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Show “3500 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Li Ba. Myxon and Myxarion,neither haue the Latines any other name. The Arabians and the Apothec, ries do-call it Sebe/tem : whichis alfo made an Englifh name: we maycallitthe Affyrian Plym A B G The Temperature and Vertues. ts Sebeftens be very temperately cold and moift,and haue a thicke and clammie fubftance. there fore they nourifh more than moft fruits do,butwithall they eafily ftop the intrailes, and flufeyp e the narrow paflages,and breed inflammations. They take awaythe ruggedneffe of the throat and lungs,and alfo quenchthirft, being taken ing loochor licking medicine,or prepared any other kinde ofway,orelfe taken by themfelues, C€—_ Theweightof ten drams,or of an ounce anda halfe of the pa p or pulpe hereof being inwardly ta. ; ken,doth loofe the belly. D Thereis alfo madeofthis fruita purging Ele@uarie,but {uch anone as quickly mouldéth, and therefore it is not to be vfed but when it is new made. —<—<—$—— ~Lap 3e Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 1f0i 4 call them Araresthofe that be blacke they call ReXennale;the Bellevice,Gotim;the Chebule,A retca,the Emblice ate called Aretiqui, q The Temperature, Allthe kindes of Mirobalans are in tafte aftringent and fhatpe like vnto the vnripe Sorbus of Seuice berries,and therefore they are of complexion cold and drie, q The Vertues. : The Indians vfe them rather to bind than purge;but ifthey dovfe them fora purge, they vie the Al decoction of them,andvfe them muchconferued in {ugar,and efpecially the Chebule ; the yellow and blacke be good that way likewife, The yellow and Bellerica taken before meat,are good againfta laske,or weake ftomacke,as Garci- B awriteth. The yellow andblacke,orJadice,and the Chebule,purgelightly,if twoor threedrams be taken, CG and draw fuperfluous humors from the head. The yellow,as fomewrite,purge choler,chebule flegme, Indice melancholie, and ftrengthenthe D inward parts, but rofted in the embers,or otherwife wafted,they drie more than they purge. There are two forts efpecially broughtinto thefe parts of the world conferued, the chebule, and & ofthem the beft are fomewhatlong likea {mall Limon,witha hard rinde and black pith,ofthe raft » Cuar, 128, Of the Indian Plums, or “Meirobalans. ofacon{crued Wall nut;and the BeWerice, whichare round andleffer,and tenderer in eating. x G] The Defcription. 3 Hefirft of the Mirobalan trees, called Chebule, is a fhrubbietree altogether wilde(whichthe Indiansdoe call Aretca:)in ftature notvolike to the Plumtree, the branches are many,and growthicke together,whereon are fet leaues like thofe of the Peach tree. The fruit is greaterthan anyof theheate of theintrailes:the greateft and heauieft be the beft. They purge beft,and withleffer paine,if they be Jaid inwater in the Sun vntill they fwell,8z fod on oth fire, 8¢ after they haue fod and be cold,preferuedin foure times fo much white honey,put them. Gercias found thediftilled water to be right profitable againft the French difeafe,and fuchlike infeGtions. The Rellerica are alfo of a milde operation,and do comfort,and are cold in the firft degtee, and ttie in the fecond:the others come neere to the Emblice in operation. 1 Thaue in this chapter contented my (elfe with the expreffing of the fruits out of Clufius and Lobel, and omitted the figures ofthe three Mirabalan urees, highs Author gauc vs out of Sabemamontanus 5 becaule Liudge them rather drawaebyfancy than bythethings them(clues, Cuar.i2g. OftheFuinbe tree, the reft,fomwhat long,fafhionedlikea peare. 2 This fecond kinde of Mitobalan,called Flana,ot Crtvina,which fome docall Aritiqui, burt the common people ofIndia, Arare,groweth vpon a tree of meaneftature, hauing ma ny boughes ftanding finely in order, and fet full of leaues like vnto the Seruicetree. — 3 Thethird kinde of Mirobalans,called Emblicethe Indians doe call CAmiale, which Tow vpona tree ofmeanftature,like the for- met,but the leaues are very much iagged, in thapelike the leaues ofFerne, but that chey be fomewhat thicker ; the Indians donotput the fruit hereofvnto phyficall vfes, but occtPieit for the thickening and tanning of theis leatherin ftead ofRhys, or Coriars Sumach, as alfotomake inke and bletch for other put pofes. 7 re 4 Airobalani Bellirice, called of the SausSes Gotni,and Guti, groweth vp to ameaneftature, garnifhed with leaues like vnto Laurell or the Baytree,but fomewat leffer,thinner,and of a pale greene colour, i 5 The fift kinde of Mirobalans is called Indice,whichthe Indians do call ReXanmale, it groweh vpona tree ofmeaneftature,or rather vpon a fhrub or hedgeplant,bearing leaues like the W illow and a fruit eight fquare. Thereis a fift kinde,the tree whereofis not mentioned in Authors. @ The Place and Time. q] The Defcription. T Heluiubetree isnot muchleffer than Z#2 Xiphus candida,haning awreathedtrunke of body,anda roughbatke full ofrifts or cranies, andftiffe branches,befer with frong and hard prickles ; from whence grow out many long twigs,orlittle ftalkes, halfea foot or more in Jength,in thewlike Rufhes,limmer, and eafily bowing thenifelues, and very flender like the twigges of Spartum : about which come forth leaues one aboue another , whichare fomewhat long,notverygreat, but hard and toughlike to the leaues of Perwinca or Peruinckle; & among thefe leaues come forth pale and moffie little floures : after which fucceed long red well tas fted {weet berri¢s as big as Oliues (of ameane quantity )or fittle Prunes,or {mal Plums,wher- inthere are hard round ftones, or inwhichg fall kernell is contained. q The Place. There be nowat this day Iuiube trees grows Dey The laft foure kindes of Mirobalans do growin the kingdome of Cambaia : they growlikcit® in Goa;Batecala, Malanor,and Dabul:the Kebela in Bifnager,Decan, Guzarate,and Bengala,& © ny other places ofthe Eaft Indies.’ Tuinbe Arabum,five Ziziphus Dodonai. The Iuinbe tree. Thetime agreeth with other fruits in thofe countrics@ The Names. ‘ 2 ee Thofewhichwe liaue faid tobe yellow,the inhabitants of thofe countries where they gro¥ 3 ing in very manyplacesof Italy,w hichin times paft were newly brought thither out of Syria, and that about Pliny his time, as he himfelfé hath written in his 17.book,ro. chap. | The Time. Ie floureth in Aprill,at which time the feeds or {tones ase to befet or fownefar increafe. @ The SEey is of opinion, that the fiue kindes grow vponfiuediuerstrees, Lobel writeth that of them the Eblice do meanly coole,fome dodriein the firft degree, they B purge the ftomacke ofrotten flegme,they comfort the braine,the finewes, the heart,and litier, procureappetite, (tay vomite,and coole the heat of choler, helpe the vnderftanding, quenchthirft, and FEiz it @ The Kindes. Ties be diuers kinds ofMirobalans,as Chebule, Bellivice, Emblice,8cc. Theylikewife growvpon diuerstrees,and in countriesfar diftant one from another, and Garcias the PortugalPhyfition |