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It is good to be eaten againft a {linking breath, for it maketh the breath fweet ; and being fo ta- G 
ken it cornforteth the cold llomacke exceedingly. 
The white, found, and hard pulpe is now and then eaten, but very hardly concofted, and fno-en* H 
drethagro{Te,cold,and phlegmaticke iuyee, but being condite with (iigar,it is both pleafant in ' 
ta{le,andeafietobedigelled,morenouttlhing,andle{feapttoobftru(5lion and binding or flop- 
F n g. 
G<i/«?reporteth, that the inner iuiceofthePomecitronwas not wont to be eaten, bur it is now { 
vfed for fauce ; and being often vfed, it repreffeth choler which is in the ftomacke,and procures ap- 
petite :itis excellent good alfo to be giuen in vehement and burning feuers,and againft all pelli- 
lent and venomous or infe&ious difeafes : it cornforteth the heart, cooleth the inward parts, cut- 
teth, diuideth, and maketh thin, grofle, tough, and flimy humors. 
Of this forefaid fharpe iuice there is a fyrrup ptepared, which is called in fhops, Syuput de Ace- K 
tofitate C/m, very good againft the forefaid infirmities. 
Such a firrup is alfo prepared of the fharpe iuice of Limons, of the fame quality and operation L, 
fo that in (lead of the one, the other will ferue very well. 
Ado/.enofOrengescutinflicesandput into a gallon of water, adding thereto an ounce of M 
Mercuriefublimate, and boiled to theconfumptionofthe halfe,cureth the itch and manginelle 
ofthebody. 
Men in old time (asTbeophraflus writeth in his fourth booke) did not care Citrons, but were jsj 
contented with the itnel!, and to lay them amongft cloathes, to preferue them from Moths. 
As often as need required they vied them againft deadly poyfons; for which thing they were q 
cfpeciaUy commended euen by Firgilsvexfes, which wehaue before alledged. 
Athcruusjib . ; . hath extant a (lory of fome that for certaine notorious offences were condemned p 
tetters gnu uicimmcs ur me s*.iii,cuiu uitt/vcm tuc rate lane anu mie/uuj. 
The fame being drunke prouoketh vrine,di{Tolueth the (lone, breaketh and expelleth it. 
The rindeof Orenges is much like in facultie to tkatof the Citrons and Limons , yet itis fo 
much the more hot as it is more biting and bitter. 
The inner fubftance or foure pap which is full of iuice is of like facultie, or not much inferiour -p 
to the facultie of the pap of Citrons or Limons ; but the fweet pap doth not much coole or drie, 
but doth temperatly heateand moiften, being pleafant to the tafte: it alfo nourifheth more than 
doth the foure pan, but the fame nourifhtncnt is thin and little; and that which is ofamiddletaft, 
liauing the fmacke of wine, isafttr a middle fort more cold than fweet, and Idler cold than foute: 
the fweet and odoriferous floures of orenges be vfed of the perfumers in their fweet fuelling oint- 
ments. 
Two ounces of the iuice of Limons, mixed with the like quantitie of the fpirit of wine, or the y 
bell Aquti vita (but the fpirit of wine rectified is much better) and drunk at the firft approch of the ‘ 
fit of an ague, taketh away thefhaking prefently : the medicine feldome faileth at the fecond time 
of the taking thereof perfectly to cure the fame ; but neuer ac the third time,prouided that the Pa- 
tient be couered warme in a bed, and caufed to fweat. 
ThereisalfodilliIledoutoftheminaglaflefliII,awaterofamaruelIous fweet finell, which be- X 
ing inwardly taken in the weight of an ounce and a halfe, moueth fweat, and healeth the ague. 
The feed ofallthefe doth kill wormes in the belly, and driueth them forth: it doth alifomigh- Y 
tilyrefift poyfon,and is good for the flinging of fcorpions, if it be inwardly taken. 
Thofe which be called Adams Apples are thought to be like in faculties to the foure iuyee, -p, 
efpecially of the Limons, but yet they be not foeffefluall. 
T He tame Cornell tree groweth fomtime of the height and bigneffe of a final tree, with a great 
number of fprings : it is couered with a rugged barke: the wood or timber is very hard and 
dry, without any great quantity of fap therein : the leaues are like vnto the Dog berry leaues, crum- 
pled rugged, ap.d of an ouervvorne colour : the floures grow in fmall bunches before any leaues do 
appeare, of colour yellow, and of no great value (they are fo fmall) in (hew like the floures of the 
to be deflroyed of Serpents, who were preferued and kept in health and fafetie by the eating of 
Citrons. 
Chap. 104. Of the Qornell tree . 
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