i2 4 PLANTS IN SCRIPTURE 



Cleopatra carried it unto her sepulchre with her jewels ; 

 which was also kept in wooden boxes among the 

 rarities of kings ; and was of such a lasting nature, 

 that at his composing of treacle for the Emperor 

 Severus, Galen made use of some which had been laid 

 up by Adrianus. 



ii. That the prodigal son desired to eat of husks 

 given unto swine, will hardly pass in your apprehension 

 for the husks of pease, beans, or such edulious pulses ; 

 as well understanding that the texual word Kepariov, 

 or ceration, properly intendeth the fruit of the siliqua 

 tree, so common in Syria, and fed upon by men and 

 beasts ; called also by some the fruit of the locust tree, 

 and pan'is sanct'i Johannis, as conceiving it to have been 

 part of the diet of the Baptist in the desert. The tree 

 and fruit is not only common in Syria and the eastern 

 parts, but also well known in Apuleia and the kingdom 

 of Naples ; growing along the Via Appia, from Fundi 

 unto Mola ; the hard cods or husks making a rattling 

 noise in windy weather, by beating against one another ; 

 called by the Italians, caroba or carobala, and by the 

 French, carouges. With the sweet pulp hereof some 

 conceive that the Indians preserve ginger, mirabolans, 

 and nutmegs. Of the same (as Pliny delivers) the 

 ancients made one kind of wine, strongly expressing 



