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Show NeteeaeSS 41530 Of the Hiftory of Plants, Lin, fpots:the branches are many, and ofvery great beautie ; whereupon do grow Ieaucsnot yaliket thofe of the Ath-tree, confifting of many {mall leaues, fet vpona middle rib ; growing hare etter towardsthe point, euery particular one jagged on thefides like the teethofa {aw swhich be. ing plucked fromthe ftem,yeeldeth forth a milkie juice, tough and clammie, fauouring like the bruifed leaues.of Fenell,andas it feemeth in taftefomewhat aftringent: che Houres grow in fe ters vpon the twiggie branches, like thofe of the Vinea little before the grapes be formed: ee “Lis. 30 nd induftry,they haue perithed at the firft approch ofwinter, asnotbeing able by reafon ofthe; tenderneffe toindure thecold ofous Winterblafts. : eee ] The Time. As touching the time ofhis flourifhing,and bringing hisfruit to maturitie, we haue as yet no certaine knowledge,but is thought to be greeneboth VVinter and Sommer, followeth the fruit or berries, fomewhat grteaterthan Pepper coines, ofanoilie fubfance ae atthe firft, and ofa darke reddith colour. when,they be ripe: + The firft of the figures wastaken from a tree,only ofthree yeeres growth, butthe latter ftom,a treecome tohis full growth, asitis affirmed in Clufius his Cwr. Poffer, It differsonly in that the leaues of the old trees are not atall fhiptordiuided on the edges. + 1 Mollé,five Molly Clufij, cr Lobel. ( The Balfametree of Clufires and Lobels defcription, 4 $2 Mole arboris adulte ramus. A branchof the old tree of Molle, f iL Ofthe Hiftory ot Plants. © The Names. This moft notable tree is called by the Indian name colle :offome,Molly,and Muelle,takenfrori his tender foftneffe,as fome haue deemed:it may be called rhe Fennell tree, or one ofthe Balme,or Balfam trees. a «| The Temperature, This tree is thought to be of anaftringentor binding qualitie,whereby it appeares befides the hot temperature it hath,to be compounded ofdiuers other faculties. q The Vertues. The Indians vfe to feeth the fruit orberries hereof in water, and by a {peciall skill they haue in theboiling,do make a moft wholefome wineor drinke,as alfoa kind ofvineger,and fometimes hony;which are very ftrange effects,thefe three things being fo contraryin rafte. A ; The leaues boiled,and the decoétion drunke, helpeth them of any difeafe proceeding ofa cold B caufe. ss The gum whichiffueth from the tree, being white like vnto Manna, diffolued in milke, taketh Cc away the web ofthe cies,and cleareth the fight,being wiped ouer withit. [ The barke ofthis tree boiled,and the legs that be fwolneandfull of paine, bathed and wathed D with the decoétion diuers times,taketh away both infirmities in fhort fjpace. - This tree is offach eftimation amongthe Indians,that they worthip it asa god, according vnto B their fauage rites and ceremonies ; muchlike as Pliny reporteth of Homers Moly,the molt renowned ofall plants,which they had in old timein {uch eftimation and reuerence, thatasit is tecorded,the gods gaue itthe name. of Moly,and fowriteth Ouid: Pacifer buic dederatflorem Cyllenius album, (Moly vocant Superi,nigra radicetenetur, Ifanybe defirousto {ee more hereof,they may readea learned difcourle ofit fet forth inthe La= F tine tonguc,by the learned Lobe/,who hath at large written the hiftorie thereof, dedicated vnto the tight Honourable,the Lord Chamberlaine,at the Impreffion hereof, faithfully ouerfeene and examined by the learned Phy fition before remembred,M".Doétor Browne, and his cenfure vpon the fame. + Together with Lodels reply ; who iudgedthis plant (and not without good reafon) tobe a kinde of the true Balfam of the Antients,and not muchdifferent fromthat fet forth by Pre. fier Alpinws, whereof haue made mentionin the foregoing chapter. + Cuar. 147. Ofthe (anell, or Cinnamontree. : ; G The Place. : This tree,faith a learned Phy fition called Ioh, Fragofus, doth grow in the King of Spainebis «| The Defcription, garden at Madryll,whichwasthe firft that euer he didfee: fince which time, John Ferdimando Se cretary vnto the forefaidking did fhew vnto the faid Fragofis in his owne ‘gardena tee fo large, and of fuch beautie,that he was neuerfatisfied with looking on it,and meditating vpon the vertues thereof. Which wordsI hauereceiued from the hands ofa famouslearned man,called M'. 2%" lor Browue,D", in Phyficke,and Phy ition to the Queenes Mafeftie, at the impreffion hereo!s fully tranflated out of the Spanith tongue, without adding or taking any thing away. edt They growplentifully in the vales and low grounds of Peru,as all affirme that have SG iS the VVeft Indies;as alfo thofe that haue deferibed the fingularities thereof. My felfe with og others, as namely M*. Nicholas Lete,a worthipfull Merchant of the Citie of London; nea rf moft skilfull Apothecary,M'. Tames Garret; who haue receiued feeds hereof from the rightt . . table the Lord Hunfdon, Lord high Chamberlaine of England, worthy of triple honot iv os his care in getting, as al{o for his curious keeping rare and ftrange things brought from oe thet parts of the world , which feedes we haue fowne in our gardens, where they haue broup” forthplants ofa foot high ; and alfo their beautifull leaues : notwithftanding ourcate, dilig — z He treewhich hath the Cinnamonfor his barke is of the ftature ofan Oliue tree:hauing abody as thick asa mansthigh, fromwhich the Cinnamonis taken;but chat taken from the fmaller branches is muchbetter : which branches or boughes are many,andvery ftraight,wheron do growbeautifull leaues,in fhape like thofe ofthe Orengetree, and of the colour of the Bay leafe(not as it hath beenreported)like vnto the leauesofflags or floure de-Lucesamongthefe pleafant leaves and branches comeforth manyfaite white floures which turne intoroundblackefruit’ or berries,ofthe bigne fie of an Hafell Nut,or the Oliue berry, and ofa blacke colour,out of which, is preffed anoile,that hath nofmell at all vntiil itbe rubbed and chafed betweene the hands : the ttunke or bodywiththe greater armes or boughesofthe tree are couered with a double or twofold barkelike thar of Swber,the Corke tree: the innermoft whereof is the true and pleafant Cinnamon, Which is taken from thetree,and caft vpon the groundin the heate ofthe Sunne;through the heate Nonanna thereof |