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Show 1566 Cwar.3, Theatram Botanicum. Cuar. Tripe17. Trie217, The Theater ofPlants. Curia tins Animtin genatiunh@ Yura, Ah True and fale momum. IIL 2, sia Amomun alind quorindain Garyophyllam Plnij Clafia am. fs nother fort of baftard or falfe Amonu m ulpe ted by Clufim to be Pliny his Garjophylen, Amber grifea, Ambergrilc. © Mbergriefe is better knowne to molt by fight what fort is better then other, then what itis, or wherect ic commeth: the opinions of Au:hoursare very variable hereof, {ome fuppofing it to be the {pawneof the Whale, others the recrement of long continuancein the belly of the truc Whale(that hath no teeth and eateth {ofc fifhes) whichit cafteth forthat certaine times, and by the agitation of the fea is caft on thore: fome others take it tobe the excrementof certaine greatfea fifhes, and fome to be the fomeofthe fea : all which opinions are utterly e:tonious, having no fhew oftruth in them :. for although Amberin the Ethiopian language, lignifietha Whale, as wellas Ambergrife, and yellow Amber alfo, from whencerofe that vulgar o- Pinion of being the fpawneof the Whale, or becaufe chat inthe belly of a Whale (as CVonardus telateth it) taken about the Canary Iflands,there was neere an hundred pound weight of Amber found, but in an handred more taken afterwards, was noneat allfound; Yee the moftlikely and certaine received opinion cfthe moft judiciousis, that itisakind of Bztwmen (as the yellow Amber is before faid to be, and therefore have both one name of Amber, being fo neere one to anocher in their originall ) whofe {pringesare in the Rockes of rhe Sea (oras {ome of the Auncients {uppofed grew on the Rackes, like Mufhromes on trees) condenfate into that forme and fubltance ufually odferved, having that oylinefle or unctionfneffe is in, it from it owne original, and being light is carryed bythe waves of the fea, unto the fhores of fundry Countries and climates: /o/na Fer~ rvs re'ateththe originall thereofas of his owne knowledge, and that untill ic hath attained the full maturity, ic hach not that true {ent of Amber, as after, and faith that he had {eene divers (uch great peeces, that had notattained their crue fent, And althoughthe Erbiopian coalt,from Afozamlique and Sofalatothe Iflands of AZaldiva,and beyond them tothe Eat, doe moft abound with Ambergrife, yet are not the coafts of the Weft Indies in fundry places withoutit, nor yer thefe of Erepe, in feverall parts, and even ourowne, andthe /7i/h coalts have yeeldedit ofter s,and in feverall peeces and quantity, yet neither fo much norfo great as in cther Countries : for Garcias ab Orta {aith, the greateft peece that ever he faw, wasapeecc of fifteene pound weight, but there hath Authours, fome peece wellncere anhundred pound weight. For the choyfe becne feene as ic is {et riety inthe colour, and {ome in the fubfance, as white more orleffe, or gray f, fecing thereis arker, orenclin groredneffe or blackenefle: that which isnot very white, as being ufually very , and either with {potsand veines, or without, fo as it be fat, that is, apona knives acated will fhewoylie,is accounted the belt, having the pecalier fent belonging thereto, point,orfac whichis moft neere unto dry cow dung,in my opinion, the blacke fort isthe worlt. The properties of Ambergrifcare thele: icis hor anddryinthe fecond degree, it warmeth, refolveth, and ftrengcheneth, what way focverit betaken: iteafeththe pairesinthe head, being diffolved ima warme morter, and mixed withalittle oyntment of Orengeflowers,the temples and forehead being annoynted therewith: ic comforteth alfo the braine, warmeth and refolveth the cold defluxions of humours thereon, and onthe nerves and finewes: itdoth likewife comfort and ftrengthen the memory, the vigour alfo and fpirits of the heart, it is fingulat good for women troubled with the mother,to be applyed to the place, it helpeth barrenneffe proceeding froma cold caufe : it isconducible to Epilepticke perfons, to {mell often thereunto, whichcaufeththeir fits to be bothleffe violent and permanent: itdoth moft conveniently agree with aged perfons,to warme,comfort, and ftrengthen their cold dccayed{pirits,adding vigour and luftinefle to them,and is accounted conducible to venereous actions. thraft together, verylike tothe inner {eedes of Cardamomes, but latgérand of foméwhata fiercer lerfing Le {mel omewhat like unto oyle offpike,which made C/#fim co thinke it had beene feafoned hbinigtige= ead ofa fha chot and quicketalte, The properties whereof are thele: Icis heating, binding, and drying rae ting fleepe and relt, and eafing paines in the head, being applyed to the forehead, it digelteth and difenflech insand Impoltht and helpeth thofe that are {tung by Scorpions + being ufed with Baffl), it helpeth ‘ fly ealech the griping paines inthe belly and bowels by reafon of wind, to {wallow r the mother in women, taken in that or made into a peflary and Crap. IV. ; baftard Amomum, whichas ws faithin his Annotations u Amomum, Amomum, aie Venas I faid before of Lignum Aloes, andin thelaft Claffis of the true Balfamum, fo much ||more maybe faid of Amomum, that the foregoing times for many ages had ucterlyloft the knowledge thereof, and is yet to this day held doubrfull, as the Bal/amum is, with many learned men, A) both in ocher and our owne Country, whether the right be to be found im zerum natura or no, and LS | therefore formerly many did obtrude divers. things for it, as the Re/a Hiericutitina by fome, and 1) Pes columbinus by others, which is a kind of Cranes bill,called Dovesfoore,both which errors AZate ehiolus hath {ufficiently contured, Quatranius alfo tookthe AZyrtus Brabantica our Gaule to be itsand chen as A4at- thiolvs {aich, a {mall {eed came tobe taken forit, and therefore called Amomum Germanicum: but Garcias ap Orta, who lived manyyeares in the Eaft Indies, declareth that he fawa branch of Amomum, which the Phyfitionsof Nizamatucco, the King of Decan gave him, being broughtas they faid among other drogues out of Afia, Perfiaand Arabia, forthe Kingsule, whichas he faith, he found agreeable to Dic/corides his defcription there of, and withall was verylike untoa Doves foote,and called Hamamaby the Arabians, whichfignifieth the fame thing, thatis, aDovesfoote: but borhheand Valerandus Donres were deceived withthe fame thing, brought from O-mws,in being forakenthere generally, & both the Amomum & Amomis are {et forth in the figures by Ci fiin his Scholia on the fame place in Garciasand here alf.All thefe opinions and everyof them are utterly falfe, and no way an{wering the trath of the thing,and ‘Dio/corides his defcription:for of late dayes the:e hath been fent to Venice tromthe Ealt Indies, by one Martinellos a famous and curious Italian,in the fearch of rare drogues,the trae Amomum, which althoughit hath beene oppofed bydiverslearned men, yet Maroneus of Padoa, hath ina little treatife thereof,{o exemplified it and comented uponevery part of it, and comparing Dio/corides with Pliny together, thatit is nowgenerally accepted of almoftevery where,to be the right and genuine thing, the defcris tion whereof, I meane {o muchas was fent,is on this wife: Iris bunchor clutter of whitith roundberries,{omewhatlike unto Grapes for the outward forme and bigneffe, butelfe very like unto Cardamomes within, yet big- gerandrounder, having within the onter whitith thine fhell orskinne, fundry blackifh browne feedes cloie tora 1 from Orn byhim thus deferibed. bér of tivall branches, fot ‘ke fet withver that ly; fomewhat like unto the {take wish leaves com ne: : they ¢ her omé fort tc femblea flower or Rofe,and which tikene{feit is probable arofe the f rylike hereunto faith C/nfins he receiy Spurge, i Da aliud quorundam co Garyopby r tort ofbaltard Or falfe e4momum{ulpected ne by divers ré¢éived for Amom f ay cu theends ofthe m Sailor ethe foote of a feather igiltss I thinké good to “mn { teth ic with the Cloves, einfent, burTthinke “ferret ( 7 for Pliny his name é iphath litle affinitytherewith, but yer corfefpondence wits refore I will give you Clafushis figure and defcription, lecary ts {ome Of of Ar this nea Druggift in Limeffreete London, in the yéare fruite asthey grew, which were fomewhat like Pepper inke are the fame withhis,are browner and bigee ine;) fome bi in them, firing tog dleffer, ragged and browne, and eafie to be Bias i ided into two parts, fmelling as well as tafting like like a bunch of Grapes, ( each whereof harha little 1 lorne ber wo or three fometimes together onaftalke : thishad Nabiding on the branch, and were fundry fizes, althoughall of one forme, that is fome- 1,and round pointed, not dented at all about the edges,but {mooth,and many veines therej hafb-colour, and groWing oppofite onthe ftalkes. € parts of hisde (ee Wane It nied for anydifeafe, more then that being ovtraded for Amomum, fome more audatious then wile |