1030 Chap. 30, 
Tbeatrwn 'Botanicum . 
R 1 b * 9. 
aDolv to this gum, for Vernix is a made thing of Amber and Linfeede oyle: for faith heethe name Vermxis&e. 
rived from the Germane word Vernjlen or Eermften, which is with them the yellow Amber as it commeth from 
the dace where it is gotten, and tooke the name from the propertie therein, that as that fo this being kindled 
will Iourne like a Candle or Torch: Vtrnix liquid*, in Englijb Varmfie is a certaine liquor that Painters, Joyners 
and others doe ufe to lay upon their workes.and Smithes upon their polifhed painted Iron workes.to kcepe 
their colours the longer from fading, thebell whereof for their ule is made ofthis gtimme of the lunipert.ee 
and of Linfeede oyle: Pliny in his eleventh Booke and feventh Chapter mentioned another Sandaracha which 
is found in Bee-hives, being their foode whereon they live while they workc, and is called £nthacc( as Anftotle 
doth ) and r'rintkm, but by divers others learned men Vernix and Vcrnilago Bauhinm maketh two forts of the 
ordinary lumper tree, the one he calleth lmiperu, vulgaris fruticofa, the other Iuniperusvulgar,, arbor, when 
as Clulius (heweth that there is no other difference betweene them,then the largeneffe of the growing in a hotter 
climate in the like manner as the Turpentine andthe Storax trees like (hrubbes in feme places and tall trees m 
others. ’ l he f'econd Clulius calleth Iuniperus Alp ** and qefner in borti, lumperus minim* : the third is called by 
Label in his Obfervations and Icon's, lumperus maximus lUjricus cxruleabacca, by Lugdmenfis lumperus major, 
and by Tabermontanus lumper ns major Ibjrica : the laft as I faid is called Cedar by all our Enghjb inhabiting m the 
Bermuda c~c & with us from them who never (canned it fnffidently.,nor knew to give It the tnic denomination, 
fo, all the forts of Cedar doe mu. li differ in (undry particulars from this, andtherefore 1 haveprelumed thusto 
intitle it untill fome other can give it a truer epithite. Seraph calleth it Habhagar, the other Arabians Aromas and 
Arcbenas the Italians Ginepro, the Spaniard, Enebro, the French qeneve and Gcnemicr, the germane, fVeckhol- 
de, baum a’nd the berries IVeckkolder beer vni Kramer beer, of Blacke birds who arecalled in the germane tongue 
Kramer voqell became they leede upon the berries all the Winter long, theT>» tch geneverboom, and wee in 
Enalijb the Iunipre tree. The Venues. - , , 
No man faith Trap.,, can eafily fet downe all the Vertues of the lumper tree,preferring the berries before Pep¬ 
per • the Iuniptr it telfeboth leaves and wood as Galen faith are hot and dry in the third degree : but the berries 
although they be in the fame degree of heate, yet are but in the firft degree ol dnneffe: the gumme is hot and dry 
in the firft degree: The leaves and young tender branches of the lumper tree.or the juice of them or of the berries, 
or the berries themfelves taken in wine, are very t ffcftuall againft the biting of a Viper or Adder, as alfo againft 
the Plague or Peflilence or any other inleffion or poyfon, the Germanes ufe it much, for their Trcakle is mace of 
the condenfate juice of the berries, which they commend in all difeafes almoft, both lor inward and outward re¬ 
medies : the fame alfo is profitable againft the Strangury and flopping ol theVrine, andTo powerful} againft the 
Dropfie that as Matthiolus faith hee hath knowne divers to avoyd fo much water by Vrine.by taking foure or 
five ounces at a time of the Lye made of luniper alhes.that they have beene holpen thereby : it doth alfo provoke 
womens courfes being flayed, and doth helpe the nfing and other pames of the mother : the berries arc good for 
the [tomacke and to diffolve the fwelhngsand windmefle thereof land ate likewife profitable tor the cough and 
fhortneffe of breath, and other difeafes of the Chcft and Lungs and to eafe the griping pames and corments m 
the belly, they are alfo prevalent to helpe Ruptures, Convulfions and Crampes:to procure a fate and ealiedeli- 
very unto women with child, for which pnrpol'e Matibiohu advifeth to take feven luniper, and feven Bay- 
berries, halfc a dramme o{'C*JJr* llgnea, and adramof Cinamon, thefetcing groffely bruifcd put them into the 
belly of aTurtlc Dove to be rolled therewith, letitbe balled with the fat clan Hen, whereof they aretoeate 
every other evening: The ferapings ol the wood faith Thofcorides being eaten doth kill men, u hich claulc both 
Matthiclu, and Tragus before him finde much fault with, feeing it is contrary to the lotmer part of the Text and 
thtuft thereinto by others, for as he faith neither the bed copies have it therein, neither doe Cjalen, Tanlus eAEgi- 
wrfa.nor Seraplo who wrote wholly after Viofcorides his Text word for word make any fuch mention of the 
properties ol the wood, and more faith he it is found faifeby tryall made thereof .-but Scaltger in his l y. Booke 
and ,8. exercife,maintaineth the Text of Diofcondes, in that although the decodfion of the wood is 
wliolefome, yet the (craping or courfe powder by the drinefiethereoffticking to the guts doth fufiocate, m the 
fame manner as Colocjr.thu which to bee rightly prepared muft bee beaten and finely lifted lead it cleave to the 
bowells and blillet them : the berries are very comfortable to thebraineand llrengthcn the memory and fight , 
and all the fenfes and the heart alfo: being eytherdrunke in wine or thedecoftion of themin wine taken: the 
fame alfo is good againft a quattane, and diffolveth the winde in the belly and in gencrall is effeftuall for all di- 
lcafes as well outward as inward proceeding of any cold caufe, it they (hall take of the berries twoor three times 
a weeke three or foure at a time in wine, which muft bee gathered in the fit time of the ripenefle, moyltned 
with and after fairely dryed upon a cloth: the Salt made of the afhes of the luniper wood is a lingular 
remedy for the Scurvey, the putrefied and fpongy gums, and generally redding all putrefaction : The 
Chymicall oyle drawne from the berries while they are greeneis as effeftuall if not more to all the purpofes 
aforefaid : there is an oyle alfo drawne out of the luniper wood per dejeenfum as they call it, which is ve¬ 
ry rood againft the toothach and for the Goute, Sciatica and refolution of the Nerves or Sinewcs comming 
of cold. The gumme of luniper isufedlikeas Amber is to (fay cold rheumaticke diftillations,dtfluxions and Ca- 
tarrhes'upon the eyes or Lungs,&c. the fumes thereof upon the burning on coales being taken into a cappe (the 
head alfo holden in the meane time over the laid fumes J at night and to lie covered therewith i or the powder 
thereof with other things fit for the purpofe, (hewed upon Flax and to be quilted into a cappe to bee worne m 
the nightchiefely.and in the day alfo as neede (hall require : the faid gumme in powder taken in wine doth day 
vomitings, inward bleedings and fpitting of blood, womens courfes alio, and all other the fluxes of the belly, 
and of the hemorrhoides or piles: the lame alfo killeth the wormes in children, and mixed with fome oyle of 
Rofes and Myrtles heileth the chappes of the fundiment,kibes alio and chilblanes on the hands and feet: the pow¬ 
der of the gumme mixed withthe white of an Hgge, and applyed to the forehead flayeth the bleeding at the 
nofe : the fame alio burned upon quicke coales, and the fumes thereof taken thorough a funnell upon an akmg 
tooth taketh away the paine : it is effeftuall in moift Vlcers and Fiftulaes, and weeping running fores, to dry up 
the moifture in them whichhindereth their cure : the liquid Varniffi is an efpeciall remedy againft fca.dines with 
water or burnings with fire, and to helpe the painefull and bleeding Piles, and Pajfie, Crampes, Convulfions ot 
the Nerves and Sinewes: The fmoake of luniper wood being burned, befides that it yeeldcth a good lent to per¬ 
fume any houfe, it is of good ufe in the time of infeflion, and driveth away all noyfome Serpents, Flies, 
1 Wallpcs, 
