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Theatrum Botanicum. fae a = A ee Maffilienfi t the Oxycedrus or Cedrus Lycia of Belm prima Lugdunenfis denieth that Brata arbor Pliny can be Thxya according to Lobel, and the Sabina major Mon|peli= lonizs, ox Cedrus Phenicea altera of Pliny and Theophraftus reporteth the wonderfull fuperftitions uted in Tragus Chapter. thircieth the {hewedin be l whichfhal enfiusm, tree on Palme Sunday, to be conjured or haland before his time in his countrey,about the branchesofthe Savine ic drive away divells, and to keepe thofe houfes that havethe to l powerful then and Priefts, the by fay they lowedas touched the Croffe or came neareft thereunto while inthem fafe from lightning, and that thofe leaves that branch them ( more then the reft ofthe fame Prieft was in allowing it, (hould preferve them that fhall weare dant, and from the {hares ofthe divell, and from the that did nottouch the Crofie) from charmes or witchcraf trufting in God to truft gers ofthe edges and points of {words and weapons; thus to draw their mindes from es ts. Tribe 9. ~~ Theaterof Plan e x. Juniperus wiilgaris fou minor The commonLunipsr tree. 3. Tuniperis maxima 1lyrica, The great Sclayorian Juniper. us much blameth Belloninus that libro de conifer is arbon unto thefe conjured fuperftitious devifesofmen. A4Zatthiol among the tree,which he found on the mountaines Ta#rus, Aimanys and Olympus ribus placed,the great Juniper Inniperi be not to be accounted a Ro/fie as well as refiniferous trees,but I would faine know if the Vermix or Gum be blamed as he faith alfo, for making the faid IuMaftiche whichis fo accountedofall : but he is much more to us, Camerarius and others, Sabina niper tree to be the Brata arbor Plini), The firlt is Sabina baccifera of Afatrbiol otheris called Sabina esand Lugdunenfis, the alteraby Dodonew, Sabina Cupreffofemilis by Cordys upon Diofcorid by Ta. alterajcon by Dodonews, and Sabina femina major alterabaccata by, Lobel and Lugdunenfis, Sabine alterius and Spaniards Sabina,the French Savinier,the bermontanys. The Arabians call it Abbel but not Alharur,the Italians ee. m,and Wwe in Englifb The Savinetr Germaucs Sevembanm and Sibenbanm, the Dutch Savelboo The Vertues, the {trong drying and heating Saving faith Galen is hot and dryin the third degree, and ofvery thin parts, by by reafon of the great acr:mony therein qualities it {uffereth no confolidating or glewing propertic to be in it,but ions as powerfully as the putrefaCt it digefteth the more,and hath lefie bitternes thenis in the Cypreffe: it refifteth fome Honyand apif they be of long continuance, and noteafie to be holpen,for mixed with ,€ Cypreffe {pecially e.It breaketh alfo or diffolveth Carbuncles and plied, it clenfeth the filth of Vicers,and taketh awaytheir biackneff of Niter and two ounces of Plague fores : Matthiolus faith thar a dram in powder mixed with three ounces n thereof drunke doth provoke the courHony doth wonderfully helpe thofe that are fhort winded: the decoétio the fame outwardly applyed, or the + fes, and draweth forth the birth and fecondine, and deftroyeth theliving n taken expelleth blood by Vrine,& fames thereof taken underneath worketh to the fame effect:the faid decoctio to ule it outwardly and to apply is profitable for the Kings Evil: it killeth the wormes in children, butitis fafer of the leaves of Savine mixed with powder it to the Navell,or to annoint the belly with the oyle ofSavine. The heads of children, which have fcabbes or Creame, or the greene leavesboyled in Creame and annointed on the Anthonies fire: the fretleaves running ores or dryfores,clenfeththem throughly and healeth them,as alfo Saint h them :the powder of bruifed and layd upon running and fretting Cankers and the like, killeth and deftroyet that rife on the yard by inortheleavesuied with fome other things, or ftrewed upon doth helpethofe blifters water thereof is findinate luxury,after they have beene bathed with the decoction of the leaves. The diftilled and helpeth thofe thathave gular goodto clenfe the skinne from {pots or markes therein, and other deformities, the pippe, andis effectual a giddineffe in their braine :the fmoake thereofburned cureth Hens that have gotten ofdanger. for the Bottes in Horlesor cattell to give it intheir drinke: burit muft bee warily given for feare CuaY. XXX. Juniperus, The Tuniper Tree. whereof I meane to entreat ATE Here are two orthree forts of Iuniper Trees fone greater othersleffer, inchis Chapter and fhewyoutheir varieties. Tree. Juniper I, Innipervs vulgarisfen minor, The common in others, even The common Tuniper Tree (in fome places growethnothing fo high as they doe and Spaine as in Italy in our owne Land as well as in Germany, but of an exceeding great length for houfes thereof) rifeth up with Meatthiolus and Clufius fay, fo that they doe there make Rafters and Beames falleth away, the wood underneath aflemimeor ftocke covered witha reddifh barke which often cleaveth and temple at Ephefus had the Beames being fomewhat yellow hard and very durable( foras Pliny faith that Dianaes burned, the coales that are made of and Rafters theteof for the.more durabilitie and very {we-t when it is whole yeare as itis reported) the wood being burned and covered with its owneafhes, keepe fire in thema greencleaves,three for the from whencefpread divers branches{et with very {mall and long narrow blewifh e blooming is to be moft part alwayes together whichare almoft like unto thornes, but not fo hard or pricking:th yeare, after which come {mall be perceived likea little yellow duft falling round about in the Spring of the will beblacke whichthen forth, greene berries,notripeningfully untill the fecond yeare after their firlt comming fort is round and with aneye of blew thereon eafely wiped away with touching, asitis ina ripe Damfon, (fome withall) fo that there will bee of the bigneffé of a Peppercorne, others asgreat as Slocs, and fome a little long {mali hard feedesthe root is alwayes upon thebeating trees both gt. éne and ripe berries,wherein are contained greene, and in the hotter countries of fomewhat reddifh and {preadeth many branches this doth alwayes abide {mall peeces, fomewhatlike unto MaFrance,Spaine,Italy,é-c.. doth yeeld a certaine hard. and dry gumme in Mafticke whenit fticke and whitith whileit is frefh and growing yellowithby age, notcleaving together like by. Steril. js chewed but going to powder, andis of much ofe as you fhall heare byand There is another fort of this threads for flowers, withTuniper growing in fundryparts of this kingdome which bringeth onely yellowifh out any berries fucceeding. 2, Tnniperus Alpinae The low or mountaine Tuniper. ( the ground, having This lowTuniper feldomerifech tobe two foote high, but groweth low {preading neare to breake: on fhort and thicke armes and branches asthe former, which yet are plyant and cafie to bendbut'not muchprickfo thefe branches growthelike three leaves together, >but they are fhorter broader thicker'and not ing ing underneath but gréene above: the fruit orberries ing or fharpe as they, and of the fame blewith greene colour and iweetith tafte at the firft but bitcer afterwardo fent fweer a longer,of little a but other likethe arealtogether bs : other. the t like and unpleafan : niper, 3. Luniperus maxiraa Ilyrica, ‘The great SclavonianYu and harder more like unto greater are aves whofele tree; great a of This great Iuniper Tree rifeth to the height the bigneffe ofan Hafle nut infome | laces and thornes then the other zthe berries likewife are muchlarger, ofmore blew whenitis ripe then the other whichis sf anOlivein others fomewhat long with the roundneffe,and thereon. mely abidethfir not wiped away,but 4. Taniperus major Americana, Weft Indian Cedar ot Tuniper. very great in the Bermuda and Virginia, oc, call Cedar groweth This tree whichthey of our Exgli@ colonies long,and halfea yard broad brought fromthe Sommer and high (for I have feene boards ofabove twentie foote the eslike thofe of the greater Inniper growing thereon: Hands) fairely fpread with branches,and{mall-fhortleav the wood ismore red andof a : ries Iuniperber ordinary our then er muchbigg not blewith berries are {mall and F fironger {ent both burnt and unburnt then our ordinaryIuniper. The Place, yotherplaces in the Land: the fecond groweth onthe The firft groweth efpécially in Woods in Kent and-fundr ” : the third groweth on mount F4ur#s In Syriea faith Rockes and ftonyplaces of the Alpes as Clafius a faith, and as idme fay alfo as Anguilar faith, andneare the Sea fhore of che Venetian Gulph ‘and Ilyrium Provence of France : the laft as is faid in the We/? Indies in fundry places. The Time, as I faid the berries are not , In AZay the duftie Mowers cover the groundbeing blowne fromthe branches and e bufhes two Sommers‘and a Winter. The Names. putant quod Sc, Arceuthis and Arceuthos, in Latine Ivniperns fic diétum It is called inGreekez fere arborum fatus [40s in bienniumpro LIanioves & novellas frutius partat anti is marce(fentibus : folam enim ng the ¢ rides arta others doe make two forts or kinds, agreaterand a leffer, concerni h, the berries rfic among many of our moderne writers,aboutthe text whichfait . which Afarcellas and Ruellias thinke is miftaken, and fhould be «44S as great asa Be bigneffe of a Wallnut : but out ‘of Greece fome have witn ver anyberry feene ofhalfethe are called in G iper berries of the bignefle of a Beane or Hafell nut almoft. The berries acce Inniperi or Grana juniperi: The gumme that runneth from th Sand. lernix: ot Vernia quaf veris ros iffaing forth in the Spring, as alfo 0 . thing, “even Au but not Grecorwm,for their Sandaracha although alike in name yet is quite another s faith that it wile called Cinabrinm minerale : the Latines call it as I {aid Vernix but Cornarin THOTHI; © TECe |