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by coupies.one againtt another,fomewhat | long and nartowslike unto the Bay-Tree 
that beareth narrow Leaves, with a middle rib, and fundry veines running there- 
through, each of them ftanding on a long foorftalk ; the pails of the branches are 
divided into many fmall brown | {prigs, whereon growerh the flower even on the 
tops of the Cloves themfelves,which a are white at fir(t with cheir Sprig gs green after- 
ward,& laltly reddifh,before they be beaten off from the tree; and being dryed be- 
fore they be put up.grow blackith, as we fee them, having tone {mall tops at che 
heads ot, chem, anda {mall round head in che middle of them: the flower it. felf 
ftanding between thole confifteth of four fall Leaves like unto a Cherry blof= 
fom,but oe an excellent blew colour,asit is confidently reported,with three white - 
veines in every leaf, & divers purplifh threds in the middle, of a mofe dainty fine 
fonethes the Clove it felfwhich is a {mall flender fruit,almoft like a {mall naile 
as I {aid betore; being of a hot quick and fharp ra(twhen they are fit to be garher- 
ed, which is before they be quite ripe, bue thofe thac do abide Jonger on the trees 
do grow fome what thicker aitd grearér, andarehot'of half the others goodnefs 
being called by moft Fufles, yet fome call the {talks of the Cloves Fufles ; ; they 
erow of their own fowing andare not grafted. Hereout likewife cometh : acer- 
rain dark red Gum, and both i it and the Fufles are uiually ioe ohe -agengtt 
another, gS sik, 4 
The Places and Time, eS Neto 
: ‘Te Clove Tree cometh ne wie eh 
eth alfo in Amboyna ve well, and! if 
thanthere. Eight yeares ie 1 is e len ont of; the eer , it, bears 
eth fruit, and! Pecieiarietk bearing for amhundred years together, as the -inha- 
birants | oftchat Country do affirm; who: beat the: fruiicof the Trees with. Jong, 
Poles, as we do Walnuts, and fuffer them to ly there npon the ground, untill. chey. 
be throughly dryed, there being neither. graffe, nor any other Herbs to 
hinder the»fame, by reafow ‘thar ‘the tree tectonics, ‘bein iaenetinealieahe 
poe eri a great circuit rouad about, fo that the Cloves.are the, more.conye-. 
dryeds ~ It See ee and December » 
chofe € Coie ga double Harveft Hae reeaheen) be a= 
— The Temmperatire: Bune tees. oe 
the -propetties of (Cleves are many.jand excellent, pane bbe aad dy inthe 
oe seslocie i sefecmnceatctennenic same os Yt 5 
~ ie The Verrvet, isd gredtt ri. as 
“The "Poriegl women Wee ‘dwell in the ap-lndies, ad eat dhe loves. 
when they be it green, a certain Liquor by diftillation, of amoft fragrant {mell 5 
which comforeth the heart, and is of alk Cordialls, themoft effectuall, There — 
3 alfo>’ excracted from’ Cloves a cettain Oyley or ‘tather-athick) Burrer ofa 
--yelloiv ‘‘colour ‘which. béing 2chafed’ it’ che hand 3 {melleth adike; che, 
Cloves °* themfélves 5 wheréwith | the © Tadians © do. cote» > theix, 
wounds, and other hurts as we do with Balfume, The Clovesthemfelves af) 
ter they are dryed, and brought over unto.us, are ufedto comfort the Heads 
_ Hearty, Scomack,:and Livers help the Seniesa at and eee 
es nethen Nature, they Bejagbbaxt Hypa 
> taken in Milk, Stir up SAG] Os 
- epee ye ee ; difeafe ©, againft 
" 1Ng Of cold | humors, was rengthen tt 
