Tat I! E 16 . The Theater of Thants. 
Chaf.^. 
Ccdrclattm or Cedreolenm is the firft liquid iubflance chatcommeth out of the Hides while rhr„ sr,. ; r, , 
(fuch as we call tarre, that is, the iiquour of the Pine and itch tree llidi-s when thev bump I llT hc ? U T‘ ng 
Pitch commeth forth, with which as well as with theCcfc, in former times the “ h ,? rd 
dies of the dead, to cauie them to abide for ever uncorrupted I but many Wnte s conSd hefe 
of the Cedar together, that iflucth out in the burning after the firft, calling th m AT , he n aVih the J . P,tch 
The Arabians call the tree Scrim, (and the Roflin or Tarre Kkmn 
Spaniards Cedro,the French 0 <fr»,and we Cedar. The Vermes. ’ ^ e ahans Cadre, the 
There is no pare ofthis tree put to any Phyficall ufe, but the Cedria, or Roflin that commoh , • , 
hot in the fourth degree,and preferveth the dead bodies from rotting, and therefore was called 
dead,and the death of the living, becaufe if it be laid on garments or skins, it willburne and confute th‘m-Tea 
and to the tender flefh of the living, it will worke like a candid- e.- jetis it effefluall to cleare the fil'r 1 
hlmes or skinnesthat are gtowne over it, and taketh away the icarres of wounds and (ores, and mixed Jhh” 
httle vinegar and dropped into the eares, it killeth the wormes, and with the decoftioo of HvfTone n d 
in taketh away the noyfe and humming in them, if a little of it be put into an hollow tooth .uafedi the‘^ S - P 
and breaketh the tooth, if it be mixed with a little vinegar, a id they wafhed therewith it will dn- l A P 1 
helpeth thedileafe of the throatc called the Quinfic, and killeth both nits and lice •• it rcfilkththe DoATVrA 
Sea Hare taken in fodden Wine, and ftit be laid with fait on the biting of the venemoui fernenf All d/^ thC 
y!!«r,it will helpe it: it helpeth the leprotic alfo, if it be either annoinred or taken inwardly/and puroeth rh/A' 
cerso^ the lungs, and healeth them it a fmall quantity thereof betaken : it alfo helpeth th- irrh w f* ? - u " 
or bead, it killeth the living childe in the mothers body,and expellcth the dead,anJtaketh away all hon Af f 
ccptioiuf the privy parts be touched therewith. ' ^ op*'or con" 
Chap. XCIII. 
Larix . The Larch tree. 
larch tree groweth oftentimes as high asi either the Pine or Firre tree, but moft ufuaily lower, co¬ 
ll H ve d , wlth a ve / y thlcke barkc ’ ’ “ 5gcd aild fu l of clla PP e > 3nd teddifh on theinfide, the branches grow 
|g|jg|one above another in a comely order having divers fmall yellowifli knobs or bunches (et at feverall 
diftances, from whence doe yearely flioote forrh many (mail thicke long and narrow, loft and lmooth 
greenc leaves, _ as it were in a tuft together,like the former Cedar, bat fliorter, f mailer and blunter ooir ted thin 
lEl.S'f “f*’'"!' 1 ?' w l'*,bdoeivj[abi,)e,ny w in,e,a,,hcydoe hi,i fall away as other nws 
Till! Ollrl daa I J3-« kl t. hemn e-.t _If — f... r 
full and deleRable, being of an excellent fine criinfon 
colour, and very fweete,which afterwards turne into 
fmail foft cones, like unto Cypreffc nuts while they are 
dole,but longer then they, made of many fine and thin 
frnallfcales, one lying upon another, (landing on a 
fhortllalke, having (mall (cede on the infide of every 
fcale, formed like a final! Bird, with two wings, and 
a fmall (wecrekernell within them like the Pme ker¬ 
nel!: the wood is very firme,hard. and clo!e ; long in 
grow ng and long lading, andmaketh the bell coales 
for all Smiths worke, and for Miners to melt the Ore 
of lnettall, aboveany other wood rohold fire longed 
cndllrongeft, although Pltny faith, lit.i 6 .C io. thatic 
burnethno other,wile then a done, nor maketh any 
tea es, which how it can bee, that a Roffinoes tree 
fiiould not burnt any may judge: it yeeldcth forth a 
liquid Rodin beingbored.very cleare and white,which 
we call Venice Turpintine: rhtr s is alfo found upon tf e 
bodies, and greater boughes hereof, a kindcofhard 
end dry Mufiirome, called Agarie\e, whereof I have 
fpoken with the Turpintineof this tree, in the fecond 
Cl.dIi> 3 lthis,Rebke,which is of purginp Plants. 
The Thee and Time. ° 
Irgrowethnotinall Greece, for neither Tdiofcoridei 
nor Theophrcflne, hath made any mention thereof, but 
moft plentifully in the Woods by Trent, and in all that 
tiaff betweene Germany, and Italy, and many other 
places of Germany, it fhooteth forth as is faidyoung 
leaves every Spring, with the bloffomes prelcntly af¬ 
ter,and ripeneth the fruite before Winter. 
The Names. i 
It is called in Greeke Aciti?, and the Turpintine/Ww 
Kaesrlr,,, in latine alfo Larix, and the liauid Roflin 
Refins Larkea, or Lariynx, or Teicfsinchina Veneris, 
Pliny faulted many rimes in miftaking the ernes Pic/aot 
Theephrajlus for this, applying thole things to the L“ 
Larix. The Larch tree. 
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