L- 1 b. 3* Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1501 
call them jthofe that be blacke they call Xe^emale. the Bdlericafioim- the ChehuCe, Arete* the 
Emblica are called Aretiqui. The Temperature. 
All the kindes ofMirobalans are in tade aftringent and (harpe like vnto the vnripe Sorhus ot 
Scruice berries, and therefore they are of complexion cold and drie. 
*[ The Verlues. 
The Indians vfe them rather to bind than purge ; but if they dovfe them for a purge, they vie the A 
decotlion of them, and vfe them much conferued in lugar, and efpecially the ChebuU . the vellnw 
and blacke be good that way Iikewife. ’ y 
The yellow and Bell erica taken before meat, are good againft a laske,or weake domacke,as Caret- B 
as writeth. 
The yellow and blacke, or Indies, and the ChehuU, purge lightly, if two or three drams be taken G 
and draw fuperfluous humors from the head. ’ 
The yellow, as fome write, purge choler, ChehuU flegme, Indie a melanchohe, and drengthen the D 
inward parts, but roiled in theembers,or otherwife walled, they drie more than they purge. 
There are two forts efpecially brought into thefe parts of the world conferued, the ChehuU, and E 
of them the bed are fomewhatlong likeafmall Limon,wirha hard rindeand black pith, of the tall 
ofaconlerued Wall-nut-and the Belleric*, which are round and lefler.and tenderer in eating. 
X.0W writeth, that of them the Embhca do meanly coole,fome do drie in the firil degree, they F 
purge the (lomacke of rotten flegme, they comfort the braine,the finewes, the heart, and liuer pro- 
cure appetitc 4 (lay vomite,and coole the heat of choler, helpe the vnderilanding, quench third and 
the heate o( the intrailes:the greatell and heauied be the bed. 
They purge bed, and with lefler paine, if they be laid in water in the Sun vntill they fwell,& fod G 
on a foft fire, & after they haue fod and be cold,prefcrued in foure times (o much white honey put 
to them. 
Garcias found the didilied water to be right profitable againd the French difeale andfuch like 
infeftions. 
The Bctlerics are alfo of a milde operation, and do comfort, and are cold inthefird degree, and 
drie in the fecondrthe others come neere to the Emhlicx in operation. 
;n thi, chapter contented my teire with the exprcfnngofche fruits out of clujtiu ainil.it/, and omitted the figure! of the three Mirabalan tree! tvhiib 
our Author gaueys out ofTa6em«ai»lt«wrtibeeaufeIiudgc themrather,drawne by fiancy than by the thing! the m reiues. ruaoaian rce!,wni,u 
H 
l 
C h a p.129. Of tbefuiube tree . 
5T The Defcriptton. 
''P He Iuiube tree is not much lefler than Zi. 
* \iphus Candida, hauing a wreathed trunke ot 
body,and a rough barke full of rifts or cranic-s, 
and ditfeb anches.befet with itrong and hard 
prickles ; from whence grow out many long 
twigs, or little dalkes, halfe a foot or more m 
lengthen fhew like Rufhes,limmer, and ea'tly 
bowing thenifelues, and very flendir like the 
twigges of Spartum : about which come 
Jeaues one aboueanother, which a r e fo ix ' . : 
long, not very great, but hard and tough like to 
the leaues of Peruinca or Peruinckle. & amor a- 
thefe Ieaues come forth pale and moffie little 
floures: after which fucceed long red well fa- 
ded fweet berries as big as Oliues (of a meane 
quantity,) or little Prunes, or fmal Plums, wt er- 
in there are hard round dones, or in which a 
fmallkernell is contained. 
The Place. 
Therebe now at this day Iuiube trees grow- 
ing in very many places of Italy,w hichin times 
pad were newly brought thither out of Svna, 
and that about Flirty his time, ashehimfelfe 
hath written in his \y book,io. chap. 
% The Time 
It floureth in Aprilfat which time the feeds 
or dones are to be fet or fowne for increafe. 
