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Show NOR aieOT "Of the’ Hiftory of Planes, 1596 ~Lis.3. Lepey. ; The Time, ; ‘The Cloves are gatheréd from the fifteenth of September vitrothe end OF Febritari e HOt wit! hands,as we gather Apples, Cherries,and fuch like fruir,but by beating the trde,4s Wal:nuits ai gotten, aswe have written tn the deftription, Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. Nx Mofthatacum{ua Mati. |. The Defiription, The Nutmeg with his Maceabouthim. Hetree thar beareth the Nutmeg The Names, andthe Maceisin formelike to the Peare tree) but, the leaues of Thefruit hereof was vnknowne tothe antient Greciins ! ofthé later writers called Kapuigono: in Latinealfo GaryophylinssandClavus ~in French, CloihderGyrofle «the ‘Mauritanian, Charhanafel Sin itare like thofeofthe Bay’ or Orengetree, al. waies greene on thevpperfide, and more whi- Tralian, Carofano's in high:Dutch,; Paegels in Spanith;Clanosde'efpecia ofthe Indians, Calif: ig the Molucea’s, Changue : ofthe Pandets, 4rumfél,and Charumfel : in Englith;Cloue treg,& Cloyes I G] The Temperature. Clouesare hot and dry in the third degree, A B tith vnderneath ; among which comeforth the Nutand Maceasit were the floures. The Nut i appeareth firft, compaffed ‘about withthe hon@ TheFertaess Cloues ftrengthen the ftomacke,liver, and heart, helpe digeftion, and prouoke-vrine, Mace, as it were in the middle of a fingle rofe, whichin proceffe of time doth wrap and in. clofe the Nut round on euery fide : after commeth ahuske like that of the VVall-nut,but of The Portugall women thatdwell in the Eaft Indies ee from the Cloues whenthey beeyer greene,a certaine liquor by diftillation, ofa moft fragrant fmell, which comforteth the heart,and is Ofall cordials the moft effeQuall. CG Clouesftop the belly : the oile of tvatet therépfdroppedinto the eyes, fharpens the fight,and clenfeth away thecloud orwebin the fame. D _ Theweight offoure dramsof the pouder of Clouestakenin milke procureth the a& of genera. tion, E _ F an harderfubftance, which inclofeth the Nut with his'Maceas the Wall-nurhusk dothteuer the Nut,which in time of ripeneffe doth cleaue ofit felfeas the Wall-rut huske ddth, and fheweth his Mace, whichthenis ofa per- __Thereis extracted from the Cloues certaine oile or rather thicke butter ofa yellow colour; fectcrimfon colour, and maketh a moft good~ which being chafed in the hands {mellethilike the C loues themfelues, wherewith the Indians do Cure their wounds and otherhurts, as we dowith Balfam, ly thew, efpecially whenthe tree is well laden withfruit :after the Nutbecommeth dry, the Macelikewife gapeth and forfaketh the Nur, euenas thefirft huske or couerture, and leaues it bare and naked, as we all doknow ; at which time it getteth toit felfea kinde ofdarke yellowcolour, and lofeth that braue crimfon dye ~The vfe of Cloues,not onely in meatand medicine, butalfoin fweet ponder and fuchlike, is fafficiently kriowne: thereforé this {hall fuffice. ~ There were formerly three figures in this chapter s wherefore I omitted two as impertinent. et Cz, ists a, Nux Mufcatarotunds, finefemina, The roundor female Nutmeg. which it had atthe firft. Ofthe A(wtmeg tree. 2 Nux Myviitica oblonga, five macy The longith or male Nutmeg: + 2 The tree which carrieth the male Nutmeg (according to Clufius) thus differs from the laft defcribed : the leauesare like thofe of the former infhape, but muchbigger, being fometimes a foat long, and three or foure inches broad their commonlengthis feuenor eight inches,and bredth two anda halfesthey are ofa whi- tifth colour vnderneath, and greene and fhining aboue, The Nutsalfo growat the very ends ofthe brandhes, fumetimestwoorthree together, and notonely one, as in the caommonkinde, The Nut it{elfe is alfo larger and longer : the Mace that incompaffes it is ofamore elegant colour,but not fo trong as that of the former. ; Loinfeatte beleeuc our Authors affertion in the foregoing deferiptian, thatthe Nut appeareth firft, compaffed about with the Mace as it were in the middeft ofa fingle Role, &c. i rather thinke they all come forth together, the Nutmeg, Mace, the greene outward huske is a a wefee Wall-nuts do, and onely open themfelues when they cometo fall Pe nt hs “ figure you may fee expreft the whole manner of the growing of the Nutmeg, together with NS both the forts of Nutmegstakenforthof their fhells. + 1 gq The Place, ; =f 4 The Nutmeg tree groweth inthe Indies, in an Ifland efpeciallycalled Banda,and in the Hands SS of Molucea,,andin Zeilan, though not fo goodasthefirfk. | a TheTime. 5 e The fruiit: is gaghered in September in great aboundance, all things being commonin thofe countries. , q The Names. ; : 4 The }Jurmeg tree is called of the Grecians,xépum mpi of the Latines, Nux Jt Nax Myrifficas in Italian, Noce Atofcada : in Speci on : in iecodi Ry CS” mae MY Wg hich-D arc Yulssofthe Arabians, LewXbaae, or Gianxiban0 : »aitrelat ees Bunapala, (n Decan the Nut is called Lapatrt, wpe et, lb of Au and, (i.) Nux Bandenfis.The Maces hecalleth Befba/é : in Englifh, Nutmeg. lr Auicen,la @| The Temperature, The Nutmes.as the Mauritanians write, is hot and dry inthe fecond degree complete 7 and fom- ae Whataftringent. @ The Vertues. Piepss ta chawéaaud hat Nutnegs canféa'fwect breathy, and amendthofe that do ftink;ifthey be much chewed and en inthe mouth. hol |
