are brou 
they bie it in place 8 they take it ts be or 
a better taſt and moze healthfull. A haue taſted it, and it bys 
teth moꝛe thenthe blacke Pepper doth, and it hath a moze 
ſwecte taſte then it hath. I haue cauſed it tu be put into dꝛeſt 
meates, in place of the Datental Pepper, ⁊ it giueth a moꝛe 
gentle taſte vnto the meates that are dꝛeſt there with. 
It is a fruite that caſteth aut a high plante, ofthe great⸗ The ak. 
neſſe ata groſſe Packethꝛeed and the lawer parte neere to it. 
the roote, is as great as a litle ſticke, that is very ſmall:and 
vpon it are iopned the little graines, verꝝ ncere together, as 
though they were wꝛeſted one within the ather, which cans 
ſeth the greatneſſe tohereof wee ſpake: and beeyng ta⸗ 
ken away from the lite ſtick, the ſtick remaineth bare and 
whole:and it is areene being kreſh, but the Sunne ripeneth 
it, and dooth turne it blacke, and fo they bꝛing it into theſe 
partes. It groweth in the Coatk ot the firmte lande in Nes 
and in Cartagena, and in the newe kingdome: in all thels 
partes they bie it, as J haue ſaide. at bath the Medicinall 
vertues, which the Oꝛiental Pepper hath that we die. T he : 
complerion thereof ts hot in the third degra. 2 
And going to vilite a Childe, the Sonne ofthis Sentle · kite: = 
man, which gaus me this pepper, being diſeaſed in the fire “a 
in the face, 3 commaunded him fo bee let blood, and that to 
bis face they ſhould apply ſome litie cloth with Role water, 
andthe hearbe Mora: her ſaide to me that hee liked the let⸗ 
ting or blond well, becanfe the boxe was of Sanguine com 
plexion, but as foꝛ that which ſhould be laide to his face, hes 
had where with to heale it in thozt time:and he cemmanded 
ta bee bought fooath, a thing like vnto a cake, as grrate as 
a meane platter, the outũde was blacke, and within veal⸗ 
3 ‘brought well nere two thouſand leagues, 
it was moyſte, 38 viffolued a lyttle of it with Kole 
Wafer, and layde ifte the boxes face, J was defirous to 
now What it was, x he ſaid, that when the waꝛk was fens 
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