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Show Inthis LLand allo grows abundanc of Cottons, the feed whereof as brq thither above go0 years fince And although this Fruit doe likew in other parts ac prefent; as in the Iflands of Cyprus, Maly, Sicily, and in Egypt 5 I think it not m;ifs to reprefent unto you in the 3nn)e This €otton grows upon a flal high, Covered wic reddith Bark, and full o a kind o ng it felf into fevera] Bran ches. The Leaves hanging upon ong fhoots, are not unlike hofe of the Vin and divided into three parts, hich for bignefs may be com the Maft-Tree ofe o The Flowers are yellow ddle red, upon which fo]l a round fruit, about the bign fs of an Apple, wherein, wh n it is ripe, the Woo lyes concealed, whic is afterwards gathered, fold and difpofed of to {evera ufes The Leaves of the Cotton-T like, only here and there fom are fmoother, fofter, and mo e even then others In fome places of China, Beans ay be {een growing upon Trees A fort whereof near the City hangchang are reputed good a ainft Poyf{on The Province of Kuanting pro Ofiers, which feem to be p other then Ropes twifte together by Nature h there are whole Moyn tains fall in this Province, wh ch are put by the Inhabitant to divers ufes - and i regard chey are very tough, and w ll not cafily break, the dag thereof for forel bu their be ufe 1s to mak make fometimes Cor moft of the People, the Grandees, Whid ,lay themfelves naked when they go tofleep Ve, y ncatand clean is this furnitu e, and withalwery coo in the Summer ; and though th Mattrafies be only fpred onthe are floor, ye they look upon itasa fir place to l e upon, having been ufed to Iye n The whole land of Hainn is fu ] of thefe Ofiers, efpecially of th beft, which th Portuguefes call the white Rotq fofte Mattra[Tes, upo FLOWERS Here are feveral rare and we]l-fcented that are unknown to thofe of Enrope In the Province of Suchue, near to Ch wers calle Mentang, in high efteem amongft them and therefore called the King of Flowers It difters very little in fathiop from the uropean Rofe, but is much larger, an {preads its Leaves further abrgad It far furpafles the Rofe in beauty , bu falls fhort in richnefs of {cent Tt has no thorns or prickles, is ce ally of white colour, mingled with a. litt]e Par le 5 yet there are fome that are yello andred. This Flower growsupon a Bufh rifhed and plante _ inall Gardeps belongin to the Grandee s,for one of the mo lowers In the Province of Hugnang, nea he City Tan isa great Cataract which occa fions a Mere wherein grow Flow rs of a Saffron colour, whof like are n where elfe to be {een m all thof Countries Several ‘of thefe Flowers gro capon one Root, they are fometh a Lilly of Europe, and, much handfomer:" for fafhion refembling 'fu'lips The Leaves of the ftalks ar large and round, and drive upon the {va s of {ome Weeds do i Europe, which at their {e fon they gache and dryy and by this means aé a few words Cotton, as alfo of the Tree that begy Chinefe Trades) and defcribe the ame . ed Print, the figure of this Fruje o (fince it is in efte& one of the chief f |