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ther doth it rot not wax old, nor cleaueth or choppeth it felfe.The leaues are long,rounc_l like th<;Il: of Tamariske,but fuller offubflance. The fruit or nuts do hang vpon the boughes, being m_ In 0 net like ti; ithofe of the %ar§h trees bgrt YfC‘tfihtiI<:1lrel:-ar{1_d rgorg clplfe1yflc1o1:rrpaé’c : Wll§1Cl:llj)ee1C‘!l§)-Cthe of them e ues part in un er, an t en a e t e cc ,w 1c is a en out wit _ '. fame is fmall,fl_at,very thin,of a {wart ill fauoured colour, which is pleafant to Ants or Pifmlfflss and ferueth them for food. _ I {nib Of this diners make two kindes,the female and the male sthe female barren, and the male 16 6 full. 7‘/aeaJz219r.4jh.o.s' reporteth, that diuersalhrme the male to come of the female._ The CYP:uCl_ yeelds forth a certaine liquid Rofin,like in fub fiance to that of the Larch tree, but In taiie ma lous {harpe and biting. ‘ _ _ _ _. __ O the The wilde C yprefle, as Tl.2eapbr_zg/Em writcth, is an high tree, and alwares greens; fold‘-“than 3 other Cypreffe, as it feemeth to be the fame both in boughes-,body, leaues,tand frurt,ratl_1€r Yb :0 certaine wilde Cypreffc : the matter or fub fiance of the wood is found,of a fweet {mClI:llkC ‘ Z: to the Cedar tree, which rotteth not :there is nothing fo crifped as the root, and therefore the)’ V make precious and cofily workes thereof. _ hand, i I know no difference betweene the wilde and tame Cypreffe of our Author, but in £116 fomeneife of their grow th,which is helped fomelwhgt by art. 1: 1] Tie P Me. The tame and manured C yprefl"e groweth in hot countries,as in Candy,Lycia, Rhodesaaflda in the territory ofgyjrene : it is reportcid to like lilteyyife foungl on [file hills belonging top and on the hills ca er Lem, t rat is to 3-ya w rite, t e to sw ereo beawaies couere W Be/[swim denife thh be found v pcink thetfops tlrefelliills, inltheibofitoms an tlllrgroug M C 3 and 1-idcres o t e 1 15 : it rower 1 1 "CW1 e in ruers p aces o u an w ere it at ‘v 66“ _ d as at Sibn a place neere Lgndonjometimes a houfe ofNunnes : itggroweth alfo at Gl'€Cl'l€WlCha at other places,a~nd likewife at Hampfled in the garden of M‘ W4de,one ofrhe Clerkes of he! M flies priuie Councell; ' ' {the The wilde kinde of Cypreffe tree groweth hard by ulmmom Temple, and in other pa?“ 0 ed], "country of Cyrene vpon the tops ofmountaines,and in extreme cold countries. Be/Zorzim aflllm {ye that there is found a ccrtaine wilde Cypreffe alfo in Candy,which is not fo high as other Cl’? out trees,nor groweth lharpe toward the top, but is lower, and bath his boughes fpred Hat,rOU” 3 W: in compalle ; he faith the body thereof is alfo thickel: but whether this be ‘I l2ya,of which TM! flute and Pliny make mention,we leaue it to con filderation. . Q1‘ ‘I’ 26 Time. / _ ‘ The tame Cypres tree it alwaies greene 5 the fruit may be gathered thrice a yeare, m “Qua! May,and Septernber,and therefore it is fyrnamecl Trifem. The wildc C yptes tree is late, and very long before it buddeth, {I Tée Names. _ ,¢: 6 The tame Cypres is called in Greel<,xm‘em=:. or xm'rn?u= in Latine,C:4pre(fm :, in (hops: C7gf,£;h, in Italian, Cyprcflb : in French and Spanifh, Cipm .- in high Durcb,d£tpget1'enbaum:in1°W _<1CPlJ@8lTe boom : in Engli(h,Cypres and Cypres tree. “mi ‘ The fruit is named in Grecke,:¢«£;::a at‘: xx/wpmrx: in Latine,Pilul:,Cuprtfi’i, Nam Cuprgffia and dig 1“ “l°PSsNuce: Cygrtfi: in Englifh, Cypres nuts or clogs. This tree in times pafi W35, €n{ortu- to Plaza, and was {aid to bee deadly -, whereupon it is thought that the thadow thereof 15 V nate. . l The Wilde CYPres tree is called in Greeker 3“ 0’ 5""”‘“d 3v‘°v= from this doth differW“"b/if . flame 110* of 9 Plants but of a mortar in which dry things are beaten: T/Jya as Pliny write‘ ’ ifiic cap. 16. was well knowne to Homer: he fheweth that this is burned among the fweet fmel _51 wlame Circe was much delighted withall, whom hee would haue to be taken for a goddeffe, to their filly that call fweet and odoriferousfmellsg euen all of them, by that name 3 becaufe hee doth 6 P gee» malce m€11ti0n Wilhan in 09° V°"f€,0f Cedrua and Tbya: the copies haue falfly Lflrixr 0*’ La“: yy :23,» in which it is manifeli that he fpake onely of trees : the verfe is extant in the fifth booke Of 0 6 did where he mentioneth,that Merwrie by Izqzizm commandement went to Calypfm den,and I113‘ fmell the burnt trees Try: and Cedrm a great way off. ' became Tbeoplwzjfza attributeth great honor to this tree, {hewing that the roofs ofold Temple? W13-o famous by rcafon of that wood,and that the timber thereof,of which the rafters are madc *5 C _iiing,and it is not hurt there by rotting,cobwbeb,nor any other infirmitie or corruption « qr ‘I e T emperaturc. The fruit and leaues of the C 3: pres are dry ii; the third degree, and aflringent. W 9 ‘ 61} T c Vcrmcs. kg an _ he gypres nuts being flamped and drunlzen in wine, as Diafcorides writetb, 30? thew '§gi_~g_t_;d 1112:) and are good againfi the f pitting ofbloud and all other iflues of blond : 1‘h=Y

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They glue and heale vp great vlcers in hard bodies : they fafely and ‘without harme foke vp and

gfmfulne the bid and fecret moilture lying deepe and in the bottome of weake and moifl: infirmi- res,

The leaues and nuts are good to cure the rupture, to take away the Palyfza, being an excreicence C

gmwing in the nofe.

meale. Water,

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MThe (hauings ofthe wood laid among garments preferue them from the moths : the rofin killeth G or

hs:lltClC wotrnes,and magots.

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t__/{rear I’ifd§ T E L 'f , . PC Tree 0 1 Q ' ' " I-I etree of Life growes to the height of a 1" mal ' tr-ee,the barke being of a dark reddilh colour: 4, the timber very hard, the branches f preading .,«..- * V themfelues abroad , hafigmg d°WI1€ toward the

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-« 1,‘ ,;)r;.,,«,.»-.»- 1 ‘ ground by reafon of the weakeneffe of the twiggie “*‘."’ l H V ‘ ~ ' branches furcharged with very oileous and pondes mus leauegcafting, and fpreading the-mfclues like

the fcathflfs of a wing,rei"embl1ng thofe of the Sa.

nine [1-ee,bl.IlI thicker,b.roader,_and more ful of gum .

mic or oileous fubflance :wh1_ch being rubbed in

the bands do yeeld anAaromaticl<,l‘picie,or gummy

{$10013 VCYY Pifiafant and comfor_table:amongf.i the

lcaues come forth fmall yellowflh flours,which in

my garden fall away without any fruit : but as it

hath beene l'CpOtt€Cl by thO_f§ that haue feene the

fame,there followeth a fruit 111 hotRegions,rnuch

like vnco thefrurt of the Lypres tree, but fmaller,

compact of lll'.tlC and thrnne fcales clofelv pact one

vpon another, which my felfe haue not ye: feene,

The branches of this tree laid downe in the earth

will very eafilygtake root,eueu like the Woodbind

or fome fuch plant;which I haue often proued, and

thereby haue greatly multiplied thefe trees. T

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qr T be Place". _ . V This uée groweth notwne in England,but it groweth in my garden very p’lentrf'ully.r ‘ {I T be Time. s _ _ m It endmet}, thc cord ofour Northerne c1ymat,yct doth it loofe his gallant greencs in the winter “Eths : it floureth in my garden about May. ~

T590 br d Pl‘ fome thinke hauzfdllfitdflzthis fweet and aromaticall tree T 6m'zr,or Tkya; rome Céfll i:flC‘:5d:[r:a Lyzcg iatshe new writeis doe termc it Aréor w’r.e:in Englitlnthe TIC‘: 07 I-«ll€,1 do:

tmfianethat whereof mention is made,Gcrz.3.27--

B qr T/as Temperature.

» °‘l1 the leaues and boughes be hot and df)’ - . '1‘/Je Vertueia _ é 5 . (WM,

Qflgong the Plants of the Newffound Land.th1_S rice: Much “P /“'fl”” 2.:5’”“2 9? f. i;

Some do vfe the fame againiicarbuncles and eating fores, mixing them with parched Barley D The leaues of Cypres boyled in fwect wine or Mede,help the {trangury and difficulty of making E.

W? is reported that the {make of the leaues cloth driue away gnats,and that the clogs Joe to 1gte_ F