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Show oogayaeOe ~~ T heatram Botanicum. — $$$+ pseEaT f : ; é broad and round, asbiggeas OF: palme of ones hand, as thicke as ewe ay eeeaagreeneanal osi difh, whereonthe Spansaras ufed to write with an iron pen or pointell on both fides of thi . ’» Sor edith be frefh gathered and prefently written upon, which Letters then will appeare white, in the gicene ons TBe atee 17, The Theater ofPlants,ceceisg hee eeeesaeee wari alea Pine fie Rafi h r Conebke ting Palme tree — aaah ; Macihe tale ee atedes leaves thatthey may beeatily read, notwithitanding the middle ribbe, and the other veines therein, A o a they will not hinder ones hand very much. Gi op ys Theorher treethey callCopey, growing greaterandtaller, w : e in ate round like untothe other, but Sia - eal and thicke asthey, and therefore becterto write on, the middle hindering thepoimell fromtheraving thiteon O20» Thidewrnglenet fo muchthe leffe: thefe leaves alfo the Spaniribbe and veines being alfo {maller, and thereby #8 5 -GahenNew Sn aaa ren iine odin ards made ufe of for playing cards, engraving ors fo- the formesof Kings, Queenes,&c, thereon, and liafex bra~ would not ealily be broken, Nicho/aus Coftinus surtim, in his journall fecteth downe that neere the City Cael where pearles are found, rhere growetha tree,whofe leaves ae fo largethat two orthree meh may be kept dry intheir journeyes, having one of them f{pread tocoverthem, for they are of fixe braces or fathomesim length, and as many inbreadth, which leaves alfo ierve them very a fitly to write upon, each of them being fo thine and plyable withall, chat being foulded up handfomely together, one may carry one of them in dretl five theirhand., Durer alfe among his admirable Siege) plants remembreth the 44Ze/¢ or A¢sagey of the UO” (Mexicanes, orrather Afet] and Adagneis which isthe Aloe Americana, {et forth. -mn the*fecond Claffis of this Worke, of whofe leaves they made nfeto write or tngtaye what Records Soe ni; they would keepe, er what: elfe they thought rclafi Z00d. Clefiue alfo maketh mention inhis fir ~ Booke of Exotickes, and,fonrth Chapter, oftwo forts of barkes of trees fitto write on: the one whiteandlike unto the chinneft parchment which wasgotten in Tava, by thofethat retutried home withSir Francis Drake, inhis long voyage over the world, which bytryalt was found fit to write on... Ad ashe @ithit might be was taken fromthat tree that Antonius Pigafetta maketh mention of in his journall, thatin the Ifland Tidore, the womencover their privy parts, with a certaine cloath made ofthe barke of a tree in this manher*after it hath beenefteeped {0 long in waterthat it is growne fofs,they beate it with woodder, mallets tanto what length and breadththey pleafe, makingit fo thinneas filke, having the Sceunda. croffe veines running5 throughit: Andit mayaslikely be {uch asthe Chinefes maketheir paper, fome Book 3 8 * 2 : them, of herbes being brought into.che Low Countries as C/#/ivs faith, having both the figures of the herbes in and the de(criptions,and vertues alfoperadyenture, for they had Chinefes Chara@ters on the fides ofthe figures, The other barke ofthe tree was not white, bie-iom ewhat reddi(h, butof fo fmooth and fine a polifhed furface, as no papercould be fmaother and plainer, and was not thicke or groffe but withoutany difficulty might be parted into fix leaves, each ofthem very well-enduring to be written on with ordinary incke,and yet notfinke any whit aense throughie t,which barke as he faith might have beene feparated intoour curieus more leaves if one would have been Cuar, CXLVL Palma pinus five Conifera, The Pine or Conebearing Palmetree, His ftrange kinde of tree being brought by certainé Eng/if@ Merchants,or Marrinérs, from the parts Gs) OF Guinea where theytraded, wasof a wonderfull compofare, for the toppe bough with thefruice 5] thereon, was as it were mixed,of the nature of the Dare,and Pinetree together, the wood being light 1 and fpongy, and wholly made of threds or haires, the outfide or barke being like fcales: it had about ~ forty or fifty round yet fomewhatflat branches, a foote long in the fame manner {caly, or as @ were fet with hollow joynted cuppes or boxes, and from the joynts broke forth {mall cones liketo thofe of the Cedar tee, fet with thicke {cales ofa pollifhed thining brownithcolour, the outer fhell being of the chickenefle ofthe Indian Nat fhell, containing within ita certainekernell like untoa long Ackorne or Chefant, oftwo inches longorleffe, very hard and noteafie tobe made into meale, yet ferving tife Nativesinftead of bread, Fruflus (quarofus Palme altere fimilia. Another kinde of {calyfruite like the other Palme. Another{caly fruicelike hereunto was fent unto Clefies, burcame alittle afcerhisdeath, which fheweththe ftalke of the fruit divided intolongfibers, the fruite alfo divided, whofe inner fubltance betweene the outer fhell and the inner kernell wasblacke, the fmaller end of which kernell lay next the bottomeofthe fruice, differing fom thofe inthe Cokar Nats. Chameriphes peregrina Clufij. The ftrange dwarfe Palmé of Clufins. This branch C/wfiu referreth tothe kindes of Palmetos as thinkingit to partake with them: it rofé ap . c saya weg he, withforty ftalkes or more biggér and leffer; andlonger or -fhoter then others, contains Baad Sphcatanchi pk Howers or fraites growing thereon, which were all rubbed off onely the Places where they ftood; appearing and thewed asiforthey had bene huske covering , for all contained within a the whole branch rofe froma certaine thicke barke, made asit were of fhards like unto that of the outer fhell of the Cokar Nut, or like unto that huske that covereth the Palmetohead, which barke wasof a yellows ifh colour , fmooth both above and be ow, bur the ftalkes were of a brownifh colour : this fee- med robe plucked from {ometree, but what or where is not expreffed; , Chameriphes peregrina clufij, a st me of of Cla fut. Aftrange dwarfe Palme |