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f pots : the branches are many, and of very great beauty , whereupfm grow leanes not vnlike thofc

of the afh tree,conﬁﬁing of many fm al leaues fet vpon a middle ribbe) gfowing narrower cuerto. ward the point, euery particular one Jagged on the {ides like the teeth ofa Saw 5which b€€}“g plucked lrom‘the ﬁe-rnaycelds forth a milky Juice tough and clarnmya fguoming like the brurfe leaues of fCllC’rl,3‘Yld in tall fecrns fomewhat altringent : the Homes ETOW in clufiers on the twigg)’ branches , l.ll’C tnofe of the Vine a little before the grapes are formed : after followes the fruit or berrres,fomwhat greater than pepper corns,of an oily fubfiance, green at the ﬁgﬁ and ofa dark re - difh colour when they be ripe. qt The ﬁrll of the ﬁgures was taken from a tree dnly of three years

- . . . 4 gr0\.Vtl1,but"tl1.C later from a tree come to his full growth,as1t is affirmed by Cluﬁm in his Cttr.Ff7j' - It differs on y, 1 that the leaues of the old tree are not at all fnipt or diuided about the ed gt‘5-

I M0[[i,ﬂz!e M0//y Clzrﬁj ah‘ L065-lrj, The Balfam tree of Clzzﬁm and Labels defcription.

1: 2 Molle aréorzk aclalti nzmw. . A branch of the old tree ofMo1le.

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This t1'<’-Cafaith 3 learned Phyﬁtion Io}2.FrAgofw,gr0wes in the king of Spains garden at Madtila which was the ﬁrﬁ that eue-r he had feen : ﬁnce which time,Iobn Fem/z‘mmdo Secretarie to the‘-31:6 King.did “WW VINO the raid Fragofm in his own garden a tree fo large and of fuch bcautYi ‘bag was neuer fatisﬁed with looking on it,and meditating vpon the vertules thereof. VVhich wot i, receiucd from the hands ofa famous learned man called M‘ Lancelot Brozvne,D" in phyﬁclgaﬂd P. {h ﬁtion to the Queenes Maieﬂie at the impreﬂion hereof 5 faithfully tranflated out of the 595"“ tongue,without adding or taking any thing away, . d t

They grow plentifully in the vales and low grounds of Peru,as all aﬂirm that haue trallemi as the VVeﬂ Indies 5as alfo thofe that haue defcribed the fingularities thereof. My felfewll lu Othﬁfssasnamely ”NiclzolAs Lima WorfbiPf“".Merchant of the‘C_itie of London 5 and 3‘ moﬂ: skilful Apothecarie M'I4W! Garret, Who haue receiued feeds hereof from the rig ‘on table the Lord Hzmfalon Lord high Chamberlaine of England - who is worthy of triple h(>f10i’at 6 his care in gerring,as alfo for his curious keeping fuch rate and ﬂfange things brought fr<>_m— fartheft parts of theworld. Which feeds we haue fownin our gardens, where they hang lifgggcg

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V forth plants a foot high, and alfotheirb"eautil'u1l leaues 5 notwithllanding our care,

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and indul’éry,they haue perifhed at _ ‘endernelle to endure the cold of our winter b1aﬁS- - The Time; _ As touching the time of his ﬂourilhmg and blmglflg his fruit to rnaturirie,wee haue as yet no? Certain know ledge,but is thought I0 be green both W3“‘“.3“d fummch ‘ '

i 11 Tire Names." —‘ I . This mofr notable tree is called by the Indian name Mo/lee-‘Of {0m€,M0//ﬁnd Mueﬂe,taken from us tender foftnelTe,as fome haue deemed : it may be called the Fenel tree‘, °F one of the Balme or

alfam trees 1; TIM Tempeniturer.

This tree is thought to be of an aliringenr or binding qualitie,whereby itappcares, beﬁdes the hot temperature 1; harh,ro be compounded of diners other faculties. '

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. The Indians vfe to feeth the fruit or berries hereof in water,and by a fpeciall skill they haue in the b0iling,do make a moli wholfome wine or drinke,as alfo a kinde of vineger, and fomtimes ho. “Yswhich are very {irange efl'c€rs,thefe three things being fo contrary in taﬁe. ’ caL;I{"l1€lCaL1CS boiled and the decoétion drunke,helpeth them of any difeafe proceeding of a cold - e. ‘ » . ;

. 2 The gum which ilfueth from the tree,being white like vnto Manna,‘ _diii'olued in milke, taketh ‘Way the web of the eies,and cleareth the ﬁght,beingwiped ouer with it: y _

. _The barke of this tree boiled,and the legs that be fwoln and full of paine bathed with the deco.

1011 diners times,taketh away both the inﬁrmities in fhort fpace. ' _ This tree is of fuch eftimation among the Indians, that they worfhip it asa god, according to

their liavia e rites and ceremonies. Like as Pliny reporteth of Homer: Mal]: ‘he m°& “Downed of i

an Plantsywhich they of old time had in fuch eltimation and reuerence, thdlia as it is !CC0rd€d. the g°d3 gaue it the name ofMoly,and fo writeth Ovid, "

Pizciﬁrr /mic dezlcmtﬂarem Cyllcniw aléum, Mal} -vacant Superz‘, nigm mdzce mzctura

. If any bede lirous to fee more hereof, they may readc a learned dif ourfe Of it fet faith in La’- “De by the learned Loéel, who hath at large written the hiftoric thereof.d_edrcated to the right ho‘. “°TabIe the Lord Chamberlain at the impreﬂion hereoﬂfaithfully examined by theaforefaid lear- “efl phyﬁtian D= Bronme,and his cenfure vpon the fame : It together Wlth Lo_6'els Reply, who‘i'ud.geAd‘ this p1anr(and not without good reafon) to be a kind of the true Balfam of the Anti‘ents, and not ‘Puch differing from that ferforth by Pro_/per AlfimI5,Wl1Cl'C0f I haue made the forage;

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3- ~ -"lie which bath the Cinarnon for his bark is ofthe nature ofan Olive "°°’f"‘ﬁ"g ai body as thick as a mans I-highﬁrom whence the Cinamonis liakeﬂsl-‘U? lb“ ‘,“l‘°“ f_r°m

31¢’ 1" m aller branches is much better : which branches or bonghesarc many 3'I’1d’Ve*Y ll“”gh.'1whe""' °“ Etow beautifnll leaues in {hape like thofe of the Orange _ _ . , _. “Or as it hath been reported like vnto the leaues of ﬂags or» Flour-dc-LY5-' Al“/°“gl thele _Ple3f3F"3 ‘Flues and branches come fdrth many faire whire‘ﬂour‘es',WhiCh‘ tufn‘iI'lE0 found black fruit’ or ber-.j

“es Of the bigneffe of an Hafell nut or the Olive berry and of a black colour gout ofwhicb is P"Cl:'.[ f°d an oile that hath no {men at all vntill it be rubbedzind chafed betwcén the hands :the'rruhkg0t_ 9d‘y with the greater arms or bonghs of the tree are couercd with .3 d0l1l3fl€ Of twofold bail‘? “keg 5“ Of the Corke tree, the innerrnolt whereof is the true and/P1399‘ Cinnamon» which '5 ‘?‘ker'“r ‘Om the tree anclcaﬁ vpon the ground in the heate of the S'un,~thto_ugb whofeheate it turnerh and‘ " ‘ '”' “ Nu an nu :r_ " if ‘ f°1‘l“_‘b

the ﬁrﬁ approcb ofwinter,as not being able by reafon oftheit L

;_;¢e,~:and or the colour of the Bay leaf}: *