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Show a 3 = “ oe, a $heatvum Botanicum. Ca ap43, a oy Pr 1B E17 —— T 7ye be bef prova n waves$ ' to thofe Ifands are ext thereunto, (whichI i inke in fome fo maayy bepr ob: ble) ) bur ju byby the the c win wi de and thinke in partrt may a eseeeeri,oe feeke k it,alfound4 by th: em atthat i a is feene L DY fomethat fooke not for i t, act but t cannotot be be f oun Mi th ie y adde,that this Ifland chat Be ant a agiS nea ee oe ney Gpinton are meere fables and noyfed ofpurpofe and mio returned ‘with to keepethe Nutin a {uch anfwers,j which in ned afrigheed and ele i eee ee Jat i re eftimation, But in my judge- ni OUS pi PErions. TLONS, by I ¢ iu igi ous uy Ss not fuperftition ment If f the p OUS> timerou che cruth migl tbe fearched exact y ’ by {tout + and not as fe f fruices . ould be found oO} tu to stow on the Land, whether he ° st or Ifland fland is no matter ¢ 9 ana d chat rk fe ° Continent if it reththef thores.a the Sea caltech them upator even of chatreport Iam more be true that thefe Nuts are onely foundon the neh Windes then halfe doubtful) when they are ripe wee if as: but carry them from off the Land whereon theyare yet methinkesit is fomewhat hardly to be beleefalne, ‘into the Sea, - ce etyees faite he of no other Countries, but ae ee pice rec efe Nuts thou s : RS! orld befides.” And laftly, to finith erix Merb mesaruinie agi, Bolih this tedious difeourfe peeee eg the Kin or fome ofthe Naturalls, or elfe fome tainely knowne, 2<. se ph cri puemagoshee ‘i he fethalchey Chrifticant finde of thefe Nuts, and to put both ans, or others in thofe parts would make chey ar : fee hathier they would not {prout forth, and {pring, for divers ofthem,and at fandry Hoe ete aL ike to the ordinar y Cokar Nut, which hatha bud therein it is probable, that as they are in the inner kernell, Like o ly refembling it, asis thewed, mightat that ee d will grow,asisfhewed before, This one Nur alfo foneerely bler ehatiecee forepafled : This hath an a er {pring and grow, and take awayall other doubts and fab) es, ¥ onld tale cae Ge amie. ic Bdaindhate veil be accepted Tknow not, butifany by the tryall thereof thon my opinion how oS x no leffe gainefull hen ’ memorableto all pofterity. pee swore : Cuar, XLITII. Nux Mofchata. The Nutmeggétree, He Nutmeggetree, and fo likewife the fruite aré of two forts exa@tly obferv DS ‘ BOTTVE er IY Nutme: ¢/ius DY tae andand by heleffer rounhim called was and femina, the mas beareth the greater and ae ey SAEane ee Eethe and the moft ordinary i with with us, u s , the t tree whereofis areOUS. reporte myth that me h a ’ der Ka A sear ery great, andastallallmoft as our Peare trees, fpreading Peatee dee « fecnethe ewhile they are young, having faire broad leaves fet thetcon, pee e f mB sue Bay Brae nea moretruely, like unto the Orrengetree leaves, but without the lower peeces, compar I leaves, or t o.a 3 Nax Mofchata fen frullus integer cowrifus cum tegumento ite. Nutmeggetree, of the port Atrue branch ek paverwitths fruite, Macisscortice migro ( nikce interiore rotundo & longo. eocues Macis botha onitandofLica it,andeeeeaeoad the neg do 0 halrd sor e h 17. he. / dented:about che edges. bur feton afhore ft i eee eee ti hi not one agar alt. 4) nother. HAP, As eee by uit uneq ral yo Rasdg tel pwfeeaoNee i branches,iand abide alwayes greene thereon, the fruice (for flowers have not beene obferved) growerh lof 3 4 s, and notas Adatthiols ferreth them fort 0: ° ; atthe pee Re eeetetinal eked ele incor 2edging So tne Peaches) tatelsim icin bh iteddle, whichidwidetbi dividethit ;faite intotwo Onter thicke) ¢ furrowed in tht : middle, a and growing riripe adie: parts, andgrowing Openethic f orient otumfon colo ur: WwW hile itis frefh.and freth.a ’ the | eth che print of - he lyin 8 of it tt th crcon; hist Macey eede thorc + etchins rene aeee Ewchchet e nor naa eebin a nd 18 of 4 neg oera fuente heavba folid, diverfly di Sewaata: hd a. riekin Seen uaelinoct itea shobitty gmidulibe arte mae or on 7ne eps: one ae 2 . ah Pappers he aes aniehen ra Ee 8 low, ainigen or Cloves ; a xceuent aromatical| wk tndelterectawihcesiehpt 3 ; aoe i the andpendeof ria ae st ile + quill" hots okother, retaininown writing g fomeof old wood-o fthelaft Tikewi edthe colin anit cau yeare, whofe bishe der a rie Setcb _ es a athsth. colour, butthe new pane adie crandwitiey saree footeftallec chee the ee tS a ae 1a leven oreight leaves enhshickee ps i gi selstuee combs taciia tenet ea e ae Sees oote long, but not much thic ieeewerner eee 2 Yale doce he Gee ary. qicErncath and greene and (hining above, with divers veincs thwart ing the mi idle ribbe: the fruite groweth inthe fame manner as the former, at the endsof the branches, but more in number fet together, in all things like the greater, and nothing fo aromaticall infentandtalte , yeticis faid that the Macis of this fortformer, but longer and i colour then the laft. They have received moreorient fundry names; forin Banda where they grow b Palta,and the Macis Bunapalla,butin Decaa, apatri, and the Macis Jaifoliot Avicennalaufi b Bandonfis, and the Macis Befbafe.. This was not known ridess no not to Galen or Pliny, for although fome have e to the ancient Greeke writsrs, Zeeopbrafius or D io/s thought it might be Galenhis ryfobalanos, arc farreawry thercin, the later have called ic Wax Aromatites, Nux Myriftica,and Mofehata, z s ifit were:c rived a Adajco, for the {weetneffe thercof , Theyar e ufed in ail the cold griefes of the head or braine, fi for pal Tes, the thrinking of finewes, and the difeafes of the Mother, they are hot and dry in thé fecond degree; an ate fomewhataltringent,fervingta ftay the laske, they canfe a fwect breath arid amenda ftincking, they help t0 difcutle winde,ecither Provokcurin in the ftomacke or ftomacke, bowels, it and e, and ate comfortable helpeth to thofe quicken comforttothegrow. to the {pirits,fatand helpe thatthe areficht,and fecble ortomacilent a fpirics, beingapp lyed to the encreafech Veneryand fo helpeth temples,fperme, “Ihe and fleepe by allaying the diftemper to procurere(t helpeofthe theyare Macis fame Propercy, of the , the thicke oyle chat is drawhe both from Macis and Nutmegges, but fomewhat more warming and are either ofthem of good ule iss gr © warmea cold ftomacke,and the cough, andto dry uprheumaticke deflillations of ray and old hegme thereunto.or spon thelangss The chimicall oyle cephaticall difeafes, bur mult be cauteloufly and fparingly nfed,of either is of more efficacy both. for pectoral! and comlorting “ctorall as a Cuar? XLIy. Nax Vomica, The Vomiting Nut or Vax vomics, ge of the tree dayes ordinarily in our fhops) more then what that beateth the(é Nure (as théy aré called now a- y Wy > MOLL) i HH fa” eo Aili 160% ., an hairy Serapio faith of it, that the tree of the Nux 0 islike the tree of the RNgx vomic methel, a, whereby wethinke that our Methel, which is the Stramonium + wsinus with usfo called, isthe AZeche l of Serapio,but ate mitch deceiyed, for his differech mych from ig that we focall,im that Serapio faith ofhis skin orbarke, andofno onpleafant talte, andMethel,that it beareth anoily fruite like Mandragoras, with of his Nux Vomica he faith allo ( differing notab ours) thatas onc 4érahambad info ly from rmed him, it was fruice bigger then an Hafell Nut,fall of nodes or bunche s,ando f a coloti r berweene white and blew, and {peaking of the Properties of them both, he faith that the AZethel is cold in the fourt h degree, fo that iftwo drams be taken inwardly ic killeth, if a Ieffer ftupefying like drunkenneffé: and of quantityit caufeth a kinde of the Vomica, hefaith onely that “wo drammes thereof taken witha deco@ ion of dill, or with fale, doth marvellontly Provoke vomit, bur givet h no deadly quality on. toit, ashe dothtothe Afsth el : wherebyiris thought thar his 2%. thel is our Vomica, and that his aflimi lating itto Mandrake is rather to be underftood of the quality then of the {wereth, bur Avicen deferibeth the Nyx forme, whereunto it an= Methel to have Chott and thicke ptickles uponir, and a feedlike unto Mandrake ; andfuch indeed is the Stramoniam fo; that you may olainely fee that Se. *4p:0 confoundeth both thefe togeth er, both for forme and propereither of them, and therefore the Phyficians and Apothecaries were in former times as much milta- 572 pointi ty: andis likely thar he never ng the one for che other: both pro &con tra: bur g thar the terksowne, and well dittinouifhicd in theyare ufe: accorcing totheir property: yer becaule |