2$8 Chap. 36. 
Tbeatrunt Botanicum . 
TribE 2. 
T amarinda. 
The TTamarinde or form Beane tree. 
Tamarindijiuciutiumleuwie. ^ . 
The cod and feedes of the Tamar aide tree. 
gaintl all breakings out ofthe skinne, which come ofthe heate of bloud.or ofafharpe or fait water, running be- g 
tweenc the flefh and the skinne, as itches, fcabbes, leprye, and the like, and helpeth thofc that are troubled with 1 
the Jaundies, and the [loppingof the Spleene : it doth exceedingly helpe to aflvvage the third, if an ounce there- e 
of be diffolvedin faire water, and a little Sugar mixtd therewith, or taken of it iclfe; for the people of the hoc IK 
countries, doe ufuallyeatc thereof in their long travells to quench their third, which they were never able to 
indure without it, to rcfrefhthemfelves in the great heatc, both ofthe Summer, and of thole drie places, where:! 
no water is to be had. It cooleth all inflammations, both of the liver and ofthe domacke, as alfoof the reines I 
and backe, and helpeth the Gonorrhaa, or running of the reines: taken with Burrage water, it quickneth thei 
dulled fpirits by melancholy, and fomewhat mittigateth the fits of frenfic and madnelfe : it doth flay all rheumes * 
anddidillations, being taken with fome Suger and the water of Maiden haire ifa frnall quantity of the pulpe .f 
of Tamarinds and Cafiia, and the pouder of Rubarbe be mixed together, it maketh a delicate medicine to purgOJ 
the ftomacke and liver, and is very effedtuall to helpe to expell all hot or burning agues, and procure an appetite: t 
itflaiethalfo vomitings, and taketh away the loathing ofmeate : the leaves as well as the pulpe ferve infiead ofii 
vinegar, with many of the Indians, Ethiopians, Arabians and others, they give the leaves alfo to children for the 
Wormes, and both leaves and pulpe ferve outwardly to cooleall hot inflammations, and wheales, pimples, and n 
fuchlike. The young cods of the Tamarinds are preferred in Arabia withthehony of the Carobs, orwith Su-t. 
gar, which ferve for all the purpofes before recited. 
Chap. XXXVI. 
NnxTen five Ghns ungnevtaria, TheoylyNut Ben. 
sHis oyly Nut Ben hath undergone much controverfe, and contrarietie among thok Authors? 
I that have anciently written thereof, as namely Diofiorides, Tbeophrafim, Pliny and Galen-, font 
1 Diofiorides faith that the tree is like unto Tamaris ke y Thcopkraftm faith it hath leaves like unto » 
! Mirtle leaves, Pliny faith like unto the leaves of or Turnefole tbutthatl may com-r 
I pole this controverlie and end this contrarietie betweene them,I will (how you here the true def- j 
criptionand figure thereof, fuch as Doftor Tobias Aldir. w the Cardinall F<irwJ?i>r his Phifition at 
Rome hath fet it forth being well growen, for that which Honor ins 'Bellus a famous Phifition, living long in 
Candie had growing with him from the Nuts, which he planted, ("and fent the figure thereof to his friends in 
divers places,& efpecially to Thames Pena,an Apothecary in FfWiaywhointhedefcriptionard catalogue of the 
names of thofe plants that grow upon Mount 'Baldw ,which he fet forth himfelf,hath inferred the figure hercof.as 
he i 
