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Show 1548 OftheHiftory of Plants, t Cabibe, Cubibs. 2 Coccé Orientales.Cocculus indi Cubihe ee. @9§ o.% Lte, a + 6 Amomum Verum 3 2 Lis. 3. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. . 154.9 daa a like thofe of pepper,but narrower, and it alfowindes abouttrees like as Iuy or Pepper doth : the fuithangs in clufters,like as thofe we callred Currans, and nor cloféthruft together in buaches asgtapes : thefruit or berries are of the bigneffe of Pepper cornes,wrinckled,and ofa brownith co. Jour: they are ofa hot and biting aromaticke ta fte, and oft times hollow within, but iftheybe noe hollow,then haue theya pretty reddifh {mooth round feed vnder their rough vtter huske; each of thefe berries commonly hatha piece ofhis foot-ftalke adheringto it. It is reported that ‘the Natives where it growesfirft gently boile or {cald thefe berries before they fellthem, thar fononeels may hawe them,by fowingthefeeds. Some haue thought thefe tohaue beene the Carpefium of the Antients; and other-fome haue iudged them thefeeds of Agnus Caftws,but both thefe opinions are eonious. " Thefe are hot anddry in the beginning of the third degree ; wherefore they are goodagai coldand moift affedts of the Rkecks and flatulencies :they helpe to cette the erealt ora e adthicke humours; they are good forthe fpleene,for hoarfneffe and cold aife&ts of the wombe thewed with Mafticke,they draw muchflegmaticke matter from the head, they heat and comfort thebraine. The Indians vfe them maceratedim wine to excite venerie, 2 The Plantwhichcarries thisfruit is vnknowne,but the berrie is well knownein (happesby thename ofCoculus Indicusfome call them Cocci Orientales « others,Coccule Orientales {ome,asCordw for one, thinke them the fruit ofSolanumfuriofitm : others indge them the fruitofa Tithymale, otofa Clematis. Thefe berries are of the bigneffe of Bay berries,commanly round,and growing but mevpona ftalke ; yet fometimes they area little cornered,and grow two orthree cluttering toge. ther: their outer coator fhell is hard,rough,and ofa brownifh duskie colour : their inner fubftance isvery oily,ofa bitter tafte. They are vfed with goodfucceffe to kill licein childrens heads, being made into ponder and fo frowed among ft the haire. They haue alfo anotherfaculty which our Author formerly fer downe inthe chapter of Alaternus (where he confounded thefewith Fagaras) in thefe words,which I haue tere omitted,to infert here ; InEngland wevie the fruitcalled Cocculus Indi in pouder mixed with flower,hony,and crummes ibtead to catchfith with,itbeing a numming, foporiferous,or fleeping medicine, caufeth rhe fifh4 tune vp theirbellies, as being fenceleffe for atime. ; Fagara isa fruit ofthe bigneffe of a Chich-pea fe,couered with a thin coat of a blackifhafh athin and wlour,vnderwhich outer coat is a flender fhell containing a follid kerncll, involued in Coccalus Indus bieke filme. ‘Thewhole frnit both in magnitude,forme, and colour is fo like the s in his hitdeferibed,that at the firft fightone would takeit tobe the fame. —4uicen mentionsthi fced ofMaha266,Chap.after this manner. Whatis Fagara? Itisa fruit likea Chich,hauing the out of Sofale. t is brought Ss coe lhand in the hollowneffé is a blacke kernell as in Schehedenegi,and.i He places it amongft thofe that heate and dryin the third degree, and commendsit again‘t the tildneffe of the ftomacke and liuer,it helps concoétion,and bindesthe belly. 4. Mungo. ® @ @ 5 Buna. 6. Indies about Guzarat and 4 Thiswhich Clufis thinkes to be Mungo (whichis vfed in the Eaft like CorianDecan for prouender for horfes)isa {mall fruit of the bigneffe of Pepper,crefted,very derfeed,but thatit is bigger and blacke,it is of ahottafte. bigger or longer, ofa blackith affvco5 Bunaisa fruit ofthe bignefle of Fagara,ot fomewhat hereby itis eafily diuided into lour,couered with athin skin, furrowed on bothfides longwife, w and ‘wo parts,which containe each a kernell longith and flat vpon one fide,ofa yellowith ¢olour, hereof. Rauwoldrinke cooling very aine makeacert they a Alexandri tide tate. Theyfay thatin by the appellation,forme, fuin his journal feemesto defcribe this fruitby the name of Bumu:and of Rhafis, to Almanfor, Clufius. adfaculties-hethinkes it may be the Buncho ofAuicen, an’ Buncha thought to be the true Amomum of the 6 This isakind of Cardamome’ and by divers itis writtena treatifewhich Antients,and to this purpofe Nicholas Marogna,a Phyfition of Verona hath refer the curious:thefe which Baldvs,to Mount of n defcriptio Pona’s endof later isfet forth at the they are round, Cds or berries (whether you pleafe to call them)growthicke cluftering together, other, whiter, and lef cread commonly ofthe bigneflé of a cherry:the outer skin is tough,{mo cluftering together, yet with a of the Cardamome: within this filme lye the feeds ed than that andlarger than thin filme parted into three,the particular feeds are cornered, fomewhat fmoorherTheir tempera~ a browne colour: thofeofCardamomes,but of the fame aromaticke tafte,and of . ttreand faculties may be referred to thofe of Cardamomes. I here giue you them, are by Clufius fet forth by thenames _7 8. Thiswith the next enfuing of Diofcorides,they were only branches Amomum the with agree them of ‘ough (as he faith)neither were fent tothe learned et thicke with leanes,hatring neither any obferuable{mell or tafte : they om Ormuz the famous Mart& port {nd diligent A pothecarie Walarandus Donrex of Lyons,fr ‘Othe Perfian Bay. Z in hi 9 Thofethar accompanied the renowned Sit Francis Drake inkis voyegetions s a aot a town Gate ' ¢ i cone GRY: = Ze aeA nt ere |
