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Oftl 



Hiftoi 



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ants. 



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when they be new gathered, as I receiued it from the mouth of an Indian myferuanc :he faith 



They cut them in fmall pieces, and put them into a trough made of one whole tree, wherein thev 



putagrcatftoneinmannerofamill-ftonejwhereuntotheytieagorfejbuiflejOr fome other beaft 



which draweth it round : in which trough they put thofe pieces of Canes, and focrufhand grind 



them as we doe the bailees of trees for Tanners, or apples for Cyder. But in fome p iaces they vfe 



a great wheelc wherein flaues doe tread and walke as dogs do in turning the fpic : and fome others 



doc feed as it were the bottome of the faid wheelc, wherein are fome fhar pe or hard things which 



doe cut and crufh the Canes into powder. And fome likewife haue found the inuention to turne 



the wheelc with water works, as we doe our Iron mills. The Canes being thus brought intoduft 



or powdcr,they put them into great cauldrons with a little water, where they boile vntiJi there be 



no more fwcetnefTc left in the crufhed reeds. Then doe they ftraine them 'through mats or fuch 



like things, and put the liquor to boile -againe vnto the confiftence of hony, which being cold 



is like vnto fand both in fhew and handling, but fomewhat fofter . and fo afterwards it is carried 



into all parts ofEurope, where it is by the Sugar Bakers artificially purged and refined to that 



whitenelTeas we fee. 





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HAP. 



Of Flouring Ifyed, 



s^Artwdo florida 



Flouring Reed. 



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foure or fiue foot high, great below neere the 

 ground, and fmaller toward the top, taper- wile • 

 whereupon do grow very faire broad leaues full of ribs 

 or finewes like vnto Plantaine, in (hape reprefentine 



of white 



f 



which ftalkes do grow phantafticke flourcs of a red 

 or vermilion colour 5 which being faded, there follow 

 round,rough, and prick Iy knobs, like thofe of Spar**, 

 mumgt water-Burre,of a browne colour,and from the 

 middle of thofe knobs three fmall leaues. The feed 

 contained in thofe knobs is exceeding black,of a pcr- 

 fca roundnefTe,of the bignefTe of the fmalleft peafe 



Tn^mnf ic.fJitV»lr« U^^UU., J -...i . . * • 



Th jt 



fmall threds fixed thereto. 



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this hauing floures of a yellow or Saffron colour 



with red joints* 



% The Place, 



It groweth in Italy in the garden of Padua aniJ 



My 



planted it in my garden diuers times, but it neuer 

 came to flouring or feeding,for that it is very impati- 

 ent to endure the in/urie of our cold clymat. It is a 



Weft 



% The Time. 





manner 



^Arundo IndiCA is diuerfly 



% It muft be let or fowen in the beginning of April/ ' 

 in a pot with fine earth, or in a bed made with horfe- 

 dung,and fome earth ftrawed thereon, in fuel 

 as Cucumbers and Muske-Melons are. 



% The Thames. 



ittributed to f„ndry of the Reeds, but principa 



-t^KArundofiond^zxA H ar undo florida : in fine 



IT 



otany thing fetdowne as touching the temperature and 

 of the Ancients, or of the new or later Writers 



this Flourishing 





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