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Show THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE 1186 % The time. HISTPORIE OF PLANTS ; fene.. The branches of this: tree laididowne inxhe The tame Cypres tree is alwaies greene, the fruite may be gathered thrife ayeeresin Tannatie ; Maie,and September, and therefore itis furnamed Trifera. ; The wilde Cipres tree ts late,and verylong before it buddeth, % The mames. Kuadecrfos: in LatineCupreffas: in fhopscys The tame Cypres tree is calledin Greeke Kummersors ,or inlowe pre(fiee:in Italian Cyprqfo: in French and Spanith Cépres :in high Dutch Cipgeffenbaums Dutch Cpp2efie boomin Englith Cypres,and Cypres tree, The fruite is named in Grecke eoaicne, vis wmnelece in Latine Pélule Cupre/, NucesCupreft, and Galbuli: in fhops DNswces Cyprefst: in Englifh Cypres Nuts » Clogs . This tree in times pattwas dedicated to Péuto, andwas faide tobe deadly, whereuponitis thought that the fhadowe thereof is ynfortunate. differ &'ebeing 4 The wilde Cyprestreeis calledin Grecke S«,or Sder ,andSvov: from this doth Pliny writeth inhis 13, namenot ofa plant,butofa mortar,in which dry things are beaten.7 hyaas is burned among the fireete this that fheweth he Homer; to knowne well was 16.chapter, booke to be takenfor agoddefle, to finels, which Circe was much delighted withall,whom he wouldhaue by thatnames bicaule he theirblame that call fiveete and odoriferous {mels, cuen all of them, falfely Lethe copies haue doth efpecially make mention withall in one verfe of Cedrus and Thya: trees. He he jplace ; Thiswée groweth nor wilde imEngland, bucie groweth in'my gardenivery:plentifiilly. we Thetime. Itendoreth the coldiof our Northrenclimat;p yer: dothitlofthis gallantigteenes in the wifter months: ifowethin'my garden about Mays se The names. Theophrastus and’ Plinéehaue calledthis. freete andaromaticall tree, Thuizsor Thya {ome callir ee. Waly: the new writers do terme sit 4rbor vites inEnglith the Tree of life, I do not meatie that whereofmention is made Gen. % The teimperatire, the verfeis extantin thefift rix,or Larchtree, in whichitis manifeftthat he fpake onely oftrees: to Cahpfas Both the leatres and boughes be hot and drie, Thya andCedras. den,and thathe did feeleagreat way offthefinell of the burnt trees the roofes ofold temples became Theophraftus actributeth great honorto this tree.fhewing that whichthe rafters.ate made, is cucte famous byreafon of that wood,and that the timber thereof, of infirmiti¢ or corruption, lafting,and is not hurt there byrotting,cobweb,nor anyother 2 The temperature. and aftringent. The fruite and leaues of Cypresaredry in the third degree ee The vertues. wine, as Diofcorides writeth , ftoppeth the The-Cypres Nutsbeing ftamped.and drunken with bloud,and all other iflues of bloud, of laske arid blondie fixe: itis good againft the fpiting they fafely and without harme foke vp and hardbodies, vicersin great vp heale Theyglueand bortome ofweakeand moift infirmities. Among the plants of the Newfound and, thts commandement went booke of Ody/és, where he mentioneth that Afercurée by Iupiters deepe & in the confumethe hidand fecret moifture lying rupture,to take awaythe Polypou,that is an excrelcence c~ The jeaues and nuts are good tocure the growing in thenofe. th parched Barley D themwi Somevie the fame againft carbuncles , and eating fores , mixing meale. wine,.or meade, FE Theleaues ofCypres boiled in fweete / ofmaking water. F G Ieisreported thatthe fmokeof the leanes doth drie away wife. Pairs doth helpe the ftrangurie and difiicultie bi gnats, and that the clogs do folie The fhanings of the woodlaid amongft garments, preferueth ‘ them from mothes, the Rofinki leth mothes,little wormes and magots. Ofthe Tree ofLife. Chap.43. $e The defeription. ereddifh colourt He tree of life growethto the height ofa finall tree, the barke being of adark lowne rowaral hanging d ie ous and the timber very hard, the branches {preading themfelues abroad, furcharged with wie ac cof branches, twiggie ofthe weaknes the of reafon ground by bes ponderous leanes,cafting and fpreading themfelues like the feathers ofa wings refemb ote very the Sauinetree,or ratherlike the Yew tree leaues, but thicker , and more full OEIe fubftanceswhich being rubbed in the hands do yeelde an gromaticke,fpicie,or gummie ia in ny ese the pleafant and comfortable : among the leaues come foorth {mall yellowith iene that 7tal thafe by reported beene hath asit but fruite; any without away fall garden pot ye fame,there followetha fruit in hot régions,muchlike vnto the fruit of theCiptes iat feene’ , which myfeli¢ compact of lictle and thinne {cales , clofely pact one vpon another WSrbor vite: Thetree of life, arth! will’very eafilic ‘take toote,;\eveh like the Woodbinde or fome fuch plant,whichDhaue dften prootted, and thereby hauegreatly multiplied théfe %& The vertues. tteewhich Theophraftus calleth Thuia or. Thus is themoft principall and beft agreeing voto the nae, twteof man asan excellent cordial; and of a very pleafant finell, Ofthe Yew tree. c fe 0bap.43. Taxus. The Yewtree. He Yewtreeis < alwaies greene, and hauinga bi ueredwith a fcabbed or rough { Cs the timber wherof is fom alfo with his branches, .1 gieciié colour, Jong and 1 wings, fet full of | {mall f é other; whereo than the leaues of R colour; orhetwife not muc! come; foorth-faire fhini Nhortle berries, full of a flimie fubftance {weete tafte. The Yew tree groweth in 9 & I ingued Macedonia andAreadia,in Italie of Englat growethlikewifein molt places te The time. and The dowerscome foorth inMarchor April, fe yee: . buds.: the beri¢ ftraight after them appecte nesy be ripe in Autumne, in. w hic hrime theyfall, & Thenames. This treeismamedby Diofcorides ibis bow ploraaft winas bucby Nicandér tina g by Theo ke of Couns Lh Galen GOLA allo. cal terpoyfons quings,: it x¢Alas if |
