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is good for: and comforteth the ſtomack and the body, and exciteth and moueth appetite, as Pla. ſayth.

SUgar is called Zucarum & Sucara alſo. And is made and iſſueth out of certaine Canes and Réedes, which groweth in lakes and pondes faſt by a Riuer that is in Aegypt called Nilus. And the iuyce that iſſueth out of thoſe Canes or Réedes, is called Canna Mellis, and of that iuyce is Sugar made by ſéething, as Salt is made of water. The Canes bée broken and put in a Caudron, or in another great veſſell, and is ſodde with eaſie and ſoft fire vntill it be come thicke. And firſt it ſéemeth that it turneth all to foame: but after that it hath reſted, it becommeth thicker and thicker. And the moſt pureſt and beſt therof ſinketh down vnto the bottome of the veſſel, that it is ſodde in, and that which is fatty and foamie abideth and fléeteth aboue. And is leſſe of ſwéetneſſe & full of holes, and cracketh not among the téeth when it is chewed, but vaniſheth ſodeinly and melteth: And the beſt & moſt pureſt doth ye contrary: and that that is beſt is put in a veſſell, & wareth all hard and white at the fire and at the Sun. And ſome is citrine and more hot then the other, & ſhall not be giuen to ſicke men that haue the feauer ague. And good Sugar is temperate in his qualities, and hath therefore (as Iſaac ſaith in Dietis) vertue to dry & to cleanſe, & to diſſolue and temper, & to make thin and cleere, & to moiſt ye womb without any fretting or gnawing, and to cleanſe the ſtomack, and to plane & make ſmooth roughneſſe of the breſt and of the lungs: and profiteth in cléerring of the voice, & doth away hoarſneſſe & cough, & reſtoreth the humour & moyſture that is ſpent & waſted: and it tempereth ſowreneſſe & bitterneſſe of ſmelling ſpicery: and is moſt profitable & neceſſarye in medicines & in Electuaries, in pouders & in ſirops, as Iſaac ſayth. But it maketh the wombe ſomwhat to ſwell, & namely if it be taken after meate, for all ſwéet things by kind bréedeth ſwelling. Alſo Sugar changeth ſoone & turneth into red Cholera, if it be giuen to cholarike men. For as Sugar abateth and quencheth ye coldneſſe & ſharpnes of Cholera: ſo the ſwéetneſſe as it were contrary therto, exciteth and whetteth & nouriſheth Cholera, as Iſaac ſayth in eodem cap.

(*^[1]Sugar is a thing very temperate & nouriſhing, and where there is Cholar in the ſtomacke, or that the ſtomack abhorreth honnie, it maye bee vſed for honnie in all things wherin honie is required to be. With Sugar and vineger is made ſirop Acetoſe.)

FINIS LIBRI XVII.

FOraſmuch as the foreſaid treatiſe is ended and finiſhed, as touching thoſe things that beautifieth & maketh faire ye earth, touching their vertues & properties, as of oare, mettall, ſtones, and things that grow vnder the ground, & of trées, hearbes, & graſſe, and wéeds, which groweth & ſpringeth out of the earth, of whom mention is made in holy writ: now followeth to our purpoſe to ſhewe and intreate of the vertues & properties of thoſe things that haue life & feeling. And firſt in generall, and after in ſpeciall, of all beaſtes tame and wilde, and of all Wormes that créepe on the grounde, that be named in Text and Gloſe.

1. ↑ Additiō.