The J^aturallandMoratt 



are great, and have a very hard skale , which may be ta 

 ken off whole. This fiuite is mod vfuall in Mexico 3 ha 

 ving a thinneskinne, which may be pilled like an ap 

 ple : they hold it for a very holefome meate , and as I 

 havefaid, it declines a little from heat. Thefe M away a 

 GtMyavos^ndPaltosfre the Indians peaches ? apples,and 

 peares; and yet would I rather choofe them of Europe. 

 * * But fome others by vfe, oritmaybebyaffedion, doc 

 more efteeme thole of the Indies . I doubt not but fuch 

 as have not feene nor tafted of thefe fruites , will take 

 fmall pleafure to reade this difcourfe, yea, they will 

 grow vvearieto heareit, as I have done in writing it, 

 which makes me to abridge it, fpeaking of fome ether 

 fortes of fruites, for itwcreimpofllble to intreate of 

 them all. 



OfCbico^apote, Amonat^nd Capollis. 

 CHAP. 25. 



SOme defirous to augment thinges at the lnes' 9 

 have given out that there is no kinde of fruite like 

 * vnto Cotigna,m marmelade, and another which taftes 



like a meate made of almonds and creame, which they 

 call BUnckewanger , for that the tafte of them deferves 

 fa thefe names , the marmalad is that which they call C<t~ 

 fates, or Cbicoc apotts , which have a fweetglaflc , and 

 neere vnto the colour of marmalade.Some Crollos, (for 

 fo they call the Spaniards borne at the In 'dies >) fay that 

 this fruite pafTcth all the fruites ofSpairte in excellency: 

 yet am I not of that opinion^at the leaft they fay , it paf 

 feth all other fruites in tafte; but I will not dwell vpon 

 this qucftion , for that it doth not deferve it. Thofc 

 te/,\vherein there is little difference, 



grow 



