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Show I580 Cm aPr23) C namomifoliam @ bacillam. Aleafe and fticke of Cinamon, . Fheatram Botanicum. Try BE 17, Cortes Cinamomi vel Caffia lignes officinarum, Xilocaffia Lebetij. Lobet his Caffializneas Taiset fpetie from (i king of the Welt Indian commoditesin the 25. Chapter of his Booke, fay, that the tree isbur one that bearerlt both thefe forts, and that the variety ofplaces maketh the difference oncly,s but becaufe Dio/corides and the other ancient Authours have not onely made them as it weretwo kindes, bucappointed them both ro be put into one medicine, efpecially Adithridatum, and Theriaca Andromachiand.in the holy annoynting oyle in Exodus,we willalictle more exaGtly {can the matrer,for although we finde thatall the Caffia or Cafia lignea, that commetht tous or was formerly knowneis the barke of a tree,and either ronled rogether like Cinamon,or not rouled but in {mall or great {mooth peeces, and therefore may well be perceived tobe a fort of Cinamon, yerthe tafte being glutinousleffe fharpe and quicke, and more ftipticke then Cinamon, arguethir tobe rhe barke-of another fort of tree, althonghof the fame kinde, and peradveature may bethat kinde whereof J entreated in the 64. Chapter’ of the laft Claffis of trees, whichI there call Lawres Americana, And although that which wehave alwayes u- > \\\Y Olivi, And Pliny ib.12.c.29. inthefe words, Caffia that groweth where Cinamon doth, isa fhrab of three cuA aS SS aSSSSS <iSs e <Stor Se Sees SE ~ AnssssoS osSSeS SAREos IOSSe ssoS S SSSAS ESSSN SSNSSh ‘S And however cundo Georgicorumunder{tandeth this tree Caffia, asit is likely in thefe words, Nec Cafialiquid: carrumspititrufus ditshigh, ‘but on the hills whofe thicke bratiches have their barke more like anto leather, which muft be empti- la? pra as vy asm gg f ood ed orhollowed itiacontrary manner, unto thatof Cindmon, for being cuitintoftickes of two cnbitslong, they are {owed into fre(h bea(ts skinnes, that the wormes may care out the wood, and leave the barke whole,by reafon of the fharpeneffe and bitterneffe ; the threeforts of colour rherein fheweth their goodneffe, thar whichis 2 white fora foote highnext othe gtound isthe worlt; thenext thereunto for halfe afoore ts reddifh, whichis next in goodneffe, fromthence upward whichis blackifh, and the belt, andistobechofen frefh, of a milde fene vie and of a very fharpetafte rather then bititig, ofa purplif_ colour, lightin weight, and: with a fhore pipe, not eafily broken : Thus farre Pliny, whichfor the moft part he borrowethout of Theophraftus, 1ib.9.0.5. where he faith Caffia isa fhrub,like che Salix Amerina, which becaufeit is hard tobe barked, men have invented che way by bealts skinnes,as is before faid out of Pliny: Thebarke being onely tobenfed, which I rather thinketobea fable of report then truth: the reft that foiloweth in Péiny, is out of Theopb aftusin his narration of Cinamon, where Theophraftus makethfiveforts, the loweft the worft, becanfe it had leaft barke, andthe uppermoft the \ Ly oa = \SihWherry hi , AilHy WMSES cn fed come tous from the Eaft Indies, yet that lettethnot but that.it may growalfointhe Welt, both 2 #rgid and liny call that herbe Caffia, which was fowne or. planted in Gardens, as well for Garlands asto feed Bees with their fowers, as hath beene fhewed before, yer they both doe mention tree Caffia, Virgilfe- thickeft as the beft( which howlikely it is that the barke of any fhrubor tree,fhould be thinneft below,and thickeft above, when as the contrary is alwayes {cene in all {orts of trees, withus and others too I thinke ) Galen in acknowledging Cinamontobea tree with fundry branches, faith he hath obferved nor onely the branches of Ci- hamon to be converted, and verylike thofe of Caffia, but thofe of Caffia alfo to bein all parts like Cinamon,and thar whichbore the name ofZigi, was fo like to Cinamon,that diversfold it for Cinamon, whenig wasbut true Caffia. And againe faith that the 7wnior Andromachus mentionetha kind of chitke groffe Caffia, whichke called Caffa fifula, becanfe it was rouled together likea Pipe. And therefore Serapio, Avicen, and Ade/des, in their his notés on him faith nothing,could be mor€ unfitly or foolifhly fpoken, for China asis (héwed, is but the corrupt pronuntiation of the Pertugalls, and what affinity faith he hath Amomum wih (affia, Cinamomum being fo ancient a word, that we finde jt in fundry, places inthe Bible, by the Hebrewesnamed Kinnanson,as Exod.30, 23. Cantic.4.14.and Prov.7,17. But herein I thinke Scaliger is too quicke and felfe conceited, for Garcias {ayings notwith{tanding may hold good, the Sisen/es or Chinefes, having beene anciently the greateft Merchants for thofe parts as Garcias fheweth. And although it were rare in’ Evrope, atathoufand denarios (or drachmas, for Tthinke themall one) for a pound as Pliny faith, and chiefely kept by Princes as part of their treafury, yet we read in the Scripture that the Z/smaelites, Midiasites and others, were the Merchants offpicery for thofe parts, whereof Cinamonin thofe three places aforenamed was one no doubt. But Gales his defcription of the Cinamon tree ( which was wholly brought in a cheftto Rome, offoure cubits andahalfe in length, having fomefixe ot feven ftemmes,more or leffe,rifing from a roote withfundrybranches theteon, whole you ft arid cendereft, as he faith, werethe quickeit and chiefeft to be ufed, the longelt of them being not above halfe a foote | f acolour faith he,as ifunto milke fomeblacke colour, anda little blew were mixed together) fo differing as it may feeme from that we nowfocall, that it hath caufed many to fay, that the true Cinamonis utterly loit,even as Opobalfamum and Amomum was thoughttobe, and peradventureallalike, for ific be granted that wee have Caffia, as many doe, then aflurédly true Cinamon will not be farre to feeke, for Galen in the in the end of the faid narration of Cinamonhath thefe words,Univer/a autem Cinamomi natur Cinano. 7900 optima Caffie, that is Cinamon isin {ome fort like upto Caffia: And therefore all that Aldinus hath faid, man Ane- feeming to himfelfe to have faid fomething materiall, is little or nothing to any purpofe. ricznum, is eff quodame AdZomardws allo inthe place before cited, mentionetha Welt Indian Cinamon whichis onely a blackifh parple flat kind of fruite, like apeeceoffilver, the Spaniard; call a ryall of eight, ora Dstch Dollar, but higher in the middle. and of that thickeneffe on the edges, and roughonthe outfide and tafting like Cinamon, the pouther being ufed in meates and brothes, the tree being ofa meane fize,with leaveslike B ayes,and evergreene, theleaves tafting little like the fruit,but no paitof the trec elfe having any tafte. The Cinamontreeis deicribed by Garcias tobe as grcaras the Ollive tree or fomewhat Ieffe, with many {traight branches without knots,, covered with a doublebarke likethe Corke,whofe inner rinde is the Cinamen,and is fo barked everythird yeare,and being cut into long peeces,as ifit were the bark ofthe whole tree,is caft on the ground,wherein drying itis rouled together,as we fee it, & is better or worfe,blacker cr better coloured,as is faid before,or by rhe greater or leffer héat of the Sun fomewhat more changed:the leaves are of a freth greene colour, and like unto thofe of the Citron tree (and nor like the Flowerdeluce leafe, as fome have tabuloufly writcen ) oras Chrifophoris a Coffa faith with three ribs, but Garcias voweth it: the flowers are white, and the fruite blackeand roundlike Hafell Nutsor {mall Oilives, and not like Acorhes, but the belt groweth in Zeilaw with leaves like Willowes rather then Bayes, with {preading and fruice like Bay berrycs,whereof they make an oyle, Now concerning Caflia, whether it diff L compofitions appointing Caffia fiftulate be ufed, whichas Matthiolvs donbteth.whether it were their owne or > t their rran{cribers fault, this Caflia is not to betaken, but that which hath hard canes, anda black fitly termed Caffia folutiva or nigra, and which manyyet doe ufe inftead hereof; bur as Leo crrour is too great to be excufed, that appoint the fhels of that Ca/fafolutiva, to beufed to move womens cour- fee,to helpe their hard travels in childbirth, and to expell the fecondiné or afterbirth, Byall which that is now faid,you mayfee plainely chat Caffia differeth not much from Cinamon.andyet thatis differing from it. Lobel gi- 3545, 47 veth us the figure of anotherfort of Caffia,which wasas thick asones thamb rugged & in talte like untothe thick fg Lovely courfer fort of Cinamon, Having thus fhewed yon the whole deler iption ofthefe things,and the various paflages ofthem,let me allo give you the Vertues which are thefe, Cinamonis hotand dry in the fecond degree, of very fubtle parts,and very aromaticall, itis very cordiall, comforting the heart and ftrengthening a weake flomacke, eafing the paines ofthe winde chollicke, e{pecially the diftilled watet of ic,theiftopping of the urine and womens abounding courfes, it caufeth a good colour in the face, and a good {weete breath, and refifteth the poyfon of venemous creatures, itis much ufed alfo in laskes tobinde the body, the deftilled water is molt effctuall in all thefe griefes,but the chymicall oyle thereofis much more hot andpierling. Ithinkeit not amiffe in this place to make mention of forme other barkes of trees and rootes, thathavebeene . brought both out ofthe Eaft and Welt Indies: The firft whereof called white Cinamon, being in lung roules, gi, white both within and without, turned together like unto Cinamon, is thicke and more tough then ~ Cinamon,the tafte is fomewhat hot, and refemble Clovesrather then Cinamon both intalteandfenr, being very aromaticall, yet leffe in each quality;then Cloves, fo that one would thinke he had tinelt and tafted weake Cloves, Another fort rouled like Cinamon,not very thicke, which the Dutch as Clufius faid ib. Exst.4. ¢.2. brought out of India, comming fromthe Afoluecas and Java, and which he doubteth whether it be not the Caffia of the ancients, ot fome ofthe forts whereof Diofcorides maketh mention: fome of it was whitith onthe ourfide, and fome more browne, like the worfer forcof Cinamon,of no unpleatane tafle, yet not fo fharpe as Cinamon, and cl having little clamminefle in the chewing, the people nfe the pourher intheir meates. Another Clv/ii maketh mention of inthe fame Booke and third Chapret, which wasafootelong or mote, 4ncafia veteruas Clufid, Carella and three inches in circuite at the lower end, and two inches atthe top, had the outer barke thinner, then the in- ala ex ner,for irhad two, and was very rugeed, full of chinkes and with fome holes, and fometimes two ata placeina «bore. cettaine order, all the length thereof bur {et athwart thereon, which feemedto be the places where rhe leaves grew, bothchebarkes were of ane: cellent {weete and aromaticall fent and quicke talte e{pecially the outer= moft. (Monardue {peaketh of a Canell of the new world, er ywing in Quito: the trees faith he that beareth this Ci- basta greene (as moft ofche Indian trees are) theleavesare like tothofe of the sinui orbad namonare of a meanebigneffe and ever : Bay tree, the fraiteis like unco alittle hatyas broad as a Doller,or Spans/h peece of eight, and fometimes greater, the brimmes being of their thickeneffe, and both infide and ourfide,of a darke purplifh colour, fmooth within and Teeeee rugged |