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OPIOLOGIA.
CHAPTER. 1. The opinion of Ancient Physitions, concer∣ning the naturall proprietie and vertues of Opium.
OPIVM (as ancient Physi∣tions testifie and moderne confirme) is a certaine iuyce or viscous liquor which one time of the yeares destilleth or ••sue•••• from the tops of white or blacke Popp••e, by me••nes of a little gash or incision made in the outtermost rind of them (as wit∣nesseth Discordes in his fourth booke of Simples Chap. 60.) the which liquor after due conden∣sation is reserued and layd vp for necessary vses, as may not only appeare by the History aforesaid, but by that of Peter Bellon hereaf∣ter recited.