The firtt part ofthe thinges that 
Being in the houle ct a principal Merchant ofthis city, 
making a edicine in a Chimney, where they did burne 
The mel of of that wood the ſmake that came out ot the wood did ſmiell 
the wood. much, æ gaue a very ſwert ſauaur, of the which he maruelled 
es much ¢ aſked from whence they bab caſt thither that good 
ſmell. They of the houſe told him, that the good ſmel was of 
the Wood that thay did there burns, andit was that which 
did call that good ſmell. He tooke a ſticke e the MAdod, and 
from it plucked a flip ot the fame, which had no ſmell noꝛ 
ſauour, moꝛe than other tommon wood had, then he take as 
way a little of the rinde, and ſmelled vnto it, and taſted it, 
and he found a lweete ſmell maſt excellent in it; and a Sa⸗ 
udur no moze noꝛ leſſe then of paces, oꝛ Autmegges and 
much moze ſharpe, aud mize ſweete, and of a moꝛe pleas 
fant ſmell and taſt, then any C inamon that is in the woꝛld, 
and with maze liuelineſſe, and ſharpenes oftatt then the pe⸗ 
per. A taſted it at the taking away ofthe rinde from the ſaid 
wod, of the which he had a great pete oftimber, and ſurely 
thereis not anything of fo wert ſmell and taſt, otany thing 
which we haue that withſo much plsalantnes of ſmell, and 
with ſuch liuelines ſendeth ſoozth a ſauour as this did peni⸗ 
tuate mer inſomuche that taſting a little ofit, ¢ carried all 
that day the ſweete finell and ſauaur in my month, beeing 
meruellaus, as though A had carried there a pete of Puts 
Dithis toosd thee ayde, thata Paider ofa Suppe t 
his, did cut a great quantitie, comming by the Zauns, and 
oui,andthat which did remaine then carried to the Owners 
