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CH A P. 134.. Oftbepric/(_Iy Indian Hg Tree.

Ficw India. Frufﬁaff if i The Indian Figtreeg. _ The fruit, _

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qr The Difﬁriptiw. His llrange and admirable plant,called .Fima !zm’iaz,l'eemes to be no other thing than 2 mrllitila plication of leaues,that is,a tree made of leaues,without body or boughes 5 for the 163 C C-

, the ground doth in (hot: lpace take root, and bringeth out of it fclfe other leaues,frOm‘”f0 in (10 grow others one after another,till fuch time as they come to the height of a tree, halting 31 cw. the meane feafon boughes as it were comming from thofe leanes,fomtimes more,othetwhIl€5 nd : €835 Nature lift to bellow, adding leafe vnto leafe, whereby it occupieth a great piece Ofgfou ﬁg thefe leaues are long and broad,as thicke as a mans thumbe-,ofa decpe green colour,fet full 05101.1‘; ﬂeﬂdﬁfslliarpe and whitilh prickles : on the tops of which leaues come forth long ﬂours “ i to thofe of the manured Pomegranate tree,of a yellow colour: after which commeth the f C vnto th€ Common Figmarrow below,and bigger aboue, of a greene colour, and ﬂuffed full of 3 ‘ pulpe and juyce, llaining the hands of them that touch it, as doe the Mulberries, with abl0“ fanguine ‘colour : the top of which Figs are inuironed with certain fcaly leaues like a Cl’0WﬂeaW ms in are alfo contained fmall graines that are the feeds : the which being fowne, do bring for‘ l’ ,5}; round bodied,like vnto the trunke of other trees, with leaues placed the;-gon Iiko the other 5”’ being ﬁe; in tl;]e_ground.brfing forth trepslof leaues, aswe haue lhewed. f h_ h in con-'

1; i on t is p am in ome parts 0 t e Weft-Indies row certaine excre cences w I0 t_inuance%f time turne into infects 5 and thefe oungrowinés are that high prized Cobhencle h with they die colours in graine. :l: M I

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This plant groweth in all the tract of the Eallt and Well-Indies, and alfo in the countfelé 11$

Iembega,now called Virginia, from whence it hath beene brought into Italy, Spaine,l3D5 3" ’ in

. . . . cl ' A‘ other Countries; inltaly it fometimes beareth fruit, but more often in Spaine, and neuer as rycol d " England,a1tho-ugh I bane bellowed great parties and coll in keeping it from the iuiury 0 °“

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,“*foi'1h' ‘bk r ch’ , body,

It §rowefth;lf;a rbary, and alfo in an I {land of the Mediterra. nean lea, called Zante: about a day and nights failing with a‘ meane winde from Petralfe a port if; Oreaiwhere my forum; W,'g,',,,,, Mﬂfﬂlﬂ/I (before remembred)di_.£l {EC not 0D¢f;ly great (lore of thofe trees made of leaues,but alfo diuers<_Jtl1€T found bodled Plams Ofa “'.°°dY f”blla”°°‘f“_3m Wlleﬂcﬁ: we brought me diuers plants thereof ID tubs Of earth, very ffelh and %T€€¥1€,which ﬂourilhed insmy balden at the imprefhon hereof; g , l,ITéeTz'me. , _ ; f ‘Tllcfe plants doe grow grecne and frelh both winter and 3U“_?m‘3": 5)’ the telatiotlof my fore.-V‘ "{<l_l'eri1ant : notwith {landing they mull 566 very Cafefully lie?! in thﬁfe countries from the extre- mmﬁ Of Winter. » " q; The Names; p i l h g p g , This is thonoht to be the plant called of P!in_y,0}7/W‘.“”‘ 5 Whefeof he hath W’l“¢“»"'5-2 lam. 173 if} this manner 1:) About Opuns is the herbe Opimtia, to mans talle fweet, and it is to be marueucd t at the root lhould be made of the leaues,and that it flioiild fo grow. 0 puns is a City neere vrm; 1,) ocis in Grcece,as Pauﬂznim, straéo, and Pliny tcftlivlie ; but it is commonly called in Latine, rim; 12iia’z‘c4,.- ofghg 1ndians,T;me, and Tumzgand alfo Aﬁdfa//M, as telhlieth Be/louiw .- in Englilb, Indian E tfée. -~ V - ; _ There is a certaine other defcribed for tl1'e.In..dian_ Fig tree, by fbeppbra/l.m,,1i6.4.which Pliny,’ 1 ._r 2. c4,,_5 _ doth eloquently exprelfe almoll in the lame words, but turned into Latine, whereof We intend to fpeake in the next chapter. _ , . ‘ 1] The T cmperamrc zmdrertim. , , . V - _ _ V . .~ We ham: no certaine inllruétion from the Antients, of the terriperature or faculty__oftl1i's plant, or of the fruit th€f€0f= néiflmr bane we any thing whereof to write of our , owne knowledge, more 3:“? that we haue heard reported offuchas hall‘? €35?“ llbﬂally of the _fT_l~"t §h€}'€0f,tl1at it changed t-h_C,ll‘ wine to theCo1omof.b1ou,d5wlroat the lirll lightthereol’ ltood in g:,eatdou_htof;;h¢,,1;.f'e' ﬂinkmg it had boom: bloucl,whereas it proued afterwards ,__.b,y:e.xperience,go‘ ﬁonothing but the §m_ ail? or colour the vrine had taken from the ynyce of the fruit, and thatywlt ut all hurt or gnefe m it is reported of fome, that the juyce of the fruit is excellent good againﬂ vlcets of long conti- illncec » . x . ..-.'-<". i t _ cgchenere is ggoen alone,ancl mixed with other'things, In maligne difeafes, as pellilent fe- ters and the like,but with what fuc'cell'e I know note at

C. H A P. 155. 0_/($56? are/Jed Indian tree,

The Deefirzftioﬂ.

:tO tawny , zhcboughes and branches are many, very long, tough, and ﬂexible, growing very," th long in fhort fpace, as doe the twigs off Q2135: 394‘ thofc {O long 3“d_ Weaker that the N55- ereof hang downs and touch the ground,where they take root and grow in fuch fort, that thofe Wigs become great trees : and thefe being growne vp vnto the like greatnelle, doe eaﬁ their-_ bran,- -«hi°3tor twi gy tendrels vnto the earth,where they likewife take hold and r00t,by meanes whereof 1; Wmmetli to palfe that of one tree is made a great wood or defart oftrees,which the Indians doe V. e {Or couerture aoiiinll the extreme heat of the Sun, wherewith they are.grieuou{ly vexed : f0me_ pi] Wife vfe them for plcalure, cutting downe by a direct linea long walks, or as it. Wﬁfﬁﬁvaulfa : ‘°l1gh the thickelt parrsfrom which alfo theycut c_ertaine loope-holes or windowes in l_'ome_ pla-4 Hi‘: to the end to rcceiue thereby the frelh coole aire that entreth thCr_€8t; -'15 am’ for 11%;‘: fl’? they may fee their cattell that feed thereby, to auoid any danger that might happen vnto t e? e_-f_ It 5‘ by the enemy or wilde bealls : from which vault or clofe walke doth rebound fuch an a mi—_ able eccho or anlwering voice, if one of them fpeake vnto another aloudalthat ‘t doth “found 0‘

:°fl‘’er againe foure or fine times,according to the height of the voice, to which it doth a_nfwer,and_ ’ ' ’ ' it (cm; :the ﬁtll or mother ofthis wood on

His mm and admimbtle me ism’-y great, llraight, and couered wifhayellolw barlte

,n'°" men can fcarfely fathom about: vpon the branches whereof grow .l¢3“°5 hald and wrinkled,‘ nlape like thofe of the Quince tree, greene aboue, andof a whitifh hoar)’ colour vndemeath»

emupon the Elephants delight to feed:among which leaues C0313 forth the fruit, Of the bigﬂolla. Of“ miarlsithirmbe ‘in lhape like a {mall Fig, hut ofa fangul I13 0T bloud)’ °°l°UY.3ﬂd Ola {W395 . r ’ - t ‘ at

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