i/ r 4° Chap.56, 7 beatrum 2 ? otanicum . Triefi6 
tongue: but that faith h?,which is blackifli refembling (fium Ammoniacum, or other gum, and burneih not up¬ 
on the tongue, is adulterate and take, but laith Uttatthtolus, this gum is neither brought us now adayes, nor is in 
ufe : yet lomethinke that our Gu.n Elcmi is it, but therein faith he they are much deceived, in that it hath no 
biting take in it, and belidesic is mo e like unto a Roflen that will melt with the fire, then a Gum which will 
burne in the fire,and will not be diHolvtd wichout wine cr vinegar,or other !uch liquor. 1 he Arabians ca 1 the 
manured OWivzZArton and Carton^ che Italians Olivo domofiico^ the Spaniards Olivo and Avftuno, the French 
Olivier , the (jcrmuncs Oclbatim.zn&OUvcbcwm, the D utch Olive boom , and we the tame or manured Olive tree: 
due wilde oilive is called by the Italians Oliva falvatica ,by the Spaniards ^ebnebe, and Az.ncbe 9 by the French 
Olivierjanvage. And wei nEnghfij die wild Oilive tree. 
The Vertnes. 
The greene leaves and brand C5 of the Oilive, buc much more of the wilde Oilive doe coole and binde, efpe- 
cially the ;uyce with vinegar,all hot ImpoRhumcs inflammations and lwcllings,Sa'int^»r^»^/fire, fretting and 
creeping ulcers, cankers in che flefh or mouth: the lame alio k (trained] the bleeding of wounds, and womens 
too abounding courfes, being applyed to the places: che (aid juyee dropped into the eyes, flayeth the di:ff illati¬ 
ons of hot rheumes into them, and clcereth the fight from filmes or doudes that dimme the light, and any ulcer 
that doth bf eede therein, or ulcers that breede in the earcs.The pickled Ollivesdoe (tine up an appetite to meate, 
and although hard of digcfiion, yet pleating to the Romacke, being apt to putrefie therein, aie not good for :he 
eyefight and breede headache, yet if they be dryed and applyed to frecting or corrhoding ulcers, doth flay them, 
and taketh away the fcarres of carbuncles or plague fores; the pickled Ollives burned, beaten and applyed unco 
whcalcB,ftay their further encreafe, and hinder them fromrifing and cleanlc foule ulcers, helpeth the gums that 
are loofe and fpongy, aud fafteneth loofe teeth. The water that is taken from che greene wood, when it is hea¬ 
ted in the fire, healeththc feurfeand icabbes in the heador otberpaits: the Olive Rones being burned arc ufed 
for the Paid purpofes, andalfo to flay fcule fpreading ulcers, and being mixed with fat and meafeyhey take away 
the ruggednefle ©f che nailes. Now to fpeakc of che other parts of the Oilive, which are the oyle and the foote 
thereof: firfl the oyle is of divers variable properties, according to the ripeneffe or unripenefle of the fruite, 
whereof it is made, and then of the time and age thereof, and taftly of the wafhing thereof,from the fait where- 
w ich fome is made, the oyle that is made of unripe Ollives,is more cooling and binding then that which is made 
of them when they are ripe : which when it is frefh or new is moderately heating and moiltening, bucificbc 
old ithatbaRronger po.ver towarmeand codifcufle, which propei ties arc perceived by the fweeteneflc, forif 
the oyle be harfh.ic is more cooling then warming : and if that oyle be waflied it taketh from it all harlhneffc. 
The greene oyle of unripe Ollives while it is frefh, is mcR welcome to the Romacke, it Rrengtheneth the gums, 
and faReneth the teeth, if it be held in the mouth for any time, and being drunke it hindereth their much fwea- 
ting that are given thereunto : the fweete oyle is of moll ufe in Sallees and meates,being moR pleafing to the taRe 
but the older the oyle is,the better it is for medicines, both to war me any part, and to dilcufl’e any thing that nee- 
dech it,and to open and moove the belly downewards, and is moR efteftuall againR all poylons, efpecially thofe' 
that doe exulcerate the guts, ornotbeing pafleddownefolow, but yet abiding in the Romacke, it brlngcthit 
up by vomitting,or fiindereth the malignity, from further fpreading: itisalfo a principall ingredient into all 
falvesalmoR, helping as well the forme, as the vertue in working. The foote or dreggesof oyle, the older it is 
the better it is for divers purpofes, as to heale the feabbein man or beaR, being uled“with the deco&ion of Lu¬ 
pines : it is very profitably ufed for the ulcers of the fundament or privy parts, with honey wine and vinegar, ic 
hea’eth wounds, and helpeth the toothache, being heldin thetnouch, ifitbeboyled inacoppcr veffell unto the 
thickenefle of honey,. it bindetk much and is effeftuall to all the purpofes for which Lycium may be ufed : but if 
it beboyled with the juyee of unripe grapes to the thickneffe of honey, and applyed unto akingor corrupt teeth, 
ic will caufe them to fall out .• if this foote or dregges of oy Ie be put into that morter that (hall parget the walles 
or flooresofyour Wardrobr, where you meanc tolay any woollen or filken Ruffes or garments, l’ncheResor 
preRe?,it will not onely prefer ve the places dry,from gathering moiRurc, buc warme alfo from over much cold, 
and will kcepe away raothes,wormes, Ipiders, and Ryes, nor will fuffer any to breede therein. The gumcneof 
the Oilive tree (whether tame or wildeJ is ufed in ocular medicinenohclpe chedimneRe ofthe eyes: the lame 
alfo provoketh urine and womens courles, aid helpeth che paines of hollow teeth : ic caufeth aborlemenc, it ex- 
pelleth the dead childe,and healeth tetters,ring wormes,lcabbes and lepry. 
C H AP. XXXVI. 
C leafier fappadocicui. The baRard or fw eete wilde Oilive. 
a He baRard wilde Oilive, (and why I fb call it I will fhew you by and by) groweth by time to be 
acr.attrec, and well fpread, whole bar ke is very rugged on the body, buc linooth and .whitifo on 
the armes. whi.b have very Rrong and foarpe thornes on them, the younger branches having none: 
the leave.' arc let on both fides of them without order, long and narrow, very like unto Willow 
. . 'eaves, but thicker, fofter, and whiter, beth the upper and under fide, which enclineth toafilver 
ii .in ng colour: the flowers grow at the foote of the leaves, being (’mall and of a pale white colour, very fweete 
and (omewhat Rrong, fented even afarreof: after the flowers are falne, come round and fomev. hat long white 
bcrrics,like unto finall Oilive berries, with a point at rhe ends like unto thornes, with a Ivveete foft and fpungy 
iubRance lomewhat like a plummc, or rhe red Jujube fruite, having a chanelled hard Rone, hke an Oilive Rene in 
the middle ; but Lugdunenfis faith the berry is as dry, and without fubRance as che Hawthorne, which peradven- 
ture is fo in thofe places necre him,but in the warmer Countries may be fuch as I have deicribed them,from good 
Authours that have feene them to be Rich. 
7 he Place and Time. 
This groweth as \Teion\ws faith in divers places in Turkic, as he faw in his travailes through their Countries^ 
and in the hedges or Granado in Spaine^s C Infix* observed, and in moft Orchards of note in France , Germany, and 
other 
