^6^ The y\atttratt and MoraU 



Of divers fortes of greens Hearts , nndPu>lfes> nnd of 

 thofe they call Con combreSyPines^or Pine Apples >fwall 

 frxties of Chi\\c>Arifl of Primes. CHAP. 19 



S Being wee have begunne with the leifer Plants, I 

 might in few words, touch that which concernes 

 Flowers and Pot-hearbes , and that which the Latines 

 cz\\Arbttjla, without any mention of trees. There arc 

 fbme kindes of thefe (hrubbes at the Indies , which arc 

 of very good tafte. Thefirft Spaniards named many 

 things at the W/mvith fuch Spanifh names,as they did 

 molt rcfemble^as PwesjConcombres^nd Prunes, althogh 

 they be very different fruites to thofe which are (b cal 

 led in Spaine. T he Pines,or Pine-aples, are of the fame 

 fafliion and forme outwardly to thole ofCatflle, but 

 wi thin they wholy "differ, for that they have neither 

 aples,nor fcales 5 but areall one flefh, which may beea- 

 ten when the skinne is off, it is a fi uite that hath an cx- 

 -cellentfmell, and is ver) r pleafant and delightfull in 

 tafte,it is full of iuycc, and ofa fweeteand fliarpe tafte^ 

 they eate it being cut in morcclls , and fteeped a while 

 in water and fair. Some fay that this breedes choler, 

 and that the vfe thereof is not very healthfull. But I 

 have not feene any experience thereof, that might 

 breedebeleefe. They grow one by one like a cane or 

 ftalke,which rifeth amongfl: many leaves,like to the lil- 

 lie,but fomewhat bigger. The apple is on the toppe of 

 every cane, it growes in hote and moift groundes, and 

 the beft are thofe of the Hands QfB&tip0ttc. It growes 

 notinP^, but they carry them from the Andes, the 

 which are neither good nor ripe. One prefented one 

 of thefe Pine-apples , to theEmperour Charles the fifr, 



which 



