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a chapel was erected for her tomb, bearing an inscription ; — and Machim and his companions having 

 made " a boate all of a tree, the trees being there of a great compasse about," went to sea and were 

 drifted upon the African coast "without saile or oar.'' The Moors " tooke it for a miracle, and pre- 

 sented him" to their king; who in turn "sent him and his companie unto the king of Castile,'' 

 Henry III. of Spain reigning "in 1393." The news brought by Machim, and by "the ship wherein 

 he went" to the island, " moued many of France and of Castile to goe and discouer it." 



Laurus Indica of Madeira. Probably the tree " of great compasse about " whose trunk was 

 made into a boat : — Cadamosto found fine timber on Madeira, and elegant tables exported by the 

 Portuguese : L. Indica was observed by myself, a large tree in the Madeira forest. Transported to 

 Europe, is described by Plukenet aim. pi. 304, and Seba ii. pi. 84. 



" 1377, Jan. 17th" (Alst., and Blair), the Italians exhibiting signs of defection, the seat of the 

 papacy removed from Avignon back to Rome by Gregorius XI. 



" Feb." (Skeat ed. Piers Plowm.), jubilee in England, Edward III. having "attained the fiftieth 

 year of his reign." He died "June 21st." and was succeeded by Richard II. 



" The same year " (art de verif.), Schaban-Aschraf succeeded by Ali El-Mansur, twentieth 

 Memluk sultan of Egypt. 



"The same year" (Crawfurd vii. 11), among the kings of the Moluccas the first rank acquired 

 by the king of Ternate Kamala Pulu, — who after a long and prosperous reign established the suc- 

 cession in his own direct line.* 



" 1378, Apr. 9th " (Nicol.),. Gregorius XI. succeeded by archbishop Bartholemew Prignano, now 

 Urbanus VI., forty-sixth pope. Richard II. ruling England ; Robert II., Scotland ; and in this year 

 (Alst.), Carolus IV. succeeded by his son Wenceslaus, as emperor of Germany and Italy. 



" In this year" (Humb. cosm. i. 1), a comet recorded in the Chinese table. — (Halley's comet, 

 see A. D. 1456). 



" 1379 A. D. (= [2th yeir houng-wou of Tai-tsou," Remus, mel. iii. 92), an ambassador and 

 tribute sent to China by Thsan-tha-kan-wou-tche-the-tha-tchi, king of Cambodia. 



" 1380 A. D." (Skeat ed. P. Plow., quart, rev. for 1870), the translation of the New Testament 

 into English by John de Wycliffe completed. Assisted by his friend Nicholas of Hereford, he con- 

 tinued the work, — and finished the translation of the Old Testament before his death "in 1384." 



" In this year (= 13th year houng-wou of Tai-tsou," Remus, iii. 92), tribute sent to China from 



Cambodia. 



" In or about this year " (Markham edit. Ciez. p. 269), after the conquest of the Huanca nation 

 by Capac Yupanqui, brother of the Inca Pachacutec, the inhabitants of the district of Caxamarca 

 induced partly by conquest and partly by conciliation to come under the rule of the Incas. 



" 1 381, June " (Blair, and Skeat), insurrection in England, led by Watt Tyler. 



" The same year " (art de verif.), Ali El-Mansur succeeded by Hadgi Saleh, twenty-first Memluk 



sultan of Egypt. . 



"1382, May" (Nicol.), a synod in London; and "Nov. i8th," one at Oxford. Against the 



Wicleffites or Lollards. . ... , „ .„ 



" In this year " (Bonder 40, and Major edit. Bethenc), Francisco Lopez in sailing from Seville 

 to Gallicia driven by a storm to the Great Canary Island, where he and twelve companions were ami- 

 cably received, — but at the end of "seven years," were put to death from mistrust of the information 

 they had sent to the Land of the Christians. 



" The same year " (art de verif.), Hadgi Saleh deposed ; and succeeded by Barkook. — Some 

 years later, Hadgi Saleh was recalled to the throne, and soon afterwards put to death. In him, the 

 Bahrite dynasty became extinct. ^^^ 



* Cmnnmomum culilawan of the Moluccas. A tree furnishing the genuine cuhlawan bark, from 

 early times employed medicinally by the natives - (the so-called "culilawan bark" of commerce 

 beinor a mixU ,re of Indian barks); C. culilawan is known to grow on Amboyna, but not beyond on 

 the Papuan islands, nor Westward as far as Java (Blume rum. pi. 9 and 10, and L.ndl.). From 

 transported specimens, is described by Linnaeus sp. 530. _ 



Cinnamomum rubrum of the Moluccas. A middle-sized tree growing with the preceding, - and 

 its bark similar and hardly inferior (Blumerum.pl. 11, and Lindl.) „■,.,. , 



Cinnamomum xanthoneuron of the Moluccas and Papuan islands. A tree furnishing clove- 

 scented baric -of great fragrance, extremely like and confounded with Massoy bark, but losing its 

 aualitv bv time (Blume rum. pi. 13, and Lindl.). 



CinlaLmum sintoc of the mountains of Southern Hindustan and Java. A tree eighty feet 

 high its aromatic bark known from early times : - C. sintoc was observed by Blume rumph. xxx.pl 

 S the higher mountains ofjava, its bark according to Lindley very like " the true cuhlawan but 

 tess agreeable, having " a strong odour of nutmegs " and " not so purely that of cloves. 



