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% Chap. z6. Of tie true Cjalingale, the greater and the lejfer. 
t 1 Galanga major. % 2 Galanga minor. 
The greater Galingale. The lefler Galingale. 
T He affinitie of name and nature hath induced me in this place to infert thefe two, the big- 
ger and the leiTer Galingale ; fir ft therefore of the greater. 
*J The deferi ft ion. 
i The great Galingale, vvhofe root onely is invfe, and brought to vs from lava in the 
Eaft Indies, hath flaggy leaues fome two cubits high, like thefeof Catf-taile or Reed-mace : the 
root is thicke and knotty, refemblingthofe of our ordinary fiagges, but that they are of a more 
whitifh colour on the infide,and not fo large. Their talk is very hot and biting, and they are fom- 
what redd i fli on the outlide. 
2 The Idfer growing in China,and commonly in fhops called Ga]ingale,vvithout any additi- 
on, is a fmall root of a brownifh red colotir both within and without ; the tafte is hot and biting 
the fmell aromaticall,the leaues (if we may beleeue Garcia ab Horte ) are like thofc of Myrtles. 
The names. 
t The fir!! is called by Matthiolns, Lobcll , and others, Galanga major. Some thinke it to be 
the Acorns of the Ancients : and Pena and Lobcll in their Stirp. Aduerf queflion whither it be not 
the Acorns Galaticus of Dtofaridcs. But howfoeuer, it is the corns a[ the (hops, and by many 
vfed in Mithridate in Head of the true. The Indians call it Lancuaij. ’ ’ 
i The lefler is called Galanga, and Galanga minor, to diftinguifh it from the precedent. The 
Chinois call it Lanandon : the Indians Laneuaz : we in England terme it Galingale withoutany 
addition. 5 ' 
Their temper and venue. 
Thefe roots are hot and dry in the third degree, but the lefler are fomewhat the hotter. 
They ftrengthen the ftomacke, and mitigate the paines thereof arifing from cold and" flatu- A 
Iencies. 
The fmell, efpecially of the lefler, comforts the too cold braine ; the fubftance thereof bein®- B 
chewed fweetens the breath. It is good alfo again!! the beating of the heart. ° 
They are vfefull again!! the Colficke proceeding of flatulencies, and the flatulent affeffs of Q 
the vvombe ; they conduce to venery, and heate the too cold reines. To conclude, thev are good 
again!! all cold difeafes. * ’ 1 8 
* Chap. zj. Of Turmeric ke. 
T His alfo clullengeth the nextplace, as belonging to this Tribe, according to Diofcorides - 
yet the root, which onely is brought vs, and in vfe,doth more on the outfide refemb le Gin- 
ger, but that it is yellower, and not fo flat, but rounder. The infide thereof is of a Saffron 
colour, the tafte hot and bitterifti • it is laid to haue leaues larger than thofe of Millet, and a lea- 
tie ftalke. There is fome varietic of thefe roots, for fome are longer, and others rounder and the 
rarer are the hotter, and they arc brought oner oft times together with Ginger. 
The place. 
It growes naturally in the Eaft-Indies about Calecut, as alfo at Goa, 
•J Thetiamcs, 
X]i i$ without doubt is tlic Cjfcfus Ificucws QtoJcofirftSy Lib* j # Cuf. It is now vul^cifly try 
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