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Show 1376 Ofche Hiftorie of Plants, Ling . Te 5 . = a. Theberries B or fruit of the low Cedar haue the faculties not fo ftrong, ficth, infomuchas that they may alfobe eaten , yet if they be taken tooas the fame Authortet plentifully ? they cane . . . head-ache, andbreed heate and gnawingsin the ftomacke. Yer thereis a difference between thee two Cedarberries ; forthe crimfon ones are nor fo hot and dry,by reafon they are fiveeterand pley fanteér Ofthe Hiftory of Plans. B77 | L18.3. aml + 3 Sabina bactate altera, Theleffer berry-bearing Sauin. to the tafte, and therefore they are better to be eaten, and do alfo yeeld vnto the body akind of nourifhment: butthe berries of that ofLycia are biting,hotter and drieralfo than thofe of luni per, from which theyd iffer efpecially inthe biting qualitie , they bring no nourifhmentatalland eg aman cate neuer fo few of themhe fhall feele gnawingsin his ftomacke, and paine inis head. The Peafants do feed thereon ratherto fatisfie their huuger, than for any delight they hauesin thetafte, or the phyficall vertues thereof; albeit they be good againft the ftrangurie,and vrine. 2 The other Sauin isan high tree,as Be//oniws faith,as tall as the Almond tree,and much like to the tame Cypreffe tree : the bodie is writhed,thicke,and fometimes of fo great a compafle as that it cannot be fathomed ; the fubftance of the woodis red within, asis that ofthe Iuniper, and of the prickely Cedar: the barke is not very thicke,andit is ofa yellowifh red ; the leauies are of a maruellous gallant greene colour,like to thofe of the Cypres tree, yet thicker or motein number ; in taftebirter, ofa {picie fmell, and like Rofin : the boughes prouole are broader, and thicke fet as it were with wings, like thofe of the Pitch tree and of the Yew, tree; on which grow a great number of ee Cuarsso. OfSauin. berries, very round like thofe of the little Ce- dars;whichatthe firft are green,but when they beripe they areof a blackith blew. Out of the root hereof iffueth oftentimesa rofia , which being hardis.like to that of the Iunipertree, and dothalfo crumblein the chewing. 3 There isanother,whichdiffers from the laft defcribed onely in that the leaues are © The Kindes. Here be two kindes of Sauin ; one like in leafe to Tamariske, the other to the Cyprefle tree; whereofthe one bearethberries,the otheris barren, x Sabina fterilis. Barren Sauin. 2 Sabina baccifera. Sauin bearing berries, f{maller andleffe pricking than thofe of the former, as alfo the branches leffer : Lobel cal& this Savina baccataaltera, + f gG The Place. Both ofthem growvpon hills inwoods,and in otherlike vntoiled places,as in Candy,Myfia,and elfewhere. P .Belonins reporteth that he found them both vpon the tops of the mountaines Taurus, Amanus,and Olympus. : Thefirft is planted in our Englith gardens almoft euery where : the fecondis planted both by teed and by the flip : the flips muft be fet ina groundthat is meanly moift and fhadowie, vill thy haue taken root: the {hrubs which grow of thefe decline toward the one fide, retaining ftill thenature ofthe bough : but that Sauin whichis planted by the feed groweth more vpright ; this incontinuance of time bringeth forth feeds, and the other for the moft part remaines barren: both tele stowin my garden; q The Time. oa i 5 They both continue alwaies greene : the oneis found to be lodenwithripe frait commonly in Winter, but it hathfruitat all times ; forbefore the old berries fall, new are come vp. i q] The Names. Sauine is called in Greeke ae, or 3% : in Latine, Sabina. 2 eo Thefirft is commonly called in the Apothecaries fhops by thename Sauina : ofdiuers, Sanime“the Italians and Spaniards keepe the Laine name: itis called inhigh-Dutch, Sibers Dau¢ in lov-Dutch, Sauel boom: in French, Sawenier : in Englith, common Sauine, or garden Sauine. Ome namie the other Cupre(fus Cretica, or Cypres of Gandy,as Pliny faith,/ib. 12.¢ap.t7.making Mention of a tree called Bruta : (ome thereare that take this to be altera Sabina, or the fecond Satin, andto be read Bruta for se, Bratha, byaltering of the vowels.For itis deferibed by Plait? “).17. tobe like the Cy prefle tree, in thefe words ; They {eeke in the mountaine Elimei re tree Brita, being like to the broad Cyprestree, hauing white boughes, yeelding afiveer fmell when it Seton fire. whereofmentionis madewith a miracle, in the ftories of Claudius Cafar, Itis tepor- ted that the Parthians do vie the leaues in drinks ; that the {mell is very like tothar of the Cypres tee, and that the fmokethereofis a remedie a ue nog It groweth beyondPafitigris, q The Defiription. I Hefirft Sauin,which is the common kind,and beft ofall knowne in thiscountry. eth inmanner ofa low fhrub ortree : the ftem or trunke whereofis fomtimes 4s mans arme,diuidingit felfe into many branchesfetfull of {mall leaues like vnto Cypres, or 1amatiske,but thicker, and more fharpe or prickely, remaining greene Winter and Sommet, jo fmeb tanke or veryftrong,barren bothoffloures and fruit. - "ete vnto the towne Sittaca,on mount Zagrus. Thus far Play. : 3 he ne are defcribed by Strabo inthe countrey ofthe ee ae the - Nountaine’Sacrus aboue the Babylonians;by Ptolomaus notfar from the Perfian gu f t on he Shatd tofay that Bruta is Sabina altera,or the fecond Sauine,feeing that ee ae oe Place may vndoubtedlycaufea difference, and thatit isnot largely but pigs ; wes pie oe 2ya is Sauine :but yet totalmuch as by Theophraftus is more. like vnto Thyamentioned phthat ke? = 2 ittle itis alfo verie “eit fruit to the Cypres tree, > andnot to thefruit orberries -c.. 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