452< The fifteenth Booke of 



in his hand a flicke or rod of the Myrtle tree^ he fliall never bee wcariej nor think his way long G 

 and tedious. Alfo *ring5 made ofMyrdetwigSjwithout any edged yron toole^keepe downe and 

 ^iainh'tl'^ cure the (welling bunch that rifeth in the groine. What {tioiM I hy more ? The Myrtle inter- - 

 facX /! ikvcs '^"'edleth in warre affaires : For Fofikmrn Tuber tt^s^ being C onfuli of Ronie(who was the firft 

 or lave.iines that cnttcd ill a pettie triumph^ ovant into the cittie^ becaufe he had eafily conquered the Sa- 

 Iircfaw kes ^^"^^5 ^^^^ dravsne in manner no bloud of thcmj rode triumphant in this manner^ to vvitjcrow- 

 ' ned with a chaplet of Myrtle, dedicated to r^»^^/i?;'^e?;andfrom thattimeforwardthe Sa- 

 deT'' "r ^""'^s (even his very enemies) fet much ftore by that treejaqd h^iic in great reverence. And 

 64 wu yron. ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^ wcnt but ovant into the cittie after a vi(^f!ejra6 this kind of guitjand one- 

 except M.Crajfm^ who after hee had vanquil"hed the fugitive (laveSj and defeated Spartcnm^ 

 marched in a coronet ofLsmdl.MaJJiirws writethjhow Generals when they entred triumphant H 

 intoRomejriding in their ibtely chariots(which was the greateft honor of ail others) ware upon 

 thdr headsjchaplets of Myrtle . L,Pifi reportethj That Papyrm Maffo(v^ho firft triumphed in 

 mount Albanus over the Corfians) ufed ever after to come unto the Games Circenfes, and to 

 behold thenijcrowned with a guirland of Myrtle. This Papyrm was grandfather by the m.others 

 fidejto ihekcond Sc/pio i^fncafjfi^, Finally,A/.r^/w/i5^,accordingtoavow that hee made in 

 his triumphs^ufed to weare coronets as well of Lawrell as Myrtle. 



Chap. xxx. 



^ of the Lawrell or Bay trce^ tbirteene kinds thereof, 



LAwrell is appropriate unto triumphssand befides groweth moft plcafantly before the gates 

 of the Emperors court, andBifhops pallace 5 giving attendance there as a dutifull porcreild 

 or huifferjmoft decently.This tree alone both adorneth their ftately houfes^S^ alfo keepcth, 

 watch and ward duly at the dores. Cato fetteth downe two kinds of Lawrell, to wit^the Dclphicke^ 

 and the Cyprian. Hereunto Pompeim Lcnam hath joined a thirdjVvhich he called Mullacea : be- 

 caufe in old time they tiled to lay the leaves thereof under certaine cakes or March-pancs(which 

 inthofc dales they called Muftacea) as they were in baking : This third kind hath leaves of all 

 others largeft^flaggiejhangingjand whitith wirhall.As for theDelphick,!! carieth leaves of one 

 entire colour.greener than the reft : the baies or berries tbereot likcwilc are biggeftjand of a red- 

 difh greene colour. With this Lav^rell were they wont to be crowned at Delphos,who woon the 

 prile at any tournoy or folemiie gamesj as alfo the vidoricus captains who triumphed in Rome. 

 The Cyprian Lawrell hath a fhortleakj blackcjcrilpedj or curled, and about the lides or edges 

 thereot it turnet h up hollow like a gutter or creft- tile. Howbeirjafterwatds there were rautrged ia 

 the ranks of Lawrels other trees,to wir^thc Tinusjwhich Ibme take to be the wild Lawrell, others 

 fay it is a kind or tree by it felfe: indeed^it differeth from other Lawrels in the colour of die fruit , 

 lor it beareth blew berries.Then came die roiali Lawrell in place,which began to be called An- 

 gufta or Imperiall.This is a very tall and big tree^/v'ith leaves alfo as large in proportion, and the 

 Baies or Berries that it beareth are nothing lliarpe biting and unplealant in laft.E ut fome there 

 be rhatthinke thisroiall Bay,is nota Lawrelljbut a feverall tree apari^as having longer and broa- 

 der leaves than thereft of the ordinarie fort. And thelewriters fpeakingof oiiier ku:ids,call our £ 

 common Bay tree, Baccalia , and naiYjely that which is fo fruitfvill and beareth fuch a fort of Ber- 

 ries: as for thefruitlefie and barren of that fort they name Triumphail, which,asthey fay,is ufed 

 in triumphs.WheteatI marveii very much5unk(lethis ordinance and cuffome began of Augu- 

 (ImCaj. r^y occafion of ihat Lawrell wliich came to him asfentfrom ht:aven(3sl wil iliewanoa 

 more at laige;) and of .:".]1 others it is for height loweft, in Icafe fhort and frizledjVery geafon and 

 hard to be found.lNow there is anotherkind of Lawrell named TaxajVery fit for greene arbors, 

 and to be wrought into knots.Out of the middeft of the leafe there groweth foortUanojherhttie 

 onCjinmannerof a skirt^tongue^or lappet of the leafe.Alfo without any fuch excrelTence, there 

 is thatjwhich they name Spadonia,as one would fay,the guelded Bay,which careth nut liow fna- 

 dowie the place be where it groweth : for be it never fo remote out of the Sunne, or overfhadow- ^4 

 ed howfoeverjyec it ceafeth not to grow and overfpread the ground where it ftanderh. Moreover 

 inthis rank is to be reckoned the wild flirub called Lowrier or Chamasdaphnc . There is bciides 

 the Lawrell Alexandrina,whichfomecall idi^a3[i'.Mountaine Lawrell] others Hyppoglottion;, 

 f/.Horfe- tongue] fomeDaphnitis. others Carpophyllon orHypelate. Thispiantputteth forth 



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