L, i b; 3 



Of the Hiilorie of Plants. 



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be named Cedrin*^ 



The pitch which rt drawee out of this is properly called ofetf • yet /V/#y writeth,that the liquor 



red. 



g poured 



vfctndes, is fat,thoTOw 





^J Tfo Ntturc And Virtues. 



Cedar is of temperature hot and dry, with fuchan excellent renin tie and fubriltic of parts, that 

 it feemeth to be hot and dry in the fourth degreejcfpccially the Rofm thereof. 



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waxethhard : if it be boiled in the fire an excel lent pitch is made thereof calle J Cedar pitch. 



The Egyptians were wont tocoffinand embalroc their Dead in Cedar and with Cedar pitch, 

 although they vfed other means, as Herodotus rccordeth. 



The conditeJ or embalmed body they call in fl^ops.j\fww4,butvery vnfitly • for UmmU among 

 the Arabians is that which the Grecians call P/^Ai/r^asappearcth by /fi/a*/^ ,474 and oat 



of Seraph # ap. 393. 



He that interpreted and tranflated ScrdPi$ was thecaufc of this error, who rendred CMumta after 

 his owne fancy, and not according to the fence and meaning of his author £f/-4fj*,(aying, Thar this 

 Mumia is a compofitionof Myrrh and Aloes mingled together with the moifturc of mans body. 



gum of Cedar is good to be put into medicines for the eies ; for being anointed therewith 



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There iflucth out of this treearofin liketothatwbicbifTuethouroftheFir trce y very fwcctk) B 



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it cleareth and denfeth the fight from the Haw and from ftripes. 



Cedar infufed in vinegcr and put into the earcsjcillcth the wor mes therein ;and ben 



with the decoft ion of Hyflrop,appcafetb thefounding,ringing,and hiffingofthceares. 



If it bewafhed or infufed in vineger,and applied to the tcetb,it eafcth the tooth-ache. H 



If it be put into the hollowncffc o{ the teeth,it breakcth thcm 5 and appcafcth the extreme gricfc I 



thereof. 



Itpreuailethagainfl AnginJs^nA the inflammation of the tonfils.ifagargarifme be madeof it. K 

 It is good to kill nits and lice and fuch like vermin : it curcth the biting of the ferpent Ccraftcs L 



being Iayd on with fait. 



It is a remedie again ft the poifon of the fea Hare,if it be drunke with fweet wine. M 



It is good alfo for Lepers : being put vp vndemeath it killeth all manner of wormes.anddrawcth N 



forth the birth 3 as D/efcorides writeth. 



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HAP. 4O. 



Of the Titch tree. 



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^ TheDcfcriftifi*. 



icca, the tree that dro'ppeth pitch>called Pitch trce,growetfa vp to be a tall faireand 

 big trec,remainingalwaies green J ike the Pine tree: the timber of it is redder than 

 thatof thePincor Firikisfetfullofboughesnotonely about the top, butmuch 

 lower,& alfobeneath the middle part of the body 3 which rrtany times hang down,bending toward 

 the ground ; the leaues be narrow^ot like thofe of the Pine tree, but fhorrerand narrower, (harpe 

 pointed like them,yet arc they blacker,and withall coucr the yong and tender twigs in manner of a 

 circle,!ike thofe of the Fir tree ; bur being many,and thick fet,grow forth on all fides,and not on- 

 ly one right agaiuft anothcr 3 as in the Yew tree : the fruit is fcaly 3 and like vnto the Pine apple, but 

 fraaller : the barke of the tree is fomewhat blackc,tough,and flexible, not brittle as is the barke of 

 the Fir tree ; vnder which next to the wood is gathered a rcfin,which many times iflfueth forth,and 

 ** like to that of the Larch tree. 



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2 O f this fort(faith Clufitu) there is found another that ncuer growes high, but remaineth 

 dwarfifh,and it caries certain little nugaments or catkins of thebigneffeofa fmall nut>compofed 

 of fcales lying one vpon another,and ending in a prickly leaf, which in time opening (hew certain 

 empty cauities or eels: from the tops of thefe fomtimes grow forth brauches fe t with many foort 

 a ad pricking little leaues : all the fhrub hath fhorter and paler coloured leaues than the former. 

 °bferued neither fruit nor floure on this,ncithcr know I whether it carry any. Ddtchtmfi"* teems 

 to haue known this,and tohaue called it Pwus fubulus or Tihulus. £ q ^ 



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