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The greater is called in Latine Salix yerticalzk, common Withy, VVi.llow, and Sallow. €fP°“.a1 ly that which being often lopped fendeth out from one head many boughes rthe kinde h€r€0 Iwckc the red barke is called of Tlyeop/arafluigblacke Withy,and the other white : Pliny calleth the b a he Gr.ec.t, or Greeke Withie (the red, being the Greekc VVithy) faith he, is eaiie to be clefba“ I whiter,Amm'mi.
T’l2cop.’or.zjha< ‘writeth, That the Arcadians doe call the 1efTer Extra» not 'i.e.a:' Pliny Helm: : both of them doe make this to be Salici: zertia /jmcier, the third kinde of Sallow: the ' C likewifc Called in Latine, Salixpumila, Salix viminalzs, Gil/[Z511 Salix and by Colzimella, S éélfidgw ‘ , he faith that many doe terriie Amerimi : in high Dutch, iltlepn wtrvbenz in low DU[Cb:n9l’mc ' in Englifn,Ofier,fmall Withy,Twig Withy : Petrmr Crtjfienzim naineth it Virzcu/5. M 7/1: T cmperiimre. , R in, The leaues,floures,feed,and barke of Willowes are cold and dry in the fecond degrfifiaand 3 r gent. . q: T/ye Veffflflt. Xe, The leaues and barkc of Witliy or Willowes do flay the fpitting of blond, and all other H” ofbloud whatfoeuer in man or woman,if the {aid leaues and barke be boyled in wine and drunkffie The greene bougheswith the leaues may very well be brought into chambers and fet élb0“‘l.ng beds of thofe that be ficke of feuers, for they doe mightily coole the heate of the aire, Whlc ‘ is a wonderfull refrefhing to the ficke Patients. d in The barke hath like vertues: Diafcaridcs writeth, That this being burnt to allies, and 3559.6 the vineger,takes away comes and other like rifings in the feet and toes :diners,faith Galen, doe fl“Way barke whileftthe Withyis in flour-ing,and gather a certain juyce. with which they vfe to take 3 .
things that hinder the fight,and this is when they are conftrained to vfe a clenfing medicine 9 ‘hm
and fubtill parts.
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I Oleafiztiuai The maniired Oliue tree;
2 01:4 fylue_/lrxlri 1 The wilde Oliue tree-
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1 Tide tame or manured Oliue tree groweth high andgreat with many branches, full of ’ long narrow leaues not much vnlike the leaues of WIIIOWCS, but narrower and frnaller :
F116 floures be white and very fmall,growingvpon clufiers or bunches .- the fruit is long and round,-
W Crcin is an hard {lone : from which fruit is preffed that liquor which we call oyle Oliue.
F The wilde Oliue is like vnto the tame or garden Oliue ttC€;(3“‘“S that the 123065 are fome-i
‘hing fmaller: among ich fornetimes doegrow many prickly thornes :_the fruit hereof is lefl"er
than Of the former, and ” 0c in number,which do feldome come to maturity or ripenes in fo much
F “the oile which is made ofthofe berries,continueth euer grcene,ancl is called oile O in phacine,
0‘ 0116 of vnripe Oliues. h ‘ '
. _ 1; 7‘ be Place. , r Both the tame and the wilde Oliue trees grow in very many places of Italy, France, and S paine, and alfo in the Iflands ad joyning : they are reported to loue the fea coafis ; for mofl: doe thinkc, as ‘Wmclla writeth, that aboue fixty miles from the fea they either die,or elfe bring forth no fruit : “t the befl, and they that doe yeeld the moft pleafant oile are_th’ofe that grow in the Ifland called and _ _ . ' Y q{ The Time. ’ a All the Oliue trees flour: in the tnoneth of Iune : the fruit is gathered in Nouember ot Decetn-‘
E)“ ‘When they be a little dried and begin to wrinkle they aie put into the preffe, and out of them
“filueezed oyle, with water added in the p'rclTing:the Oliucs which are to bee prefcrued in {alt and
Pmkle muit be gathered before they be ripe, and whilefi they are SW5“?-
qr ‘Me Names. _ _ - _
The tame or garden Oliue tree is called in Greeke i~:m"~. and 1'—’\~‘- M’-"‘ 1“ Ifaunca 0l_94 f_;“"‘“a 39d
Vrhaml-' in high D"t°h’£D°1h&llm : in low Dutchwlijfhoome : in ltalian,0lzuo domtflzca: in French,
‘mar .- in Spani(h,olz'uo,and oliumz : in Engli(h,Oliuc tree. _ 3
lifghe berrv is called olism : in Greekc alfo B'i=u'«.- in S pa?ni(h,A{eytima : in French, Dutchaand Eng:
:0 liuc .' . Oliucs e ’ tine or ickle are called Col minder. _ .a _ The wi}l)dE‘i)rluiii(<1: ii]: is namgdin Greeke, A':umu'3= in Latino. 0153‘ f7l“"/}’_”“:°l“'fi"= C‘’’’”'“> 01“ ft/..'.,;.'.,. . in n...ch,naain sneibaum: in1ca1ian,oliuvfii'W°=1“5P“‘““‘="‘W"”-"‘“”"”*’: fyro : in French,0liziierfa:magc : in Englilh Wilde 0 liuc U'°°- , q] The Temperature and Vtffut’-H _ . _ , The Olitics which be fo ripe as that either they fall of themfellless 0‘ be “MY ‘O fa": Whldl 3“? namfll in Greeke AfU1n'rI7:. be moderately hot and tnoiI’i,y€t being Cam“ ‘h°Y Y“-1d ‘O the b°d)’ 11315 n°‘}I§ifhmcnt. , hcv ' iu s re dr and bindin . _ B T1101‘: ihg: aord preef:rucd)in pickle, ca%led Calym5a61¢’5 , doe dfy VP ‘he °“°“_n“ch m°‘{_h“e Ofthc C iinmacke they “men: the 1o3;hi—ng of meate, {litre vp an appetite , but there is no nourifhment at ‘ an that isio be looked for in them,much leffe good notiriiiimeflh " The branches, leaues, and tender buds of the Oliue tree doe C0016, dry. and binde, and efpecial- {DJ °fthe wild Oliue; for they be of greater force than thofe of the tame : therefore by reafon they ' tfiemilder they are berm for eye medicines, which haue need of binding things to be mixed with m. l ‘ .. . The farm: do flay S . Anthonies fire,the thingles,epiny8cidcs,night wheales, carbuncles,and ea- _ 1 mg Vlcers :bcing laid on with honey they take away efcl_iares,clenfe foule and filthy vlccrs. 30‘!
- “ench the hem ofhot fwellings,and be good for kernels in the flanke:they heal‘: and skin wounds
in the head,and being chewed they are a remedy for vlcers in the mouth. f
bl he i uyce and dccoétion alfo are of the fame effeét : morcouer the juyce doth Ra)’ 3“ ‘““““e'°
€€clings,and alfo the whites. . . b "C0 0
. he juyce is preffed forth of the fiamped leaues, with Wine added thereto (which is C . 1'. _
W“ Water and being dried in the Sun it is made vp into little cakes like perfumes-
, he {wear or oyle which iffueth forth of the wood whileflr it is burning healed‘ tenets’ f°“‘f5_
‘ ad f°fibs,if they be annointed therewith. _ , ; . d . A be fame which is preifed forth of the vntipe Oliues is as cold as it is bin ing. . he old oile which is made offweet and ripe O1iues,being_kept1f3“%>d°‘h W“h°l1be¢0m_eb°t-
_ sand is of greater force to digeft or wafie away -, and that oile which W3} madefff the "MP3 0‘ -mes being old doth as yet retaine fotne part of his former aftri6ti0I}.3nd_15 Ofa mm f8_CUl€Ya til“ Em fa)’. partly binding, and partly digefting ., for it hath got this digeihng or confirming faculty
“gesand the other property of binding Of h5_r§ 9W“? .“‘‘‘““'3' The