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Show 1614. Triseiy. Theatrum Botanicam. Cap. 57° diffolve wind both there and in the bowels, whileitis frefh it is eaten in fallets with the Indians, the roote being fliced and put-amongthe herbes, and helpeth to mollefie and loofen the belly by the moifture therein, which then abateth. much ofthe heate which being dry ithath, andhelpeth to bind the belly. The preferved Ginger is molt acceptable and comfortable tothe ftomacke, and is availeable toall the purpofes aforefaid. Cuap. ; Zibettum. The Fheaten ofPlants. Civet. well khowne nowadayes toall, to be an excrementitious moilture, or condenfate fweate of a eee taine bealt fomiewhatlike untoa great Cat, and thereon called aCivet Cat, gathered from a pee 1 culiar place or purfe in that Car, prepared bynature for tharfpeciall purpofe, and is taken forth % withforall fpoonesof Ivory or wood, and that by ftronghand, the beaft being held very clofe and hard forfeare of biting, while they arein taking itforth, forit is veryfell and fierce, being moved and angered, and then moft when they are about that bufineffe, I fhall not need to deferibe the beaft unto you which C/n/us hath done in figure very exactly in his Cure Pofteriores, and isfo frequent, not onely in our Land, witha great many that keepe them for the profit or ufe of the Civet, but in divers other Countries in Envope. ‘The Civet is ufed as a perfume or {weete fent generally, either by it {elfe or mixed with other {weete things. it is ufed alfo to comfort the head andbraine, and to helpe the deafeneffe and diffineffe in the eares, being put thereinto, wrappedin alittle blacke wooll, it is much commended againft the {uffocations ortifing of the mother, to beufed ina plaifter, or but put on the middle of the plaifler and laid on the Navell, or fome put into the Navell I knownonethat ever ofed it inwardly, but in outward remedies: itis {aid that women aremuch delighted therewith, and helping fundry oftheir defects, 5 Having thus fhewed you here molt of the chiefeft Druggesin our Apothecaries fhops, that comé to us from forraigne parts, that are not formerly expreffed in this Worke in feverall places :, Let me now laftlyco clofe up this whole Worke, fhew you other ftrange and rare Plants, both Herbesand Trees, with their Gummes,Sceds , Rootes, and Fruites,écc. growing in the Eaft,and W eft Indies, and thofe parts neece unto them, asthcy have beene obferved by thofe thatin their travells (aw them, and brought many oftheminto Evrope, that wee may contemplate the wonderfiull Workes of God, that hath ftored thofe Countries with {uch differing Herbes and Trees from ours, and yetitis very certaine that chere is much more unknowne then is already made knowne tous. I will firt beginne with Herbes, and the partsthereof, as feedes and rootes, whether medicinable unor admirable,and then with the Treesandtheir frujtes that are pleafantto eate; and laftly with th i the moft part have fome medicinal ufe, ; : 5 a “ inna potitherof the Oy ter fhells vhenof the leaves}! whereof they make {mall pellets trochiffes or trofir, laying them to dry.and, fo ufe.them of¢ by one, holding them in'their monthes, tolling them te and fro, and fucking thems untill chey-be quite {pent, and then'take another, which makerh them/alle to travaile many dayes with ftrength; without either meate or drinke;through uninhabited plaeesy where none isto be had = If they ftay'at home, fey ulethe (ecaalone, chewing ther fometimes 4 whioleday withone ceafiieuntill the {ubftance be fucked forth; andthen ule \ahother s if they’ would have them tobe ftronger, ableto-intoxicate their braineslike unto deine ig ortobe asic werelenflefle, they pur the leavev'of Tobaceo'toit and take'great pleafurein thofe cour= es. " Cray, EX, Betre, Betle,Betele, five Bethle. The indian Bindweed called Betle or Betre: He Eaft Indians doenfe the leaves ofthis Betle, much after the fame mannerthat ‘Bevorhe E>,2)| Welt doethe laft recited Coca, and therefore Ithonght good to joyne them psyhe Te STSRR groweth very like unto a Bindweede, wrapping and Windingit felfe abut the trees up to the toppesalmoft, or other things that itis planted azainft to upholdit, or lye on the ground and rot, and therefore they for the moft part,plant it againft the tree Faujelor Areca, or {uch otherlike tall and great trees; in the fame manner as they doe Pepper, whereunto itis { like thara farre off. thofe that are not wellexercifed. inthe knowledge oF them, may foone mi{take one for another (and therefore Gerard called it Baftard Pepper whens se neither wn beanie in frnite, tafte, orufe like unto Pepper ) having onelyleayes- fomewhat like to Pepper Bindeweed, yet thicker, of a yellowifh greene colour, 3 = withthree great thickeribbesthercin (which. the Indians with the nailes of their hands, kept long and pointed for this purpofe and not round like ours, doe nippe or pareaway before they dry:them, whoteralte is fomewhat aromaticall but bitter ; the fruiteisflender, and a= bout two incheslong, -writhed or confilting-offivecods writhed one about anotherlikexnto a cord:or rope, of a yellow ith colonr, tafting‘pretty {picy or aromaticall, the plant is mach tended and often watered ‘to caufe it grow thebetter, and becanfeit delighteth not in any very LVITI, hot or cold Country, and feldome groweth in the up- Here growethin Pern in the Welt Indies,an Herbe whofe leaves arelike unto our Plantaine,which be: not farre diftant fromit, Phyfically thisis ufedto ftreag= then the head and ftomacke, after the clenfing of them “fer ing dryedare very thinne, and tafte hot and extreame bitter. The pouther of them taken in Wine. pad helpeth the chollicke and the ftone, whether proceeding of wind, or ofanycold caufe,the leaves boypuvy [ed and applyed warmeto the pained part, worketh the fame effect, : Another Herbe likewife was (ent from thencelike unto Lettice new {prungup, and of the fame Herba ad renum mor- COlour, being without talle and véry profitable for the {tone in the kidneyes, comming from heate, the juyce 6ia atilis. Laftuce fwilis. being applyedto the place mixed with fome oyntment of Rofes, and the leaves alfo laid thereto: the juyce Sean cooveth inflammations, Saint Asthonyes firc and thelike hot eruptionsinthe skfane, and eafeth the paines. Cackos e+ men, taken from the fruite thereof,which waslike unto the AZ«la infana,Madde A ppels, flat on the one part, and round From PerwTikewile faith Monardus came the feed of a bufhyplant, there called Caches, being very {mall and onthe other, of an ath colour‘on the outfide, and ofanexcellent greene colour buc thinne,and of a round forme. Ie a of mnchelteeme withthe Natives, for the efpeciall vertues thereof, in provoking urine, and expelling graveil andtheftone, yea and breaking the{tone in the bladder, if it be not grownehard by long continuance,diffolpiestober a wig ad aa een the urine, the feed in pouther being taken in fome water convenient parpote, whereof they have had very many and notable experiences, which ¢: ter it is expel vill growhard as into ftonesagaine, SPT tt ees aL Cuarp, Coca, LX1X; Theherbe Coca. } He feed of this Coca is fowné with gréat care by the Welt Indians in 1615 and carryed to and rd into feverall Countries, for thereof is the Natives chiefe Merchandife to provide them all neceflaries forlife,bcing inftead of money, which isgenerally ufed by the Americanes tobe cha wed,as wellin their long journeyes to preferve themfrom hunger and thirftabroad, as for pleafuré at home, which they ufe after this manner they burne Oyfter fhells; .vand wich thepowcher-of them they mixe the pouther ofthe leaves Indian Plantaine for the fone; Paycoberba, Cra 2.60, ofthis (ca firft chewed in their mouthes, and fo made upasit were intoa patteor dough (but take leffe of the L VII. Seer Iver, called d/galia by the Indians, and the beaft from whence it is taken Algsli or Alizali, is Crap. Triser. be i b a plant of three or foure foore high, witha fake as bigge asa ool So ree ee ee oe the Myrtle, having as it were another leafe in the middle thereof being fof, ‘and ofa a greenecolour: the berries are red before theybe ripe, but blackith afterwards, growing cluring together, and then theygather the leaves,laying them to dry,that they may be kept all theyeare ane land Countries, but continually ncere the Sea fide, or from rheume and flegme, to comfort the-heart, andito breake or difcuffe winde in the ftomacke or bowels : it faftneth loof€é teeth, and makeththem yellow, caufing alfo afweet breath;yet their breathftincketh fowleft that nfing daily rorake it, doe forbeare. fora, while from ir: bur generally throughout all the Eaft Indies, the leaves are uled both of the Princesand peaple, the grea~ ter perfons.make .cerraine compofitions for shemfelves, withthe leaves. hereof;Camfire of Burnco, .Lignam A-« toes,Muske,and Ambergriefe, .otherspur Cardamomes, and Clovestothem, but the ordinary manner of preparing themis, thaafter theribs be taken away with their nayles,they- chew thofe leaves in their mouthes, and {pit out the firft juyce thar commeth from them, which is like blood, and putuntothemalittle of the calx of burnt Oyfterthells, and the fruite of Areca or Famfel beaten {mall which give them pleafant ralte, and is generally earenbythemall,and.none.of the.meaner fort or,others that havenot prefentlybefore eaten thereof, will in civie lity {peake with any,great perfon,bur they wilthold their moutbesithat their breath doe-not offend them. Ic.is called Bere in Aalavarand Pam,in Decanand Guzarate Malayo Siri,Garcias {aiththat he asywelLas others hefeleaves.to beche Folinm Indum, or Malaba- < Bette five Berle: The Indian Bindeweed called Betle or Beire. |