248 Chap.4*> 7 beatrumBotanicum. Tribe 2. 
yet both Balanus 'JMyrepjica and c JMyrobalanw have but one fignification in the Greeke tongue. The Arabians 
were the firft that made them knowne to the world, and called them all in generall by the name of Telcaj, as by 1 
the writings of Alcfnes and Serapio doe appeare; but the Grcekes that tranHated thefc Arabians , gave the names 
of Myrobalanes unto thefe fruits, becaufe (as it is likely ) they thought the fruit warlike unto an Acornc, and: 
therefore gave the name Balanus ; but why they fhould give the other word Myras , which fignifieth an oynt- 
ment, cannot be underftood by any, for none of thefe were ever ufed in any pretious or i'weet oyntment, and : 
Alyrobalanos fignifieth as much as Balanus Myrepfica Gians unguentaru , the Acorne for oyntments. Attuarius . 
among the latter Greeke writers maketh mention of them, but that none ofthefe did grow among the Arabians . 
their ignorance of their growing declarcth plaincly : for CAfefties writeth that the Citrini Chebult and Nigri doe : 
all grow upon one tree, and for that they beare twice in a yeare, the Citrini arc the unripe, and the Tiiqri are 1 
the ripe of the fir ft bearing, and the Chebuli the fruit of the later bearing, which how contrary unto truth: 
it is, Garzias doth declare, in his booke of the Drugges of the Eaft Indies, where hee plainely fheweth 1 
that all the five forts, grow fevcrally each upon a feverall tree, as I have fhewed you before: the Indians call I 
the Citrini or F/avi Arare t but the Phyfitions Aritiejui, and the Indici or Nigri they call Re^cnvale, the Bellerict i 
Gotini or Gotniy the Chepuli or Che bull Aretca, and the Fmblici or Amttale as Garzas hath it, or Antiale as Acofla. . 
I have you fee intituled them all purging Plums, as moft proper for them in my judgement, and given them their r 
fundry Epithites according to their quality as I thinke. 
The Vert ties. 
All thefe forts of Myrobalanes have a gentle purging quality, fomc more and fome leffe then others, fome : 
alfo purging choller,fomc ftegme, and fome melancholy; but they have in them alfo an aftringent quality,much 1 
more then is in Rubarbe: the Citrines and Bellericks , that is the yellow and the round Myrobalanes doe purge : 
choller gently : tre Chebules and Emblici that is the purple and fix fquare Myrobalanes doe purge fiegme: and 1 
the Indies or black ones melancholly *thedecoflion or infufionof them all doth purge better then any wayes clfe,, 
yet fo gently that in evacuating the humors, they ftrengthen the ftomackc, the liver and the heart, but given in j 
ponder they binde the body more then purge it, and indeed the binding quality in them all, efpecially in the : 
drycd fruits, is more prodominant, and as Cjarxdas faith, the Indians wholly ufe them for that purpofe ; and I 
therefore they arc the heft mcdecines to be mingled with Scamony and all other violent purgers, to reftraine their \ 
violence and to correft their ficrcenelfe,and yet as tJATefues faith the y are often put with C a Jfi a > Manna ,& Tama - • 
rind-, to helpe the working of them, as a moft fafe medecine:the Bellericks and E mb licks by purging theftomack : 
fromrotten fiegme Iyingthercin, and ftrengthning the braineand joynts, the heart and liver, and binding all i 
other loole or fluent humors in the parts of the body, are very effeduall, as alfo for thetrembling of the heart,, 
and to ftirre up the appetite, ftay vomiting and reftraine the fury and belchings of choller, to increafe the power r 
and facultie of the fpirits, to qualinc the exccftive heat of the inward parts, and the thirft is raifed thereof,and 1 
doe helpe and give eafe to thole that are truobled with the hemorrhoides or piles,by reftraining the fiercenefle of i 
choller flowing unto them, and for this Iaft effeft, the Citrines arc moft ufed : alfo for all hot conftitutions, and i 
in all hot agues where there are no obffruftions, for (they as all the other forts alfo) doe rather caufe obftrudfi- • 
ons, and therefore in all fuch when they are to be ufed they are to bee corrected with Wormewood, or the: 
juice of Fumiterry, or with Rubarbe, Agarick,Spiknard and the like, as alfo with other opening anddiurcti-- 
call things : the Chebules in efpeciall doe purge fiegme, fharpen the memory, cleare the eye fight, clenfe and: 
ftrengthen the ftpmacke.and are very cffefruall againft the dropfie, and all old agues: the Indies or blackeMy-- 
robalanes in fpeciall, doe purge melancholy, and blacke or burnt choller, ana thereby are availcablefor thet 
quartaine Ague, the Lcpry or foulcevill, and all paralaticke difeafes: the Embliks and Bellericks in efpeciall. 
purge fiegme and comfort the braine very much, as alfo the heart and ftomackc, ftay vomiting and ftirre up then 
appetite. They all ofthemin generall are of efpeciall ufe in all fluxes both of theftomack and belly, by gently>i 
purging the maligne fluxibilitie of the humors, and ftrengthning and binding the parts afterwards; but as an: 
efpeciall teceit to binde or ftay an old continued Laske, I have knowne this medicine doe much good. Taked 
and burnea pint of Claret wine, with a little Rofemary and Sugar, whereinto puttofteepc all night one dram oft 
Rubarbe, firft ft iced and tofted at thefire, and halfe a dram of Chebule Myrobalanes, which ftanding by the; 
fire all night, and drained forth in the morning, is to be taken at two feverall times, a draught in the morning :i 
falling, which ifit helpe not diffidently the firft time, being renewed and taken two dayes more, will certain-i 
ly ftay the laske wholly, if the malignity and fharpenefle of the humors bee not fo ftrong that fcarfe any medc- i 
cine will cure it. The Chebule Myrobalanes broken and deeped in Rofewater, or in the clarified juice of Fen- : 
nell for two or three dayes, and after drained forth ; this water dropped into the eyes doth clere the fight, and jj 
a fine cloth wet therein and often appfyed, taketh away the heat and inflammation in them, and ftayeth rheumes .1 
and diftillations into them : the pouder of any of the Myrobalanes and Mafticke, put into running Vlcers and :i 
fores, dryeth up the moyfture and confolidateth them : The Chebules and the Emblicks are often brought over 1 
unto us preferved, whereof the Chebules are more ufed Phyfically for fuch purpofes as are before fet do wne,' 
then the Emblicks are, which being nothing harfh in tafte as the Chebuls, but being very pleafant, are more of-: 
ten ufed as a delicate preferved Plum,among other junckets,then for any Phyficall refpeft. 
Chap. XLII. 
Agaricus & Terebinthina ex Larice. Agaricke growing on the Larch tree, and the fine 
cleare Turpentine taken from it alfo* 
S Ecaufe the Rofin or Turpentine of the Larch tree doth gently open and purge the belly • but more ef-' 
pecially the Agaricke that groweth thereon, I muft to fhew you the manner of growing of Aga-i 
ricke, give you alfo the view of the body of the tree, from whence it is taken, and fome branches and 
leaves thereon to be knowne by :but the defeription of the tree it felfejfhall be fhewed you among the 
other Conifer at & Rejiniferas arborcs, trees tlj.atbearc Cones or Pine apple like fruit, and out of which: 
is: 
