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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. vi. 907 Þough aloe be bitter by kynde, ȝit it is wonderliche profitable and holsom, for it purgeþ fleume, colera, and malencolia.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 617 Aloes is þe iuse of an herbe þat is made þicke.

a1500 in Englische Studien (1885) 8 281 (MED) Alloye is good medicyne and laxatife withoute-warde.

1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. ζζ^v/1 Aloe is the liquour of an herbe, brought vnto vs out of India.

a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 2006 (MED) Odour mislikinge, as alloes and sulphure.

1614 S. Latham Falconry ii. xlii. 140 Aloes that is to say the iuice which is vsed in phisicke is moderately hot,..extreame bitter.

1659 R. Boyle Corr. (2001) I. 307 Wee sometime finde Syrup of Violets, sometimes a gentle infusion of Roses, sometime sennes, sometime Rhewbarbs, sometimes Aloes, sometimes Zallop, sometimes an alternative potion or decoction only of some pearles produce such sad symptomes.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Succotrine Aloes, is the finest sort that comes from the Island Succotra [etc.].

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) Introd. 8 All men are agreed to call..aloes bitter.

1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica x. 389 The socotorine aloes is obtained by cutting the leaves at their base, and keeping them in a vase with the cut side downwards.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 462 Aloes is a stomachic, stimulant cathartic.

1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) liv. 815 Many of the milder natural purgatives, such as cascara, senna, aloes, and rhubarb, appear to contain hydroxy derivatives of anthraquinone..as their active constituents.

1994 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 107 Bitter aloes, she told them, was good for sprains.

2009 M. Wood Earthwise Herbal 67 Aloe and most other bitter purgatives containing anthraquinones should only be used in constipation from torpor and depression, not from inflammation and dryness.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Giii^v Bytter alowes of herde aduersyte.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 203 He purgeth and bringeth low by the bitter aloes of the law.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 459 Hee attempers his attractivest pastimes with a little Alloes.

1661 K. W. Confused Characters To Rdr. 1 To suppose..that your penetrating and perforating intellectualls will extract some honey from this aloes.

1708 tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Amours Count Schlick 63 Thirst not after the Draught of Love, which has always more Aloes than Honey.

1793 J. H. Williams Piety, Charity, & Loyalty 9 The bitter aloes of rancour and intemperance.

1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning (ed. 2) II. iv. iii. 342 He was often of the greatest service; but he could not help mixing up the draught [of advice] with as much aloes and bitter-apple as possible.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 34/1 For the thorny and bitter aloe of dissension required less than a century to flower on the steps of your temple.

1956 J. Baldwin Giovanni's Room ii. i. 109 They did not work themselves to the beginning until our high beginning was aloes on our tongues.

1993 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 9 May 23 Highly seasoned with the bitter aloes of the Vietnam War.