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Of the Hiftorie of Pla 



4" J Piper Caudatum. 



Tailed Pepper. 



together,greeriat the fiHTa^d^wTTr; — — 

 taft fliarpS and hotter thm^Sbhc^^ 

 yet teeter and of better raft. TS,£ £**"*. 

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 diligent rJu, l\JZ*£? deD 0the 'earned anH 



branch of fomc foot in length that L r * f ! 0m a 

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dies, the order otgi^ig of S,'"^* e In- 

 like that of the blaclbut tL ot a?n S ;r d ** is 

 thicker together . the letf^offl^S*?^ 

 that of the black,onIy it is thinner nf- • ^ ^^ 

 andCasC/«M though b^Sfe" 

 veins or nerues alfo were lefie eminent )m o"tt 

 ber, and run from the middle rib to the fide „T " 

 than alongft the leafe. * MeS| rathcr 



4 This other kinde of Pepper, brought vntovs 

 from ^thiopia 3 caIied of the country where km, 



«h,P/><r *&thiopic,m , in (hops, ^»w»*w,and £w^ 



f//a. It growes vpon a fmal tree in maner of an hcd« c 

 bufh.wherupon grow cods in bunches, a finger Ion* 

 ota brown coIour,vneuen,and bunched or puft vpm 

 diuers places,diuided into flue or fix lockers or eels 

 each wherof contained a round feed fomwhat long 

 lefle than the feeds of Peony, in tafte like common 

 "oper ox Cardamomum , wlaofefaculticand temper 



itis thought to haue,whereof we hold it a kind. r 



5 Another kind of Pepper is fomtimes brought^hich the Spaniards cal PimemaderMth^ 

 is Pepper with a taile i it is like vnto Cubebes,round,full,fomewhat rough,black of coloured of 

 a fharp quick taft like the common pepper,of a good fmell : it growes by clufters vpon fmal ftems 



fome haue vnaduifedly 

 of Pepper to be brought ouer, for fearc 

 himfelfe hindred in the fale thereof. 





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Black and white Pepper grow in the kingdom of Malauar, and that very goodj in Malacaalfo, 

 but not fo good ; as alfo in the Iflands Sunde and Cude : there is great (lore growing in the King- 

 dome of China,and fomc in Cananor,but not much. 



Pepperof Ethiopia growesalfoin America, in all the craft of the country where Nat & Car- 

 thago are fituated.The reft haue bin fpoken of in their feuetal defcriptions. The white Pepper is 

 notfo common as the blacke.and is vi>H i-two \n n^A nf Mr 



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^J The Time. 



The plant rifeth vp in the firft of the fpring : the fruit is gathered in Auguft. 



c The Names. 



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fee 



Tip 



Fulfel^nd Fulful: in Italian,?*-/*.- in Spanifh,P/>w#ta: in French,Fo/«^ : in bigh-Dutch,$fef 



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^Ethiopia is called Piper oEth 



with his fruit alfo. 



momtm. Vita longa, and of fome Cardamomum 



Phyfitionof London,caIIed M r Stephen Bredu 



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The Arabian and Perfian Phy fitions iudge, that Pepper is hot in the third degree. But the In- 

 dian Phy fitions (which for the moft part are Emperickes) hold, that Pepper is cold, as almoit ^a 

 other fpice,which are hot indeed : the long Pepper is hot alfo in the third degree, and as wee nauc 



faid,is thought to be the beft of all the kinds. 





5[ The Vertucs. 



Diofcorides and others agreeing with him affirme,that Pepper refifteth poifoo, and lsgood to e 



put into medicaments for the eies. 



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