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v il make the followingPlai- 
itcr : Take one Pound of 
Lard, melted over a mo- 
derate Fire j then take of 
the Leaves of Fig-wort, 
HoundVtonguc,rhc Flow- 
ers of 'White Arch-Angel, 
and Fox-glove ; cut them 
1 mall, and boy 1 them in the 
Lard : Do the fame three 
or lour times, till the Oint- 
ment be of a deep green 
Colour ; then add two 
Ounces of Turpentine, and 
an Ounce of Verdigreafe, 
and a fufticicnt quantity of 
"Wax and Rohn ; drain it, 
and make aPlaiftcr,fprcad 
on Leather, and apply it to 
the Part a Heeled. 
j^ilbCCD, in Latin Cory- 
lufjativa. The Nut is ve- 
ry pieafant ; but if many 
of them are eaten , they 
occaiion the Hcau-ach , 
Wind in the Stomach , 
Loofenefs, and the Bloody- 
Flux. Hoops are made of 
the Branches: And Paint- 
ers ule the Coal of it , 
to delineate. Gun-pow- 
der was made ol the 
Coal , before the Coals 
of Alder were found 
more commodious lor that 
Ule. 
in Latin A- 
bies. They lay it grows 
plentifully on the Moun- 
tains in Scotland: But I 
fuppofe , the Tree that 
grows commonly there, is 
that which is called by skil- 
ful Botanifts, Ticca ; for, 
that which we plant in our 
Gardens for the Firr-trec, 
is the Ticca , as appears by 
the Charadtcriftick Notes 
of the Ticca ; for the Cone 
is (lender and long, and 
hangs downward ; and the 
rigid and prickly Leaves 
encompafstheBranches Til— 
orderly. Tbeofhtajfus fays, 
’tis propagated only by the 
Seed ; and that the Cut- 
ting efF the Tops caufes it 
to wither, and die the lame 
i Y car : But we find by Ex- 
perience, that the Branches 
j do not only grow, but take 
j Root, and in time become 
j Trees. The Refin of it is 
twofold : Firfb, Liquid, 
I which comes from young 
Firr-trees : This the Shops 
fa .'fly call Venice- Turpen- 
tine. Secondly, Dry ; it 
is like Frankincenfe. Thir- 
ty three ftatcly Trees of 
this Kind make a fair Ap- 
pearance, on a little Hill, 
near Wary ton in Stafford- 
/hire 
