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thereof from all herbes,trees,and floures, and the inhabitants of that country, do as dil^tfoZT 

 for this Lacca, as we in England and in other countries leeke in the woods for hony s which Lace 

 after they haue found, they take from the tree, and dry it into a lurope 5 among which fometime! 

 there come ouer fome ftickes and pieces of the tree with the wings of the Ants, which haue fallen 

 among it, as we daily fee. 



$ . The Indian Lacke or Lake which is the rich colour vfed by Painters, is none of that which is 

 vfed in fhops,nor here figured or defcribed by C/«/?«*,wherefore our Author was much miftaken in 

 that hee here confounds together things fo different 5 for this is of a refinous fubftance, and a faint 

 red colour, and wholly vnfit for painters, but vfed alone and in compofition to make thebeft hard 

 fealingwax. The other feemes to bee an artificial! thing, and is of an exquifite crimfon colour 

 butofwhat it is,or how made, I haue not as yet found any thing that carries any probabilitie of 





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<fi The Place. 



The tree which beareth Lacca groweth in Zeilanand Malauar,and in other parts of the E»ft. 



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Indian Lacke is called in fhopsZ^*: in Italian, Lachetta: ^Amcen calleth it Luck: Paula* i\A 

 EioftoridesjLs fome haue thought, Cancamum : the other names are exprefled in the defcription. 



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^ The Temperature and Fertues. 



Lacke or Lacca is hot in the fecond degree, it comfortcth the heart and liuer,openeth obftrufti- 

 ons,expeIleth vrine,and preuaileth againft thedropfie. 



There is anartificiall Lacke made of the fcrapings of Brafill and Saffron, which is vfed of Pain- 

 ters,and not to be vfed in Phy ficke as the other naturall Lacca. 



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the Indian leafe. 





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leafe grow J vpon 



TAmahvampx the Indian leate grow* vpu» 

 a great tree like the O renge tree, w ith like 



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broader 



frnall 



ribs running through each Rafter the man 

 „er of Ribwort,wherby it is eafie »^«rn: 

 it fmelleth fomewhat like vnto Clouesbw 

 not fo ftrongas Spikenard or Mace (as fome 

 haue deemed! nor yet of fo fcbt^P«*J 

 fent as Cinnamon. Therewas ^« *f«* 



vnto this figure by C^*<Gg&%l 

 vnto a frnall Acorn,with thisj ^ffi^ 



&m CanelL, the fruit of the ?*»" ^ r S 



may be doubted of, <^"!!^^^ 

 on of the forenaraed tree holden generally 



mofttobt?perfea. 



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~L . .t. . Oaring vpoo 





the water 

 and Pliny 



dian leare &^^r^": Di ^ t fidit 



like vnto Lens Paluflrts, as DW d 



doe fet downe ^f^^Sm 

 painfull writers) but is the leafe of J gj*£j 

 a branch whereof we haue * f °J Cam ^a, 

 view,which groweth in Arabia and K 

 far from the water fide. 



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