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what fvveetc, which in pare caul’cd it to be termed a Ci- 
preffc. Whether this (houki be that Tlmja, ot Theephra- 
fttu,lib. 8.e.i5'thatisbothinftocke, branches,' leaves, and 
fruite,like unto the u iIdCiprefie.it were fomewhac worthy 
to be (canned, whofcf'ruitc it is likely, is that Habhel, tbac 
latn&Mns brought home with him inhis returlie from his 
travailes,and laid it was lo called in the half Count! ies.the fi¬ 
gure,wherof I here give you with this branch rthe nnt it lelfe 
doth much refimble the nut ot this.both for forme ar.d large 
thickeneffe of the fcales.This loofethhis leaves in Winter. 
The FI ce andTime . 
The ordinary Cyprcffe tree, groweth in furdry of the 
warme Countries, of the Levant, raftwards, and in many 
ofrhe Ifltslikewile in the tMediterrmean Sea, as Rhodes, 
and Candy, where it is fo familiar to the foile, that it fprin- 
geth up every where, of it owne accord, in the Mountaines 
Jda, and Louse, it the ground be birred a little, and that 
nothing elfe be lowne thereon, and beareth ripe fruite from 
September, almoll all the Winter.- The other is as is faid, 
in fundry Countries of the North America, whofe (eede 
was brought by Mailer Tradefcant from Viryima, and fown 
here,doe ipring very bravely.. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke as ode redd and zr eucieent see itvHV coed 
ar^s/eooas, idefi ,a partft parilinm ramoram, in Lacine 
• iefiteJ/umiejO' file Jaiivui, 
The CyprcHcrrce. 
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CJprrJfiM, and Cuprajfus alio, The Arabians call it Sttro t 
and Seru, the Italians' CjfprcJfoy the Spaniards P.1 C)P res » 
the FrenchfDutchy and Engl/fi, Cypres , and the Germanes 
Cjprcffen . 
The Venues, 
The Cypreffe cooleth.bindeth, and dryeth without either 
heaceor'bitingfh^rpenefie, butio much as may put thea- 
ccrbity inadtion, yet it doth relolve and conlume humidi- 
ries,in putride ulcers, the pou'.her of the leaves with a little 
Myrrhe and wine,helpeth thole fluxes chit fall on the blad¬ 
der, and provoketh urine beir.g Hopped. and without 
Myrrhe the fluxes silo of the belly 
or ftomacke, bleedings, and ipic- 
t;ngs of Mood : the dcco&ion of 
them, performeth the fame like¬ 
wise, k helpeth alio the cough, 
and fhortnefle of breath, by taking 
faffing a fmail draught, ana if the 
I.ikc draught be taken every mor¬ 
ning for many da;es together, ic 
xvill helpe the rupture, lo as fome 
of the frefh leaves be applyed ajfo 
to the place, and well bound on ; 
which things the nuts do perforate 
inoreeff.dually, and in all fluxes 
ofblood and humours: the final! 
chips orrafpingof the wood, ta¬ 
ken in Wine provoketh womens 
courfcs, and helpeth the bit in' of 
the Scorpion, as alfo procureth a 
good colour to the whole body.* 
the leaves bruiled and laid unco 
frefla wounds that bleedc much, 
doth flanch the bleeding, and fo 
confolidateth the wound;being u- 
fed by thcmfelves, or with fine 
Barley meale, it helpeth Saint An¬ 
thonies fire, creeping ulcers, and 
carbuncles and the lores and ulcers 
of the privy parts in man or wo¬ 
man, and helpeth the inflammati¬ 
ons ofthe eyes, and applyed with 
a cerote to the ftomacke doth much 
comfort and ftrengthen it againft 
. callings, and other the paffions 
/thereof upon defluxions of fharpe 
Cupre/Tut Amricana^n Thuja TbeopbrafliCupreJTo (.milif 3 cti,us f uftai 
Habhel hutcaffimXatur. The Ameucan, or Virgin 1 - CyprcU© 
wyh the rhitfeHabhcl of ciujius whuhishkc uy‘° this. 
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