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kernell of an inch long, and fometimcs longer, very hard to be broken, in tafte like the ChCﬁ““c=" which the fauage people do grate and Ram p to ponder to make them bread. ‘ 1,] The Place. frbcop/zrzijhas faith, the ﬁrfi growes in Candy,but much more plentifully in Cilicia, and Me “O” found in certainc places ofltaly by the {ca ﬁde,and alfo in diners parts of S aine.

The other hath been found by trauellers into the V.Veﬂ;-IndieS, from whence haue been brmlgh‘ the naked branches with the fruit.

{f The Time. The time anfwereth that of the manured Date tree. q} T/ye Namer. , ., The little Date tree or wilde Date tree is named of 7‘keop,6rzz/}m,W.qi,..i; ,- in Naples,Ce}>1MgW“ ; in Latine commonly Pa/mites.Tliat which is found in the midft of the yong fprings, and is vfed 5° iI>)e eaten in banquets, is called in Greeke, 57*-4P°‘3.it comm-. in Latine, Palm; cereérimz, the braine ofihe are tree.

{I The Temperature and I/ertim‘.

3A Galen fuppofeth that the braine of the Date tree conﬁﬂeth of fundry parts,that is to fay, of21 C“;

taine watery and warme ﬁibilance, and of an earthy and cold ; therefore it is moiﬂ and cold, With‘ certaineaﬂriﬁion or binding quality.

Being taken as a meate it ingendreth raw humors and winde, and therefore it is good to be 63"” with pepper and fair. ’

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C H A p. 159. Of the clrmzken ﬁnite tree.

u!reezz,ﬁue Fatifel, The drunken Date tree.

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q; The Deﬁrzftioﬂl _ _ my THe drunken Date tree,which Carola: Clufim calleth Fauﬁel, is an Indian tree of a great mgnicaé

she timber whersaf it rsry loft and fpongious. exceeding 1'm09th and plain: Y“‘° ggigght,

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L I B , 3, Of the Hiﬂzorie of Plants. I521 height 3 not pofﬁblc tobgclimbgdv 5and therefore the Indians for their ealierl afcendi"»g up, at omc d ipmnces doe tie round about the tree certafne wyths or ropes made Ofthyﬂ barkes trees, may bf.‘ petceiued by the ﬁgure,wherb)’ Vmy €aﬁ1}’Ih€yg° VP 3.nd‘dOWn :0 gi3‘t‘1eYd:‘e ﬁn: at thhlr P16-°d‘ure.The top ofthe tree is diuidcd ill“) ﬁmdri’ b“mCh€5= In fubﬁancc like to mg §""‘33‘5‘°"5’;”€S Whereupon do Cr;-ow fajrc ﬁlmy [canes like thofe of the Palme or Date ff€C,VVl1eVreofdou.b<«.l lie is 13 a wild kind from the botigiii ofwhich branches comes forth fruit in lO1’}g‘bl‘a.IlCl'l€S like traces “Onions couered with a loft pulp like VINO tl1€VV£1lY1UU‘_3“gha3ndVery $1.0‘ ha,”'3_QF_“ YC”°“'1m! coiomj 3531;“ the dried date when it is ripe : within which huske is coiitained rruit like vnto the \l[]n-neggbut gmatcrjvcry hardjand ﬁyiped ouer with red and white veins or linues.

qr ‘T/ze Place, Time, Mel Names. . _ g This Date r.rcc,wliicli the Arabians call E_?/!»"¢ﬁ/#3335 is by imCTPl'Cmt_1°“’A‘”[[‘”“ [”{"j‘ *1; Eh? I114 Ian rim or ﬁibCrd,,4;,;m;and scrapie call F2_/fa/and Fnfel. It groweth in the Eaii Indies in dluefg andi”undryp1aces,as in Malauanwhereyulgarly it is called Fae : and of the Nobles 8: gentlemen, _’77ec,z 3 which name is vfed among the Portugals that dwell in thofe Indies: in Qiizarar. 8,51 Decari it is Called CWW ._ in Zeilanjpodz, .. in M3IaC3.5PZ[4ﬂ .: in Coch_in,C,’;zm_i;2z_: in Engliilythe in-unketi ate uee,whjg1i‘name we haue coined from his qualitiqbecaufe the fruit makes one drunke that cats thereof. . t . M q T /}e Temperatzzre. It is cold and dry in the fecoiid degree. y y qr Tlze Vertzm. . M o_ ‘L _ B L ‘ The fruit 054,6” bgfofe it be ripe is reckoned among the {’tupef'a&iu_e and alionilhing merit- A °‘U€S,for whofoeuer eateth thereof waxeth drunk,becaufe it doth exceedingly amafc and aitonilh 53 fences. . .. _ T . Vvhen the Indians are vexed with fome intolerable ache or paine , or rnuft of necefﬁtie end urre B me great torment or torture,they eat ocg this iruigwherby the rigor of that pain which otherwi . e e v ' -' miti ate . on ., "i,‘li1¢1=,(1').:‘jIcdcf:?teli::Sf‘r]firii,<[)Ii ifcrtdcd ltrgngthens the gums, faﬂens the teeth, comforts the Ftomaeke, f“"Yes vomiting and loofneffe of the belly : it doth alfo purge the body from congealed or clotted

bblld gathered within the f3‘=Im€-

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C H A P. 14o. Oft/2e Imlizm .7\@t tree. an The Dcfcrzjatiom‘.

1 L He Gfgcigng haue not known, but the Arabians hau_e mentioned this _Indian Nu: tree; I the bodv Whcmfis Very grea:J{mooth,atid plaine,void of boughs or branches of a great height swherefore ‘the Indians do wrap ropes about the body thereoﬂas they do about the tree lall; defcribedfoi their more cafe in gatllcfiﬁi-Z the. ﬁmt‘ the umber Whe’°f ‘sfvery fP°“%.,V Wlth mabut hard without a man ﬁt no make their C anoos 8: boats of: on the top of the tree grow the leaues ike tlrofc Oféhe Datcerme but broad,and iharpe at the point as thornes,whereof they vfe to make A 1 _ g . V , _ nced1cs,boc1‘i;ins,and fuch like inﬁrllmeiits,wherewith they low the failes of their {h1p>S,5l do flticlg “ﬁne (Te: among thefe leaues come forth Cluiiers of floures like thofe of the Cheﬁnut tree,w rc i‘"11 into great fruit ofa round form,and fomwhat iharp at one end 5 in that end next vnto the tree, 15 One hole fointiines two bored through: this Nut or fruit is wrapped in a couerture con .1 {ting of *1 fub nancgm Vnigkc to hemp before it be beaten (bit; there is alfo a ﬁner aiid_gent1€r_l’cliIgf?€ 06?: "M0 the {hell like vnto Flax before it bee made foft : in the middle whereof iscontaiiield 3 ldtcoueredwaith a vet)’ hard iheliofa brown colour before it be P0l¥“‘“"=‘”‘e'Ward Ofa bhai c l- lling C010“; 1 me bumiihed home. Next vnto the {hell vpon the inﬁde there Clcaflﬁth 3 "V ‘. C. Or‘ “Clly ﬁibﬁance ﬁrm and {ollid,of the colour and talt of ya blanched almond :v\_r1C§h‘f“.the Eaullglefnof tQu°WI1elle thereof is contained ainofl delectable liquourlike vﬂE0m11kC:a“ 0 a m0 P *1‘ “Q” a e . I _ 0 ‘ d 2 , V/V6 Imus no Certain knowledge from thofe that hatietrauelled into Cgeséofgthe gig: Wbhich beareth this little Indian nut3neither hallﬁ We 30)’ ‘h‘“gy.Céf?:§iﬂ~ci.ChC g ’ moﬂ E A La - ~ - ii ' =' coni 6 ‘°-~ . twe fee by experience the fruit hereof is lcfl'_er,ivnerf_t1r0mer by the nameOfw4€é€ﬂé€m).He> C/kg The ggher, expieifed in the fame table with the 0 2

Jim recemed it by the fame name from Cormﬂir ofPadua ;_ yet it doth not (as hee faith) well agree

with th - - . - f h ‘r o inion who refer it to the Nux wngzieatarwi ., . ther a roues o t e1 P l. - . eddc 19:10!) ’ and he ra PP Mm in in in m 3 °::~

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