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Show HISTORIE © F PLANTS, 2 Theplace.time andnames; This Date tree which thesArabians call Fey. yy fet, thatis by interpretation canbllana indica, the Indian Nut orFilberd: Auger aud Se tained a fhell, within which fhell lieth hid an Acorne orlong kernell, ofan inchlong andfometimes longer, very hard to be broken, intalte like the Cheftnut whichthe fanage people do grate and {tampe to powder to make thembread, & Theplace. vulgg rlyit is called Pae, and of the nobles and gentlemen Areca, whicli name is vied amongtt the Portingales which dweil in thofe Indies sin GuzarateandDecanitis called Cupare, in Zeilan Poaz: in Malaéa Pinan: in Cochin Chacams. In Englith the drunken Date tree, which name we hauecoyned fromhis qualitie, bicaufe the fruire doth make thofe drunke thateate thereof, % The ten Tt is cold anddric the fecond degree, & The vertues, : uitof W4reca before it be tipe, is recko. A tupefactiue or aftonifhing me. he firft groweth, as T heophrastusteftifieth , in Candie, but much moreplentifully in Cilicia, and are nowe founde in certaine places ofItalie by the fea fide, and alfoin divers partes of Spaine. The other hath beene foundbytrauellers into the weft Indies, from whence haue beenbroughe 5 se The time. The time anfwereththat of the manured Date tree. % Ten Se The little Date tree or wilde Date treeis named of T beophraftas xauesppueés? in Naples cephaglione sin Latine commonly pa/mites. That which is found in the middeft ofthe yoongfprings, andis viedtobe eaten in bankets, iscalled in Gregke éyxspents zits gotmues: in Latine Palme cerebrum, the braine ofthe Datetree. %& Thetemperatureandvertues. + A Galen fappofeth, that the braine of the Date tree confifteth offundrypartes, dfhat is tofay,ofdea certaine waterie and warmefubftance, and of an earthie and coldes therefore itis moyftand co with acertaine aftriGtion or binding qualitie, B recall it Fifeland Fufel. Itgroweth in the Ealt Indies in divers and {undrie places,as in Malauar, where or plate lying ouer another, as tiles vypona houfe: the fruite groweth at the endes of the branches, not ynlike a great Pine Apple cone, couered ouer witha skin like the Indian Nut ;whereiniscon- thenaked branches withthe fruit. 1337 es3 ft ofoeuer earetl ke, bicaufe it doth exceeding! aftonith the fenfes, a. Whenthe Indians are vexed with fome lerable ache orpaine, or mutt of neceffi fome great tormentor torture, then dott ofthis fruite, wherebythe tigor of that j (which otherwife theyfhouldteele)is ve mitigated. Theinice ofthe frit ofAreca doth ftrengthen the gums,fatten the teeth,comfort the ftomacke, C ‘ Being taken asa meateit ingendreth rae humors and winde, and therefore i tis goodto be ea ten with pepper andfale. yVomiting, and loofenefic of rhe belly; ic doth alfo purge the bodie from congealed or clotted blood gatheredwithin fh Ofthe drunken Date tree. Chap.133. Chap.134. Fudian Nut tree. & The deferition. % Thedeféription. i hane not knowen, northe A He Grecians tbig), an Indian i tree of a g ereadis 7 He drunken Date tree which Caro/us Clufis calleth Paufel 1s i vatoag , wherofis very foft & fpoongious, exceeding fmoothaand plavr ineafeendilig nes, the timber aaa ae ea fortheir Indians the therefore and vp; climed be to poflible nor height, made of ae the at fome diftances doe tic round about the.tree certaine withes or ropes tke trees; as may be perceiued by the figure, wherebyvery cafily they go vp and Co fruite at their pleafure. The top of the tree is diuided into findrie bearee as t ne a ° vnto the great Cane ; whereupon doe growe faire flaggieleaues like thofeof om . ; tice, whercof doubtleffe this is a wilde kinde : fromthe bottome of which Baeynto the 0 al foorth fiuitin long bunches like traces of Onions, couered with a foft Dre ne wits dftnped when Date dried the ike colour,andl yellowith ofa haire j quer nut,roughand veryfull of in whichhuske is containedfruit like vnto the Nutmeg, but greater, very hard, analy) with red and white veinesox finewes. Ait, On * hb the bodie whereofis y great height, wherefo | < me latt : : . : f rtheir more eafe in gatherl crib tree laft delcribed, the Nie wirh;; sins Plngie within but hard withoutr,a of th es wh s Sr Nur trees 1 E this Indian bred once rememor es OF t > reat, finooth ar rap ropes 7 1ey vie ron elles oftheir fhips, and c l hike thofe of the Cheftnur ree, which turne ape atone ends inthac end next vatoth Wor { 1 titis w rapped ina couverture, conh jy atenfoft sthere is alfo.a finer andmore BOemade loft: in the middle whereof is con Si a Mwne colour beforeit bepolithed, afterwat ute ] wei , ora eof, the y do vp thereof,a rt 5 - cimber whereor 1s ieee Areca, fine Fanfel, The drunken Date tree, ¥ y BIic THE THIRD BOOKE/OF THE Fae 1336 vnto Dates, but drie and nothing woorth, This tree groweth tothe height andbigneffeofalowe tree; the trunke or bodywhereof is foft, of a fungous or pithie fubftance,vofit for building, asis themanured Date tree ; the branch it {elfe was brought ynto vs from the Indies drie, and voyde ofleattes ; wherefore we mutftdefcribe the leaues byreport of the bringer. The branches (Githm author) areconered oner with long flaggieleaues, hanging downeofa greatlength, like thofeof the Datetree : the branches are alfo coueredwith a fcalie or {cabbed barke, veryrough, onefcale |