Lib, 3, 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
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«y The Names. 
The Fig tree is called in Greeke, »*», and of diners, for difference fake betweene it and die wild 
Fig tree, • in Latine, Ficus, and Ficus fatiea, and Vrhtma in high- Dutch, jfcpflfnbaum • in 
low- Dutch, H'iugijtbO'am ; in French, Firmer : in Italian, Fico .■ in Spanifh, Higuei a * in Enslifh 
Fig tree. ° “ 3 
The fruit is named in Greeke, »'«<» ■. in Latine, F/'c«r .• and the vnripe fruit,' “sw-sir ; i r , L at ine Grof 
fts : that which is dried is called in Greeke, s*«: in Latine, Carica ■ in high-Dutch, jfenrrm * in 
lovv-Dutch, HUrijjljcn : in French, Figucs in Italian, Ficht : in Spanifh, •• in Engiiih Licr;thc 
littlefeedsvvhicharefoundinthemarenamedbyCa/TO^^fu/tt.Ca/rt.jtWrr. ‘ °' 
«|J The Temperature. 
T he greene Figs new gathered are foraewhat vvarme and moid : the dry and ripe Figs are hot al 
moft in the third degree, and withal 1 fliarpe and biting. 
T he leaues alfo haue ibrne iharpneife, with an opening power, but not Co ftrong as the iuice. 
«U The Venues. 
The dry Figs do nourifh better than the greene or new Figs • notwithftanding they in render a 
not very good blond, for fuch people as do feed mucli thereon doe become low fie° 3 A 
Figs be good for the throat and lungs, they mitigate the cough, and are good for them that be 
fhort winded .-they ripen fiegme, can ling the fame to be eafily fpet out, eipecially when they be “ 
fodden with Hylfop, and the decoition drunke. ‘ ' 
Figges damped with Salt, Revv, and the kernels of Nuts vvithftand allpoyfon and corruption C 
of the aire. The King of Pontus, called OHithridates, vfpd this preferuatiue againft all venom and 
poyfon. 
Figs (lamped and made into the forme of a piaider with wheat meale,the pouder of Fenugreek n 
and Linefeed, and the roots ofmarilh Mallowes, applied warme,do foften and ripen impodumes' ' 
phlegmons, all hot and angry fwellings and tumors behinde the eares : and if you adde thereto the 
roots o( Lillies, it ripenethand oreaketh Ve.nerious impodumes that come in the flanke, which 
impodume is called Edo, by reafon of his lurking in fuch fecret places : in plaine Enodifh termes 
they are called botches. 
Figsboiledin Wormwood wine with feme Barly mealeare very good to be applied as an im- xj 
piaider vpon the bellies of fuch as hauc the droplie. * 
Dry Figges haue power to foften, confume,and make thinne, and may be vfed both outwardly R 
and inwardly, whether it be to ripen or foften impollumes, or to fcatter, diflolue, and confume ** 
them. 
The leaues of the Fig tree do wade and confume the Kings Euill , or fwelling kernells in the r- 
throat, and do mollifie, wade, and confume all other tumors, being finely pouned andiaid there- ^ 
on: butafter my pradlife,being boiled with the roots of niarifh Mallowes vntill they befofr,and 
fo incorporated together, and applied in forme of a piaider. 
The milky iuyee either of the figs or leaues is good againd allroughnefle of the skinne,Iepries ti 
fpreading fores, tetters, (mail pockes, meafels, pufhes, wheales, freckles, lentiles, and all other * 
fpots, ftfuruinefle, and deformitie of the body and face, being mixed with Bariev mealeand appli- 
ed : itdotlialfo takeaway warts and fuch like excrefcences, if it be mingled with fomefattie or 
greafie thing. 
The milke doth alfocure the tooth-ache, if a little lint or cotton be wee therein, and put into the r 
hollownede of the tooth , 
It openeth the vcines of the hemorrhoids, and loofeneth the belly, being applied to the funda- v 
ment. ‘ "■ 
Figs damped with the ponder of Fenugreeke, and vineger, and applied plaiderwife, doe eafe t 
the intolerable paine of the hot gout, eipecially the gout of the feet. 
The milke thereof put Into the wound proceeding of the biting of a mad dog, or any otherve- iwf 
nomous bead, preferueth the parts adioyning,taketh away the paine prefently, and cureth the 
hurt. 
The greene and ripe Figs are good for thofe chat be troubled with the done of the kidneyes, for m 
theymaketheconduitsflipperie.and open them, anddo alfo fomewhat clenfe : whereupon after * 
the eating of the lame, it hapneth that much grauell and (and is conueyed forth. 
Dry or barrell Figs, called in Latine Carfoe, area remedie for the belly, the cough, and for old n, 
infirmities ofthe died and lungs : they fcourethe kidnies, and clenfe forth the-fand, they mitigate ^ 
the paine ofthe b ladder, and caufc women with child to haue the eafierdeliuerance, if they feed 
thereof for cerrainedayes together before their time. 
T)iofcoridjs faith, that the white liquor of the Fig tree, and iuice ofthe leaues, docurdle milke as p 
rennet doth, anddiflblue the milke cnat is cluttered in the domacke,asdorh vineger. 
It bringeth downe the menfes, if it beapplied with the yolke of an egge,or with \ el low wax. q 
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