Arise up, Pimpernel, and goe with me,
And God blesse me,
And all that shall were thee. Amen.”
“Saying this fifteen dayes together, twice a day, morning earlye fasting, and in the evening full.”——Pimpernel is considered to be a herb of the Sun.
PINE.—The Pine was called the tree of Cybele (or Rhea), the mother of the gods. She was passionately fond of Atys, a Phrygian shepherd, and entrusted him with the care of her temple, under a vow that he should always live in celibacy. This vow, however, Atys violated by an amour with the nymph Sangaris, upon which he became delirious, and mutilated himself with a sharp stone. Then, as he was about to lay violent hands upon himself, Cybele transformed him into a Pine-tree. Ovid records that—
“To Rhea grateful still the Pine remains,
For Atys still some favour she retains;
He once in human shape her breast had warmed,
And now is cherished to a tree transformed.”
Rapin considers the Pine to have been regarded by the ancients as a sacred tree. He says—