L i b. 3. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 15 zy 
omit, i The floares are white, fomewhat 
likethofc of Iafmine,but more double, at d 
they are ofa very fweet fraell : there fnccecd 
them many little cods, containing Come nx 
feeds a piece fomewhat like thofe of Stramo- 
nium . $ 
ThePlace^Time , and Names. 
This treegroweth in the Eaft Indies, efpe- 
cially in Goa, and Malayo : in Goa it is cal- 
led Pari%ataco .- in Malayo, in Decan, 
Pul: of the Arabians, Gitart: andol the Perfi- 
ansaad Turkes, Gut : in Englifh, the Sad or 
Sorrowful! tree, or the Indian mourner. The 
time is fpecified in thedefeription. 
<]" The Temperature ana Vertues. 
Wehaueno ceartaine knowledge of the A 
temperature hereof, neuertheleffewe fead 
that the Indians do colour their brothesand 
mcates with the ftalkes of the floures here- 
of in Head of Saffron, or whatfoeuer that 
they defire to haue ofa yellow colour. 
It is reported, that if a linnen cloth be ffee- B 
ped in thediftilled water of the floures; and 
the eyes bathed and wafhed therewith, hel- 
peth theitchingand paine therofand ftaieth 
the humours that fall downe to the fame. 
There is made of the fplinters of the wood q 
certaine tootb-pickes, and many pretty toies 
forpleafure. 
Chap. 145. Of the ‘Balfam tree. 
IT Tht Kinder. 
T Here be diuers forts of trees from which do flow Balfames, very different one trqm another, not 
onely in forme, but alfo in fruit, liquour, and place of growing ; the which to dittinguifh would 
require more time and trauell than either our fmall time wil afloord,or riches lor our maintenance 
todifeouer thelame in thetrnaturall countries :which otherwife by report to fet downe certaine 
matter by incertainties, would diferedit the Author, and no profit fhall arile thereby to the Rea 
der : notwithftandingwe wit fet downe fo much as we haue found in theworkesoffome trauellers, 
which bell agree with the truth of the hiftorie. 
qj The Defer! ft ion. 
I "T'Herebe diuers trees growing in the Indies, whofe fruits arc called by the name of the 
1 fruit of the Balfam tree -.among the reft this whofe figure we haue fee forth vnto your 
view, we our felues haue feene and handled ; and therefore the better able todeferibe it. It is a fruit 
very crooked,and hollowed like the pal me of an hand, two inches long,halfe an inch thicke, coue- 
redwith a thicke fmooth rinde, of the colour of adrie Oken leafe ; wherein is contained a kernel! 
(of the fame length and thicknefle,aptto fil thefaid fhellor rinde)of thefubftance of an Almond; 
of the colour of afhes, fat, and oiliepfa good fmell, and very vnpleafant in tafte. 
2 Thewood we haue dry brought vnto vs from the Indies for ourvle in Pbyncke (a frnal. ue- 
feription may ferue fora dry fticke) neuertheleffe wee haue other fruits brought from the Indies, 
whofe figures are not fet forth, by reafon they are not fo well knowne as defined ; whereof one is of 
the bignes ofa Wal-nut, fomewhat broad on tbevpper fide, with a rough or rugged IhelL '■ neiien, 
btacke of colour.and fullofa white kernell, with much iuice in it ; ofapleafanttafte anufimcll, li.tc 
rheoile of Mace : the whole fruit is exceeding lighr.in refpedt of the quanntie or brgnefie, euen as 
ytrbor triftis. 
The forrowfull tree. 
