Tribei6 . The Theater oj Tlant-s „ 
Chaf^B, 
or the barke of the pine tree,or with branne : 1 he blacking that is made ot the pitch when it is burned, healeth 
watering eyes, and thefretting fores in the corners of them: and with it and ordinal y Turpintine wellmixed 
is made the Printers Incite where with they print Bookes, buc rot our ordinary Incke now adayes, howfoever it’ 
might be in ufe m his time. 1 he Turpintine that commcth cm of die Tirrc tree is fharper and hotter 
then thatofthe Larch tree, and more naufious to ce taken inwardly as 1 laid before, and therefore more ufuallv 
put into halves, and for outward remedies: The Roffin that is made thereof is neere unto the property of Pitch 
denfing heating drawing, and mollefymg as well, and drying more then pitch: the penther of Roffin is almoll 
aseffcauallas Amber pouther in the running of the reincs, experimented by lundry Chirtirgions, who haveufed 
it mftead of the belt fort of dryed Turpintine, which is for the fame purpote, either to try conclufions or to favc 
charges: it is ufed with pitch m many falves, or without it for all the purpoies whereunto pitch fervethfnrall 
ounds to healethem. and tor all nlHfnrrtsanrl nlrfrc ?- o r], ■ r ,a fh .- I _, . : 1 
Cyprcffe tree is heating and binding, and fervetheff.ftuailyfor au'ihepmpoks'thu isfpoken bdo^of’them^ 
orleaves, or what elfe thereof is ufed-. TheRoffins of the fmall Cedars are nee.c the property of rhe nrirt i 
Cedar, although not fo efteftuall or violent, In the like manner whatsoever droppeth or runneth forth S 
Sabine trees is ffiarpe and hot like the leaves, &c. of the tree,: and for the Arbor mr,, although there liar f^j 
lotnetimes a kinde of Roffin found flicking to the barke of the tree, yet it hath beene in fo S 
have not learned what ufe any hat!, made of it. T he other Roffins of the Balme tree, I urpintine, Len&kei 
S torax trees are fpoken of(efficiently in their proper Chapte, s.and need not a repetition he e againc, of the fame 
things there delivered: The Venues of the ihm or Olibtmm, you (hall have in the next Chilis with here" 
Chap. XCVIII. 
Uc gummii ttrborum & berturum carundomrjm fuccit cor.dtnUtii. 
Of the Gummts of trees,and herbes.and of the dryed j'uj c.s of them. 
He Roffins of all forts being declared in the former Chapter, there remained to fpeake of Gums 
lffatng both out of Herbs and Trees, and the condcnlate juyees of plant,, yet / mult except our 
of this number and Chapter the gummes and dryed juyees, whofe plants le not k owne ra us 
tiom whence they procecde.md that are brought ot old or of later dayes, from the Eail or Weft 
Indies, which are of ufe mphyficke, for I determine to handle them in the next Claffis, with 
ea.thy (affiance,and willdiffolve in warmeor cold water, wine, or the like and noc’inor vnd ’ I- W,atcry °, r 
ofthemfe.yes, being fee to the fire, and willburne with™ flaming, ^id iu!hte tl e Ciimmcs tl'ma"™ 
vdfl norHiff7 ,0U? ? rBI ** uousa " d ln partrefinous, inthat itcleavethfo fait to any thin . ton herhir a^dthar 
WUnot diffjlvewitnco.d water,wine.or vinegar, but onely with warmed wine or vine "a a-d wi’lalf- Vr 
terdiflolve of themielves being let to the fire, then the other gummes w, II, and wil leiv^a fl me n ^ h,' 
mng, yet nothing fo much as the Roffins, which as I (hewed beforearc „ h ally nnfluou, meltm wfh I, hearn 
Of fire, and burning with a flame like oyleand fnch like unions matter bei, l f ;t on Zc XX d ff ~'Z t 
r «? * in , r ° m a Cjumme u> this, that all Roffins although I.quid(fome foo.iei or later then o.h-rs )vviii be drvprf 
eirtiT/^begte^etefarer ^hot°y d^lveth 1 whh* waKr'apd'biunHM^ 
. . , t. Gummi Arabicum. Gamine Arabecke 
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too,and not falling off or upon the ground,is fo gathered and referved. §lV ‘" S “ ^ tonh ’ whlchftlck ">S 
ru Pr,, " orum Cerafimm, Plumme tret and Cherry tree Gumme 
loutieach^Jthem^ffiato^tte Plomme^tree for^he^moftM« , b*i C ^ >t former, being of feverall co- 
the CherryTree^white! c ' a,nm r c ^ cn former,and vary,dome ofthe plumme^ee's r »ndo( 
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