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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lis.3, Curar. 39. Of the Cedar tree. | The Kindes. Here be two Cedars, one great bearing Cones, the other fmall bearing berries like thofe of Tuniper. Cedrus Libani. The great Cedar tree of Libanus. | TheDefiription. He great Cedarisa very big and high tree, not onely exceedingall other te. a Of the Hiftory ef Plants, 1333 The Rofin hath no proper name,but it may be fyrnamedCedrina, or Cedar Rofin, The pitch whichis drawne out of this is properly called xiten : yet Pliny writeth,that alfthe 1iquorof the Torch Pine is named Cedrinm, Thebef, faith Dio{corides, is fat, thorow fhining, and ofaftrong {mell ; which being pouredout in drops vnitethit felfe together, and doth not remaine fevered. @ The Temperature and Vertues. : 2 Cedaris oftemperatute hot anddry, with fuch an exquifite tenuitic andfubtiltie of parts, that it feemeth to be hot and dry in the fourth degree, efpecially the Pitchor Rofin thereof, Theteiffueth out ofthis tree a Rofin like vnto that whichiffueth out of the Fir tree, very fweet in finell, ofa clammy or cleauing {ubftance, the which if you chew in your teeth itwill hardly be fruit like ynto it, but in-his’tallneffe and largeneffe farre furmounting all othertrees; thebodyor trunke theteofis commonly of a mighty bigneffe, infomuchas foure men gotten forth againe, it cleauethfo faft: at the firft it is liquid and white,but being driedin the fua itivaxeth hard : ifit be boiled inthefire gn excellentpitch is made thereof, called Cedar Pitch. The Aigyptians were wont to coffin and embalmetheir dead in Cedar, and with Cedar pitch, althoughthey vfed alfo other meanes, as Herodotus recordeth, : The condited or embalmed body they call in fhops -Mumia, but very vnfitly ; for Mumia among the Arabians is that which the Grecians call Piffaphalton, as appeareth by Avicen, cap. 474, anloutofSerapio, cap.3.93Oe 5 writeth : the barke of the lowerpart, which proceedethout ofthe garth,to the firlt yong preted Mumia according to his ownefancie, and notafter the fence on meaning ofhis Author Serap, faying that this cAtumiaisacompfition made of Aloes and Myrrh mingled togetherwith finous trees, and. thofe which beare are not able to fathomeit, as Theophraflus branches or fhoots,is roughand harhh s the Hethat interpretedand tranflated Serapio was the caufe of this error, who tranflated and inter- themoifture ofmans body. 5 ie : i ou reft which is among tlie boughes is fmooth and glib : the boughes growforth almot from the bortome, and notfare from the cleareth the fight, and clenféth them fromthe Hawand fromftripes, ground,euen to the very top, waxing by de. grees leffer and fhorter ftill as they grow withthe decoGtion of Hyflop, appeafeth the founding, ringing and hiffing of the ares. higher, the tree bearing the formeot thape of a Pyramide or fharpe pointed fieeple: thefe compafie the body round about inma- ner ofacircle,and are fo ardetly placed by degrees, as that a man may clymbe vp by them to the very top as. by a ladder the Jeaues be fall and roundlike thole of the Pinetree,but fhorter, and notfo fharp poi ted all the cones or clogsarefar fhortet and A “Lis. 3 thicker than thofe of the Firre tree,compat of foft, not hard feales, which hang not downewards, but ftand vpright vpon the boughes, whereuntoalfo they arefo ftrong: ly faftned, as they canhardly be plucked of Thegumof Cedaris good tobe putin medicinesfor the eyes, forbeing anointedtherewith it Ifitbe wathedor infufed in vineger, and applied vntothe teeth,it eafeth the tooth-ache. The Cedartrees grow vponthe fnowie mountaines, as in Syria vpon mount Libanus, © there remainefome euento this day, faith Belloniys, planted as is thought by Solomon210 they are likewife found on the mountaines Taurus and Amanus,in cold and ftonyplaces:the chants of the faoric ap Tripolis told me, that the Cedar tree growethvpon the declining 0" mountaine Libanus,neere vnro the Hermitage by the city Tripolis in Syria: they that dwel 2 2 tia vfe to make boats thereoffor want ofthe Pine tree. ~ : G The Time. as The Cedartree remaineth alwaics greene, as othertrees whichbearefuch manner of Fruit ? ; Ifitbe put into the hollowneffe of the teethit breaketh them,and appeafeththe extreme gricfe thereof, : : ; Itpreuailerh again{t 4ngina’s, and the inflammation of the Tonfils, if a Gargarifme be made thereof, ans Itisgoodto kill nits and lice andfuchlike vermine : it cureth the biting ofthe ferpent Cera/fes, deing layd on withfale. i. : ; Itisa remedie againft the poyfon of the fea Hare,if it be drunke withfiveetwine. . Itisgood alfo for Lepers : being put vp vnderneathit killeth all manner ofworms, and draweth forth the birth,as Diofcorides writeth. Cuar: 40. without breaking of fome part of the branches, as Belonius wsitcth : the timberis extreme batd, and rotteth not, nor waxethold : there is no wormes nor rottenneffe can hurt or take thehard matteror heart ofthis wood, whichis very odoriferous, and fomewhat red : Solomon King of the Tewes did therefore build Gods Temple in ferufalem of Cedarwood : the Gentiles were wont to make their Diuels or Images ofthis kinde of wood,that they might aft the longer. @ The Place. cs Cedar infufed in vineger and putinto the eares killeth the wormes therein, and being mingled Ofthe Piichtree. G] The Defcription. Tt Ie, the tree that droppeth Pitch,called Pitch tree,groweth vptobea es big Pp tree,remaining alwaies greene like the Pine tree : the timberof it is more red than that of the Pine or Firre : it is {et full of boughes not onely about the top, but muchlower; adalfobencath the middle pattof the body, which many times hang downe, bending toward the S'ud : the leaues be narroyyetiorlike thofe ofthe Pine tree, but fhorter and narrower, and Gente Pointed like them, yet are they blacker, and withall couer the yong andtender twigs in ae *cutcle, like thofe of the Firre tree ; but being many, and thicke fet, grow forthon all re Sn Hot onely one right againft another, as in the Yewtree: the fruit is fcaly,and like vato the Pine pple, but fimaller : the barke of thetree is fomewhat blacke, tough and Hexible, not brittle, as is fant of the Firre tree: vnder whichnext to the woodis gatheted a Rofin, which many times if- Neth forth, and is like tothatoftaeLarchtree, 2 : Ofthis fort (faith Clufias) thereis found another that neuer growes high,butremainetha timber ofithe’Cedartree, and the images and other workes madethereof, feemetofweat and! . varfith, andit carries certainclittle nugaments or catkins of the bignefle ofa fmall nut,compo- fas witneffeth, ied offcales lying one ypon another, but ending ina prickly leafe,whichin time opening mr cer forth moifture in moift and rainy weather, as do likewife al! that haue an oylie inyce,as 7 q The Names, f lith Fhis hugeand mighty tree is called in Grecke xe, : in Latine likewife Cedrus : in Engi dar, and Cedar tree; Pliay,lib.2 4. cap.5. namethit Cedrelate,as though he fhould fay,C Ses. Cedrina abies, Cedar Firre ; both that it may differ from the little Cedar,andalfo becaute it ® like tothe Firretree. laine emptie cauities or cels : from the tops of thefe fometimes growforth branches fet 1 a. #Y thortand pricking little leaues: all the fhrub hath fhorter and paler coloured leauest se € set : Tl obferued neither fruit nor floure on this neither know Iwhether itcarry any. Dalecham~ Hue feemes to haue knowne this, and tohaue calledit Pwus Tubulus or Tibuluss % XXKKK 2 h Gre |