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Show 1593 7 Sareea eee Tbeatrum Botanicum. Crap, 42, ™ ‘T Ripe 17, — : Sar the voyce, and caten oftentimes with Jagra before recited,or with Sugar, orelfe being broken and bruifed they draw fortha milke, like unto Allmond milke,wherewith they boyle Rice,and isas {weetas the milke of Kine, Trrpery TheTheater ofPlanis, Cua 42, Coccus de Maldiya, The Cockar Nutof aaldi u. or Goates, orelfe herewith, and the flethof beatts or birds, the y make certaine meates,which theycall Carib, The frefh kernels being broken and dryedafter the outer rinde is pared away, are called by themCopra, andis fent as a metchandi(e into other Countryes,that haveeither none or not fufficient {tore toferve their nfe : which tafte mech pleafanter then any of thofe that are brought from thence into thefe parts, itisufed alfo asa ftirrer up of Venery,and tq encreafe {permeor feed: Ont of this Copra or broken Kernells is made two forts ofoyle, the one prefied forth. ( after che fame mannerthat oyleof Allmonds is made) and isa moft cleare oylein good a~ bundance, whichferveth not onely to byrnein Lampes,butto put to their boyled Rice: the is made by putting warme water to them afterthey are broken to peeces and boyled, by fcumming off theother oyle that {wimmethabovethe water, after they are preffed together, which oyle is ufed asa gentle purgation to evacuate the bowels, fome put chereanto the pulpe of Tamarindes, which maketh ita little tatrer, and fitter for hot and chollericke bodies, the other oyle ferveth to mollefie the hardneffe and fhrinking of the finewes,and old paines in the joynts and for this purpofe they ufe to put thepatient after he is annointed,into a great and capatious tub or veffell being heated, thacmay hold him, andchercin {uffer him to abide for a good while, untill he haveflept therein, andthis bringeth hima great deale of eafe and comfort : but whereas Avicen faith,that it killeth wormes, Garcias faith hehad not tryed it, neither thoughtit probable, becaufe ic is well knowne,that the eating thereofingendreth wormes,in all the Inhabirants that eate mach thereof, andisa difeafe incident unto them : and whereas Serapio faith, by the authority of AZe/wes, that by the eating of thefe Nuts, the loofeneffe ofthe belly isftayed ; it difagreeth not with reafon,faith he, that the Nut it félfe, which hath much earthy partsin it, fhovld binde the body, andthe oyle whichis ot many thinne and aerions parts fhould loofen it: in this kernell is contained, asis before faid, a great quantity of cleere {weet liquour, the middle or hollow pare of pleafant to drinke, and not bringing any offence to the ftomacke, but rather refrefheth the fpirits, the other fort of thele trees are referved faith Garcias, that the head {prout or top thereof is taken to be eiten, whichtalteth more pleafantly then either tender Chet Chefnuts, or wild or dwarfe Date tree, called Palmito, < the headd; of thepias: and by the Italians Cefaglioni : f aren j edyeth, fotha : ‘A fidedevoneee a Gearcob: o t Nucula Indica racemofa. A {mall Indian Cok er Nut manygrowing together. e This fmall Indian Nut which Césfius defcribed fingly, in the fecond Bookeof his Exotickes, the fix and twentyeth Chapter, and 54,page, and the fecond Nut wasafterward fent unto Mounfieur de Peire/e,in Pro vince, butcamea while atterhisdeath. The tree that beareth thefefruiteshimfrom is ingreat account with the Natives waste ic groweth,for with the leaves they make their drinke, being boyled with water, and of the kernels of the fruites they make their bread, thatis {weet and pleafant, which truitegrowe i th in atuftor fpike, many together, and all upona great thicke flalke, they are inclofed in a certaine the ripening, and each onealfo hatha hairy haske or covering, under hairy buskeor skinne, breaking open upon which was another fhell or covering, not much unlike toa Filberd, being an inch long, and an inchor better in compaffes being firme andfolid,not having any lo ithin i t , whe ny loofe or broken kernell within it,whereby to make any ifc,but a firme white kernell fit to be eaten, which noi inner fhell had an oylineffe : about it,Tke unto oyle of ‘Apaches m,whic Allmonds. Y Waite leis. ps (ah toate Cele Man! u C atte eitngtlcacycertCia ledPaleby F 2 goo foote long, hanging downewards, cutinlike unto Reed ? . , leaves, fi on under which leaves grow branches, fruite being then as bigge as a mans head, containing within the them many divers {mall nuts greater then Plummes ofagold yellowcolour, from whofe kernels being bruifed, they draw acleere oyle, which they call the ayle of Palme, which theyput into their viands,bothfor the colour and fents fake this oyle brought into thefe parts groweth thicke like butter, and isvery yellow, which fome that beoaat it ee for pet of their trefh wounds, and annoynted their arteries and finewes pained with crampes, andconvulfions, w ereby theyfinde much helpe andeafe, Clwfiwedefcribeth thee Nuts to be three {quare, and to have three holes as it were, at che heads of them like unto the Cokar Nur, covered withahai ry huske, bur the fhell faith Lebel, is harder then a ieneend blaske : wateehey cip's peal one I am ig tomedom i, eee PSOe ey pon Ss there commeth forth a tweet liquour, almoftlik » ante ich put little wi honey, and thereof make their drinke whichtheycall thee the whey o wine of the Palme, which will inebriate beinglargely taken, ‘ Mehenbethene, : The Indian Nut J Tehenbethene, This Indian Nut which Clufius faith Cortufus fentunto him for Mebenberhene, but did little agrée, faith he; unto:he defctiption thereof, Zobel faithit was found among Nutmegs at Autwarpe : Itis faith Lobelboth in colour, forme, and greatneffe like untoa Nutmegge ( which therefore Clafivs faith ir might be better referred to the kinds of Nutmege, yet very untowardly I thinke ) being aboutan inch long, and three fquare, whofe thell was hard and wooddylikea Cokar Nut, and being brokenhad Was a (mall long white kernell,o f a (weete and plea(anttafte. three cels or divifions within it, in each whereof 2. Coccus de Maldiva, ‘The Cokar Nutof Maldiva; This ki sae Secs ate Bee his kinde of Nut isaccounted as another Coccws, ee itis in many things folike the other, for although it was yttic e growing on any tree, asthe Indians doe report,th MM, e Nuts being onelyfound upon thofe Iflands of the ret . . ¥ ‘ am ‘ wiul betelanycntsineRehaaae eteendarenrwl v ny, r cads,! S Sc pertaine to him,and are onely fent byhim aspretents of great account to gor his O; S,In tha at : otherIndian Princes and great perfons, &c, Valeffe by ftealth and concealement, fome are diverted otherwayes, nor wasnever feene to have amy fych Pr Case Cokar Nut hath, yet in the inner hard thell, inclofing the inner kernel! it is almoftin all points points llike other ike the the other : the whole Nut carrying rj this i proportio tion: iti farre greater, longer, io : n: itis ) t and rounder then the other (yet there aré of {maller fizes alfo) and of an ovall forme, containing two parts whichare fo conjoyned together i Sarre : a 5 :together in the middle rE i almoft all the length,that c t little feparate both above and below,thé uppér partiBee it is buta ing {onaewhat bigger then the lower, thatit feemeth as iftwo lon 3 huts werefet together,but cannot befeparared byftrength of hands onely, bue muft be fawed in funder, the ihell being fo hard NS iae greatlabour, it is alo on the outfide much blacker then the other and beingtlie it {carfe yeeldeth eed polithed with the ftone Tripelo Cre. Beneen oakwitee tabbed mis aoe dosh (but ee Mae ane 8 no hand, for much thicker, ithath alfo ewoholev« he a left hi ae, ee nec a the other, as alfa SRhe Gp take cdced and footed feith Avene: HO TENE Tica Sed ‘en i fone € cut into twolong Stirs. cote cad oh eat SEL : he : iyseed esd P es = die hol : rin again cue into two ofa A 4 sred w: . : ? i Ce fae: craifed therewith, and the holes topped, as it pleatech ihe one 7 ict or oF ee em for boxes. Clufius fetteth forthin the 193 page of his Booke of Ex atickes; 3 fe = the on€ halfe ef thefe Nuts curionfly {erin filver, which as he faith, he received from Faqnes Garret of ones iaerste wasfoure. the infide, but covered ifts or clefts, the outfide having none, Sees oo then the other, hess allmoftashardasa bone, andisa little feparated from the woodden but is : : With brownith skinnes both outfide and infide, Sindeelycy engeeeei err fhell, which may foone be perceived whenit is opened, but may alfo before, being as it were loofe, as may be knowne 2 waouy coniumed the long time before they were gotten: it hath likewife ; umpe, as white andcleareasa cur, Geass to the of the inner bon the other,which no chaste bud which would {pring : the kernels on both fides arehead ae conjoyned in the middle alfo, It is ufually called byalf the Chriftians and fome others in thofe Parts. Coccus de Maldiva, by Augerins Clutivinhis TraGate thereon. Nux Medica Maldivenfis,but bythe Manders Tavarcare, The propertie s both of the kernelland outer fhell,is as Garcias faith, generally held to be good again{t poyfons ofall forts and pettilenciall difeales,to be taken the weight of ten graines in fine pouther (which is bef tobe made in a motter, 2 File, or any other iron rafpe or toole, the kernell being allmoft by beatingit, for it very hardly yeeldethto as hard as the onter thel!) more or leffeaccording as the cafe requireth: divers great perfonages have a peece tyed toa chaine, which they put into their drinke ening phate eS a bok ea wig ear diokewine tybetes to eee Cael gs is alio faith he, Neild by divers worthy perfonsto be availeable againit the chollicke palfie, and falling fickneffe, and other the difeafes of the head nerves,and finewes, and by the ule thereof, either of the drinking out of the cups thereof, ot the drinke, wherein a peece of the kernell hath beene {teeped as isaforefaid, t6 keepethem fafe and found from all other difeafes: yet Garcias {carfe beleeveth any ofthefe things, and Clufius asbeingled by his ill fample accounteth fach relations tobe fabulous and commentitious + but Augerixs Clatin before {pokenof, in his tratate _ pare wpeis rey, cutee iada pats a both pee Pell, not one. d, Datebitode ee ekee butin Feavers, Epilepfies, Cachexia’that s, and manyother difeafes there mentioni but efpecially in the fore and tedious travailes of child-birt h, giving halfe a dramme ofeach, or two fc; uples ited alone or wichocher rs, ; aot. ; 521 aaa i _ ung yetremaines, whercinCO-maati I would deliver mine. opinion concerning fomeé particular s, belonging to i liftory of the Nut of Adalaiva, Firlt concernin g that opinion is held, chatall thofe Iflands haye beene erly joyned tothe Continent, which is {aid to be forLeagues diftant from Pelts, andinnundations, and broken away which may be as likel ag that150. our Ifle of areat Brittaine,them, was alfo joyned to t by ytemlande of Frskce aabodl thinke ike tone for Cefar F found Sey 2a eheas in bis Progretfe hikerant sheSeta tr n Cy 4 c rtintisppind rome Landy sabeceday teor hoods Hee ea ee c ound o} ’ es ath ntt ‘ e tres either o1 rootes ado aoresnpbt y ae 7 Reis neers : eGe Tees tease, ee the winde and waves dtive chee r a the S rowin pa bean of the Sea, as slecink wh ich a ng Soth alfo alike true, that is il . Againe. oe there EXE isacertaine Ifland called ’ 2 fome othersTe thinke 3 , by themPallayes, oe trheteon that the tree thatoebeareth rhefe whereor Nuts fhonld grow; and{ falling when theyare ripe, are cartyed by oy 1599 |