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Show 1I9E below fharpe anidprickly leaues and aboue thicke and blunt ones » as that pe leatnedHerb it Clufias hath moft diligently obferued:the fruiteor berrie heerof is round like thar ofluni er of colour yellow whenitis ripe,inclining to aredsin taftefomwhat bitter,but fweete offmell; Pets L Oxytedres Phanicia. 2 Oxycedrus Lycia, Rough Cedarof Lycia, Crimfonor prickly Gedar. \ CLEAP é VR ya \\W gainft chat with which children arenow and then extremely troubled, called the Chin congh,in whichtheyvicto raifé vp raw ,tongh and clammie humors, that haue manytimesblood mixed with them, Diuers in Bohemia do takein ftead of otherdrinke, the water wherein thefe berries hae beene fteeped wholive ittwoonderfull good health. Thisis alfo drunkeaga ftilent fevers, anditis not vnpleafant inthe drinking: whenthe firft water is almoft fpent,the veflell is againe filled vp withfrefh, ¢ leaues andwooddriueth awayferpents,andall infeGtion and corruption ofthe ne plague, orfuch like contagious difeafes: the iuice of the leauesis laideon ! sainft the bitings of the viper. fthe burned barke, being applied with water, taketh away{curffe andfilth of the roode being inwardlytaken,is pernicious and déadly, as Dioféorides vulgat I the true rfmoke ofthe gum 1 copies veterly denyit,neither do anyof the old writers affirmeit. doth ftay flegmatike humours that diftill outof the head, and sum concoéteth rawe andflegmatike humours that fticke in the ftomack ardly taken,andalfo drunke, 5 belly, it ftaieth the menfes,and hemorthoides:it is commended ieth hollow vicers,and fillech themwith flefh,ifit be cafttheron: ;,it healeth chops in the hands andfeete. p spRieg) of this & ofoile of Linefeed mixed togither,aliquorcalled Vernifh, which isvi pictures, andpaintedtables with, and to makeironglifter, & to defendic from then. Of the prickly Cedar, or Cedar Funiper. Chap.54. haps % The kindes. e He prickly Cedartrecis like to Iuniper , andis called the {mall orlittl ¢ Cedar, for differenc fromthe great andtall Cedar, which bringeth Cones; and ofthis there are two kinds,as Tae" :,that is to fayjone of Lycia,and another crimfon. % Thedeftription. hod fon or prickly Cedar, {eemeth tobe yery like to the Iuniper eyhanceoel vhich are writhedknottie,and parted into very many wings:the iu" one with and {weete offinell likethat of the Cypres ; the tee 1s CoN fharpet benattowand fharpé pointed, harder thenthofe of Iunipet 0b and ftanding thinner vponthe branches : the fruit or berries foment s Theophraftus faith ofthe bignes of Myrtle berries, and DTae met dith yellowor ctimfon colour, {weete of fmell, and fo pleafantin tafte, as euen ECS nowand then doeate ofthe fame with bread: ; to gba haning lik 2 The other fowe Cedar whichgrowethin Lycia, is notfo high as the Ona ay - wtithed body as big asa mansarme, full of boughes; the barke is rough, yf mewh and red w theléavies ftandthickerlike ac the firft to thofe of Iuniper,buryeron ter,andin the thirde orfourth yeere thicker,long,and rounde withall, comming "° ereto theleal ; i 3 imei Tbe places : i prickly Cedar with the crimfon colour,comnieth yphigherand greater in certaine places of tly, Spaine, and Afia, and in other countries ; forthat which groweth on mount Gartganus in piliais much higher, and broader then thofethat gtowelfewhere,and bringeth foorth greater Mies,ofthe bignes ofan Hafell Nut,atid fweeter,astharmoftdiligent writer Beloaéw xeportethy "Clyius fheweth thatthe prickly Cedar and theIuniper tree beoffogreat a growthin divers plaSofSpaine whichhe hath obferued;as that the body of themis.as thicke as aman, RiBitofeLycian Cedar.is found in Prouence ofFrance;pot farre ftom Mafiliayand groweth ina grea Greece jin Illyricum and Epirum, Bothofthen.«: 2 oe The time, ematealwaies greene,and in winter alfofull Lofof fruitesbyreafon that they continually bite Bfoorth berties,as when theolddo falliew comein their places hefpting growe vp newe 5intam : u pe buds ripe the fecond yeere,», asdo the berries, of ae ginningsiof berries ;in: Autumne they waxe % The names. +. 102. hoe diff , 4: we Ced or difference h They atecalled in Latine Adinores, and Humrles Cedi, little-and lowe Cedars , fo “OM "e the talland great Cedarwhich 5 : beareth Coness) 7 nd Cedrus Punieatin boli pnt is named in Greekesdeeeleors and Kidere oommnd: in Latin Oxyeedrasand Ces ite i es 2 wPinPrickly Cedar,and Crimfon Cedar: Pésmiefurnamet . hit ¢Aenicea,ofthe crimion colour o Hbhh 2 ha : Sepetsee PLANTS, =e OF ofthe Cypres tree,or of the fecond Sauine,that is, blunt & notprick ing at all which being brufed baweenthe fingers doyeeld a verypleafant fnell:fo doth one & the felfe fame i be ad HISTORIE BOOKE OF THE % Thetemperature, ris hotand« nthe third degree, as Galenteacheth ; the berries atealfo hot taltogither fo drie: the gum is hot and dricin the firft degree,as the Arabians write, , %& The vertues. he fruit ofthe luniper tree doth clenfe theliuer and kidncies, as Galen teftifieth : iralfo maketh lamn i grofle humours :it is vied in ¢ ounterpoyfonsand other holfome medicines: he. gnawings in the ftomacke, and maketh the headhot; ofeth thet t prouoketh vrine, . 1, that this being drunkeis a remedie againft the infirmities of the chet, and poyfons, and thatthe fame is good for thofe that be troubledwith st J with the difeafe called the mother. ¥ moft ethat the decoction of thefeberries is fingular good againft an oldcough, and pao ieee THIRD |