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dented hath an end leafc, bigger and longer then all the reft, which fhcweth lam peHwadcdamanifeftdifte. 
renceinjJ««,from this that is not dented, for I cinnot be perfwaded that any plant, fhould fo much differ m 
forme from it felfe in the time of age and youth. ThclaftisalfoasI (hewed called Molleby the Indian Writers 
whole fent is like Fennell,when as the other is not fo,and is for the likeneffe referred to the Lcnti/cus Peruana by 
Baaiinia in his AP.itthiolw,&c. following C/a/w therein,to be both one.& by ZoWjoyned with the former and 
the Balfamumvcrnm, making it to agree with the properties therofin many things, Baptifta Ferrarius alfoinhis 
Flora mentioneth it by the name otTereamtbtn anguftifoH* pag. 57 a .citing the third Book,and 15 .Chapter of that 
great Book of the Weft Indian plants,beads,&c.begun to be Printed more clientwcnty ycares ago ztRome, whoib 
title is 7 kefaurw reruns medicartim nova Hifjiana, &c, The Arabians tall the Lentiske tree® am, th c Italians 
Lentifco 3 the Spaniards Matamd Aneria, the French Lentifcjue, and tllofcof Narbonc Rijliuclc^ the Germar.es 
Mafticbaum, the Dutch MiftickJ’oom, and we in £ngli[b the Lemiske or Mafticke tree, 
The Vertues. 
The Lentiske tree is binding in the fecond degree.or in the beginning ofthe third, and temperately hit: all 
the pares thereof are binding, that is,both roote and branch, both barkc and leafc,both fruice and gumme,and dee 
binde and ftop all fluxes, and lpittings or callings of blood, and is good toftrengthen a weakc ftomacke, and 
helpethe falling downe of the mother or fundament: the decoftion fomented, healeth up hollow fores, and fo- 
dcreth broken bones,fafteneth loofe teeth, and ftayeih creeping fores, and doth as much as Acacia or Hypociftit, 
and even the juyee of the leaves is as good a fubfticute for Acacia as any other : the oyle that is preffed out of 
the berries, helpeth the icch,the leproiie and lcabbcs, both in men and beads: the gumme Mafticke doth binde 
and ftay fluxes in like manner taken any way in pouther; or if three or fouregraines be (wallowed wlioieatnwhc 
When you goe to bed, it notouely eafeth all paines in the ftomacke, bntkeepeth ic from the like afterwards, the 
pouther of Mafticke with Amber and Turpinte is good againft the running ofthe reines, and for both whites 
and reds in women: the pouther thereof mixed with Confervc of red Rofes, helpeth to ftay thedcftillationsof 
thinne rheume on the lungs, cauling a continual! cough and fpitcing of blood, and iflome white Francumfcnfe 
in pouther be mixed with it alfo, it worketh the moreeftlflually, thefame all’o comforteth thebraine, procu¬ 
red) an appetite to meate in moiftfluxiblcftomackes, ftayeth callings, and maketh a fweete breath: thelamc 
being heated in Wine, and the mouth,gummes,and teeth waftted therewith,clenfeth and fafttneth the corrupti¬ 
on, and loofeneflebo.h of gummes and teeth : it is alfo much ufed in falvesand plaifters, tomundifie and heale 
ulcers, and lores, to ftay the fretting fluxes of humours to them, to dry them up, and to fill up thehollowncffc: 
it ftrengthneth and bindeth alfo the parts, whercuntoit is applyed, and comforteth the aking j'oynts and finews 
wonderfully. The oyle that is made of Mafticke by infufion and ebullition, fccundum arternDharmaceaticam , 
is lingular good in all the aforefaid difeafes, moderately comforting, mollifying and binding, and is effe&uall 
againft all the aforefaid difeafes ofthe mother, againft all paines in the belly, colon the chollick,and the ftomacke, 
the hardneffe of tumours,and the paines of the joynts and finewes, ic likewife comforteth the braine.and ftreng- 
theneth both the liver and heart, but onedroppe of the pure Chytnicall oyle drawne from Mafticke is more ef¬ 
fectual! then one ounce of the former oyle, for it deferveth more commendations then is given ic. The eftifts of 
the Indian Molle is recorded by thole have written of it firft, that ofthe berries, they make a wholelomekinde 
of Wine or drini-.e being boyied with water,and according to theboyling of them cither vinegar or honey: the 
decoftion ofthe leaves is good to helpecoldgrietes, and applyed w'arme to wcundes after cloathes be dipped 
therein helpeth their cure more (peedily, the pouther of the barke alfo of the tree.ftrewed or call into them doth 
clenfe, ingender flelh.and htalc themquickdy and perfcdlly : with thedecoftion alio of the baike,thcfwellings 
and paines of legges and thighs, are much comforted and helped; the faid pouther of the barke doth hclpe to 
fallen loofe teeth,and loofe gummes, aud of the wood is made fine and good toothpickes: the gumme diffolved 
in mtlke and dropped into nhe eyes taketh away the dimnefle or miftinefle of them. 
Chap. LXXXVIII. 
Tire bir.thtu. The true Turpine tree.' 
j$5$®&I-th ou gh B.ml.imu in his Pina.v doth make three forts of Turpintine trees, taking his ground from %?u- 
wolf M who maketh two forts befides the ordinary one, yet I am of Clufiw his opinion chat the grea- 
tufeSlS ter fort is the Tmbintbta Indica of Tbeopbmjfw, which is the 1’iftake tree mentioned befoie, lo that the 
“ other two fores wchold well to be differing Turpintines with other good Authours, and to be here de- 
feribed unco you: yet we doe not intend to diftinguifh them by mas and famina t as Tbeophrajlui doth, that the 
male is barren,and the female fi uitefull, the one bearing red berryes which come not to ripeneffe, and the other 
greene at the firft, red afterwards, andblacke, and of the bigneffe of a Beane when they are ripe: but C/nJltu 
iaith.that enquiring diligently thereafter, he could heare of no fuch differences,unleffe it may be faid to be a diffe¬ 
rence when lome fruite trees bring their fruitc to ripeneffe, when others are empty or idle, by fome cafualty or ill 
Handing : but by the leaves,the one bearing broader and the other narrower leaves. 
I, Terebinthru latifolia. The broader leafed Turpintine tree. 
This Turpintine tree in many places groweth but like a flwubbc, yetin fome to bea greattree, the barke of 
vvhofe body and greater branches,areof an a(h colour, the leffer being greenilh, and ted while they are young, 
Sparingly (et with large winged leaves like unto the Piftacke tree but larger, every leafe being as great as a Bay 
lcalc, and pointed, not round which putteth the difference betweenc them, and fmelling fomewhat like a Bay, 
falling away,and not holding on in Winter: the flowers a r e moflSe like the Ollive bloffomes, and grow on long 
(hikes ramming out of certaine knots, from the ends of the branches, a number of them in fmall tufts fet in a 
clufter together, of a purplifh browne colour, which paffe into fmall berryes, fomewhat bigger and longer then 
thole ofthe Mafticke tree, and very like unto the true Carpobalfamum, greene at the firft, teddifh after, and of 
a blewilla colour, tending to greene when they are ripe, glutinous in handling and flickingtheir fingers that 
touch them,haying a kernell within tterntmoft of thofe berries that grow red before they te ripe,fall away being 
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