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The figure I here giue in the firfi place,out of Loéel, is ofa plant fume fix moneths old, _ar1fen gt a feed : and fuch by {owing of feeds I haue feene growing in the garden of my dilceafed friend N3 ' T143-3-y,but they {till died at the firs‘: approach of Winter. The other figure ex preffeth fhéf 50 pi’ and lome of the feeds apart, taken forth of the cods : now the cods are neuer brought whole :0 H but the vtter rindes are taken olf; and the firings or nerues that run alongfi the cods, the pulp‘-‘ 3“ feeds in it are clofe thrul} together,and fo are brought to vs in pots and fuch like velfcls.
7%: T cmpemzara and V ertrres. _
The fruit or pulpe ofTamarindes is cold and dry in the third degree : it is of good vfe In Ch‘? ricke difeafes,-and burning Ferrets, Tertians, and the like: it 15 a lenitiue and very gently plllgmg medicine and therefore vfed to be put into medicines feruing to that purpofe. No
They vfe (faith L,/:1’/])z'mr»:) the leaues of Tamarindes to kill wormes in young children 5 and 8 6 their irrfuiion or decoétion to loofen the belly 5 the leaues are acide, and not vnpleafant VINO‘ tafie. ‘ .
The Arabians preferue the {mall and yet greene cods of this tree, as alfo the ripe one5;_"”h: with fugar, or the hony boyled out of the fruit of the Carob tree : they alfo mix the pu_1p€ With n_ gar,which trauellers carry with them in their journies through the defeat: places of Af1'lCi{€9 Wheffi with they being dry or ouerheated, may quench their thirft, coole and refrcfh themfeluesa 3nd 3“ euacuate many hot humors by fioole. M
In pellziient and all other burning putrid feuers they drinke the warerwith fugar,w
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’° quantitie of Tamarinds haue beene in fufed afor it is a drinke very pleafant to fuch as are thirfi
reafon of too much heatefor it powerfully cooles and quencheth thirlt. _ .nfl, They are alfo vled in all putrid feucrs, caufed by cholericke and adult burners, and allo 3531
' . . . . . . . * .. "3- the hot diltempers and inflammatrons of the lruer and reines, and wrthall agarnfi the GU30" " .«
Some alfo commend them againfl: ob firtrétions, the dropfie, jaundile, and the hot dif’i€mP‘-“£5 the fpleene : they coduce alfo to the cure of the itch,fcab,leprofie,tetters, and all filch vlccrwo « oi the skin which proceed of adufl humors.
They are not good for fuch as haue cold fiomackes, vnleffe their coldneffe be correéied b)’ ting to them Mace,Anife feeds,Squinanth,or {uch like.
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" Hehifiorie of thefe two trees,together with the figures I here giue you,are it the Crme PW” ores ofclzrfim, from whence I will take as muchas concernes their hifiory, and brrefcly giue it you. _ Pro.‘
That of the Poet (faith he) is mofi true, N072 omzmfm‘ omnia rrllur : for I thinke there 15 110 hey uince to be found, which produces not fome peculiar plant not growing in other regions; 35 treks
can teflifie who haue trauelled ouer forreine countries, efpecially if they haue applied them a
to the obferuations of plants. Amongfl fuch I thinke 1 may reckon that homer’: and courteou5 “‘
Io/2:4 I/‘cm vfelc, who returning out of that part ofAmerica called Brafile, {hewed mee in the Vi he
I 607. a booke,wherein he‘ in liuely colours had exprefi fome plants and lining creatures: for 3 .
told me,whcn he purpofcd to trauell he learned to paint,that fo he might expreife in col0uf5: of)“ .
memoric and delight after he was returned home, fuch {ingularities as he lhould obferue abrof 3
Now amongft tho_l'e which he in thatbooke had exprefl‘ed,‘I obferued two very lingular, an , -
grange nature, whole figures without any difficulty he befiowed vpon me, as alfo the following
or . . . 'l¥he{'e two trees, whofe figures you fee here exprefi, are of the fame kinde,and differ 091)” X ’ for the one of them, to wit, the male, is barren, and only carries floures, without any fruits
female o_nely fruit, and that without floure : yet they fay they are {o louing, and of fuch 3 “n
that if they be fer far afunder,and the female haue not a male neere her, fhee bcC0m€5 bane
beares no fruit :of which nature they alfo fay the Palme is. . .
Now the hole or trunke of that tree which beares the fruit is about two foot Illickcaand 1‘ iw eth fome nine foot high before it begin to beare fruit; but when it hath acquired a ill?‘ magnrhicke then mail you f“§Fh¢VPP€I part of the U€€13Fl°nwirhfrurr,and that it will beeas rrwcr“ gm
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gin ab“(;u‘tfi]‘”e'r‘é“Wl-th for fame nine foot .hrgh more : the fruit IS r<)£1nd':g:d gllobe-faihtoned, of the flmpe and magnitude Ofa [mall got1rd,l1a_tnng when it is ripe a yet: on :1 ;)fuhPC,l*Yh1ch the Inhabr: ‘ants vfe to eat to loofen theirbellies. This fruit contains rnany. Emit 5 0 ‘ff blgnemi of 3 “Bali P°3f€.blacke and lhiningsof no vfe that he Could 1‘i‘“'“e= mt W “C “ ere C3 ‘‘“’‘‘Y 35 V““€C€m’~T§'o
hfi leaues come forth arnongfi the fruir,gr°Wi“§VP'0“ 1035 foomalks’ and 1“ fl‘3Pe much lefcni’ Ie the Plane tree or great Maple; -
Mamoeiafzernina.
M’”””"m ””“° The female Dugtree,
The male Dug tree.
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S ’ - an Tm“- _ , _ . . W . . Pfglrgrélzsaggffggilelgcdgfthc {Wm of-the trunke or leaues of the male and female,bu: the male I" 1
only cmies figures. hanging do'w..n,cluliering together vpon lon fialkes like the iloures of Elder,
,_ _ . -d 1 f vnprofitable as theywa "me. p ugcgft E v:1l1r;r(tl:cy;esIl::‘::)Vw¢%1l"t‘1’i‘;;ta:art: :ff::3,mer'ica WhCI‘,€1fl is fcituat the famous Bay called by the‘ C C
pmmgals 8 dc Wm mfmc7,;, lying about thirteen degrees difiant {rorrr the Equator towards a _ i the Antartrck Pole.
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