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The fit ft is called in Greeke-,W/f<c«. inLat'ihe, Duliis radix, or fweet Root : this Licorice is not 
knowne either to the Apothecaries or to the vulgar people : we call it in Englifh, Diofcoridcshh 
Licorice. 
It is mod euident that the other is Glycyrrhiza,o\ Licorice : the Apothecaries cal! it by a cor- 
ruptword ,Lttfmntia the Italians, Regahtia : the Spaniards,%f//^aand Rcgalitia : in high Dutch, 
^UfjI)Otj,SufjlBUttJC!rinFrench,%p///e ) SayaA j fe,and Sea life: in low L> li tcli , tTalltfftf IjOUt, 
fuetljout i in Engl i Ih, common Licorice : Pliny calleth it Scytb'ic.i her ha it is named Scythice of the 
countrey Scythia, where itgroweth. 
TheTemperature. 
Hie Nature of Dtofcoridcs his Licorice, as Galen faith, is familiar to the temperature of our bo. 
dies, and leeingit hath acertaine binding quality adioined, the temperature thereof fo much as is 
hot and binding, is fpecially of a warme bualiry, commingneereft of all to a meane temperature : 
befidcSjfor that it is alfo fweet, it is likewife meanely moift. 
For as much as the root of the common Licorice is fweet, it is alfo temperately hot and moift ; 
notwithftanding the barke thereof is fomething bitter and hot, but this muft be feraped away- the 
irefh root when it is lull of juice doth moiften more than thedrv. 
. . . II Verities. 
The root of Licorice is good againft the rough harfhneffe of the throat and breft ; it opener’ll 
ne pipes of the lungs when they be fluffed or flopped, and ripeneth the cough, and bringeth forth 
Theiuiceof Licorice madeaccording to Art, and hardned intoa lumpe, which is called Sttccm 
Lujuiritu , ferueth well for the purpofes aforefaid, being holden vnder the tongue, and theie fuffe- 
red to melt. ° 
Moreouer,with the juice of Licorice, Ginger, and other fpices, there is made a certaine bread or 
cakes, called Ginger-bread, which is very good againft the cough, and all the infirmities of the 
lungs and breft.: which is caft into moulds, fome of one fafh ion, and fbme of another. 
The iuice ot Licorice is profitable againft the he'ate of the ftomackc, and of the mouth. 
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