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An Appendix to 



The figure I here giue in the firftplace,out oiLobel, is of a plant fom 

 a feed : and fuch by fbwing of feeds I haue feene j " 



plant fome fix monetl^tfj^p 



T^but they ftill died u the firft approach of°Wint?r7 TheSS fi™^!*!?! &***• 

 and fome of the feeds apart, taken forth of the cods :ncw the cods are neui*h i lh the codj . 

 but the vtter rindes are taken off; and the firings or neruc* that- „,„ „i « :, Dr0u g ht - whole to » 



feed 



«JJ TheTemf 



veffels. 



A ThefruitorpuIpeofTamarindesiscoIdand dry irhfae-third degree', it i« «r «k~i * 

 ricke difeafes, and burning Feuers, Tertians, and the like , it is a lenitiue and vl * '?. 



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medicine and therefore vfed to be put into medicines feruing to that nurnnft. 



Th«T«,fp f faith t Alt>iYifj t ) rh<» 1m.i»c rvf t-,^<.-:«j„- ... i -Yi p«»puie. 



KjAlf 



in chole. 

 purging 



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their infufion or decoSion to loofen the belly , the leaues are acid;; ZFSt™^ **£ 



The Arabians preferue the fmallan 



greene 



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with fugar, or the hony boyled out of the fruit of the Carob tree they Lfomii th^,l 0nC,, •"ft* 

 gar,vvhich trauel letfcarry with them in their journies through the defirr 1« *5 "A* *" h fu ' 

 with they being dry or ouerheated, may quench their ^l^£i$^^^^ 

 euacuate many hot humors by ftoole. mcimejues, and alio 



In peftilent and all other burning putrid feuers they drinke the water with fugar wherein - 

 quantme of Tamarinds haue beene infufed j for it is a drinke very pleafant to fuch as are thi 



good 



cooles and 



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They are alfo vfed in iall putrid feuers caufed bycholericke and adu'ft humors, and alfoagainft 

 the hot diftempers and inflammations of the liuer and reines, and withall againft the Gonorrhea 

 Some alfo commend them againft ob ftrudions, the dropfie, jaundife, and the hot diftempers of 



theipIeene.-theycoQducealfotothecureoftheitch/cabjle "" 



of the skin which proceed of aduft humors. 



fuchvlccrat 



^ T ^ ^~ ^ ™" ™" ^» ^^ ^^ ^» • ^^ VW ^^ m*« «* ^P £ * W *^ « 



ting to them Mace,Anife feeds, Squinantb,or fuch lik 



their 



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Of the o5\famoera > the *5\fale and Female. 



ores ofclufe 

 giue it you 



«rj The Defcriptiov, 



of thefe two trees,together with the figures I here giue you,are it the Cuu Tojt* 



(faith he) is moft true, Non omnisft 



uince to be found, which produces not fome peculiar plant not growing in other regions, as they 

 i /t^-.t-.t. „ , ^ • ,_ ... . fpeciaUy if they haue applied therofeles 



reft 



to the obferuations of plants . Amongft fuch I thinke 1 may reckon that honeft and courteous man 

 lohnvan vfele,who returning put of that part of America called Brafile, fhewed mee in the yeare 

 1 607. a booke,wherein he in liuely colours had expreft fome plants and liuing creatures : for as ne 



told rae,whcn he purpofed to trauell he learned to paint,thatfo he m ^ ht t a ^ re ^ in ^^^hfoJ? 

 memorie and delight after he was returned home, fu<* " '" *"" «--«■-"•' 



Now amongft thofe which he inthatbookehadexprefledjobferuedtwo very lingular and or a 

 ftrangc nature, whofe figures without any difficulty he beftowed vpon me, as alfo the following w- 

 fiory. 



Thefe 



for 



two trees, whofe figures you fee here expreft, are of the fame kinde,and differ only ' «» ^ , 

 >e of them, to wit, the male, is barren, and only carries flonres, without any fruit $ D 

 female onely fruit, and that without floure : yet they fay they are fo louing, and of iucn a ^ 

 that if they be fet far afunder,and the female haue not a male neere her, fiiee becomes nan 

 beares no fruit : of which nature they alfo fay the Palme is. . , j oW- 



Now the bole or trunke of that tree which beares the fruit is about two foot tnl %> " f tudC , 



e 



foot high before it becrfn ro heare fruits but when it hath ac 



then (hall you fee the vppe 



r 



laden 



girt 



