Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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t Abittu ramus cumjulls. 
A branch with Catkins or floures. 
5 ] The Place. 
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The Firre trees grow vponhigh mountains;, 
in many woods of Germanyand Bohemia, in 
which it continueth alwaies greenest is found 
alfoonhils in Italy, France, & other countries} 
it commeth downe oftentimes into the val- 
liestthey are found likcwifein Prufe, Pomera- 
nia, Liefeland,Ruffia, & efpecially in Norway, 
where I haue feenethe goodlieft trees in the 
world of thiskinde, growing vpon therockie 
and craggie mountaines, almolf without any 
earth about them, or any other thing, fauing a 
little mofle about the roots, which thruft them 
felues here and there into the chinkes and cra- 
niesoftherockes, and therefore are eafily calf 
downe with any extreme gale of winde. I haue 
feen thefe trees growing in Chefhire, Stafford- 
fh ire, and LancalTiire, where they grew in great 
plenty, as is reported, before Noah* floud : but 
then being ouerturned and ouerwhelmed haue 
lien iincc in the moffes and waterie mooriih 
grounds very frefh and found vntill this day,& 
fofullofa refinous fubftance, that they burne 
like a Torch orLinke, and the inhabitants of 
thole countries do call it Fir-wood, and Fire- 
wood vnto this day : out of this tree ilfueth the 
rofin called Thus , in Englifh,Frankinfence:but 
from the young Fir trees proceedeth an excel- 
lent cleareand liqnid Rofin, in tafte like to the 
’ peelings or outward rinde of the Pomecitron. 
The Time. 
The time of the Fir tree agreeth with the Pine trees. 
.«[ T he Names . 
The tree is called inLatine^^/er .• in Greeke,;**™ - among!! the Grecians ofour time the fame 
name remaineth wholeand vneorrupt : it is called in high Dutch, 8©efff fi£b<wntn, and 80C)f| 
'C.bantNnbfusm . ; n Low Dutch, j©ttte©etinet»boom,or 3lbd=boom,and ^aR=boom : in Ira 
lian, Abcte : in Spanifh ,Abeto : in Englilh,Firre-tree, Maft-tree,and Dealc-tree. The firft is called 
in 1 rench ,</# S apfit Sapin : the other is Suijfe. 
The liquid rofin which is taken forth ofthebarke of the young Firre-treesj is called in Greeke 
T&V.MW ;v.r.' m'Laune,Larf>rymaabictis,anALachryma abiegna : in thefhopsof Germany, as allb of 
England, TcrebinthinaVeneta, or Venice Turpentine: in Italian, Lagrimo : diuers do thinke that Di- 
cfcoridcs callethit.w*! i 0 leafs Ke /inapt oileRolin-fiutoile Rofin is the fame that Fix liquids , 
orTaris. 
^Arida Abietum Refinapt drieRofin ofthe Fir trees, is rightly called in Greeke p»WH lA*7l'v», and in 
Latln^Abiegnti Kefina ■ it hath a fweet fmell, and is oftentimes vfed amongother perfumes in Read 
ofFrankincenfe. 
The Temperature. 
Thebarke, fruit, and gums of the Fir tree.are of the nature of the Pitch tree and his gums. 
5] The Vcrtues. 
The liquid Rofin of the Fir tree called Turpentine, loofeth the belly, driueth forth hot cholerick 
humours, elenfeth andmundifieth the kidnies, prouoketh vrine, and driueth forth the Hone and 
grauell. 
Thefametakenwith Sugar and the pouder of Nutmegs,cureththeftrangurie, ftaieththe Go- 
norrhoea or the inuokmtary iffue of mans nature,callcd the running of the rains,and the white flux 
in women. 
It is very profitable for all green and frefh wounds, efpecially the wounds of the head:for it hea- 
lerhand elenfeth mightily, efpecially if it bewafhed in Plantaine water, and afterward in Rofe wa- 
ter, the yolke ofane'gge put thereto, with tjie ponders of olibanum and Mafticke finely fearced, ad- 
ding thereto a little Saffron. 
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