Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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B • The berries or fruit of the low Cedar haue the faculties not fo ftrong, as the fame Author tefti- 
fieth, infomuch as that they may alfo be eaten , yet if they be taken too plentifully , they caufe 
head-ache, and breed heate and gnawings in the ftomacke. Yet there is a difference between thefe 
two Cedar berries ; for the crimfon ones are not fohot and dry, by reafon they are fweeter and plea- 
fanter to the tafte, and therefore they are better to be eaten, and do alfo yeeld vnto the body a kind 
of nourifhment: but the berries of that of Lycia are biting, hotter and drieralfo than thofe of lum- 
per, from which they differ efpecially in the biting quahtie, they bring no nourifhment at all and 
thoughaman cate neuerfo few of them hefliallfeelegnavvingsin his ftomacke, and paine in his 
head. 
C ThePeafantsdofcedthereonrathertofatisfietheirhuuger,than for any delight they haue in 
the tafte, or the phyficall vertues thereof 5 albeit they be good againft the ftrangurie, and prouoke 
vrine. 
Chapj 50. OfSauin. 
ThcKindes. 
5f The Dcfcription. 
X 'j"’He firft Sauin, which is the common kind,and beft of all knowne in this country , grow- 
th j n manner of a low fhrub or tree : the ftem or trunke whereof is fomtimesas big as a 
mans arme,diuiding it felfe into many branches fet full of fmall leaues like vnto Cypres, or Tama- 
riske,but thicker, and more fharpe or prickely, remaining greene Winter and Sommer, in fmell 
ranke or very ftrong, barren both of floures and fruit. 
a The 
