Rosinous

For eſſentiall things are alwaies farre more effectuall then groſſe bee, for confirmation whereof we neede not doubt, that if a man ſhould ſeparate the roſinous and ſulphurous ſubſtance of Tobaccao, and bring it into ſuch a conſiſtence as Opium is, and afterwards giue it vnto ſuch as vſually take Tobacco, they could not poſſibly indure the tenth part ſo much of this as of the leaues, as hath beene alreadie practiſed and tried.

Moreouer, there is the Roſemary, wherof be two kinds: the one is barren and bears no ſeed: the other, which riſeth vp alſo in a ſtem or main ſtalk, carieth ſeed or a roſinous gummy fruit, called Cachrys.

Cedars for Maſts, Ezek. 27. 5. and it may be any of them; or in generall any tree that yeelds gumme or Roſin, and ſo it is of neere ſound and ſignification with the word Gopher which ſignifieth bituminous or roſinous, that is, of brimſtone or roſin; and ſuch wood is both of good ſent and of long continuance.

Now I have enquired, how it cometh to paſſe that there is ſo great ſtore of Honey in Moſcovia; conſidering the Winters are extreame cold, and alſo very long: and I am credibly informed that firſt, the ſpring when it beginneth, cometh extraordinary faſt, that the dayes are very long, and the Summers farre dryer then ours here in England, ſo that the Bees are not hindred by continual ſhowers; as they are ſome yeares here in this Iſle: and laſtly, that the Countrey aboundeth much with Firs, and Pine-trees, which the Inhabitants uſually cut, that the Gumme, Roſinous or Turpentine ſubſtance may ſweate forth, to which places the Bees do come, and preſently fill themſelves, and returne laden: and perhaps for theſe very reaſons, Bees thrive very much in New-England.

The time of Maceration or ſoaking, is to be judged from the conſideration of the things infuſed (for hard and Roſinous things ſuch as Guiacum, are macerated to ſtirre them) till the liquor poured on is mingled ſufficiently with the oylie matter, or is ſufficiently tincted or affected with the colour, or ſavour of the medicine;

Theſe words, Pix, Teda, Piſſa, Palimpiſſa, Zopiſſa, Piſſaphaltos, and Pix navalis, often occurre in the narration and dilucidation of Roſines; but what they denote, every one knows not at firſt ſight: Pix then or Pitch, is the flux of combuſt Roſine; or rather, a fat and roſinous liquor, colliquated and educed out of the middle of a Pine-tree accended. Teda is not a tree, as Pliny falſly aſſerts, but a diſeaſe hapning to the Pine-tree by age; wherein it is as it were ſtrangulated by its too much pinguetude: for the abundance of that roſinous matter, wherewith the whole Tree is referted, is its ruine; which going into a Teda, may by artificial ſedulity be accended, and it will effuſe Pitch; which the Greeks call Piſſa.

But it is no doubt, but that the roſinous and pitchy matter may communicate ſomething to the end of the weeds, which yet nature muſt do by a way we cannot perceive;

Then take Oyl of Peter, liquid Verniſh, Roſinous Turpentine, equal parts; and with theſe, being liquid, mingle all together, and fill Pots with them, to be caſt among Ships and enemies: or, if you make a Ball of theſe, binde it hard about the head of a hammer, whoſe ſharp-tooth’d end muſt be a foot long, and the handle three foot.