Of the Hiliorie of Plants, 
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B. j. 
154.9 
like thofe of peppcr,but narrower, and it alfowindes about trees like as Iuyor Pepper doth : the 
fruit hangs in clufters,likeas thofewe call red Currans, and notclofethruft together in bunches, 
as grapes : the fruit or berries are of the bignefle of Pepper cornes,vvrinckled,and of a brownifh co- 
lour: they are ofa hot and biting aromaticke tafte, and oft times hollow within, buriftheybe not 
hollow, then haue they a pretty reddilli fmooth round feed vnder their rough vtterhuske-eachof 
thefe berries commonly hath a piece of his foot-ftalke adhering to it. Itis reported that the'Na- 
tiues where it growesfirft gently boile or feald thefe berries befo e they fell them, tharfononecls 
may haue them, by fowing the feeds. Some haue thought thefe to haue beene the Corpcfuim of the 
AntientSj and other-fome haue iudged them the feed s of Agnus Cajius^ but both thefe opinions are 
erronious. 
Thele are hot and dry in the beginning of the third degree ; wherefore they are good againft the A 
cold and moift affedls of the ftomacke and flatulencies : they helpe to clenfc the bread of touuh 
and thicke humours ; they are good for thefpleene, forhoarfnelTe and cold atfedfs of the wombe 
chewed with Mafticke,they draw much flegmaticke matter from the head, they heat and comfort 
the braine. T he Indians vfe them macerated in wine to excite venerie. 
2 The Plant which carries this fruit is vnknowne, but the berrie is well knownc in fhoppes by 
the name of Cocculiu Indicusfome call them Cocci Orientates : otbmfoccuU Or /e»t ales : fome,as Cor- 
due for one, tlnnke them the fruit of Solarium furioftim : others iudge them the fruit ofa fithymale 
or ofa Clematis. Thefe berries are of thebigneffe of Bay berries, commonly round, and growing but 
one vpon a ftalkc; yet fometimes they are a little cornered, and grow two or three cindering toge- 
ther : their outer coat or fhellis hard, rough, and ofa brownifh duskie colour : their inner fubftance 
is very oily, ofa bitter fade. 
They arevfed with good luccefTeto kill lice in childrens heads, being made into ponder and fo g 
ftrowed amongd the haire.Tbey hauealfo another faculty which our Author formerly fet downe 
in the chapter of AloUrnus (where he confounded thefe with F agar as) in thefe words, which I haue 
there omitted, to infert here ; 
In England we vfe the fruit called Cocculus Indi in ponder mixed with fiower.hony,and crummes C 
ofbread to catch fifh with,it being a numming,foporiferous,or deeping medicine, caufeth rhe fifh ‘ 
to tutne vp their bellies, as being fencelelfe for a time. 
; Fagara is a fruit ofthebigneffeof a Chich-pea(e,couered. with a thin coat of ablackifhafli 
colour,vnderwhich outer coat is a (lender fliell containing a follid kernel!, involued in a thin and 
blacke filme The whole fruit both in magnitude, forme, and colour is fo like the Cocculus Indus 
laftdefcribedjthatat the fird fight one would take it tobe the fame. ^Atticcn mentions this in his 
166 Chap. after this manner. What is F agora? Itis a fruit like a Chich, hailing the feed of Maha- 
leb , and in the hollowneife is a blacke kernel! as in Schehcdenegi, and it is brought out of Sofale. 
He places it amongd thofe that lieate and dry in the third degree, and commends it againft the 
coldneffeof the ftomacke and liner, it helps concoftion,and bindes the belly. 
4 This which Clufius thinkes to be Mungo (which is vfed in the Eaft Indies about Guzarat and 
Decan for prouender for horfes)is a fmall fruit of thebigneffe of Pepper,crcfted, very like Corian- 
der feed, but that it is bigger and blackest is of a hot tafte. 
5 Buna is a fruit ofthebigneffeof Fagara,ox fomcivhat bigger or longer, ofablackifhafh co- 
iour,coueredwithathinskin,furrowedonboth fides longwife, whereby itis eafily diuided into 
twoparts,whichcontaineeachakernelIlongifh and flat vpon one fidc,ofayelIo<vifh colour, and 
acide tafte. They fay that in Alexandria they make a certaine very cooling drinke hereof. Ramvol -• 
fhes in his iournal feemes to deferibe this fruitby the name of Bumtt : and by the appellation, forme, 
andfacuitiesrhethinkes itmay bzthe Buncbo ot Auicen, anti Buncha olRhafis, to Almanfor. Clufius. 
6 This is a kind of Cardamome : and by diuers it is thought to be the true Amomum of the 
Antients,and to this purpofe Nicholas Marogna,a Phyfition ofVerona hathvvrittena treatife which 
is fet forth at the later end of Pona’s deferiprion of Mount B.i/<Ztft,towhich I refer the ctirious:thefe 
cods orberries(whetheryou pleafe to call thern)grow thicke.cluftering together, they arc round, 
and commonly of the bignefle of a cherry:the outer skin is tough, fmoother, whiter, and leftecre- 
fled than that of the Cardamome : within this filme lye the feeds cluftering together, yet with a 
thin filme parted into three, the particular feeds are cornered, fomewhat fmootherand larger than 
thofe ofCardamomes,butofthe fame aromaticke tafte, and of a browne colour. Th&ir tempera- 
ture and faculties may be referred to thofe ofCardamomes. 
7. 8. Thiswith rhenext enluingareby Clufius fet forth by thenamesl heregiue youthem, 
thoughfas he faith) neither of them agree with the Amomum ol Diofcondtsjhey were only branches 
fet thickewith leaucs, hailing neither any obferuablelmell or tafte : rhey were fent to the learned 
anddiligent Apothecarie Walarandus Donrezoi Lyons, from Ormuz the famous Mart 8c port town 
in the Perfian Bay. 
Thofe that accompanied the renowned Sit Fronds Drab- ' >yage about the World,- 
Jigfct 
