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aT heatrtm Botanicttm. 
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as is 
the Apemine liils doe call it Scow™, and thole a - the footc Eopclo, of the red colour of the bstke, andnotoftl' 
Dye,as fomethinke became /’fihj'laith, his Qatinm is, adhneamentct modo ctmcbylij'trblbrc inpgnem, for this as is 
before laid.giveth a yellow colour. The Savoy irs call the wood hereof which they loppeand tell for that purpole 
and we Fufttcke,which all Dyers know is ofelpeciall ufe with thcm,both the old wood to give one vel- 
io V cclcur, and the young another. AiottbiotmiAxguiUro, fitmcrariw, and Gefncr in bortio call it Coti„ M y e j 
(aefncr alio callvth it Coccieriaforte Tdarba. Iozis Plir-ij, Dodonett, JJotinw Coriaria, Coegycria liy t'/,v >'.,y and q 
thcrs, and of S centrum vulfo, asthe conlmon people did. Thelaft is iiker’tobe the Rb,u Mv,ft,i, 
and called by Lugdmerfis,Rbui [ylvettris «//<«, by Clufw Rbw he, ba plinij, and rhinketh it is the 1r/jophanon 
T'lir.ij alfo, as Ruclliut aid before him,and Afjrtta nemorali,, Cord:'.! tookc it to be EUognm , and Bdlontm (Hr 
pinm culturd, tookc it to be the EUagntaotTbeophraftw, and Lobel therefore called \tEUagnm Conti, mdDo- 
djKcm Cbam<eU*gmtt,Lcl/el calleth it Gagel Gcrmanorum,ind Myrtm'Brabantico,mi Be/ganm, hit I era /fays" 
well Mytm Axgtiea, forit is as plentiful with us as with t^em, but that Lebel did not know fo murh-> The 
■4r*bu»j call the M Sumac, Ad,trior,, Rofb.tr, Sadijficos, or Rojetidicoi,the Italians Rim ini Sumoco. the SV--/ >rf > 
SumetbmiSnmagro, the French Sumac, the germane, gerberbattm, theDutch SumackjtnASmock., and we in 
Snghjb Sumacke.and red Sumacke, the French call the laid PimemrayaU,thuis Royall Calm; : the Germane, Go 
g-"l, as i, before laid,and weOauIc andlwectc Willow. 
The Vertues. 
Sumacke both leaves and feede*,and the medicines made of them are cooling in the fecohd degree,and dry in, 
the third, theleaves of tire Hrfl Sumacke haveanadringent quality, that they may ferve inftead otAacU f or 
thale purpofes it is ufed,- he decoction of the leaves and leede is fipgnlar good (or all forts of fluxes in man or’wo- 
man, to take them in broth,or in mcate or drinke, and to lit in the dc coition while it is warme.a s the bio adv flix" 
the fitixof theftomacke,womens courles.and the whites alfo, tobedrunke or invefted by gliders or otberwile’ 
or in bathes, it ftaycth the ftomacke that is much given to calling, the decotflion of the leaves or feede made 
with vinegar, and a little honey put thereto is good againfl Gangrens or Cankers, the juyee that is taken out of 
the dry cd leaves by boylmg them in water and after they be ftrayned to boyle them agatre wi h fome bonev 
hath the fame properties that Ljeium hath, the fame helpeth the rc ughneffe if the tonanc and throatc • he leede 
Iikewtfe boyled m water,and the decoftion thereof evapoured to the thickeneffe of honey,is m ere eff-ffuall then 
the leede it fdfc: the decofhon of the gieene leaves maketh the haire blacke to be vvaflied therewith- the iuvee 
of them dropped into the care; dryeth up the moidureand running of them : the feede beaten and boyled into a 
pultis and applyed to any inflammation or hot Impodume,cooleih them much,and doth alfo take away the markes 
and patnes of bruifes and blowes, as alfo the friettingsandgallings of the skim,e, the fame alfo helpeth’ -he he 
tnorthoides or piles when they blcede too much, ifit be applyedwith the fine pouther of Oken coales: iti Cm- 
gular good alfo to be applyed to ruptures, both inwardly and outwardly,and to flay defluxions ofhot and fnarnc 
theuir.es into cne eyes, and Damocratei u(ed it in a medicine with Poppy heads, againfl dedillations from the 
bcac, and want oF Heepe : thegum tint is found oftentimes iiTuing out of the tree, isgood for hollow 
teeth to eale the paincs, and the decoffion of the feede is good to wafh the mouth both to faden loole teeth and 
to heale putrid an; rotten gummes. What the FiririM* Sumacke will perforate, 1 have not knowne anvhath 
made the proote, but it is probableit might workc fome of thefe tScfts if any would make the try aid. Both the 
Myrt e leafed Sumacke and the Venice,*, c in a manner as effcdhtall to all the purpofes aforelaid, except that they 
are a little weaker. The Gaul; is by the bitternefTc and harflinefTe found to be both drying and dilcuflin" and is 
'c. y c ..ea-aall to kill the wormes in the belly or ftomacke» it mightily aftedeth the braine, caufing fird'nertur 
bartons and then foptting the fences.- it is much ufed to be laid in Wardrobes, Chefls, Preffes, and the like to 
keeps mo;hes from garments,and woollen cloathes as alfo to give tHcm a good fent. 
Chap. X L V. 
Afjrtm, The Myrtle. 
1 A , vmg i P o!;en ofthe faille In the Chapter before,which fome account a kir.de of Myrt’e both from 
. 1 ie l°rmeand fweetenefle, 1thinke good to fee the docke of the Myrtles next thereunto, which 
• are many, became although I have (hewed you three of them in my former Buoke, yet I have not 
| (hewed you ail the properties they have. * ' 
T , ■ , '■ Mrtw latifoliamaxim. Thegreitcft openLaurellMyrtle 
f , r Th '^ grc5:eft M y. tle hath ? rea - Jnd thlck£: wooddy branches let with a double row of large leaves 
j et not foclofe as the next commingneercunto the fmallcr leaves of the Bay tree, but of a paler mcenc colour 
adding al .vayes grecneand very lweete . this fort iaith p*f,m even in Spoil fc[dome beared either flowers 0 r 
rtuitcjbecaufe they pruine it often,being kept in hedges for plcafure ° 
maketh another fort hereof which differeth little from the former, btttinthe leaves which ate fome- 
what lmalier and thicker^hereas the former arc thinner. m 
T , ,, . I. Mynmlattfoii* exotica. The Arango broad leafed clofe Myrtle. 
n 1 Jm'lfnl >T n e1 l ,gher 1 the " t,lc form "' and nic,;)Ieth the rootedoteofdrong tbicke fiemmes more 
plentifully dored with large leaves, yetnot fu ly folargeas the fird fort, t tit clofer fee together that tbev aimed 
“kTunroothe 0 rs tet^°,“T ’ tt'" r ° W t l , 0m f Ct,mes . in a tr ^Ie.nnd very fweete: rhe flowers are w hite 
l.ke untoothers but largei, after which commeth the fruite, fomewhat longer then in the fmall forts oreeneac 
thMud, purplifh before tt be ripe, and blacke when it is full ripe, with many crooked white feede? within 
?• Adyrtm /atifoliavuloarje, The ufuall broad leafed Myrtle. 
I-r Jad >-ife] M° r rf, w Cd My u' IC , (w f hich 1 fo cal '! xc,u(c wc have this onely in our Country, of all other forts of 
, u d ( h f J t, My rll . c ^g ro ^Th to be foure or hve foore high with us,and in the warme Countries to be a little ;te 
full of branches and leaves,like a fmall budi, the leaves are fomewhac large and great,yet not folargeas the lad, as 
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