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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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Eng lifh name. We may call it $ 



% The Temperature and Femes . 



oeoeitens oe very temperatiy cow and moii^and baue a thick and clammy fubft,« t 

 they nounfli more than raoft fruits do 5 butwithall theyeafily ftoo the intra iV,7i n "^"efore 

 row paiTage^and breed inflammations. V ' P "* mtrals > a nd fluty the **. 



They take away the ruggednefle of the throat and Iungs.and alfo quench 



looch or 



Ten drams or 



:,or taKen any orner way 



and halfc of the nan nr r 



a 





D 



belly. 



There is alfo made of this fruit a purging Ele&uarie,but fuch 

 therefore not to be vfed but when it is new made. 



inwardly taken doth loofc the 





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h a p . ii 8. Of the Indian Tlums or Mirobalans 



1 



f Tbe Kindes. 



2f 3? ^c ! UerS ki j d * of M iroba ! ans / rt s CbebuUfellmc^Emblic^&c. They Iikewifc grow v 



)ne f t Q m anQt jj er . anc | Garc j^ t jj e Portugal phyli 



of opinion that the fiue kindes grow vpon 



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24y& mazau 



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ta-r (clTc 



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eftau 



3fc c/iejrtiku 



'2/faadftm* 



5 



ofMirobafaa 



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Deftripthn 



He firft of the Mirobalan trees,called 



ChebuU , is a flmibby tree altogether 



wild (which 



not vnlike to the Plum tree: the branches areola- 

 ny,and grow thick together,wheron are fet leaues 

 like thofe of the Peach tree. The fruit is greater 

 than any of the reft,(bmwhat Ipng, faftioned like 

 a Peare. 



z This fecond kind of MirobafaOjCalJed//'- 

 T4,or C/>r/»4,which fome do call Aritiqw&ut the 

 common people of India,c^^rf } grovvetb vpon a 

 tree of meane ftature,hauing many boughes (lan- 

 ding finely in order, and let full of leaues like to 



the Service tree. 



Tbe third kinde of MirobaUns,called F*- 



Mic'^the Indians call Amiale * which grow vpon a 

 tree of mean ftaturc like the former,buttije leaues 

 very much jagged, in ftape like the Ieauesot 

 l-ern, but that they be fomwhat thicker;the Indi- 

 ans put not the fruit hereof to phyficall vfcs »D^ 

 occuwie it for the thickning and tanning ot tneir 

 leatberin (lead of Rhnsot Coriars Sumacb.asai- 

 fo to make inkeand bletch for otherpurpoles. 



4 Mirobahm Bcllmu, called of the Savages, 

 Gotm and Guti, groweth vp to a mean ftatureg 



color. 



3 



are 



oifhed with leaues like Laurel or the bay 

 fomwhat lefTer,thinner,and of a pa'f g^ 



/ 



vpon a tree of mean ftature>w rather vpon a (hrub or hedg 



arc. There is a fift kinde,the tree whereof is not mentioned by W 



If The Place and Time. 



The laft fbure kinds of Mirobalans srow in the 



Cambaiartheyg^^^ 



<Goa, 



pother places of 



/lalaQor^od Dabul :thcAT^*^in Bifnager,Decan,Ouzarat : 

 the Eaft Indies. The time afcrees with other frufts in thofe 



,BengaIa 



and in maty 



ji 



agrees 



^T TbcNatfies 





*' Thofe which we bauefiud to be vellow.tbe Inhab 



ofthofcrountries where they g^ 



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