Sjo^idyliumytnd Ulialohaihrim. ^ 



THe fame perfumers feeke alfo into the fame Syria for Panaces growing therCjand yet it 

 is to be found likewife about Pfophis, a citie in Arcadia ; and thefountaines from whence 

 floweth the river Erymanthusiyea ^and in Aifricke befides, and Macedonie.This Panax is 

 an hearbe with a tall ftalke and round tuft in the head like Fennellj and yet it is a plant by itf-'lie^ 

 growing to the height of five cubits . At thefifftitputtech outfoureleayes^ and afierwards fix. 

 They be very large and round withall^lyi-ng upon the ground : but toward the top they refemble 

 the leaves of an Olive : it beareth feed in the head hanging within certaine round ruhs, as doth 

 the Ferula . Out of the ftalkc of this hearbe there is drawne a liquor by way of incifionj made in 

 harvcfttime randlikcwileoutof therootin Autumne,orthefalIof theleafe.And this is called - 

 Opopanax. The beft looketh white when it is gathered and congealed. The next in v^orth and 

 weightjis that which is yellow. As for the blackcjitis of no account, thebettcir Opopaiiax co- 

 teh not above two Affes a pound. r 



Another hearbe there is oiP this Fennell kind^namcd Spondylium/omewhat different from 

 the former^but in leaves only j becaufe they belelTe than thofe of Panax, and devided after the 

 mtoer of the Plane leaves. This Spondylium growcthnowherebut in cold and Hladowiepla- 

 efesLlt carieth a fruit or graine called alfo Spondyliumjwhich refembleth the forine of Sil or Siier 

 MoiitanumjandfervethfornoulebutPhyficke. 



- VVe are beholden moreover to Syria for Malbbathrum. ¥his is a tree that beareth leaves rol- 

 led up round together^and feem itig to the eie withered.Out of which there is drawne a nd preffed M 

 an Oile for perfumers to ufe. iEgypt is niore fruitfull of this hearbe than Syria. And yet there 

 Gt^mu-icth a better kind thereof from India than both thofe countricsv It is laidj thatit groweth 

 there in meeres and ftandirig waters (\vimming ^Mt, after th^ manner of Fen-lentils or Duckes 

 meatpidre odoriferous than Saffron : enclioiog to a blackcolour : rough in handling.and in taft 



