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it were a piece ofcorke.which notwithftanding finketh to the bottom when ir fai* 1ZTT " 



like as doth a ftone. Js imo thc *«*, 



3 This tree,faith Garciasjhit beareth the fruit Carp0halfamum 9 \s alfo one of the Bal f 

 it grovveth to the heigh t and bigneff^ 



whereon do grow Ieaues like thofe of Rue,but of colour whiter, alwaies sparine ereene *!; 

 which come forth floures,whercof wee hauc no certaintie : after which commcth forthS 

 that of the Turpentine tree, which in fiiops is called Carpdalfim u **fit a pleafant fwcet (mil I 



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Pro/per ^tfhmhrih writ a large Dialogueof the BaHam of the 



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and deliuered the hiftorie thereof in his book De Pknt :*£gyfh* 'ff 



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Carpobdfamum fet forth 



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winegrowing three/ue,or feuen faflned to one ^* ^^^hre'e nigh together. 

 fmelling : the floures are fmal and white like thofe °* ^"£°™7 containing yellow and well- 

 The fruit is of the fhape and bignefle of that of the Turpentine ^ ree ^^ fonw bat bi- 

 rm^iim^ t^A. cuoA JtA a ydlowifh moifture like hony. Their taft lSDurenm, 



ttiuciunsue. * , - , . ^r^-c it were a kcrnell without a 



Of thefe Balfam trees there is another fort , the fruit whereof is a it were . $ finn fo . 



ihellcouered with a thin skin ftraked with many veins,o : a b™ n f°™Q of *»» "«' • 



lid like the kernell of the Indian nut,of a white coloured ^^oiufeell^ut 



and it is thought to be hot in the fir ft degree,or in tebpmw™ *?£&&, 

 -ru M k^ J*?..-.. /x_*„ .„i,?A ™;<r1if >v> omitted becaufeof tediouincuc, 



fmelling feeds filled with 



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tree of monftrous hugeneflc,befet with Ieaues a 



:h might be omitted Decauico, i?™ — in America a grcai 

 worth the noting ; There is/aith my authoi, in A f 



rith Ieaues and boughes cuen to the ground, t ^ , ^ 



red with 



hich batks doth flow (the 





