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E _ The fruitof Turpentine irouoketh vrine andiflzirreth vp ﬂefhly lull, F The Roﬁn of this tr_ee,w ich is the right Turpentine, loofeth the belly, openeth the ﬁolgfmo

ii andoilous in fub“iiiance,and ofa pleafant fauounthis plant beareth an empty cod, or crooked horﬂﬁ

fomewhat reddilh,wherein are found {mall ﬂies,wormes or gnats, bred and ingendred ofa certaiﬂe humorous matter, which cleaueth to the inner ﬁdes of the faid cods or homes, which wormcs have

e no phylicall vfe atall. The right Turpentine ilfueth out of the branches of thefe trees, ifyou 05

cut or wound them, the which is faire and cleere,and better than that which is gathered from lb‘-7 barl-re of the Fine tree.

2 The fecond kinds of Turpentine tree is very like vnto the former,but that it gr-oweth not [0

gm-’=‘t= Y3 the 168065 are greater and broader, and of the fame fa ihion, but very like to the leaues Of

the Piﬁacia tree.The berries arefirﬂ: of a fcarlet colour,and when they be ripe ofa skiecolour.T 6?

great horned cods are fharpc pointed,and fomewhat cornered, conﬁliting as it were of the fubl’taﬂ€¢ 4

Ofgriﬁles. And out ofrhoie bladders being broken,do creepe and come {mall ﬂies or gnats,bred 0 a fuliginous excrement,and ingendred in rhofe bladders. The tree doth alfo yceld his Turpcntinc by dropping like the former, r i *

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Thefe trees grow, as Diofcoria/as faith, in Iurie,-Syria, Cyprus, Africke, and in the Iflands called Cyclades. BE//omm reporteth that there are found great {tore of them in Syria, and Ciliciag and ‘"6 broughtfrom thence to Damafcus to be fould. Cla/im faith That it growes of it felfe in LanS““ docke, and in very many places of Portingale and Spaine, bit: for the moi} art like a fhrub, and without bearing Turpentine. P

T/Jeofz/Jrzﬂm wrireth,That it groweth about the hill Ida and in Macedonia {hort in mannef Ofa fhrub, and writhed ;and in Damafcus and Syria great, iii manner of a fmall,tree-he alfo fetter downe a certaine male Turpentine tree, and a female: the male faith he is barren. and the'femi_| 5 fruitfull. And of thefe he rnaketh the one with a berry red at tlie ﬁrll oithe-bi neffc 0-fa L59“ 1’ which cannot cometo'ripenieﬂ‘e ;and the other with the fruit greeneiit the ﬁrﬂgafrerwards fame‘ what ofa yellowifh red, and in the end blacke, waxing ripe in the Sprin of éhe bi nelfc Om” [Graecians Beane,and rofenny. g’ g S

He alfo writeth of a certaine Indian Turpentine tree, that is to fay, a tree Iikc in boughes ‘“d leaues to the right Turpentine tree,but dilfering in fruit,which is like vnto Almonds.

(I The Timt.

The Homes of the Turnentine tree come forth in the Spring together with the new buds “be

berries are ripe in September and Oetober, in the time of Gf3P€ gatheﬁng The homes appcm

about the fame time. _ ‘ _ qf TI): Names. 1. This tree is called in Greeke ’."£p}£ll7»3Dh and alfo many times "-l‘;P|:9I'r3r: : in Latine 7-m,5,‘;;;b:a : in Iran‘. an,Tere6_mf[zo : in Spani{h,Cor:z/méra : in French,Terc5;‘me : inllii; ngl {[1] Tmpéntine tree : the Arabi. anslegll it ii3:otz‘n,afnd with an article uiléatin. ’ E g eRoinis urnamed -2' =‘ ‘ti * - .~ ~ - '11 fl ‘ lifh,-Turpentine,and right :IciE7i:::l>zi‘l:iii’;ir' 1:21 hdgrildizziqcb’ fgctmﬂutggi :ri1iI 6”’ Wm w‘rz'a’i=,or greene berries. g g , W’ W 0 name I 1,} The Temperature and Vemm.

A The barke, leaues; and fruit of the Turpentine tree doe fomewhat binde, they are hot in 31‘: E:

°°“d degleeo and bein reene the dr moderat I - b h h - d in! Eon‘! dcgifiifaend the frigrgapproachgth rriore neereetztholié iiiaiiaid:§:i;e:iil::1Cirii11fi§gii'e,a"d 3” I °§‘t""muOI‘(5 315! to be eaten,as Dzofcoride: faith,but it hurteth the fiomacke. v _ m—]gql(7)f the p€oiﬁ:rr]1(pe,hcrl path thoﬁ: Shag? l}aue bad fpleenes, and is drunke in wine againft t . O[nc ' ' . ' . . nTg1€tRGOl!ln of t‘het'Ifii¥l::e)hti:p:: Efgtféxﬁelalgfﬁigjl other Roﬁns, aqcordingito D,-,,Jp,(,,,-4/,3, hi?‘ 0513; 0 ‘ “ J’ W’ W“ 6 2 at t eRolin of the Malticke tree beareth the reheminence and t 5 ' Turpentine. P ’ . h 'lI;hi§t}I:0IlI3ni18tha}lf0b21_n aﬁrirfligent or binding faculty, and yet not fo much as Maﬂicke;g}“:hﬁ a a cert - ~ rzzisszii 2 a,::::‘;i ii‘:::;:qL:ii:“;i:z:::{?:WW*2“‘e“°‘“ *““:i:,“i‘:ireai==h fcabs in his eighth booke of the facultiesofﬁm rgeﬁiéaiéinlc obgmit ifhi,nﬁn.g’as;a edicines ac- cordihg to the kindes, he maketh that of the Tiiipentine tregstso ii1itrdh'l?l::l?e lxloﬁns of thg [I)._arch tr‘ee,which he aﬂirmeth to be moiﬁer than all the rel’c,and to be without both fhatpnefre 3“ itrng.: *

he bi‘

piﬂgs

Ofthé liuetand fpleene,prouol<eth vrinetand driueth forth grauelltbeing taken the quantity

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l_ The like quantity Walhed in water diuers times vntill it be white, then mull be put thereto the t1‘ ‘e quanti_ty_of the yolk ofan egge,and laboured together,addi_ng thereto by little and littIe(con— inually (‘curing it) a {mall draught ofpolﬁt drinlce made ofwhite wine, and groan to drinkc in the morning fafiing,ir helpeth molt fpeedily the Gonorrh.i2a,orrunn1ﬂg of the reines,cornmonly at the {Joli trrne,but the medicineneuer faileth at the fecond time at the taking ofit,which giues ftooles rn route to Clgl1t,3CCOl‘dlI1g to the age and ftrength of the patient.

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C H A 1?. 86; the Fran/i§z'ncen_/E2 Tree:

qr we Defcriptiwss.

He tree from rrrhieli, Franlrincenfe ﬂoweth is but low, and hath Ieaues like the Maliicke tree;

yet fbme are or opinion that rhe leafe is like the leafe of a Peare tree, and of a graliie colour .2

_ the rinde is like that oi-'the Bay treqwhereofthere are two kindes : the one growing in moun-

“Ins and rockie places, the other in the plaine :but thofe in the plaines are much worfe than thof e

of the motmtsaines : the gum hereof, is alfo blaclceraﬁtter to mingle with Pitch,and fuch other fturfe totfirn {hips,than for other vfesc "S

Téartk Limpiﬁﬂliam Loéelﬁ.

L/{rear Tliwi cm. 4 Th?f“PP°f¢Si1°3f¢°f‘heF’3“ki??"El€FE??é

The Iirankincenfe tree.

_Tl:em in his Cofmographie l'airh,that the Frankincenfe doth refemble a gurnmyor many mp tree, which yeeldeth a juyce that in time gl'OWCCi1h3l'(.lj,a[1d is églled T/aw, Frankincenfe, in hlcllii is found fometimes certaine {mall graines like vnto gtauell, which they call the Manna of

11 incerrle.

wk F this there is in Arabia two other forts,the one,the gum whereof is gathered in the Dogdaies e“ the Sun is in Leo,which is white, pure, cleare, and fhining. Pemzwriterh, That he hath feene

° Cleare ‘Erankincenfe called Limpidam, and yeeldinrr a very fweet fmell when It 13 burnt, but the ~eaf° hath been feldomc feene-,which the Phyﬁtion Lfiimanm gaue to Penn and Loée/imgether with “Elle Pieces of the Roﬁne,which he had of certaine mariners, but he could alﬁfmﬁ lmthing ofcer. ju my whether it were the leafe of the Frankincenfe, or of {ome other P103 "95: Yeeldlng the We 0 Yce or gurn.It is,faith he, (which doth (‘eldom happen in other leaues) from the lower part or foot a ft 5 leafe to the vpperend,as it were doubled,con{il’ting Ol €W° ‘hm rmdeg 0‘ Coalisavlfifh 4 ‘head’ tegall and a halfe longer the top gaping open like a hood or fooles coxcombe,and as it were cone- ~~«‘K£Fl1__ a helmegwhich is a thing feldoine feet»; in a leafeibulf 55 Proper to the ﬂoures o_fNz:1L'~l!w,

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