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L I B. 5- ofa ﬂtonger fmell,and in talie bitterer and hotter :but the later is thought not to be the Roﬁﬂﬁ Of the l.atch,hutof the Fir tree,which Grzleiz becaufe it is after a {art like in fubﬁance, might haue ta‘ ken for that of the Larch tree. -_

There groweth alio vpon the Larch tree a kinde of Muthrum or excrefcence, not fuch as is VPO“ other trees,but whi-ter,foi’ter,rnore loofe and fpungie than any other of the Mu{hrums,and good for medicine, which beareth the name oft/Igarieza, or Agarickc: I finde that Plirzy fuppofeth all the Mafticke trees,and thofe that beare Galls,do bring forth this Agmeum :wherein he was fornewhai deceiued,and eipecially in that he tooke Glzizedzfem for Ca”iﬁ}r‘1}thatiSJthOrc trees which bearema or Acornes,_for the Pine apple trees : but among all the trees that beare t/Igaricm, the Larch is t 3 chielegand bringeth moi’: plenty ol‘Agaricke.

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The Larch tree groweth not in Greece, or in Macedon, but chiefely vpon the Alps ofltal)’, P0? far from Trent,hard by the riuers Bemzem and Pez6[r1458nCi alfo in other places of the fame mountam5- it is likewife found on hils in Morauia, which in times paﬁ was called the country of the Marco: mans: Fa.-7/Jfiee: writeth,that it gtoweth alfo in Sileﬁa : others,in Lulatia,in the borders of Polan - it alfo groweth plentifully in the woods ofGallia Cefalpina. ~

Pix’ y hath faid fomewhat hereoﬁcoiitradiéting the writings of others,in his r6.hooke,8.clia?“r’ where he faith,tliat' fpecially the Acorne trees of France do beare Agarickqand not only the acorn‘? trees,but the Cone trees alfosamong which,faith he,the Larch tree is the chiefe that bringeth 1'0" Agaricke, and that not onely in Gallia, which now is called Fl.“.:ﬂC€;‘ , but rather in Lumbard)’ an Piemont in I taly,where there be whole woods of Larch trees,althorigh they be found in fome ﬁn“ quantitie in other Countries.

The bed Agaricke is that which is whitefi,very loofe and l'pungie,whieh may eaﬁly be broken‘; and is light, and in the ﬁrit tafie fweet, hard and well compaét: that which is heauie, blackilihan containing in it little threds as it were ofﬁnewes, is counted pernicious and deadly.

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Of all the Cone trees onely the Larch tree is found to be without leaues in the WintCf= 1” t 0 Spring grow frefh leaues our of the fame knobs, from which the former did fall. The cones” e_ he gathered before Winrerfo form as the leaues are gone :but after the fcales are loofed and Op

aied,the feeds dropaway : the Roﬁne muli be gathered in the Summer moneths. _ q] ‘T/ye Names. is _ . h

This tree is called in Gl'CEl(C,7\c(,nzE: in Latine alfo Larix, in Italian and Spanith, L/:rz‘ee:in 11;?“ Durch,ILtttt;enbaum :in low Dutch, Ibogkenboom : in French, owlefc in Engliih, Larch‘ and of forne Larix tree. ‘ . M’

The liquid Roﬁn is named by Galen 3lfO7\er'prE: the Latinas call it Reﬁne Lm?z;g;:a, or Reﬁmz Lanes!‘ Larch Roiinzthe Italians,L.rrg.i:the Apothccaries,’1’ere6mt/Jimz,or Turpentine,and it is fould 3’) is ‘Yo mixed in medicines in Read thereof: neither is that a thing newly dontgfor Galen likew1f€‘“bc¢ time reporteth,that the Druggers fold the Larch Roline in {iead of Turpentinemnd this ﬁ’?7ano. (10116 without errour ; for Galen himfelfe in one place vleth Larch Rofin for Turpentinesand 1” tbfiﬂurpentine for Larch Rofine,in his booke of medicines according to the kindes. nd [0

The Agaricke is alfo called in Greeke,é2«'mm and &;a'pmo€: in Latine, ..i:g.zrimm and Agariilma d in

m“’W.if"i“ ‘T1095: the Italians, Spaniards, and other nations do imitate the Greeke word 3“ Enghfh We call it A garicke.

I V qr The Temper4tzereamz’;'erme:. ' A Th5 I€3U€5,barke,_fiiiit,and kernell,are of temperature like vnro the Pine, but not {'0 fir0”2‘5' Rh. B Th‘? Lamb R0511 _1S_ofa moilier temperature than all the reﬂ; ofrhe Roﬁnes, and is witlia _Cl-ac; 0”‘ fh“l"‘-“ﬁne 0‘ bumgs much like to the right Turpentine, and is fitly mixed with medi . do

which perfeétlypctire vlcers and greens w0undg_ 35

LC A1lR0§3P5:{31511 Gﬂlwtthat haue this kinde ofmoiﬁure and clammineffe joined with then?’ 31- Y, as it were Jlilgle together and vnge dry medicines,and becaufe they haue no euident biting ‘llfcom. they do moi en the vlcers not ing at all : therefore dine haue er 2 v =ll mixed with fuC 5 pound medicines either :I‘urpentine Roﬁn,or Larch Roﬁnr:S thus fl;/11' 27'/llecﬂ. M0reouer,LarCh_ 0321, per formeth all inch things that the Turpentine Rolin dorh,vnto which,as we haue faid,i't 15 m like in temperaturqwhich thing likewife Galen himfelfe aﬂirmeth. [6

V A garicke is hot in the ﬁrflr degree and dry in the fecond,according to the old writers.IC [(0

’ maketh thirnclenieth, taketh away obﬂruétions or {toppings of the intrailes, and purged‘ 31 ﬁoole. '

lg fh ?§3a’i°l“;1‘?“!:.e‘l1 the yecllogviyatilpdiledprolcdeleding of obﬁruétions, and is a fun: retire‘-‘YA for

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It prouoketll vrine, and bringeth doivnethe men fes : it rriaketh the body well coloured, driueth C: Orth wQrm€5)ci1rc{h agugspfpeeially quotidians and wandring_feauers,and others that areoflong contlﬂuancg if it be mixed w 1:11 ﬁr things that ferue for the dileafe : and thefe things it pcrfofmés yrdmwmgafonh and purging away groile, cold, and ﬂegrnaticke humours,which caufe the dill 9?! es. . ~ From a drain weight, or a dram and a halfe, to two, it is giuen at once in fubllance or in pouder: eweight ofit in an infulion or decoéiiori is from two drams to ﬁne. “ _ v p I But it purgeth flowly, and doth fomewhat trouble the ftomacke 5 and therefore it is appointed t at Ginger fhouki bc mixed with it, or wilde Carrot feed, or Louage feed,or Sal gem, in Latine, S“1ﬁ7f!ilp‘; _ _, _, , G4len,aS Mefae reporteth,gaue it with wine wherein Ginger was mfufed = fame vfe to giue it with xY‘l1el,otlier‘wife called fyrrup ofvinegegwhich is the falefi way ofall. 3 _ A _ T . L ‘ _Aga:icke is good againli the paines and fwitnrning in the head, Of the Failing, Eulllsbemg taken W1“! ivrrup ofvineger. _ 4 ' t oggd gaairiﬁ the {hortneffe of breath, called /lﬂ/mm, the inueterate cotigh of the I ungsa the M Piyﬂckttj coril‘d)mption, and thofe that fpet bloud : it comforteth the weake and feeble ﬂomacke, caufeth jgood digeﬁiornand is good againll: wormes;

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be} VP alongft the body,yet not touching the top :they gf0W 3&6” the famlon Of“ ﬂﬁelﬂes b‘°" 0W and narrow toward the to :the fubﬁance of the wood ishard, fOUﬂd,W€11 C°mP“&: [WCCP Omnell a d f ’ . 1 P 3 1'1; h v llow Saunders but not altogether fo yell0W: "51"; .1 I1 yotnewhatye low,al_m_q __ ,1 me; e yc_,__w A .. D-4;. 2 . _ ﬁlm: