Plinies Natur^II Hiftorie* 



A by the name Capillata, [/.hairic :] fo called, becaufe the hairc of the vcftall Muns he^ds is i£y 

 ally thither broughCjand there conlecrated. And yet is there a third Lotus atRome in the court- 

 yard and cloifter about the temple of Mvane^ which Bomulm built for a perpctuall monumenc 

 and nnemoriall of a vi6loric, and defraied the charges out of the tenths of the pillage and fpoile 

 that heewoon from his enemies 5 and this tree is at lead full as old as thecitieof RomCjif itbe 

 true that MajjurimmimKThz roots thereof, pafling along the ftreet where thcBurgcoifcs u(e 

 to kecpc their refidcncCj doe reach as farre as the ftately market-place or Hall of Ctjar , There 

 grew by it a Cyprefle tree alfo of the fame age5 the which by an overfighc and carelefic neglect:, 

 fell downe no longer fince than the laft yecre of Nero theEmperour . But why ftand wee long 

 hereupon ? there is an Holme growing in the Vaticanc, elder than Rome it felfe, with a plate of 



B brafle upon it engraven in Tufcane letters, containing an infcripiion or title: whereby it ap- 

 pearethj that even in thofedaies the (aid tree for antiquitic, was worthie of peoples devotion^ 

 Moreover^ it is well knowne^that theTybuttines are more auncient than the flomans^ and th.eic 

 citic Tybur founded many a ycare before Rome 3 and yet cet tainc it is ^ that there bee yet three 

 Holmes'thcre remaining alive, elder than Tyhurtm himfclfcj their firft founder: upon which 

 trees (as the voice goeth^ hee obfcrved the flight of birds, and thereby tooke his aufpices and 

 warrant from the gods to build the faid citie. And (by report) the fonne he was of AmphiarAiis^ 

 who died at Thebes an hundred yeares before the Trojane warre. Writers thef e be who afhrme, 

 that both that Plane tree which groweth before the temple of Apollo at Delphos^was fet by king 

 gamemtJOKs ownc hand: as alfo another inthelacredgroveof Caphys in Arcadie. Further- 



C more jat this dayjiherebc treesnear unto the ftreightof Callipolisjfometime called HeJlefpon- 

 tusjover-againftthcciticofthelliansjwhere old Troy ftoodj growing clofe unto the tombe or 

 lepulchreofPmf/7/4//^ .-which every fourteen yeares fofoon as they areiliot up fo tail only as 

 theymayfeemetodifcover and fee the citic Ilium, immediatly begin to wither and fade 5 & af- 

 terwards fpringagaine and grow anew unto that age and height atorefaid . Hard by the citie of 

 Iliunijthere be certaine Okes alfo (asfolkefay)neare unto the tombe of 7///^, which were then 

 planted or fet of acorns, when Troy began to be called Ilium. It is reported moreover, that the 

 Olive tree rem aineth yet alive at Argos, unto which ^r^/^ tied ladie/<), after fbce was transfor- 

 med or turned into an Heifer. About Heraclea in Pontus, there be ccrtaine altars created to the 

 honour of lupuer furnamed Stratim^ over which there ftand two Okes, both fet by the hands of 



D HerculesXn the very fame tra6t there is an haven^ennobled and renowmed by the name of /i my- 

 cm the K. of the Bcbrycians there flaine. His iomb,from the very day of his fepukurc,hath ben 

 overfliadowed with a Bay tree (planted there and then for that purpofe) which the people of that 

 countrey doe call The raging or mad Lawrell \ for plucke but a braunch or twig thereof be it ne- 

 ver (bfmall, and carieitinto alhip,alithe mariners & paffengers within, will fall a brawling, and 

 neveragreeuntillitbecaftoutandthrowneawayoutof theveffelljwhicb was brought thithet 

 from the tree aforefaid. Of a certaine region we have before written, called Aulocrcne, lying in 

 thewaybetweene Apamia and Phrygiajandthere the paifants of that countrey can {liew you 

 that very Plane tree, on which Marjyas the mufician hung himfelte in a melancholly mood, for 

 that he was overmatched in his owne cunning and profelfcd skill, by Apollo : and furcly like it is, 



E 1hat eventhen he madechoife of that tree for thebigncfle. Over and befides, in the liland De* 

 I0S5 there is a Date tree to be feen jwhich hath remained there ever fince that the iaid god Apollo 

 was borne and reared there. The wild Olive tree at Olympi a (whereof Hercules ware the firft co- 

 ronet or guirland) is kept and tended ftill with great devotion. The very fame Olive tree alfo (by 

 folkes faying) continucth this day at Athens, which (prung up at the very time that Minerva and 

 lieptum ftrove togithcr about giving the name to the citie of Athens. And thus much of long- 

 lived trees. 



ContrariwifcjPomegranat trees,Fig trccs,and Apple trecs,live a very {liott time : of thefcj 

 the haftic kind or lenitings, continue nothing lo long as thofc that bear andripen later : neither 

 yet thole that carie fweet Iruit, laft fo well as they that bring foorth fower. The Pomegranat tree 

 F alfo with the more pleafant fruitjis fhorter lived than the other. The like is to bee faidof Vines, 

 and namely ,fuch as bear greater burden of grapes and yeeld moft wine. Howbeit Gratinm faith. 

 That there have been vine trees knownc to live threcfcore years. It fecmeth alfo^that trees which 

 come up in waterifh and moift places, arenot of any long continuance, but foonc die. In deed 

 J5ay trees, Apple trees,and Pomegranat treesjdoage&lookeold quickly , howbeit, they Ipring 



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