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C H A P. 5 0ft/re Cedar ‘Tree, . t ;. .‘fb6’I(1'fid6’5§ ‘ a K’ fIu_ Ti'ierebe tWO.C€<:l&l'S’OllC great bearing cones,the other final! bearing berrieslilte thofc 0 ‘ fllpflfs

Cerlrm Liéani. ‘ll’ 75'“ 1_9"f‘?"ll’m"”* ' ibanus; V " i . 0 The “rat Cedar use OFL 1H5 great cedar is a very big 56 high “Si; ' _ not oiiely exceeding all other rC_fi“. \ / ,3 trees and thofe which beare f ‘ ’ ‘ i l ‘ vnto itgbut in his talnefle and largenelle 3' furmounting all other treesztlae body 0‘ "”.I:]_ thereof is commonly of a mighty big“ 69-: fornuch its four men are not able to fatl10m 16; as T/ieopbrzaflzw wrircth. The bark ofthfi IOW part which proceedeth out of the earth, man flrit young branches or fhoots , is rollgh - . harlh 5 the refi which is among the bollg 31. fmooth and glib : the boughes grow 0" molt from the bortom,and not farre fr0m ground, euen to the very to , waxing .1 , grees leffer 8: {hotter ftil as they gr0W hlhpy. the ‘tree bearing the forine and (‘nape Of 30 , ramide or iharpe pointed fleeple: theffl 5 Ci pall'e the bod y round about in manfif 0

cle,and are (0 orderly placed by d5‘g“’€5’yttop g

a man may cl ymbe vp by them to the V50“ as by a ladder : the leaues be linall 3“ r n like thofe oftlie Pine trce,but fl10fW's‘m 6 1'0 {harp pointed : all the cones or C105‘. {hotter and thicker thantlro Fe of the , cornpaét of (oft, not hard fcalcs, vvhlch ,5: not downewards ,, but {land vprighi VP ongly boiighes , W”l‘ICl’t';UD£O alfo they are ['0 b ‘With? fal‘rned,as they can hardly be pliickt off” My out breaking tonic part ofthe brancllcbc hard.

ionizer writeth. The timber is extreilm mat- V

and rorreth l’lOt,n0’i'W§1XCtl1 old SIITCTC is no wormes nor rottenrielie can hurt or take the ha‘ Icwes

r ter or heart oftliis wood, which is very odoriferous and {omivhat red. Saloman King Ofthe makc

didfht‘-refore build Gods Temple in Ierufalem of Cedar wood. The Gentiles were W09‘ their D iiiels or Images of this kinde of wood,that they might led the longer.

\ T be Flam. ' ll The C645? “C68 grow vpon the fnowy mqduntaines, as in Syria $,.""\'_',l1_’,)l"; r.2;1i;:iinr Lihani:-s5; 0? “lbw there romaine fome euen to this day,faith Bellamm, planted ads is tliotmht by Selamao himrel - are likewife found on the mountains Taurus and Amanus,in cold and liony places.The 1-“ 0mm Faaolle 05 T“P01is_told me,That the Cedar tree growerh vpon the declining 05? 5,-5 it :0 Li.l)alm3,1lCC1‘c to the herrnirage by the city Tripolis in Syria; Tim i[}hab}l_l:gfi{S of Syriav. make boats of,for want of the Pine tree. V ' ‘ _ _ ' 11‘ The Time, . he tim‘ The Cedar tree retnaines alwaies green, as other trees which beare ,f.'iich r;rianer«offrl““t forth

ber of the Cedar tree,and the images and other works made thereofifeenr to {wear and end

. . . . . , r vvil‘ » moiflure in moift and rainy weather,as do lilrewife all that hsurs an oily jiiice,as T/7¢"’I’k”‘—flM

neffeth. 1 Gal Si‘/re Names. Ce— The huge and mighty tree is called in Greelrc Kifgts : in Latine lilrevi/ii"e Cedrw : in Eng“ §,,,o1' dar,and Cedar tree. P[z;iy>l2‘é.24.c4p.5. nameth it Cm/relamas though he fliould fay CWWS. is cry Cedrinaaéécs, Cedar Eirre 5 both that it may d.ifr‘r7er from the little Cedaigand alfo becaulc

like the Pirre trees '1‘ ll‘?

Of the ‘Hilloric of Plants.

‘em.

The Rofin hath no proper name,but it may be named Cea’rz'mz,ot Cedar Rolin. _ he pitch which is drawne out of this is properly called imam ; yet Pliny writeth,that the liquor oflthe Torch tree is alfo named Cm/rium. The befhfaith Dz'ifcarz'de:,is fat,thorow fhining,a’nd ofa' !e’§flg frriell 5 which being poured out in drops vniteth it felfe together}. and doth not remain feuea-T,

1} The Nature and Vcrtuea.

. Cedar is of temperature hot and dry,with fuch an excellent tenuitie and fubriltie of ‘parts, that it feemeth to be hot‘ and dry in the fourth degree,efpecially the Rofin thereof. f There iflheth out of this tree a rofin like to that which iflheth out of the Fir tree, very {weer in mellpfa clammy or cleaning fubfiance,the which if you chew in your teeth it will hardly be got. 11 forth again,it cleaueth fo {alt : at the firft it is liquid and white,but being dried in the Same it waxeth hard : if it be boiled in the fire an excellent pitch is madethereof called Qedar pitch, ' A be Egyptians were wont to coflin and embalme their Dead in Cedar and with Cedar pitch, ammugh they vfed other means,as Herodotus recor-deth. _ The condited or embalmed body they call in {hops Mum1'a,bu't very vnfitly 5 for Mumia among: :)hf‘; Arabians is that which the Grecians call Pzfl2z_@b4ltan,as appeareth by Atvicefl,ca12.’4.74_,and out 9'4 in ca . . . . ' , . , 6 {hair ihtzfpgreted and tranflated Sergoio was the caufe of this crro'ir,whol rendred twtmiagafter ‘5 Owne fancy,and not according to the ence and meaning of his author Serapia,faying,That this Mmia is a com pofition of Myrrh and Aloes mingled together with the moiflure of mans body, he gum of Cedar is good to be putinto medicines for the eies 5 for being anointed therewith - cleareth and clenfeth the fight from the Haw and from ftripes.

.Cedar infufed in vineger and put into the earesdrilleth the wormes therein ;'and being mingled '

“l1 the decoftion of HyfI'o’p,ap’peafeth the fou'nding,ringing,and hifling of the cares. f it be wafhed or infufed in vineger,a“nd applied to the te_eth,_it eafeth the tooth-ache." : _ _ ‘ therf itfbe put into’ the hdllowncffc of the teeth,it breaketli th'em',and appea‘feth' the extreme griefe C0 . ~. ' . . ,. 1. . __ It prcuailerh againft Angin4";',anki the inflsm’matio’n ofthe tohfils,it_"a_ gargafifmc be tfiadc Of it- B _It is good to kill nits and lice and {rich like vermin : it cureth the biting of the fcrpent Cerafies °lng layd on with falt. _ A . , _ it 2. , l t is a remedie againfl the poif on of the {ca Ha-re,if it be drunke with fwect wine.

om‘ the b’itth,as Diefcorider‘ ivriteth .

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M4, the tree‘ that droppeth’pitch,cslledPiteh tree,gtowet_li vp‘ roibeia tall fiiire’ , big tree,rernaining a1wa_ie_s grcefn 11 lxkef tglc Pilpe tree g: the timber of it is redder lhaii ' ' ' ' ' ' ; O 0!. V ' . igwere alfo‘bdhx:si:lifEli§ii)iiil:ll:tfal:tdildhdbdilyawhicliuhrfidFgihigfhhdgdghhhbdhgirigpfonwigdi ».»r€:’i“i‘::i:l,‘° ":?,:‘<rr;:::,‘;i:::5'::l:r‘:§:::‘sitti; *"‘:i“‘°'i:°'“"‘-‘ °“'°1€ like thofngryeh alliir treye - but bizin mini’ and thick f yr ganfmli emlll and not on? $9’ 9nd righta afinfihnbther as iii the Yewgtree -{he fruit is fcealghovd l'o1:i: vritrbatbe Pin; appleibillfi mallet : the barks of th l; dc is fomewhatbhelte tou h a d fly’ ‘bl ‘riot brittle as is the bérke of? E e irtree-‘vnd ‘h’ ii i‘ i hi‘ ' id i i g ’ n e”l{1l'ihci, timcsifliiethfortll and islikc rgth;>uof:=Ir]\evLi;di;iet:cetet0t e woo is gar ered.arofin,w rc many I L. . .D At: I dwar 2 Oifthis i:ort(fait'h Clr;fim)tlietC is found another that neu.erigrOW1¢5 high» bl}! ¥€m3;iF1€Sh[ one (h,an_d it caries certain little nugaments or catkins of the bigne(l'€_9f3 Fm!‘ .““tsC°mP°f€d; em ales lymg one vpon‘a'nother,and ending in a prickly leaf, which 1!1'~'_1.‘_“° °Pe““‘?; fhew certam. Oblflglfcéiing gttle leaues tell the {limb hath (hotter and pial¢;l'CQlQul;éd 1¢3P€:*Dtfh‘:lnbthe forriuélg-3 t . e rieit er fruit nor floure on th ,n that know I W et erit carry any; 4- ac‘ aivtfiut cc l ohaue known this,and to‘hauc‘called1itP(z:'71u/4 Tuba/uror 71'5"/#5 3 »i‘«' r ' V - - ~- ~ ~-~ —- ' Xxx,” 3, 9'13

an pt)’ cauitics or cels : from the tops ofthefe fomtimes grow foich,brauches,, ffifwith mar_1v.(b0r'~I;:

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K L y , V _ r M . M f Iris good alfo for Lepers:being_ put vplvn'dctnca‘th“iitkilleth all manner of wormes,and draweth