L is- 5. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
The Rofin hath no proper name, but it may be fyrnamed Cedrina , or Cedar Rofin. 
The pitch which is drawneoutofthis is properly called Ktfeu ; yet Pliny vnittth , that alfb the li- 
quor of the Torch Pincis named Cedrium. The belt, faith Diofcorides, is fat, thorow fhinino-, and 
ofa ftrong fmell • which being poured out in drops vniteth it felfe together, and doth not remaine 
feuered. 
qj The Temperature and y ertues . 
Cedar is of temperature hot and dry, with fuch an exquifite tenuitie and fubtiltie of parts, that A 
it feemeth to be hot and dry in the fourth degree, efpecially the Pitch or Rofin thereof. 
There iffueth outof this tree a Rofin like vnto that which iffiteth out of the Fir tree, very fweet B 
in fmell, ofa clammy or cleaning fubftance, the which if you chew in your teeth it will hardly be 
gotten forth againe, it cleaueth fo fall : at the firft it is liquid and white, but being dried in the fun 
it waxethhard : if it be boiled in the fire an excellent pitch is made thereof, called Cedar Pitch. 
The ^Egyptians were wont to coffin and embalme their dead in Cedar, and with Cedar pitch, C 
although they vfedalfo other meanes, as Herodotus rccordeth. 
The condited or embalmed body they call in fhops tMtemia, but very vnfitly • for CHumia a- D 
mong the Arabians is that which the Grecians call Ptjfajphalton, as appeareth by Atticcn, cap. 474. 
and outof Serapio , cap. 373. 
He that interpreted and tranflated Serapiowas the caufeofthiserror,whotranf!ated and inter- E 
preted U unit a according to his ovvne fancie, and not after the fence and meaning of his Author Se- 
■ rapio, faying that this tMttmia is a compfitlon made of Aloes and Myrrh mingled together with 
the moifturc of mans body. 
The gum of Cedar is good to be put in medicines for the eyes, for being anointed therewith it F 
cleareth the fight, and clenfetb them from the Haw and from ftripes. 
Cedar infufed in vineger and put into the earns killeth the wormes therein, and being mingled G 
tvith tbedecoftionof Hyflop,appeafeth the founding, ringing,and hilling of theeares. 
If it be wafhed or infufed in vineger, and applied vnto the teeth, it eafeth the tooth-ache. H. 
If i t be put into the hollowneffe of the teeth it breaketh them, and appeafeth the extreme griefe I 
thereof. 
Itpreuaileth againft and the inflammation of the Tonfils, if aGargarifrae bemade K 
thereof. 
It is good to kill nits and lice and fuch like vermine : it cureth the biting of theferpent Certifies, L' 
being layd on with fait. 
It is a remedie againft the poyfon of the fea Hare, if it be drunke with fweet wine. 
It is good alfo for Lepers : being put vp vnderneathit killeth all manner ofworms, and draweth 
forth the birth, as Diofcorides writeth. 
C h a Pi 40. Of the "Titcb tree . 
The Dcfcription. 
t i T^Peea, the tree that droppeth Pitch, called Pitch tree,groweth vptobeatall,faire,andbig 
rree,remainingahvaies greene like the Pine tree : the timber of it is more red than that 
of the Pine or Fine : it is fet full of boughes not onely about the top, but much lower, 
and alfb beneath the middle part of the body, which many times hang downe, bending toward the 
ground : theleaues be narrow, not like thofeof the Pine tree, but fhorterand narrower, and fharpe 
pointed like them, yet are they blacker, and withall couer theyong and tender twigs in mannerof 
a circle, like thofeof the Firre tree j but being many, and thicke let, grow forth on all fides, and 
not onely one right againft another, as in the Yew tree : the fruit is fcaiy,and like vnto the Pine 
apple, but fmaller : the barke of the tree is fomewhat blacke, tough and flexible, not brittle, as is 
the bark of the Firre tree: vnder which next to the wood is gathered a Rofin, which many times if 
fueth forth, and is like to that of the Larch tree. 
t 2 Of this fort (faith Clufias) there is found another that neuergrowes high, but remaineth 
dwarfi 1T1, and it carries ccrtaine little nugaments or catkins of the bigneffeofa fmall nut,compo- 
fed-offcales lying one vpon another, but ending in a prickly leafe, which in time opening fhewcer- 
taine emptie canities or cels : from the tops of thefe fometimes grow forth branches fet with ma- 
ny fhort and pricking little leaues : all the fhrubhath fborter and paler coloured leaues than the 
former : I obferued neither fruit nor floure on this, neither know I whether it carry any, Dalecham - 
pirn feemes to haue knowne this, and to haue called it Piaus Tubulus or Tihlus. $ 
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