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feed ,whereto aifo cleaue certain gummy tears bearing the name of the tree,and which ifrug from the trunk °' bod y wheneitiis wounded .

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This tree groweth in diuers places of FranC€:I“‘]7* and S paine,where it bringeth forth little or HP 55"” ‘it all. It gtoweth in Iuda:a,Pamphilia, Siria,Plﬁdl8a " don,and many other places of Iury or Paleﬁinea“ 3 O in diuers Iflands in the Mediterranean fea,n3m¢i_Y I; PY“5iC-‘mdY.Zaﬂt, and other places, where it briﬂg“ forth his gummy liquour in full perfeﬁion of fwﬁc"

t nefI'e,and alfo in great plenty,where it is gafhﬂcd 3“

put into great Canes or Reeds, whereof as {OW-' deem it took the name Calamita -, others thinke of the lcauc‘ of reeds wherein they wrap it. Hereoflhaue two 111‘ trees in my garden,the which I raifed of feed. ‘

Q1 T/ye ‘Time. be!’ It Hours in May,and the fruit is ripe in Septem ‘ The Names. vi ﬂed This tree, as may be gathered by fomc, W35 5’ t Srymx,by reafon of the gum or liquor which drOPP‘.cc out of the fame. being like to the hollow pip€5 Oh” that hang at the caves of houfes in winter,called 5’J’_H; or of the Canes or leaues of Reeds fpoken of befqfca Latine, Srarax Calamita .- in Engliih, Storax,Wb“ I kept in canes or the leaues of Reeds. There ii0“"m_ from Fome of thefe trees a certaine gummie l1‘lE‘° I; which neuet groweth naturally hard , but remain‘

: alwayes thinne , thewhich is called liquid Stﬂ“

Storax.

The Temperatarre.

The gum of this tree is of an heating,mollifying,and concot‘/‘ting qualitie. '

poifons,as Hem lock. and the like.

1 _ 11’ '1'/Je V critter. V A K It lieipeth the eough,the iallingdownofrhyeums and humor: into the cheﬂ, and hoar the voicesit allohelpeth the noife and founding of the ears,preuaileth againfi Struma or t

Eu,ill,nodes on the nerues,and hard fwellings proceeding of a cold cau Fe , as alfo again

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. -A and 33 Of this g_u in there are made iimdry excellentperiumes,pomanders,ﬁvect watersfweet b_3g’éﬂi, ; fweet vvaﬂung ba1ls,and diners other tweet chaines and bracelets, whereof to write were rm? ‘’

item to this hiﬂofig,

C H AP. 144." ’ . ‘M76 Sorronﬁa/1 Tree, or Indian eﬂilourners

11 T6: Dcfaription. d Mar ’I"nfi‘i3‘, the Sad or forrowfull tree , waxeth as big as an Olive tree , atnilhed with

goodly branches fet ‘full of leaues like thofe of the Plum tree -,among w ich come for‘ odoriferous and fweet 1' mclling ﬂour-es, whofe ﬂalltes are of the colour of Saﬁ'ron,whiCh andvfhew themfelues only in the-night time, and in the day time loolce withered and with 6 9‘ ﬂing Cbﬁere; the lcaties alfo at that time fhrinlt in them felues together, much like a tend that is froIt—bittcn,very fadly Iumping,lowring,and hanging downe the head,as though ' ° . g 5

the lighgand could not abide the hcate of the Sunne.I (hould but in vain Iofe labor in rep€3"” foolifli fan {ie of the pot‘ tical I‘ndians,who’ would make foolcs beleeue that this tree wa_s 0"“.

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omit, :1: The Homes are white, fomewhar. like thofe of lafmine, but more double, and they are ofa very fweet fmell. There fucceed them many little cods,containing fome ﬁxe ' feeds apiece fomewhat like thofe of Stmzizﬂg mum. 1‘ s an ‘T/76 Plate, '1‘ me, and Nzimw.

This tree growes in the Eaﬂ; Indies, ci"pe-' cially in Goa and Malayozin Goa it is cai- led Pgiriymco ; in Malayo,Singadi : in Decan; Pu! : of the Arabians,Gimrt.- of the Pcrﬁang and Turl<s,Ga1: in Englifh,the fad or forow- full tree,or the Indian mourner. The time is fpeciﬁcd in the defcription.

01] The Nature and V ertues.

Wee haue no certaine knowledge of the temperature hereof 5 neuertheleﬂe we reade, that the Indians doe colour their broths and meats with the {talks of the ﬂoures hereof in Read of Saffron 5 or whatfoeuer they deﬁre to haue of a yellow colour. _

It is reported, That if a linnen cloath bee iteeped in the diﬂilled water of the’ﬂours,&:

$7, the eies bathed and wafhed therwith, it hel- peth the itching and pain thereof,and {tayes e the humors that fall down to the fame.

There is made of the fplinters ol”;he woogl certain tooth-picks,and many piety roies for

pleafure.

A7507 trzjféi. The forrowfnll tree.

C H A P. I45. _ «Of t/9934//Ezm tree;

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11 ich do ﬂow Ball'ams,veiv different one from another,n'ot d place ofgrowingp; the which to diﬁinguiih would re- ‘ " fmall time will afford,or riches for our maintenance to

(Wife more time and trauell than either our _ _ _ _ _ ifcouer the fame in their natural countries _: which otherwife by report to fer downe certain mat- er by mcemimies) WOu1d difcredit the Author, and no proﬁt thereby {hallarife to the Reader :

notwithﬁanding we wil let down (0 much as we haue found in the works of ionic trauellers,which 911 agree with the truth of the hiftorie.

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Hem be diners trees growing in the I.ndies,who{e.“fruits are called {1_>}t'ft_:;§3$fO°y:n§.

ﬁui; oft-he Balfatn tree: among the tell this whole ﬁgure wetghfgr ible to dcfcribc it

I _ viewawc our felues haue feeri ‘SC handled, and therfore are the 6; halfan inch thick C is 3 fm 1; Very cr()0ked,8C hollowed like the palm of an hand,two 1001135 °“g> V 3

* . — v- 1' ‘ ’ “ da kernell °°lJe d " 1; 13' . 1‘ 1 ' d,of the colour of a dry okenleafe;Wh¢‘°”‘ ‘5 conmmc . 1 (ofthce ftvtvirlite l:i:1glt‘hI\ariIci(i:(I)1’:ig1.:ili[c]:ﬂ'e, apt to El the {aid {hel or rinde) 0f V113 ﬁlbﬁance °fan almond:

of the colour of afhes fat and oil)’ Ofa good ﬁne“ but WW "“P1eafant in ma’ “ ‘ A .' 2 1 . . ’ - l ' ' f i( f -

f. % The wood we haue dry brO'Ligh'tvnt0‘VS from the Indies ‘for onrvfe in phy 1C 6 (a mall dc Crlption may ferue for a dry fticke ) neuertheleﬁe wee have 05-i.‘

whof 5 1. f h b f thg are not 1}, W611 knoivne as deﬁred 5' whereof one is of the bign%L{iErfsoi!‘:i:tv?i?i:nLi:tt f?cirhe,svl)i:1r: hr(c))iai'd ori the vpper {idea “_’1‘_h“ mugh 0” rugged fhenv "“e‘l‘?l:”1i b mic of colour and full ofa white kernell,with muich il“°e 1” H} Ohfa Pi°af?“‘ t.ag.and frfilﬁgri aiz the We Of Mace’: the whole ftuit is exceedingligh':1M€fP‘i5t ° ‘ C ‘lmnmy or ‘gm 7 it

er frn its brought from the Indies,"