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thofeof lafmine, but more double 





fuccced 



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them many littlecods, containing fame fixe 

 feeds apiece fomewhat like thofc of Stramo- 

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This tree gtowes in tbeEaft Indies, efpe- 

 cially in Goa and Malayo : in Goa it is cal- 

 led Pari^ataco : in M&hyojingadi : in Decan, 

 Pul:oi the Arabians, (7*^* .of the Perfians 

 and Turks.Ga/; in Engli(h,the fad or forovv- 

 full tree,or the Indian mourner. The time is 

 fpecificdin the defcription. 



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<g The Nature and Vertues. 



temperature hereof; neuertheleffe we reade, 

 that the Indians doe colour their broths and 

 meats with the ftalks ofthe floures hereof in 

 ftead of Saffron 5 or whatfoeuer they defire 

 to haue of a yellow colour. 



It is reported, That ifalinnencloath bee B 

 fteeped in the diftilled water of the flour s,& 

 the eies bathed and wafhed thervvith, it hel- 

 peth the itching and pain thereof,and ftayes 

 the humors that fall aown to the lame. 



There is made ofthe falinters of the wood 



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pleafure. 



many prety 



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only in forro,butalfo in fruit,liquor,and place of growing ; the which todiftinguirti would re- 

 quire more time and trauell than either our ftnall time will arford,or riches for our maintenance to 

 diicouer the fame in their natural countries : which otherwife by report to fet downe certain mat- 

 S-SBSvPS^ "ft 1 * diracditib* i Author, and no profit thereby fliall arife to the Reader: 



SV™ • A 0g u We W1 [ fet r l 0M : n 1° much as wc haue found in the w0 * s «f fome traueller s.which 



truth ofthe 





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frT b f e ^ er , s r trees S rovvin S in ^ e Indie S> whofe fruits are called by the name ofthe 



inde) of the fubftance 



g^tt^SS iSS £a 2S *£ "«.* * 7* or ruggeO 



brought from the Indies, 

 elired : whereofone is of 



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