Tribe 16. The Theater of Tlanis. C ha p.105. 1559 
whcyilh watery humoursthereof,andapplyed to womens brefts thatare over full of milke, dorh dry them up, 
but the Cremor Tarsari which is the purer part thereof, and elpecially it it be made as cieare as Crifiall, (the 
higheft workeofartinthat kinde)doth workc more fafely and more cffeftually then the CrudeTartar can doe ; 
but this Tartar that is calcined untill it be white, hath then put of all purging quallity,and hath gained a cauflicke 
burning ptopcrty.that will corrhode and eate away l'cabbed nailea and warts, and foone be brought into a falt,and 
will alio fooneberefolvedintoanoyleor liquour, if it be cither laid upon a done, or hung up in a lumen bagge, 
in a moift feller to be received as it droppeth downe, and is the mod admirable op,fix i n Alchimy that ever was 
knowne, and not to be paralleld with any orhet thing, thatlknow: but to drew the operation of it in feverall 
medicines by precipitation or otherwife,is not for this Worke, it mud be fought out of thole ptofeffed Authours 
of the Spagyricke Art,to whom I mud referre you: There is another kindc of oyle of Tartar, of a farre milder 
temper and is more like unto a cieare water, which is very cffeftuall to dente the skinne from all manner of (port; 
fcarres, morphew.ordifcolourings whatfoever, arid maketh it fmooth and amiable, and where there is caufe 
to apply ic.willhelpetobringonhaire on the places decayed. The wild Vines are in property no leffe cooling, 
but mote binding then the branches of the manured, flaying the laskc andfpittingofblood, piovokin" urine,and L ‘ , bmfee. 
pleating to an hot domacke.or that loathcth meat: the leaves hereof arc as good tor lotions, as of the other for J he 
forcsin the mouth the privy parrs and the fundament; theafhesof the branches arc likewiie ufed to deare the V “‘ 
eyefight of filmes.and whatelfe may offend them,toclenle fores and ulcers, and to take away the overgrowing 
skinnes of the nailes of the hands or toes. 
Cha p. C V. 
Terberit. The Barbery bulb or tree. 
|He Barberry buth (liooteth forth many (lender demmes ordalket from the roote, fomctirr.es to a great 
| heighth, covered with a fmooth whitifh rinde or barke.and yellow next the Wood, which is white ea - 
J fie to breake, and pithy in the middle, fet full of fharpe Imall white thornes, and three at every leafe all- 
mod, which are fomewhatlmall and long.finfcly dented about the edges, and of afrethgrecne colour; 
the flowers come forth at the/oynts with the leaves, many ftandmg on a long duller, yellow while they are 
frefh.whichturne into fmalllong and round berryes, hanging downs in long bunches, upon a fmall Aalke white 
atthefird.butvcryred when they ate through ripe, ofsfharpc fowre tade, able to let their teeth on ednethac 
(hall eate them,the roote is yellow and fpreading, 3 
There is another fort, whole berryes are thrice fobigge as the former, not differing in any other thing. 
There is another alfo, whofe berryes for the mod 
part are without any (tones or kernels in them, or but 
here and there fome. 
The Place and Time, 
It grow eth in many of the woods in Auftria.Hux- 
gxeia, and in Frame alfo, the bloflomes come forth in 
May, andthefruiteisripein September, and Otto- 
ber. 
The Names. 
It hath formerly beene held by very good and lear¬ 
ned Auchours, that this bulh is the Oxyacantha of Di- 
ofioj duflni hath continued to this day, efpecially a- 
rnong the Apothecaiies, yet Cordite accounted ic an 
etrour, and therefore would rather call it the Oxya- 
emthoso's Galen, then the Oxycantha of Diofcorides, 
and fo doth Comer arias alio, but wehive flicwed 
tlfewhcre what the true Oxyacantha of Diojcorides is, 
even the Tyracar.tha which hath ever greene leaves, 
and led friable berryes, neither of which can agree 
with this 11 arbary bulh. Others againehavc taken ic 
to t e the Spin,i appendix Plini], but Ctufuu hath (liew- 
edtheunlikelinefle of that opinion. Mat tin that and 
Ccfalpinist call it Crefpimts, becaufe the vulgar Itali. 
ans doc call it Crefiim, and tome thereafter in Latine 
Vvatrefyma, which feme attribute to theGoofe- 
betry, but many others doe call WBerberit, and io the 
general! vote goethnow adayes. The French call ic 
Tfpine vinetee, the Germane, Srbfil, S.m’racfi, and 
Verftng the Dutch Saner boom, and we in Eng/ijb 
Barberryes. 
The Venues. 
The leaves of Barberries make a fine tart favJfe like 
unto thofe of Sorrell, andferve to coole and refrclh 
a fainting hot domacke and liver,and reprefling fowre 
belchingscfchollcr, and is therefore good foraguifh 
people •- buc the fruice is much more cooling and bin- 
ding.quenching third,and rellrayning cholleriche and 
peflilential! vapours, and is of very good ufe in either 
Rrrrrr 
BerberU. The Barberry buth or trtc 0 
Vision 232 - 
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Abfipe ml. 
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