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Of the Hiflory of Plants.’ L 1 b. 3 . 
The Names. 
Goats- thorne is called in Greeke •- ofmoft Herbarifts likewile Tragaeantha .• we may cal 
it in Latin cSfinaHirci : in French, Bathe Rertard : and in Englifh forvvant ofa better name, Goats- 
Thorne : the liquor or gum that lflueth forth of the roots beareth the namealfo of Tragaeantha : it 
is called in {hops Gummi T ra.ga.cmlu ; and in a barbarous manner GmnmiTragacanthi in Englifh, 
Gum Dragagant. 
^ The Temperature . 
This plant in each part thereofisofadryingfacultie without biting. It doth confolidate or 
glew together finewes that be cut : but the roots haue that facultie efpecially, which are boy led in 
wine aad the decodion giuen vnto thofe that haue any griefe or hurt in the finewes. 
Gum Dragagant hath an cmplafticke qualitie, byreafon whereof it dulleth or allayeth the 
fiiarpne fife of humors, and doth alfo fomthing dry. 
The Verities. 
A The Gurame is Angular good to be licked in with honey againft the cough, rougbnefleof the 
throat, hoarfenelfe, and all fharpe and thin rheumes or diftillations : being laid vnder the tongue it 
taketh away the roughneffe thereof. 
J5 Being drunke with Cute or the decodion of Liquorice ittaketh away and allayeth the heat of 
the vrine : it is alfo vfed in medicines for the eyes. 
C The greatqft part of thofe artificial! beades, fweet chaines, bracelets, and fuch like pretty fweet 
things of pleafure are made hard and fittobeworne by mixing the gum hereof with other iweets, 
being firft fteeped in Rofe water till it be foft. 
4 The figure which was in the third place was ofthc plant Jcfcribcd in the fecond which and Tabtm. made their Toteiium, but it agreed not with 
the defcripcion which was taken out of the Mucrf. 
C hap. 2.6, Of the s. Egyptian Thorne. 
if 1 AcaciaDiofcoridis. 
The Egyptian Thorne. 
t 2 cacia altera trifolia. 
Thorny Trefoile. 
