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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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HAP. 



3P. Of the Cedar Tree, 



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f The Kindes. 



T " C cr bC W ° CcdarS, ° nc great beariD 8 conc Vhe other fmall bearing berries like thofi 



e of lu. 



Cedrus Ltbani. 





The great Cedar tree of Libanus. 



T Tie Deft 



T He great cedar is a very big & higb tr . e 

 not onely excceding'all other $2 

 . trees and thofe which bearefiu T 



or trunk 



?"Vi"J?™ m ™ l y oU ™^H*C 



fomuch 



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part which proceeded out of the earth, to the 

 hrft young branches orftoots, isroughaod 

 nar fh s the reft which is among the boughes is 

 fmoothand glib : the boughes growforthal- 

 moft from the bortom,and not farrefrom the 

 ground, euen to the very top , waxing by de- 

 grees lefler & fhorter ftil as they grow higher, 

 the tree bearing the forme and ftiapeof aPy- 

 ramide or fliarpe pointed fteeple: thefe com- 

 paffe the body round about in manerof acir- 

 cle 3 and are fo orderly placed by degrees, that 

 a man may clymbe vp by them to the very top 

 as by a ladder : the leaues be fmall and round 

 like thofe of the Pine tree>biit fhorter,andcot 

 fo fharp pointed : all the cones or clogs arc far 

 fhorter and thicker than thofe of the Fir tree, 

 com pa & of fofr, not hard fcalcs, which hang 

 notdownewards , but ftand vpright vpon the 

 boughes , whereunto alfo they are fo ftrongly 

 fa(lned,as they can hardly be pluckt off with- 

 out breaking fome part of thebranches,as#/- 

 lonim writeth. The timber is extreamehard, 



and rotteth not,nor waxeth old ; there is no wormes nor rottennefle can hurt or take thebzd mat- 



wood 



did therefore build Gods Temple in Ierufalem of Cedar wood. The Gentiles were wont to make 



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which 



The Cedar trees grow vpon the fnowy raountaines, as in Syria vpon mount Libanus, on ^ vr 



fome 



are likewifc found on the mountains Taurus and Amanus,incold and ftony places Jhe me 



of the 



Libanus^nccrc 

 make boats of 



Tripol 



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- ~~ ^«ai irec remaincs ai waies green, as otner trees \ 

 bet ox the Cedar tree,and the images and other works ma 

 moifture inmoift and rainy weather,as do likewifeall tha 

 fiefleth. 7 ' 



m Tie Names. 



rand fend *** 

 ■beqht* fflt * 



glift, Ce ; 



P . .Litt.Ot 



«[J The Names. • pwlifh) L 



The hine and mighty nee is called in Grcekc W: in Latine ^ ewiCc ^ r f1r'" C ed%s^ ll > 

 r,and Cedar mc. Pliny ft&. 2 A Cap . nametb kCedreUtc,ns though he ftouw iwy f it j $v e 



iiketi: 



may 



ffer from the little Cedar,and alio De 



is very 

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