1028 Chap. 30. 
'Tfaatrum Botanicam. 
T R 1 B E 9. 
~~Lnodunen(is denieththat Brat a arbor Film, can be Tbayaprima MafftlunfMOxyceiVn or Cedru, LycUotBel- 
lomm Zc^Fhamccaalteraot Plia/ui Th'ophraflw accordingto Lobe< and the Sab.na major tMoafteh- 
’ 0 J* or L rHptWrrierh Chanter. Traaw reporteth the wondcrfull hiperftitions uled in 
lowed as they fay by the Priefts, Croffe or cam^nearHl draeunto^while the 
Pricft wls fnhXwbgT^onW preserv e them that (hall weare them ( more then the reft of the fame branch 
d at did not touch the Criffe; from charmes or witchcraft, and from the fnares ofthe dwell and from the dan¬ 
cer of he edges and points of fwords and weapons, thus to draw their mmdes from nutting in God to truft 
unto theie conjured fuperftitieus devilcsofmen. Matthiola, much blameth BeUoma, that Aibro dr cmfir* arbo. 
X placed the great Iuniper tree,which he found on the mounta.nes Turn. Ammm and Oljmfm among he 
tcfmiferous tree?,but I would faine know if the V'mix or gam VmfrH be not to be accounted a R.ffm as well as 
S* which is fo accounted of all: but he is much more tobe blamed as he faith alfo, for making the fa.dIu- 
nine ■ tree M be the Sruta arbor <P Unit . The firft is Sabina baccfera .of Mattbzolm, Camerana, and others, Sabma 
JLby D«U* 0 *,S*t™ C«r 4 H'™l" Cmll “ upon DiofciridespnALugdmenfis the other is called 
.ter* dec,a by Lobe, and LugdaneifiSabina alteri-.a altera,con by Dodon^ mdSab.na fam.na major by Ta 
Lmon Ml,*,. The Arabian r call it Able! but not Alharar ,the ltd,a,, and SpamardsSabma ,the Amt J«*«r,thc 
Germane, Sevembaam and S ibenbaum, th zTtutch Savclboom,mA. we in £ngbfl> TheSavine tree. 
^ The Vertues. 
Savine faith G 4 « is hot and dry in the third degree, and of very thin parts, by the ftrong drying and heating 
qualities it fuffereth no confolidating or glewing propertic to be m it,but by reafon of the great acrimony therein 
n di-efteth the more,and hath lefle bitternes then is in the Cypreffe: ,t refifteth putrefaftionsas powerfully as the 
Cvpre(fe,efpecially if they be of long continuance, and not cafe to be holpen.for mixed with fome Hony and ap¬ 
plied it clenfeth the filch of Vlcers.and taketh away their blacknefle It breaketh alfo or diffolvcth Carbuncles and 
Plague fores •• <JWatthiolw faith that a dram in powder mixed with three ounces of Niter and two ounces of 
Hony doth wonderfully helpe thofe that are (Tort winded : the decoft.on thereof drunke doth provoke the cour- 
les, and d. aweih forth the birth and fecondinc, and deftroyeth the living i the fame out wardly applyed, or the 
fumes thereof taken underneath worketh to the fame effeft-.thc laid decoft.on taken expelled, blood by Vnne.fc 
is profitable for the Kings Evill: it killeth the wormes in children, but it is fafer to life it outwardly and to apply 
it to the Navell.or to annoint the belly with the oyle ofSavine. The powder of the leaves of Savine mixed with 
Creame or the Greene leavesboyled in Crcame and annointed on the heads of children, which have lcabbes or 
ronnin-fores or dry fores,clenfeth them throughly and healeth them,as alfo Saint An,homes fire: the frefh leaves 
braifed and layd upon running and fretting Cankers and the like, killeth and deftroyeth them-.the powder of 
the leaves u(ed with fome other things, or ftrewed upon doth helpe thofe bliflers that rife: on the yard by inor¬ 
dinate luxury,after they have beene bathed with the dccoftion of the leaves. The diftilled water ‘hereof is lin¬ 
gular oood to clenfe the skinne from fpots or markes therein, and other deformities, and helpeth thofe that have 
a giddineffc in their braine : the (moake thereof burned cureth Hens that have gotten the p.ppe, and is effeftuall 
for the Botces in Horles or cattell to give it in their drinke: but it mutt bee wanly given for feare of danger. 
Caat. XXX. 
lumpens, . The Iuniper Tree. 
a Hereare two or three forts of Iuniper Trees fome greater others leffer, whereof I mcanc to entreat 
1 in this Chapter and fhew you their varieties. 
I, lanipenu vulgaris feu minor. The common TunipcrTree. 
r- d The common Iuniper Tree fin fome places gvoweth nothing fo high as theydoe in others.even 
s’*-" ol)r owne Lirtd as well as in Germany, but of an exceeding great length in Italy and Spaine as 
Malthioltu and Clufttis fay, fo that they doe there make Rafters and Beames for honfes thereof) rijeth up with 
a llemme or ftocke covered with a reddifli barke which often cleaveth and falleth away, the wood underneath 
beinn fomewhat yellow hard and very durableffor as Limy faith that D \arms temple at Epbcfus had the B eames 
and Rafters thereof for the mere durabilitie and very fwett when it is burned,' the coales that are made of 
the wood being burned and covered with its owne aChes, keepe fire in them a whole yeare as it is reported; 
from whence fpread divers branches let with very fmall and long narrow blewifh greene leaves,three for the 
moft nai t alwayes together which are almoft like unto thsrnes, but not fo hard or prickingithc . looming is to be 
be perceived like a little yellow dull falling round about in the Spring of the yeare, after which come fmall 
greene besries,not ripe ning fully untill the fecond yeare after their firft commmg forth, which then will be blacke 
with an eve of blew thereon ealely wiped away with touching, as it is in a ripe Damfon, (fome fort is round ana 
ofthe bigneffe of a Pepper come, othersasgreat as Sloes, and fome a little long withall) fo that there willbee 
alwayes upon thebearing trees both gr.ene and ripe berries,wherein are contained fmall hard feedeithe root is 
fomewhat reddifh and fpreadeth many branches •• this doth alwayes abide greene, and in the hotter countries ot 
France,Spaine,Italy,&c. dothyeeld a certainehard and dry gumme in (mall peeces, fomewhat hke untoMa- 
ftickc and whitifh whileit is frefh and growing yellowifh by age, not cleaving together like Mafticke wlieri it 
sttriiu. is chewed but going to powder, and is of much ufe asyou fhall heare by and by._ There is another fort ot this 
Iuniper growing in fundry parts ofthiskingdome which bringeth onely yellowifh threads forflowers, with- 
out any berries fucceeding. . 
2. Iuniperus A/pina, The low or monntame lumper. . 
This low Iuniper feldome rifeth to be two foote high, butgroweth low fpreading neare the ground, having 
(hurt and thicke armesand branches as the former, which yet are plyant and eafie to bend but not to breahe: on 
the fe branches grow the like three leaves together, but they ate (hotter broader thicker and not 1 o much pricK- 
