Lib. 3 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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A „ p epp er I^S^i^i^^ the dimnefle of 



the figbr,as Diefcorides notech. 



t I k^c «» wi ia *b <*-»pt« *«**» ""'» M » tofe fi S urC **** w " form,rl3r herC ' 



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HAP. I53. 



0fl>aJlard c Pej>per,cal/ed < Betle6r < Betre. 





Betle fv 



Peppe 



^r ThcDcfcripitn 



His plant climeth and rampeth vpon trees 



hatfoeuerelfe 



like to the Vine,or t& black Pepper 5 where~ 

 of fome hold it for a kinde. The leaues are like 

 thofe of the greater Binde weed, but fomewhat 

 longer,of a dufty colour,with diuers veins or ribs 

 running through the fame. The fruit groweth a- 

 mong the leaues, very crookedly writhed,in fhapc 



liketfa 



yet very pleafant to the palate 



Peppe 



It groweth among the Date trees, and ^treca, 

 mod of the Molucca Iflands, efpeciallvinthc 



marifti grounds. 

 The time an fv 



ifl The Time. 



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only 



when we carry fugar-Candy in our mouthes 



It hath been taken for the Indian leafe.but not 

 properly : of mod it is called Tembul^nd Tambul: 

 in Malavar,fftf /-<? ; in Decan,Guzarat,and Canara 



it is called Pam : in Molaio,£/». 



^f The Ffe and Temperature. 

 The leaues chewed in the mouth are ofa bitter 

 tafte j whereupon(faith Garcia* J they put thereto 

 fome Areca, with the lime madeofoifter (hells . 

 whereunto they alfo adde fome Amber greece' 

 Lignum Aloes ,and fuch like, which they ftamp to^ 

 gether,making it into a pafte which they rolle vp 

 into round balls, keepe dry for their vfe, and carry 



dry in the fecond degree. 



igft 



g 



ssPSSa 



Empericke phyiitians to be hot and 



fpeak 



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HAP. I54 





r aims, or qraines bf Taradice. 



f. The Rindes, 



J 



gg be dta, f Ws ol Gttiaafime , on& othas p^^.^ 



greater,and others 



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