I500

or the Hiftoric of Prams.

1.4135‘;-

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.is alfo made an Eng liih name. We may call it the Aifyrian Plum .

qr fI[z:‘1‘emp

eraturc and Venues .

'A Sebeﬁens be yery temperatly cold and moili,and haue a thick and clam my f ubﬂance,lh€‘Cf°rc

r they nourifh more than mofi fruits do 5 but withall they eaﬁly flop the intrals,and ﬂnfvp the Hal‘

row pafl2:ges,and breed inﬂammations.

B They takeaway the ruggedneife of the throat and lungs,and alfo quench rhiri{,being !8l<€“ in 3‘ looch or licking medicine,or taken any other way,or by themlelues. C Ten drama or an ounce and halfe of the prep or pulp hereof being inwardly taken doth 10097 ‘he

belly.

D There is allo made of this fruit a purging Ele&uarie,but f uch an one as quickly mouldeth, and therefore not to be vfed but when it is new made.

CAHl'A P. 12.8. 0ft/ye In

a1imz‘5Plamr or A/1 iroéalanr,

1;} The Kinder.

Tﬂere be diners kinds ofMirobalans,as Clad}

ula,Bellirjae,Em£lic.¢,&°c. They Iikewife grow VP.’

, on diners trees,and in countries far diilant one from atnothergand Garcia: the Portugal Phyﬁﬂl an is of opinion that the ﬁue kindes grow vpon ﬂue diners trees.

t r q} '1‘ be Defcri rim. I iTl1e ﬁrft of the Mircibalan treesacwegr Céeéula, is a ihrubby tree aicogﬂme wild (which the Indians call Arctm) in {W a_ not vnlike to the Plum treenche branches are I“ ny,and grow thick~toge.ther,wheron are fet 5“ like thofe of the Peach tree. The fruit is glﬁikc than any of the rei’t,fomwhat long, failaioflfd a Peare. » t t l T F/A. 2 This fecond kind of Mirobalan,call€d He -z/4,01‘ Cim‘m,which fome do call Arz‘nquz',b“‘ 3 common people of India,LAmrr,growetlI Vpgan, tree ofmeane Rature,hauing many boughe? to ding ﬁnely in order, and fer full of leanes like the Service tree. d 5",.‘ 3 The third kinde of Mirobalans,C3l1‘ on 3 6lz'm,the Indians call Amide which grow '1? Ms tree of mean fiature like the formcr,but the 1535‘ 0 are very much jagged, in ihape like the lfauendi, Fern, but that they be fomwhat thicker;tl“7 ans put not the fruit" hereof to phyficall vfebhck occupie it for the thickning and tanning 0 ‘S a[_ leatherin {iead of 1367:: or Coriars Sumachﬁ ﬁlo to make inkeahdtblerch for other pUFP°re5',¢s, 4 Miroéalani Br!/irim, called of the Sfavag. ;. Gum‘ and Gun‘, groweth vp to amean ffaime’ nifhed with leaues like Laurel or the b3)’ ‘re?’ 3'. fomwhat le{fer,tbinner,and ofa pale grfcn

"§“.:,';{'” : ' {I W . - '5' . "V _ h v 5 “The fit’: kindc of Mirobalans lS called Imlme, which the Indians call Rez amzale .- it g{‘_""1'c:v vpon a tree ofmean ﬂaturepr rather vpon a {hrnb or hedge plant, bearing leauieslike the W ‘I O ’

and a fruit eight fquarc. There is a lift kinde,the

tree whereof is not mentioned by Autl10’5'

{I The Plan: mm’ Time.

The 131% foure kinds ofMirobalans grow inthe kingdome of Cambaia : they grow likewlfe in G03,33f€‘¢3l3,'Méla’nor,and Dabul : the K chalet in B ifnager, Decan,Guzarat,Bengala,’ and in In

an)’

:0fll°1* Pl3¢€5 05 Eail; Indies’. The time agrees with other fruits in thofe countries.

~ y as V - A T£zeName:, ’ A t 9".Th9l'€ Wlliéli We hauc faid to be yellow,the Inhabitants ofthofe countries, where th’¢Y S’° can

1,.»

w,d°

‘T"]:IB.;'. the Hiflorie ofljlants. isoi

Call them /(rare .- thofe that be black thCY 53“ Rcllfnmle " the Be[1mm’Gém# 5‘ the Cbcé“l‘’&dr€tc‘§‘ ‘ 9 .15mt5lic.2 are called Arcliqyai. ' T if

q] The Temperature and’ Veriﬁffé

_ _ All the kinds QfMirobaI_ansV are in taﬁe aflzringent and fharpe, like to the ynripe Sotbtts ’Ser- ’

Vice 5 - f h ofcomplexion cold and dry. . y t . ? _ V ~ Th:rIr[i1(C:iSi,:I:$‘iv*(lt1:lt‘5]ecgreaihiygebmd than Pu‘,-gcsbut if theyvfplthierlrli for a Cptbtrgent is onely ghe

decdéiion rnuch conferued in ftigarﬁﬂd ¢fP“-“HY the C5"5"l“’t C 5‘: OW a“ lad‘ be 300d ‘ 3‘

my likewife. ‘ The yellow and Be/lcrica taken be

Wm h. a ' - . .

T?“ Yellow and blacl<6.0r {M113-'1“d Fh"'*Cb‘é”l"’Pmgc hgmly ’ limo or three draws be taken’ andrcérgyyeﬁipirfppgégnv ‘Ch"OIe°::_C,7f5”,‘¢ ﬂegme, 1;2a'iczeine§ancholy,and iirengrhen the 9 3 3 '

i - ‘ th wife waited they dry more than they purges t “ward parmbut “med m the embersaohtointecr) thefe parts if the world conferued, thevchtéu/Z, and

Th V ' ll b on _ _ . . . . . ofthezetifgglpalgrpgifpviiifloylgflH33 {mall ‘imon,with a hard rind and blackpith of the tafie 0 3 confc, d Vvamutg and the Be//erimwhich are round and lefl'er,and tenderer in eating. .

Loéelwiriirpcth thatofachem the Emilie; do meanely cople, fome do dtylin the ﬁrcfltldegree, they pmge the ﬂnm;Ck Ofmmn ﬂegmeﬁthey comfort the brain,the {inues,t_he eart, an iuer, procure appetite mi, vomgg and coole the heate ofcholer,higp‘ethe vriderlianding, quench rhirlt and heater emu, in} 6} Th 3 reareii and heauiellt are the be ._ : _ A H y p v

They phirhe beg grid with lelfe pain,if they be laidin water in the funfvntill plhey fweél, and fod {"13 foft 6:935: after they haue fod and belco1d,P‘°{“‘““d‘“ {Cum “mes 0 mu‘ While O“€YsP“‘3 to , . ' - ' ' :3 -' .

v - » r a -' . * feafe 8: fuch like infeéhons. . _ - - d licl ml againft rheFrench di y _ gggzgiipgpfatrig 3:‘,-TCl‘J};r[:l<:Crrzr)ltionFpeznd do comfort: theyare cold in the Era degree, and d‘? in the fecond-: the others come ncere to the Emél/5?‘ 1“ °P5”‘“°”°

. ' d " ' cl the ligures ofth: three lV.llrol>a3an :€;l'€€3,l?‘I>l‘Il&1-ll T I have ' ch? Fla: re co-iterated my felfc wirhthe €XP¥¢“7“8 °m‘° f'““‘°“‘°F”“ﬁ3: a‘ni;ii,,z'°sb:}I,’¢$r¢l:::::e but A“: ’°‘ Egllc risoiii Trdb":ﬂe hccaufe Iiudgc them rather drawn: by fancy than by C - 5 p

C H A P. 129-‘ Ofythe Iujztée tree; ‘

q The DefErz‘ftlic3/3.

fore meat ﬂop the laske,and—help the weak f3;omack,as iGzi?'c/‘$5

Iujm /im5z.<m, Zizipliur Dcdmzz;

T110 “lube ""°' ‘ ‘ ' He Iujube tree is not much leffe than .Z'i{g'-— T /M Candida , hauing a wreathed trunk or bo- dy, and a rough barke full of rifts or crannies," and llziffe branches befet with {{r0ng_a_nd hard pric- V i;1es,{;‘om whence grow out many" long twigs or I it- rle {talks halfa foot or more in length‘, in fhew like Ru lhes,limmler,and eafily bO'VlflDgVtl)Cml‘ClLlC¢,an<i: very {lender like the twigs of Sfartumzabiout which come forth leaues one aboue another , which are fomewhat long, not very great, but hard and tough like tothe leaves ofPcr;1iz2ca or Peru in<’:‘l_c‘,$z among thefe leaues come forth pale 8: mollie little HOUTS 3

afterwhich fucceed long red wel talked TWCCIT. 561’: v

ties as big as Olives(0f a mean q‘t_1|l"~f1:Utitl’5) 01' ll‘«1”r_l§§ Prunes ,_ or fmall “ltrms , wherein there flied a iiones,or in which a {mall kernell is conraine . There be now at th'_i9 ‘day r"l“l?c ”.‘°'eS.gr°wmg~ , . " "" ' fltal which in times palh gnverygf PIQCCSVO _ Y 3 . : imam U/e"W;,}, bmught thither orutof Syria, and that aliout Plinier time 2' 35 bee hi-mfelfc hath wmteﬂ’ MJ7 MP sq; TbeTzme.. _ _. It ﬂometh in A“Pr;il.l1 at which time the feeds or {tray-)PS are to be fer or {own for increafe.

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