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A Diofcoridcs and others agreeing with him aﬁirme,thatPepper reﬁlleth poifon, and “good I A‘

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_ .- r ',;f31.;fl 4. 5 1:-_,j[W .g;,,,,,,;,,;-,,,,,_ togetlter,green at the ﬁrli, and afterward ?l3Ci&€Alv*[-‘pﬁr, '1‘3ik_»d peppe,-_ tart tgnarper and hotter than common blzfnke P Pg 0 . yet lweeter and ofhetter raft. :,t For ‘tl115 5?.-ill“: "' I acknowledge my lelfe beholden to the learned ima diligent cz,i«/z‘,,:;, who carried it to be draWI}€ fro?‘ branch of fame foot in length,that he re-eerued from D‘ Lambert Hortmﬂm, who brought it from ‘ ‘C .1 (-1; dies. The order ofgrowing ofthe leanes and truly: 1: like that of the black,but the joints {land {f:vI11CW"a thicker together 3 the leafalfo doth little tiriléf {long that ofthe black,only it is thinner,ot'a lightfff 3'51; and (as Clzr/im thought) hath a fhorrer footﬂalkcﬁ 1‘ veins or nerues alfo were leile eminent,more in DU“ ber, and run from the middle rib to the ﬁdes, fat than alongft the leafe. 1: V; This other kinde of Pepper, brt)trgl‘1t_\/17"?) w_ from /Etl1iOpi'<1;Ce1ll€Cl of the country where It Slay etl1,Pipcr east/Jiopicum .- in (hops, Amomrwa and (age Wm. It growes vpon a fmal tree in maner Of 3“ hfond, bufh,wherupon grow cods in hunches, a hrlgfr *7’ ofa brown colour,vneuen,and hunched or puff V215 diners places,diuided into fine or ﬁx lockers or c gs each wherofcontaineth a round feed fomwllal mi ’ leﬂe than the feeds of Peony,‘ in talle like Comm _ _ - it t - - ‘ Pepper or Czzrdamorzmm , whole faculticand ‘em it is thought to h.a_ue,whcreof' we hold it a kind . ' ha; _ 5 Another kind of Pepper is fomtimes brought,which the Spaniards cal Pimmta dc’ 745"?‘ is,Pepper with a taile: it islike vnto Cubebes,round,ﬁrll,fomewhat rough,black of colour,an a {harp quick tail: like the common pepperpfa good fmell : it growes by clullers vpon fm3l_ ﬁg“ or {’ralks,which {ome haue vrratltrifedly taken for /Imommn. The king of Portugal forbad tllls lklfo

of Pepper to be brought otter, for feare left the right Pepper ihould be the lcile efteemed, 3“ hunfelfe hindred in the {sale thereof.

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Black and white Pepper grow in the kingdom oFMalauar, and that very good; in Mala” ‘ling: but not it) good sas aifo in the Iﬂands Sunde and Cude : there is great {tore growing in th6K

dome of Chxna,and fome in Cananor,but not much ‘

Pepper of-' /Ethiopia growes alfo in America, in all the trait of the country where N3‘ 85 Czis

thago are {ituated.The ref’: haue bin fpoken of in their feueral deferiptions. The white P€Pl’Cr not 10 common as the blacke,an¢l is vfed there in ﬂzead of fair.

_ _ 7/1: Time. i < r The plant rifeth vp in the firil of the fpring: the fruit is gathered in Augtifi.

_ ‘I; The Names. T V abf; Thfi Grcclansvvho had belt knowledge of Pepper do cal it :n'7rrP'5 the Latines, Piper .~ tl1°.A rm, 311521’ #1ﬁ’l:3“d F’“'f“l§' in Italian,Pepe.- in Spaniﬂ1,Pimiznta : in FrenCh,Poiure : in high-Dutch’ fet 2 in Engli{h,Pepper. ' — A That Of [Etl-11'°Pl3 iscalled Piper .£tbz'opz'amz,/lmomum I/2'1-4 Zoﬂga and of fame C4rd4W’”””;',,[, receiued a branch hereof at the hands of a learned Phvﬁtihn of London calledM“ Srcpbeﬁ Bra’ with his fruit alfo. « ’ H’ ’ ’ ‘ ‘J 7716 Temperature. ‘ I ‘ ' \ ~ . a hr The Arabian and Perﬁan Phyiitions iudge, that Pepper is hot in the third degree. Btrt_th{~;” dian Phyfitions (which for the molt part are Emperickes) hold, that Pepper is cold, as almo 3 other fpice,whieh are hot indeed : the long Pepper is hot alfo in the third degree, and as ‘V55 faidais thought to be the bell of all the kinds. " ’ ‘ P .

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Of”/gig,-J q5e1s,1;er,c4l/ed Betle or ‘Betré.

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All Pepper heateth,pY0“0l<Cth Win’ the fight, as Diofcorider noteth.

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Betle five Barre. The Deﬁriptioﬁ;

Ballard PeppC1'- , g . o g _ , . r . ... ' His plant clrmeth and urampeth vpontrees,’ bﬁfhes, or whatfoeuer elfe it meets wrthall, lilte to the Vine,ot the black Pcppegwherc-t of form: hold it for a lrindc. The leaucs are like, choir: of the greater Bindeweedy ,: but fomewhatp longei-,of,a duﬁy colour,with d iuers veins or ribs running through the fame. The fruit groweth a-1 inongfthe l_eaues,very croolredly wrtthed,1n ﬂtapeg . like the tairlcfof a Lrﬁard, ‘of the talle of Pepper, yet very p ea ant to t e pa ate. . ‘ 1 5' "1" ‘.3 P 3 . ~ _ ., -. =.i“~ It growth among rig: Diiie trees, and K/1.1664; " 1‘ . in man ofche Molucca Iflands, efpecially in the marifl-x‘ grounds. Tb? 7,_1_me.>::A E The time anfwe‘;rict;btehé11\§z:>”:eI3’°PP€‘- It hard,’ been taken for the Indiabnllea l§.bt1t rropeny = ofmioﬁ IF “called '1” or it :3“ ‘W’ *4 .' £1 M31gvar,B£tre .- in De,can,Guzarat,and Canam ~‘ - 1 d p .- in Molaio Siri, » it is Cal ,6 qlmébe Vfe am! ‘I":mpcratuft.’ r _r . The leaues éhewed in the month are of abittcr E Q . h u on(faithgG.¢rci43) they put thereto fin;-3 X;-cit: viiith the lime made of orﬁer (hells; Whereunto they alfo adde fome Amber gteece,

' Ligmmz ﬂ[0E'.5,aI1'(ll:LlCl1VllkC, which they [lamp to-I gethenmalung it into a palte wlneh they rolle up into round bills, keepe ﬁlry fOr_§ll1(1t)11'_\{l'€, land tc:lalr§y

_ . the fame in t eirfmout es tint: 4 y. 1i:t_e_an _l_t-A-3 re as is P9: Omy meat‘ to the my Ind11:‘n‘Sﬁ jlitesiteenied amonglt the Empericke phy litians to bl? 1103 305* l31rrts,and helping memory ;V\GId.::iM dothhot afﬁrm that the In d .1 ans eat it for meat, or in mm of

dry‘ hf dderee._3l ' H 'hh.. d,i,,‘f;bf,ti§Zf theygeatpir after meat,and that to grue the breath a pleafant fent,whrc t e)’ COMM,

. . . . — ' e {qch thing,chance to a J h f an mfg, 10, p¢,_{on_ that hath not chewed Bette. or fome, . , . _ fpiraizlilitéilii-caen)i)gtte;itFtl1lan,he holds his hand before his monfllaleﬁ hi-°'b‘°“‘h mould offend him 1:

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