e A P r8. ARervelationofthe Apocalypfe. 765 Idleperhaps they do therefore fay that thefilke is pulled off from the trees, becaufe the wormes do make filke in the trees; andnot becaufe it is made of them : as Cotton or Bombace are, or fuch kinde of f}uff. e, about which point reade Scaliger Exercitat, And all Thyne Wood;thewordThynr doth both lignifie in general! evety kinde offweet-finelling wood, and a fpeciall kinde alfo of odoriferous trees; as Eultathiau no.teth, writing upon that place of Dion, wh rehelpeakesof Arabia,which he c llethmarvellow,Which everfine;yingf`¡, eete withTbynes,tlhat t ,WithfWeetefinellingfavours, makes a dainty perfume, either of the Thyne tree, Which ie much like the Cypres, or elfe of Myrrhe,&c. Where (Thyne) is ptit' generally in the firft place for any kinde of f.veeteodour, in the fecond place it is a certaine kinde of odoriferous tree. But here it is not fo much brought in becaufe it ferveth for perfumes, as becaufe it is ufed to make fumptuous and dainty buildings; (for there is mention made offweet in the beginning of the next verfe) For which purpofe it ferveth chiefelyas Pliny íheweth our ofTheephral`Pus,1à?ho as hefaith, dothgivegreat honour to this Thyne tree, efpecially, telling us for that purpofe, ofrafters of the ancient Temples that have been made memo- rablebecaufe they Were madeof this Wood, as alfe commendeth it unto to for a certaine immortality that thinWoodbath When it is laid in the roofer of houfes, u Which is not fubiea torotting, or Wearing away, by any ofchafe things that do commonly [pile timber; Book r 3. Chap.' 6, Hiftor. Natur. Verle. 13. And Cinnam_on. Italy ufeth fuch as is brought in this - ther,not from Spaine, but from thofe places where it growerhffo al- foodours, oyntments and Frankincenfe are provided for Italy with her own venturing by Sea for them. The chick place of Portfale for this kinde ofmerchandizc,is among the people of Syria, 'Phe- nicia,c,frabia, Egypt. ?taly plyeth it with fcudding and coutfing theSeas into thefe coaffs, while the Spaniard in the meane time loth bulle himfelfe mof1= of all in travelling by the maine Sea to.forraine nations. As for wine and oyle,Italy path abundance thereof of her own,and it brings in fine Route and wheate out Of Sicily. .Anti Bcalls. It were tolerable if Rome made germany wea re this cognizance,only becaufe ofher rich (lore of Cattell, that are made for labour and carriage of burdens, but this filthq proud whore eftee- merh no better of this moff Noble Nation, than of a company of (task oxen and very affes that are onely made to -draw and to carry Burdens, Mrnbrcflue Chatárinus that filthy Carrion, iliewed this Eeeee evidently
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