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A34122	The Belgick, or, Netherlandish hesperides that is, the management, ordering, and use of the limon and orange trees, fitted to the nature and climate of the Netherlands / by S. Commelyn ; made English by G.V.N.; Nederlantze Hesperides. English	Commelin, Johannes, 1629-1692.; G. V. N.	1683 (1683)	Wing C5544; ESTC R16507	51,718	210

Tree as well for Delight as for necessary Use The Leaves are good for a broken or bruised Shin and heals it when they are laid on fresh twice a Day these Leaves chewed in the Mouth cause a sweet Breath There is a Water Distilled of Orange Blossoms which is of a pleasant Smell and is useful for many things in Physick chiefly to cause Sweating to strengthen the Heart and many Distempers more whereof the Writings of Physitians and Herbalists are full To make this Water the Orange Blossoms shall be gathered in the Morning before the Sun hath Shone on them and Distilled in a Pewter Still with a slow Fire that they may not in the least be Burnt for this Distilling must only be done by Steaming out whereby we shall get though but a little yet nevertheless a very Pleasant and strong Water Ye may likewise if ye desire a greater Quantity Distil them in a Limbeck but then the Water shall not smell so Sweet The Blossoms of Orange Trees are very good to be laid in a Chest of clean Linnen to give it a pleasant Smell But to draw Oyl out of the Blossoms by Distillation is not well possible here in these Countries because the abundance which is hereunto required is too great for six hundred Pounds do scarce yield two or three Ounces Yet that we may not be wholy deprived of this pleasant Smell here is afterward Taught how we shall Prepare this another way To make an Extraction with Brandy from the Orange Blossoms take to every Pint two Ounces of Blossoms set them in the Sun to Distil fourteen Days long and use thereof a spoonful together against many several cold Distempers and Aills and especially against the Cholick or shrinking of the Guts To Preserve these Blossoms in Sugar which is commonly called Confiting they shall be gathered just before they open and boiled in clean Rain-Water till they be soft and have in part lost their Bitterness after boyl the Sugar to a convenient thickness of a Syrop and pour the same after it is well Purifyed with Whites of Eggs and thoroughly Clear warm upon the Blossoms and let them stand cooling together if the Syrop be too thin or becomes so afterwards ye must boil the same again to its convenient Thickness that the Blossoms may be kept and preserved the better This is a most excellent Remedy against bad Airs foul and stinking Vapours and also an excellent Dainty Furthermore of Orange Blossoms there are made Pastilli or little Balls after this following Fashion Take fifty Blossoms which are quite open pluck them off by the Stalk that ye may not touch the Leaves as little as is possible that the Sent may not be spoiled cut the Leaves with Scissers very small one by one To this take a pound of the best Loaf-Sugar-Candy that may be got beat the same fine and put them in a little brass Bason and add three Ounces distilled Water of Orange Blossoms thereunto stir it with a Spatula till it be mingled together which then set upon Coals thoroughly kindled and let it boil leisurly till when taken up between your Fingers it begins to stick to them as it were with fine small Threds then take it from the Fire and put the clean cut Orange Blossoms into the boyled Sugar stirring the same together with a Spatula till it be well mixed then take a Board of hard Wood which is full of little hollow Places and strow it thick with fine beaten Sugar then fill all the holes full with a silver Spoon of this mingled Syrop which when cold and then taken out the Sugar which hangs about them must be taken off with a Knife from these little Balls and then you have Pastilli which are very Good Pleasant and Useful for many things especially to strengthen the Heart and against all Faintings They are also a good Means against all bad unhealthful and pestilential Airs the same melted in Rose-Water or Sorrel-Water are very usefully Taken and Used with Benefit in all malignant Agues and other Sicknesses which have their Original from Cold. There is yet an Oyl made of these Blossoms on this manner Take Nuts of Egypt Pistaches or for want of them sweet Almonds the newer the better press the Oyl out of them but without Fire that it may keep Sweet the longer then take white and purified Cotton which is free from all Spots foul or musty Sent otherwise it must be made Clean on this manner following viz. It must be soaked in a Pot of strong Brine till all bad Scents be drawn out of it and being washed again in fresh Water wet it again in the forementioned Oyl yet so that the Oyl doth not drop out of it of it self take then a new Earthen Pot and cover the Bottom with new gathered Orange Blossoms lay thereon a Laying of this oyled Cotton and then Blossoms again and so on a Laying of the one and a Laying of the other till the Pot be filled which then cover close with a Bladder and put it in a dry Place not Cold nor yet too Warm these Blossoms shall be changed every Day taking away the Old and putting in fresh ones instead thereof and that five or six Days one after another and then Squeese or Press the oiled Cotton which Oyl gives a most sweet and pleasant Smell fit to be used in many Perfumes As soon as this hath stood some time the Dirt and Waterishness being setled and the Oyl Clarified from it and become clear you may use it as your Occasion serves This kind of Oyl of Orange Blossoms is taken out of Ferrarius who had Learned it of one Franciscus Dagus and hath been made several times by others according to this Prescript and is found very Good The same Author Relates yet another much shorter Way after this manner Take a Pound of Oyl of Nuts of Egypt Pistaches or of sweet Almonds new pressed a Pound of Orange Blossoms pick off the Leaves of them which only must be used beat them in a stone Mortar put them in a glass-Bottle and pour the Oyl on them and having stood three or four Days strain the Oyl from the Blossoms through an hairy Strainer and part it from the watry Moisture which is mixt therewith throw the old Blossoms away and put in fresh ones and that to the third time then separate and draw off your Oyl and make it clear to Perfume Gloves and other things The same may be done with the Blossoms of Gessamines There is also a Salve made of Orange Blossoms Take white Wax Sperma-Caeti of each an Ounce melt them over a soft Fire and being taken off put to it of our above mentioned Oyl of Orange Blossoms as much as is convenient which shall be stirred together with a Spatula or little Ladle till it be well mixt together and cold It shall be cooled as soon as is possible that through too much Heat the Oyl

may not lose its Scent You may also take instead of Sperma Caeti or Parma Cetie white clear Barrow's-Fat this Salve is good against Heats in the Brest when you Anoint the same therewith and also against the hot Inflammations of the Gout and such like Distempers which arise from Heats Orange Apples are likewise for many Uses and have many Virtues the Pills are dryed preserved Wet or Dry and Oyl is also Distilled from them The small green Apples of the bigness of a Pease are put upon Strings and worn by Gentlewomen for Necklaces and about their Wrists because of their good and sweet Scent The Pills of Oranges are of great Use in the Art of Physick and are of a warm Property dried and powdered they are very Useful against the Collick and other cold Distempers taken in a little warm Wine cause Urine and Sweat you may use this Pouder from a Scruple to a Dram. To Confite Orange-Pills or to Preserve them with Sugar You shall take Pills of fresh ripe Oranges take out the inside White and let them ly a-Soak some Days in fair Rain-Water that the Bitterness may be most out of them then boyl them in other Rain-Water till they be soft the Syrop must be conveniently boyled and after the Pills are well drained put them into it and keep them for Use Will you Confite them dry take the Pills after they have layn some time in the Syrop out of it again and put them into a warm place or Stove to dry And to Candy them you must only boyl the Syrop higher then if you would preserve them wet These preserved Orange-Pills strengthen the Heart against all Faintings warm the cold Stomach and resist all bad and pestilential Airs To make an Oyl take of fresh Orange-Pills fifty Pounds and put them all in a Vessel stamp them close together and let them rot well put them in a Limbeck and pour a good quantity of Water upon them and being Distilled with a moderate Fire there comes over with the Water a clear and strong-scented Oyl which you must part from the Water and keep for Use against all cold Ails as well of the Stomach as of other parts of the Body The same is also outwardly Applied against Cold and stifned Sinews by Anointing them therewith The Juice of Oranges hath divers Virtues according as they are either Sowre or Sweet the last are Warmest and are fitly Used in the hot Distempers of the Lungs as cooling moderately They that are of a moderate Tast are very Pleasant but the Juice of the Sowre is more cooling and there is a Syrop made of them to mix among all other Medicines against all malignant Feavers The Juice used with Meat gives it a pleasant Relish the same is put into Meat by the Turks instead of Verjuice It is also very good against the Scurvy causeth a sweet Breath as our Seamen can sufficiently Testify wherewith we shall conclude this and touch a little upon the Use of the Limon Tree CHAP. XLIII Of the Use of the Limon Tree IT may perhaps seem Strange to some that we place the Use of the Orange Tree before the Limon Tree though the last be Described first it is because the Orange Tree is more Beloved with us and commoner and therefore we give the same the Precedency We come now to the Limon Tree whose Fruits are not only known in the Art of Physick but also in the Housekeeping and doth wholly agree in Virtues with the Citron Apple as its Tast sheweth being also divers in Operation for the Sweet excel the Sowre in Warmth The Pills of the Limons are Preserved or Confited with Sugar after the same Manner as is heretofore said of the Orange Apples to use them for Physick and Dainties The outside of the Limon Pills is a very good Remedy for those that have eaten bad Mushrooms or Fungi as Franciscus van Sterbeeck writes Being Distilled with Brandy it is called in the Shops Limon-Water As they also do with Orange Pills is much drunk in the cold Northen Countries yet most out of Wantonness though it be not Unuseful against cold inward Ails And for this Drink are yearly many thousand of Pounds of Orange and Limon Pills used which are sent hither into these Countries out of Italy Out of these Pills is an Oyl made even as that out of the Orange Pills You may squeese a sweet smelling Oyl with your Hand out of the fresh Limon Pills which is exceeding good to strengthen the Heart and to amend the Sight The Seed is also used in many Medicines but the Juice is best known as well in the Cooks as the Apothecaries Shop and is experienced with great Benefit against the Scurvy and its Concomitants wherefore it is much used by Sea-faring Men against this Distemper Of the Juice is a good Syrop made with Sugar against hot burning Feavers The Water which is distilled out of the Juice of Limons through Balneum Mariae in a glazen Still is good to take away all Spots out of the Skin as also the Freckles of the Face and kills all Worms of the Body when it is Drunk which the Juice doth likewise when ye take an Ounce of it The Juice of Limons resists all Poison and venemous Creatures the Limons are kept in Pickle and stewed with Meat which is a pleasant Sawce The small Limon of Calabria is preserved and kept in its own Juice or Liquor to be eaten so And they are further on several ways Limonaded which affords a pleasant and cooling Drink for which Take Barley-Water one Quart Squeese therein the Juice of four or five Limons sweeten it with Sugar as much as is necessary This well stirred together is the most pleasant and cooling Drink which can be desired To make Pastilli of the Juice of Limons Take Of the Juice of small Calabrian Limons one Ounce Of clear white Sugar-Candy two Ounces Of Oyl of Cinnamon eight drops Let the Juice of the Limons drop through a close piece of Cloth or Strainer that it may be Clear and boyl it with the Sugar to a convenient Thickness that so it may be poured out for Pastilli putting the Oyl of Cinnamon last of all to it These Pastilli are a very pleasant Dainty and cause a sweet Breath Out of this Juice of Limons is a Syrop made on this manner Take of the Juice of Limons six Pounds Of white Sugar three Pounds Make hereof a Syrop by convenient Boyling This Syrop is much used in Physick in hot Distempers burning Feavers and Resists all pestilential Infections and is used with good Success and Benefit against the Worms in the Belly Further the Virtues of the Limons are altogether like those of the Citron and are without any Error Used promiscuously one for the other This is all what was in short to be said of this Matter leaving what may yet be brought to light by the