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Show THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE 1356 vntoit drels, wherewithit taketh holde of othertrees, and fiich other things as do groweneere confifting ofmany graines , theftuite othgrow whereond andtwiggie, many are The branches greeneat the firlt, and afgrowing vpon a flender footeftalke, rhruft or compact clofe togither; lackePepper , yet {wecter, and of terwarde blackifhs in tafte fharper and hotterthan commonb better tafte. HISTORIE OF PLANTS, Butshe Indian Phifitians whichfor the moft part areE mpetickes, hold that Pepper is colde, as almoft all other {pice,which are hotindeed: the long Pep petis hotalfoin the third degree, andas wehaue faide, is thought to be the beft ofall thekinds, % The vertues, Dioftorides and others agreeing with him, afi : andis goodto 4 beputin medicaments for the ee Racine’ ie Seana es AllPepperhealeth,prouoketh vrine,digefteth i : ‘ B teigs thcfane Sipneoeee igefteth draweth,difperfeth, and clenfeth the dimnefl@of 3 Piper Mathiolt. % The defeription. Mathiolus his figure of Pepper. 3 Mathiolushathfer foorth figuee of Pepper, condemnedof moft robefaigned ; neuerthelefle it agreeth with the firft defcription in diuers pointssit differethfromthe others in the clofeand round bunches of fruit.The which figure we haue likewife inferted among thereft, vneill furcher certaintie may be knowen hereof, There isalfo another kinde of Pepperfeldome brought into thefe partes of Europe,called Piper Canarinm : ivis hollow within, light and emptie, but good to draweflegme from thehead,tohelpe Ofbastard Pepper,called Betle,or Betre. Betle,fine Betre. Baftard Pepper. The deferption His plant climeth and rampeth vpon trees, buthes, or whatfocuer elfe itmeeteth withall, like vnto the Vine,or the blacke Pepper, whereof fome holde it for a kinde, The leaves are like thofe of the Limontree , but fomewhat the toothach,and cholerike affects. Another kind of Pepperis fomtimes brought, which the Spaniards do call Pémemta de rabo, that is, Pepper with a taile : itis like vnto Cubebes, round, full,fomewhat rough,blacke of colour,and of a fharpe quicketafte, like the common Pepper, ofa good {mell: it growethby clufters vpon {mall {tems or ftalkes, which fome haue vnaduiPortinfedly taken for _Amomum. The king of longer, ofa duftie colour, with diuers veines or ribs running through thefame. Thefruite gro- weth among the leaues,very crookedly writhed, in fhape like thetaile ofa Lyzard , of the talte of Pepper, yet very pleafant to the palate. % The place. It groweth among the Bate trees,and (Areca, _ inmoftof the Molucca lands , efpecially in the martith grounds. se The time. The time anfwereth that of Pepper. be brought gale forbad this kinde of Pepper to fhouldbee ouer, for feare leaft the right Pepper the the lefle efteemed,and fo himfelfe hinderedin fale thereof. % Theplace. ; Blacke and white Pepper growethin the kingdome ofMalauar,and that very goods in Malaca Sune alfo,but not fo good; and alfo in the Ilands se The names. This hath beene takenfor the Indianleafe, and butnot properly: ofmottitis called Tembul, Tambul sin Malauar Besré: 10 Decan Guzarata, Siti. and Canam:itis called Pamin Molaio se Thevfeand temperature. ofa bit-A Theleaues chawedin the mouth are growing in the and Cude: there is great {tore kingdome of China, snd fome in Cananor, but the ter tafte, efpecially thofe that climbe vpon not much, Pepper of Aethiopia groweth in America, in all here Nataand Car thetraét of the countrie wher Peppet deferiptions. The white thago are fituated. The reft hath beene fpoken ofin theirfeuerall isnot fo common astheblacke, andis vfed thereinfteede offale, % Thetime. Theplant rifech vp in thefirft ofthe {pring ; the fruit is gathered in Augutt. The names. e Arathe Latin es Piper: th tch The Grecians, who had beft knowledge of Pepper, docallitame: e: in high Du Posur French in : Pimenta Spanith in bians Fuffel and Fuifal : in Italian Pepe: a Ta re jafefiec: in Englifh Pepper. ita longa andof fome Carnet : That of Aethiopia is called Péper Acthiopisum,Amomum,y at the hands of a learnea avis” heereof branch whereof weholdeitté be akinde. Ireceiueda of London,called M.Steewen Bredwell,with his fruit alfo. te The temperature. The the third degree. Arabians and Perfian Phifitions iudge,that Pepper is horin Chap.14.7. from whence tree Areca, orany other bitter tree it ts very pleait taketh his bitcernefle ; otherwife the lime fant, which the people do mixe withalfoadde they madeof oyfter fhels, whereuato & fuch like, fome Amber Greice, Lignum Alces, it into a which they ftampe either , making wh; nelle vie, & carie the fan ein their mouths their for drie keepe bals round into vp role they a carie fugar Candie in our mouthes, or the Oylittle andiittle it is confumeds as when we meate , but alfo drinke in their a Indians feely the vnto onely not is a Licotices which whichis efteemed among the Em-~ memorie: helpeth fpirits sand othe their wearied ifitions to be aot and drie in the fecond degree. Of |