A 
B 
D 
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V 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Li 
B.5. 
<|f Tie Time. 
The Clones are gathered from the fifteenth of September vnto the end of Februarie not whh 
hands, as we gather Apples, Cherries, and fuch like fruir.but by beating the tree, as Wall-nuts ire 
gotten, as we haue written in the defcription. e 
t The Names. 
The fruit hereof was vnknovvne to the antient Grecians: of the later writers called K „„. a : n 
Latme alfo Caryofhylhs, and CW •• in French, Clou de Gynflt ■ the Mauritanians, CbarhZfd '■ in 
Itahanc^/iw, ,n high-Dutch, ^acgcl J in Spanilh, CLuo deefrma .■ ofthe Indians, CalaL '• in 
the Molucca s, Chengyu ofthe Pandets,^r*w/W,and Chanmfd : in Englifh, Clone tree’ & Clones 
# % The Temper at nrc, ; * 
Cloucs are hot and dry in the third degree. 
f The Venues. 
Clones ftrengthen the ftomacke, liuer, and heart, *he!pe digeftion, and prouoke vrine. 
The Portugall women that dwell in the Eaft Indies draw from the Cloues when they bee vet 
weight of foure drams of the pouder of Cloues taken in milke procureth the ad of genera, 
K hl}hhJnTh a ff- er °u m u he f ! r ° aC , S , 3 oi,e 0r ratber thicke butter ofa yellow colour; 
r h ^ S J, i fe A i? f ldS fme!Ieth , hke Cloues themfelues, wherewith the Indians do 
cure their wounds and other hurts, as we do with Balfam. 
The vfe of Clones, not onely in meat and medicine, but alfo in fweet pouder and fuch like, is 
lufficiently knowne: therefore this fhallfuffice. ' 5 - 
t There were formerly three S S nrcs in this chapter : wherefore 1 omitteii two as impertinent. 
Chap. 151. Qjthe fJ^Qitmegtree. 
I Nitx Mufcata rotunda, Jsue ftemina. 
The round or feqjale Nutmeg. 
2 Nux Myrisiiea oblottga, fme maf \ 
The longifh or male Nutmeg, 
