Of the Hiflory of Plants. 
b]oud,the piffingof bloud, and all other fluxes of bloud : rhey are alfogood againfhthe falling 
fickenefllgthe falling dovvne of the mother, and comming forth of the fundament. 
The gum Mafticke hath the fame vertue, if it be relented in wine and giuen to be drunke. 
Mafticke chewed in the mouth is good for the ftomacke, ftaieth vomiting, iticreafeth appetite, 
comfortetb the braincs, ftaieth the falling dovvne of the rheumes and watery humors, and maketh 
a fweet breath. 
The fame infufed in ltofe water is excellent to vvafh the mouth withall, to faften loofeteeth, 
and to comfort the iawes. 
The fame fpred vpon a piece of leather orveIuet,and laidplaifterwife vpon the temples, ftaieth 
the rheume from falling into the iawes and teeth, and eafeth the paines thereof. 
It preuaileth much againft vlcers and wounds, being put into digeftiues and healing Vn- 
guents. 
Itdraweth flegme forth of the head gently and without trouble. 
It is alfo vfed in waters which feme to clenfe and make faire the face with. 
Thedeco&ionofthis fillethvp hollow vlcers with flefh if they be bathed therewith. 
It knitteth broken bones, ftaieth eating vlcers, and prouoketh vrine . 
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C h a p. 8f. Of the Turpentine Tree; 
i Tcrcbintbhs. 
The T urpentine tree. 
2 7 erthinthm Ltti folia. 
The broad leafed Turpentine tree. 
«] The Defer ip t ion 
i TPHe firft Turpentine Tree groweth to the height of a tall and faire tree,hauing many 
* long boughes or branches, difperfed abroad, befet with long leaues, confiding of fun- 
dry other fmall leaues,each whereof refembleth the Bay leafe,growing one againft another vpon a 
little ftem or middle rib, like vnto the leaues of the Afh tree-.the floures be fmall & reddifh, grow- 
ing vpon clufters or bunches that turne into round berries, which at their beginning are greene, 
afterwards reddifh j but being ripe wax blacke, or of a darke blew colour, clammie, full of fat 
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