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Show -_ yo30 Ci ar.30, Theatrum Botantcum. de. a made thing of Amber and Linfeedeoyle:: for faith hee the name ervix is apply tothisgum, for Vernixis yellow Amber as it-commethfrom tived from the Germane word Vernften or Berniften, which is with them the thatas that fo this being kindled the place whereit is gotten, and tooke the name from the propertie therein, a certaine liquor that Painters, Joyners will burne like'a Candle or Torch : Vernix liquida, in Englhfh Varnifoeis painted Iron workes,to keepe polifhed their upon Smithes d workes,an their upon Jay to ufe and others doe gummeof the Juniper tree this of made is ule their for whereof thebeft fading, from longer the colours their and of Linfeede oyle: P/zy in his eleventh Booke and feventh Chapter mentioneth another Sandaracha which worke, and is called Erithace(as Ariftorle is found in Bee-hives} being their foode whereon they live while they of the maketh two forts doth ) and (érinthus,but by divers others learned men Uernix and Vernilago, Bauhinns the other Iuniperus vulgaris arbor when ordinary Iuniper tree, the one he calleth laniperss vulgaris fraticofa, in a hotter as Clee/fns (heweththat there is no otherdifference betweene them,then the largeneffe of the growing in fome places and tall crees in climate,in the like manner as the Turpentine and the Storax trees, like fhrubbes others. fhe fecond Clufins calleth Iuxiperus Alp'na and Gefner in hortis lnniperus minima : the third is called by major, Lobel in his Obfervations and Jcones, leniperus maximus Ilyricus cerulea bacca, by Lugdunenfis Inniperns and by Tabermontants Luniperus major Illyrica : the laft as 1 faid is called Cedarby all our Englifh inhabiting in the ion, Bernsuda, exe, & with us fromthem who never {canned it fafficiently,nor knew togive it the truc denominat ore I have prefumed thusto tor all the (ortsof Cedar doe muchdiffer in (undryparticulars from this, andtheref and the other Arabians Arornas intitle it untill {ome other can give ita truerepithite, Serapio calleth it Habhagar, WeckbolArchenas the Italians Ginepre, the Spaniards Enebro, the French Geneve and Genenricr, the Germanes dev baum,and the berries Weckbolder beer und Kramerbeer, of Blacke birds whoarecalled in the Germane tongue Kramer vogell becauie they teede upon the berries all the Winterlong, the Dutch Genever boom, and wee in The Vertues, Englifo the Iunipretree, No man faith Tragus can eafily fet downeall the Vertues of the Inniper tree,preferring the berries before Pepthe berries per :the Luniper it {elfe both leaves and wood as Galenfaith are hot and dry in the third degree : but and dry althoughthey be in the fame degree of heare, yet are butin the firft degree of drineffe : the gummeis hot berries, the of or in the firft degree: The leaves and young tender branches ofthe Iunipererce,or the juice af them or the berries themfelvestakenin wine, are very cffeCuall againft the biting ofa Viper or Adder, as alfo againft is made of the Plague or Peftilence or any other infeétion or poyfon, the Germanes ufe it much, fortheir Treakle the condenfatejuice of the berries, which they commend in all difeafes almoft, both for inward and outward remedies : the fame alfo is profitable again{t the Strangury and {topping of the Vrine, and fo powerfull againft the Dropfie, that as AZatthiolxs faith hee hath knowne divers to avoyd fo much water by Vrine.by taking foure or five ounces at a time of the Lye madeof Juniper afhes,that they have beene holpen thereby; it doth alfo provoke womens courfes being ftayed, and doth helpethe rifing.and other paines of the mother : the berries are goodfor the ftomacke and to diffolve the {wellings and windinefle thereof : and are likewife profitable for the cough and fhortnefle of breath, and other difeafes of the Cheft and Lungs and to eafe the griping paines and tormentsin eafiedelithe belly, they arealfo prevailent to helpe Ruptures,Convalfions and Crampes: to procure a fafe andfeven Bayand very unto womenwith child,. for which purpole Matthiolus advifeth to take feven Juniper, into the d them puc groflelybruife berties, haifea drammeof (affialignea, and adram of Cinamon, thefe being to care belly of a Turtle Dave to be rotted therewith, letitbe balted with the farotan Hen, whereof they are everyother evening : The {crapingsof the woodfaith Diofcorides being eaten doth kill men, v hich claufe borh Mutthioly, and Tragas before him finde much fault with, {ecing it is contrary to the former part of the Text and thruft chereinto by others, for as hefaith neitherthe belt copies have it therein, neither doe Galen, Paulus Agi neta nor Serapio who wrote wholly after Dis/corides his Text word for word make any {uch mention of the properties of the wood, and more faich he it is found faife by tryall made thereof : but Scaliger in his 15. Booke and 18. exercife, maintaineth the Text of Diofcorides, Be —— narA CEE Te l. £93 ap,3P CuA = H The Theater of Plants, or bes ;puftules ‘ en in that although the decofion of the wood is wholefome, yet the {craping or courfe powder bythe drineffe thereoftticking to the guts doth fuffocate, in the fame manher asColecynthis which to bee rightly prepared muttbee beaten andfinely fifced leaft ircleave tothe fight, bowells andblilter them s the berries are very comfortable to the braineand {trengthen the memory and and all the fenfes and the heart alfo : being eyther drunke in wine or the decoction of them in wine taken: the fame alfo is good again{t a quartane, and diffolveth the windein the belly and in generall is’ effectuall for all dirwo or three times {ea(es as Well outward as inward proceedingof any cold caufe, ifthey fhall take of the berries a weekethree or foure atatime in wine, which mutt bee gathered in thefit time of the ripenefie, meyftned with and after fairely dryed upon a cloth: the Salt made of the afhes of the Tuniper wood is a Gingular remedy for the Scurvey, the putrefied and fpongy gums, and generally refittingall putrefaction : The Chymicall oyle drawne from the berries whilethey are greene is as effeCtuall if not more to all the purpofes aforefaid : there is anoyle alfo drawne out of the Iuniper woodper de/cen/um as they call it, whichis ve- ry good againft the toothach and for the Goute, Sciatica and refolution of the Nerves or Sinewes comming ofcold. ‘The gumineof Iuniper isufed like as Amber isto (tay cold rheumatickediftillations defluxions and Catarrhes uponthe eyes or Lungs, &c. the fumes thereof upon the burning on coales being taken into a cappe (the head alfo holdenin the meane time over the faid fumes) at nightand to lie covered therewith : or the powder thereof with other things fit for the purpofe, {trewed upon Flax and tobe quilted inro a cappe to bee worne in the night chiefely,and in the day alfo r as nee de (hall require : the {aid gumme in powdet taken in wine doth flay vomitings, inward bleedings and (pitting of blood, womens courfesal{o, and all other the fuxes of the belly, andof the hemorrhoidesor piles: the {amealfa killeth the wormes in children, and mixed with fome oyle of Rofes a nd Myrtles healeth the chappes of the fundiment,kibes alfo and chilblanes on the hands andfeer: the pow- der of the gumme mixed withthe white of an Egge, and.applyed to the forehead ftayeth the bleeding at the nofe : the fame alfo burned upon quicke coales, and the fumes thereof taken thorough a funnell upon an aking tooth raketh away the paine: it is effectuall in moift Vicersand Fiftulaes, and weeping running fores, to dry up the moifture in them which hindereth their cure : the liquid Varnifhis an efpeciall remedy againtt {caldines with water or burnings with fire, and tohelpe the painefull and bleeding Piles, and Palfie, Crampes, Convulfions of the Nerves and Sinewes: The {moake of luniper wood being burned, befides thatit yeeldeth a good fent to perfume any houfe, it is of good ufe in the time of infection, and driveth away all noyfome Serpents. Flies, Wallpes; doth cureall itches, : {cab t inwee terhed therewith The Germanes Treakle wood or barke: made Woybe bat of frefh but ripe buplpcr aripai roaLye wnra(pes,8cc. the afhes of the anda Beps quantitie you willweil bosleds pee Bsiesg ef ne pilelaeoerted inthe skinne, “yeable uantitie of water untill chey bee {ona nyfo me of Iuniper berries is ma againe in a glafed earthen vefiell and SiepYe ma wc getin them and boyle them in Fie oe fet . the fire fe ofan E cs ly untill in become of the thicknef ina prefle with pulpe and liquor ” ing, and oat ig Gen seg whereot a fmall quantitic taken morn — — it If of ring e, ftir diti humi the wee es, wig pcan es e in the Reines oF Kidney e sa c (ton e Fli hti e wit e ed seed oe i oh gs of their courles, is good againft ee a pin ae ; and ae Rop e of the breaft, the cough, the crudit o v heart and the : eth neff y end ight def nd ftra a the aod winde, ui us ifeafes, f for i it p' referyyeth thar ctio d other infe ior difeafe: feat att che Plag ee Fa e and other enetics againtt the, s and pref againtt fwownings and fain — and , ome umes into the cyes ven and n ctio infe es, e ndier E efle, for ilaone OJau e Dropli ori e, againft frenfie alfo and madn ch of the gums mouth ‘ - i be ften ak re aan | not: it fe deafeneffe in hearing, and brie in Impoftumes.: 18 © ee and Goute, healeth inward Ife all difeafes. This one thing hitin health andfree from the {hadow ofthe Iuniper tree soft d vi ke that gee, his tenth Eclo gut viral ait vaealiin cantantibus umbray amns,folet effe gravis umbre. neeae Surq is umbranacent e& frugious aniperi grav a ——— ee Cuar. XXX. ar. The prickly or {mall Ced lyy f ornes nor prick neith r hath thorn c i i it neithe , intha Cedar great hich pricklyt 23 they follow. the are of e {peak tpe thi to in this place ; Doe notini tend in lefferforts whic ae s aman leaves,but of fome of the lower and above not much yparke, nfuall bra hes moft the branc hai upon ae dih no the uponr. ieee s to saurees barke, laceae fomepr veddifh e eth in forth SS; -prowse bigge 4 a e ee forth AS d tres rugge » i or ed digg witha {cabb ong pri ng covered veeandd bendi oarsis he eens thofe of Iuniper but : bending as e height, whofe body is crooked u round into h ture ries ie I yellow flowersA whic asger then , Tunip ‘ ripe, lasg ugh longand narrow, (hare a yed ee growpart colour when they are thoro CiPhan Cal f anette llent retce moft Be va en excell fil firft and yellowithafter, but ofan Oxycedrus minor, 1» Oxycedrus. Theprickly Cedars Cyprefie-like Cedar. |