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1 T^i^ g«at CeDar toaretl) ter^ ttonf aitO fall, l)igl?, great, 

 A anD f Hf fte,]Pea greater anD [jigfjer tljan tlje fig tijee. SDljc 

 barfee euen from V^z Mt of tljc ff cm tnto tfje firft himzW tJJ 

 roug|),anD from f ijence foj^tlj euen bp f f lie fop, is berp fmajtfi 

 am»platne, ofaDarfeeblelu colour, ontDftoljtcl)tiiereD;oppeti> 

 iD^ite rofen of ()Uf otone ftiuD, infjicf) ts moitt anti obo^iferant,o; 

 f bjaet rmelling, ttjc bJbtcb bp tbe bcate of tfje funnc becommetb 

 b^ie anD Ijarb* ^is lism ano b^ancbe0 hz long, ano ffrefcbcD out 

 mto lengtb ano b^ebtb, atiD parted into manr otber fmall b^an^^ 

 fbeSjftanDing Directly 02 right one againftanotber,lifie as in t^e 

 if ir tree. SDbefaiDb^ancbesbc dab anb garnifl^eD ioitb manp 

 (mail \itt\z kauefif, tW^t, lbo?t, ano fbjate fmelling, littc tlz 



Umts of llarir, 0.: ILarrb txk, i^t fxixit is lifee tbat of tbcifir 

 free, (auing tbat it is greater, tt)tcher> anb tiarser, anb tbe tr^ 

 grotoetlj Itraigbt bp.:igl)t lifee tlje ifir trecas tfje painfiill ano bi* 

 Itgent peter ]15elon batb tu;!ttten* ifrom tbe trunke o;: fttm of 

 tbe Cebar tree t^ere commetti fcD^tb a certatne deere liqno;, 

 tibtcb tfje olb Ujjif cr0 calleb Ceb^ta. 



2 iCbe firit binb of tbe fmaller Cebar is mtttb like to Jfnntpcr i 

 bttt molt eomonl^ it is fomtDljat fmaller. Cbe Gem is croikeb 0^ 

 iD^ttbeb, anb couereb \xi\t^ a rougb barkSbe fruit is roimb ber^ 

 rie0,like iampcr ber te0,but fombJbat greatcr,in colo; at tbe firtt 

 greenjtben ^elolu,anb at laH rebDtlb^of an inDifferent %eii^ taXtt*. 



3 SDbe ff conb feinbe of fmall CeOargrotDetb not !)igb> but re^ 



mainetb altuaies fmall anb lotoc lifee t^t otljcr. iCljeleauefi of 

 t^s feinb are not p^tcfeler, but fomtoliat rounb anb moffie at fbe 

 finb0,almoff Itke to tbe leanes of SCamariffee anb ^atiim Cljc 

 fruitof tfjisftinoalfois rouno berries graneat tl)e firft, after^ 

 ixiuvti peUotD,anD at laft rcbbifl^,in taffe bitter. 



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nt great Cesar groinetlj in afrif a anb ^jjf a,anb ffSiSMtUf 

 uiu0 repo2tetb alfo in Canbie, b^ontbe Ijigb mountaines, anb 

 ptace5 tbat be colb anb moiO, tofjiclJ are commonly couereb tnit^ 

 frtoliie,a0bpontbemountaine0lLibann0, amanus, anbSCau* 



ru0,a0 Belon tD?itet|j. . , ^ * 



3. %^z ftconb grotoet^ in p^fioenicta, anb cerfauie places of 



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