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MorcoverjArabia doth glorie even yet in their Ladanupn. And many have rcportedjthattbis 

 Gommeth by fortune or ehaunce, and by pccaiion of vioIen<:e and wrong done to an odorife- 

 rous plant that yceldeth it in this manner following* The Gc>ats tbey fay{harmefuli cxcaturcs as 

 they be to all plantSjbut more defirous to be broufmg of fweet and aromaticall flirubs^^s if ihcy 

 knew how precious they were) ufeto crop the fprouts and twigs of this plant which bearcth Ma- 

 ilicke ; \'\7hich being fo full 6f this odoriferous and fweet liquor^that ihey fwell againe^ doe drop 

 ^d diftill thefaid moifture, which the fhrewd & unhappie beaft catcheth among the fliag long 

 hairesof his beard. Nowbyreafonof duflgettingarnong^ic baltereih and cluttcrcth into knots 

 and bals^and fo is concoded into a certaine conhitenccjin the Sunne. And hereupon it isj tbst 

 in Ladanum are found Goats haires. But this happeneth by theiirfayirrgjiri no other place but 

 among the Nabatxans in the frontiers of Arabia toward Syria. The later moderne writers c^li 

 the plant which yeeldethLadanumjStrobos: and they afiPmBea That in the forrefts of Arabia 

 where thefe doe groWjthe boughes are much broken by the broufing of thefe Goatsyandlb tht 

 juice and liquor liicketh to their lockes and beards.But the true Ladanum(fay they)is peculiar to 

 the Ifland Cyprus (for. give me leave I pray yoUjto fpeake by thc^ way of every kind ot lpic;e and, 

 aromaticall drugs, and not flridlly to keepe, and obfervc the order and confequenceof places 

 where they be found.) An d jby report,after the fame manner as this Ladanum in Arabia ; ibere 

 hangeih and clcaveth to the beards and iliag-haired legs and fiankes of the Goats there aifo, a 

 certame greafe and fattiueffe called Oefypus : but^ according to. them, it muff bee gotten, when, 

 tbey crop off the floures and leaves of the hearbe Cillus^in a morningforthcir breakfail^at what ^ 

 time as the Ifland Cyprus fiandeth all with a dew. Now whenthe morning mifl is difpatched by 

 the heat of the Sunnejthere gathereth duft among thefe moifl and wet haires of theirsjand ilic- 

 keih too : and then the iflaiidcrs come and comb from their beards and flank€s,that which they 

 call Ladanum.Some call that plant in Cyprus whereof it is made^Ledon; and in truth thereof it 

 takeththe name of Ledanum, among them . For by their report this hearbe hath a fa ttie fub- 

 fhnce fettling uponit^ andtliepeafantsof the countrey rollthehearbes together into bals or 

 rundies with Imallcordsjand fo make up thofe little lumpes which ye fee»VVhercby wemay per- 

 ceive, that as well in Arabia as Cyprusj therebee two kinds of Ladanum s the one mixed with 

 carth^and naturall of it feife : the otiier brought in to bals and artificialLThe earrhie is brittle and 

 will crumble: the Artificiall is toughjcl^mmiejand will cleave to ones fingersMoreovcrjit is faid K 

 that there be certaine fhrubs in Carmania that beareLadanum, as alfo ^bom JEoy^x^ by occa- 

 fion of plants thither brought by the Ptvhw^ees^kih^^s of iEgypt : or^as fome fay jit is the Incenfe 

 tree that bringeth it forth : and is gathered after the manner of a gum, iffuing out of th? ttec by 

 incifion made in the barkejand is received in Goat skins. The beff Ladanum is worth fortie Af- 

 fes a pound. Sophif^icated it is with Myrtle berriesjand with other filth of beafts.The good La- 

 danum indeedjwhich is of it felfe without other mixturejought to have a wild and favage iipell 

 with itjas if it came out of a wildernefle. Greenifhitis^ anddrietofeeto: but handle it never f<> 

 little^and prefently it doth relent and waxe foft : fet it on fire^and it burneth bright and clearejand 

 theu.it cafleth a fweet and pleafant odour. But all that is counterfeit and mixed, with Myrtle ber- 

 riesj may foone be knownjfor they will crackle in the fire.BefiiJeSjthe tme Ladanupi hathrathet 

 llonie grit comming from the rockesjmingled with itjthan duf^. 



In Arabia, the Olive tree alfo hath akipd of Jiquor which iffueth out of it; and thereof is 

 compounded a certaine fbveraigne falve, named of the Greekes EnhasmoUj which is fingu- 

 lar good to draw up wounds, and to heale themcleane. In the maritime parts aridfea-coaifs, 

 the laid Olive trees at fome tides are overfkiwed with the waves* Yet receive the piive,bcrri^ 

 t^o hurt thereby : notwithftanding it bee certaine^ that the fea^crth leave lialt upon the leaves. 

 Thus you fee what bee the peculiar commodities as touching irees^ proper unco Arabia, Trtft: 

 it is5that it hath others befides ; but becaijfe thjey bee foiind eifewhere, and knowne to bee ber- 

 terin other placesthaninArabia,! will treat of them in their courfe and ranke, whenitcpm- \| 

 roctk. And yet Arabia it felfe, a^-fruitfull and happie as it is in, this behalfe, is Wpnderpu^. ea- 

 ger to feeke after forraine fj^ices, ajid icnd for them into flraunge countries. So fopne ate meft 

 glutted,, and have their fiU.of theirowne : aucl foigreedie ^nd <^|efirdus be they of other coun- 



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