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worms of the fame ; and with the wine of the decoction of hyfop, it cureth the noife 
and ringing in. the ears, and. makes the hearing good. 
The old Egyptians did ufe in times paft, to preferve their dead bodies. with this 
cedria, for it keepeth the fame whole, and preferveth them from corruption, but itcon- 
fumeth and corrupteth living fleth; it killeth lice, moths, worms, and all fuch ver. 
min, fo that they will not come near it. 
The fruit of the cedar is: good to be eaten againft the ftranguary, it provokes 
urine,.and brings down womens’ courfes. 
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‘Kinps and Names. OF thisthere are two forts, the firft called ciftus non ladanife- 
va, becaufe it beareth no /adanum, the other is a plant of a woody fubitance, upon 
which is found that fat liquor or gum, called /adanum. 
The firft kind which yieldeth no /adanum is alf626F two forts, viz. male and female. 
The male beareth red flowers, the female white, in all things elfe the one is like the 
other; out of the root of the female ciftus is drawn forth a fap or liquor called 7 
pocriftis. ' 
_ The fecond kind of ciftus is called alfo Jedum and ladum, the fat liquor wi is 
gathered from it, is called ladanum, and ‘in fhops, lapdanum. 
_ Desckirrion. The firft kind of ciftus,’ which beareth no Jedanum, hath roe 
hairy ftalks, and ‘fteins with knotted j joints, and full of branches; the leaves are 
roundifh, and covered with a cotton or foft hair, not much unlike the leaves of fage, 
‘but fhorter and-rounder; the flowers grow at the tops of the ftalks, of the fafhion of 
_ @fingle rofe, whereof the male kind is of colour red, and the female whites at the 
= _ Taft they change into knops, ot hufks, wherein the feed is contained. 
eC = ere is founda certain excrefcence or out-growing, about the root of this plant, 
‘which is of colour fometimes yellow, fometimes white, and fometimes green ; out of 
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is - Sabrn raise a a certain aie, which, in scala is called sedi t= aan 
tance, gre a : li Se parame witfole ede in figure not much unlike 
the others, og ger 7 browner 5 te bie, the leaves of" this a is agente? fat 
