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lie entrcd in Triumph into Rome^caricd in his hand a braunch of that Bay tr^Cj yea,andworca G 

 chaplct upon his head of the fame : and fo did all the Emperours and Cdjars his fucccflbrs after 

 him. Hereof alfo came the cuftome to let againe and replant thofc braunches of Lawrell that 

 Emperors held in their hands when they triumphed:& thereof continue whole woods & groves 

 diftinguiflied each onqjjy thcii icvcrall names, and perhaps therefore were they named Trium- 

 phall.This is the onely tree knowne in the Latine tonguCjwhereof a man beareth the name. 

 gainc, there is not another tree befides that hath the leafc to carie in the Latine tongue a deno- 

 mination and name by it (elfc apatt^as well as the tree : for where as|hc plant is named Laurus, 

 the leafe wc call Laurca.Morcovcrjihcrc is a place likcwife within the citie of Rome upon mount. 

 AvcntinCjretaining ftill the name Loretum, which firft was impofcd upon it by reafon of a La w- 

 rell grove which grew there. The Bay tree alfo is uled in folemnc purifications before the gods : H 

 and to concludcjthis would be refolved and agreed upon by the way^That if a branch thereof be 

 feCj it will proiper and become a tree ; although Democritm and Theophraftui make fome doubt 

 thereof.Thus much of Lawrels and other domefticall and native trees : it rcmaineth now to write 

 of thofc that be wild and favage^and of their natures, , 



THE X BOOKEOF 



THE HISTORIE OF NATYRE, 



WRITTEN BY C. PLINIVS 



SEGVNDVS. 



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Itherio have we treated of thofe Trees that heare Jples and fich hke fruits : which 

 likewifervith their mild yiiceand fiveet liquors made our meats frfl delight fome ^ 

 and taught m to mingle together with the neceffarie food for fuftentation of dur 

 lives 3 that which maketh it delicate and pleafant to content our tafl : as well thofc 

 trees that naturally were fo in the beginnings as thofe which through the induflrtt 

 and skill of manphat hygraffing and what by wedding them(as it were)to others, 

 becarmtoothfome^ and dele&able to our tongue : whereby alfo wee have gratified in fome fort wild 

 beafts^anddonepleafuretothefoHlesof the aire Jt followethnowby order^that we fhoulddsfcourfe like- 

 wife of trees that bean Majl^ thofe trees{T fay) which minijlred the firB food unto our forefathers ^ and £ 

 were the nourices that fed and cherijhed mankind ift that rude wild age and poor infancie of the world : 

 but that I am f dreed to breake the courfe of mine kflorie^and prevented with a deepe fludie andadmi- 

 fAtion arifmgfrom the truth and ground of experience ^to conftder^^ What manner of life it might be ^9 

 live without any trees or jhrubs at all growing out of the earth,. 



^ of nations that ha^dno trees nor plants among themjOf wan- 

 derfulltrees in the Northerly regions i 



£ have (hewed hctctoforc, that in the Eaft parts verily toward the mainc Occanj M 

 there be many countries in that eftate, to witjaltogcthcr dcftitutc of trees. In the 

 North alfo I my felfc have feenc the people called "^Cauchijas well the greater as 

 the lefle(for fb they be diflinguilhed) where there is no fhew or mention at all of 

 any tree. For a mightie great compaiTe^ their countrey licth fo undei the Ocean, 



and 



