Chap.i". T beatrum B otanicum. Tribe 3; 
ftalke faith D i of car ides , is a cubite long, 7 heopbraftus faith the longcft is foure cubits high,of the bignc fie of ones 
finder, like unto a foft reede, but without joynts, it beareth aflower, twife aslargeas that of the Poppyfwith 
double flowers, for lo Ienterpret in plenum caput, the words of Tbeopbraftus) of the colour of the Role, after 1 
which is paftcommeth a round head called Ciborton 3 QrCibonion 3 th&t is afmall caske, (yet Athene faith that a 1 
kindeof drinking cup was fo called alfo,whole forme peradventure was like this fruite here exprefl'ed)not unlike : 
to the comb which waspesdomake,wheiin is contained thirty cels at the molf,and in every cel or divifion there¬ 
of, growetha Beane, whole toppe rifeth higher then the cell wherein it is enclofed, whofe kernell is bitter j ; 
which fay they, the inhabitants thereabouts put into clay, and thrult downe to the bottomeofthe water, with 1 
longpoales, that it may abide therein and thereby make their encreafe: therootc is very thicke and great, like : 
unto that of the Reede, but (Theophrafttts addeth, which Diofcorides hath not) full of cruell prickes orthornes, 
and therefore faith he, the Crocodile refufeth to come nere it, leafl he fhould runne againft the prickes thereof 
with his eyes, wherewith he cannot fee well, andis called Colocefi.t as Diofcorides maketh mention, but not 
Tbeopbraftas , which is ufed to be eaten either raw or otherwayes dreffed, that is fodden or roafied, the Beanes 
faith Diofcoridcs are eaten white they are frefh and greene, but grow hard and blacke when they are old, being 
fomewhat bigger then an ordinary Beane,which faith ‘Diofcoridei (Tbeophraftw making no mention of any qua¬ 
lities, or vertues of them) have an aftringent or binding faculty, and thereby profitable to the ftomackc, and hcl- 
peth thofe that have the fluxe of the ftomacke and belly, and the bloody flux, the mealc or flower ©f them firaw- 
ed upon meate &c. or taken in broth : thehuskes whereof faith he doth more good,being boyled in fweete wine, 
the middle part ofthebeane which is greene and bitter, being bruifed and boyled in Rofewater, and dropped 
into tbeeares, eafeth the paines of them. Thus hncTbeopbrafttu and Diofcorides. Now the deferiprion of Uu- 
Jiw his Grange fruite is thus, as he fetteth it downe, This fruite did refemble a very large Poppy head, cutoff 
at the toppe": and confided of a rough or wrincklcd skinny fubftance ; of a brownifh colour fomewhat light, 
whofe circumference at the top was nine inches, and growing leffer and lefler by degrees, unto the ftalkes,which 
as it feemed, did luflaine the flowt r, after which came this fruite,for there appeared certaine markes of the flow¬ 
er, where it did abide : the upper part hereof was fmooth and plainc, having 24 holes or cells therein, placed 
in a certaine order, like unto the combe of wafpes; in every one whereof was one nut, like unto a fmall akorne, 
almofran inch long, and an inch thicke in compafle, whofe toppe was brownc, ending in a point, like as an 
akorne doth, the" lower part having an hole or hollow place, where it fhould feeme the footeflalkc upheld it, 
while it was in its place, whofe kernell was rancide or mouldy, thus farrc C lupus . Let me here alfo bring in 
an eye witnefie or two, of this plants growing in the He of lava. Dr. Iuftiu Heurmut , both Divine and 
Phylition, for the Ducth factoryin the Kingdome or lie of Ltva,fent into Holland a fmall booke or collection of 
certaine herbes, &c. growing in that country, with the vertues and ufes, whereunto the naturals did apply them 
(which booke, as I underhand by my good friends, D',DanielHeringhooke , and D r . William Parkins both Englifb, 
is kept in the Vniverfity Library at Leyden in a clofe cupbord having a glade window before it, thorough which 
any one may reade fo much thereof as lyeth open ) at the end whereof is one by him fet downe, under the name 
of Nymphdsa glandifera thus deferibed : the huske or cup (faith he) is rugged or full of wrinkles yet foft loofe 
and fpungye, like a Mufhroome, and bf a greene colour divided into twelve or fourteene cels ( Clufins his figure 
here exhibited hath 24 )or places, in every one whereof is contained one fruite like unto an akorne of ablackifh 
purple colour on the outfide and very white within, the tafle whereof is aftringent and fomewhat bitter with- 
all,like akornes but rough and fpongie; it groweth in Moorifh p'aces, and by rivers banckes: the leaves are 
wondrous great and like unto thofe of the Water Lilly, and fo is the flower alfo of a very ftrong fmell like unto 
the oyle of Anefeedes : thus farrc Di. Heurnitu ; whofe defeription in my judgement is fo pun&uall to thofe 
of Diofcorides and Tbeophrdfins aforefaid, the deferiprion of the rootc onely wanting, that I {Rail not neede fur¬ 
ther to comment upon it, every ones judgement though meane, 1 fuppofe being able by comparing to agree the 
parts; it is probable that Clufius having feene this booke and the figure hereof annexed to the defeription might 
foonc pronounce it (as I doe here ) to be the true Faba <^£gyptia of the ancients .• there is no mention made in 
that booke of Heurmui by what name the lavanefes or Malayos doe call it. The other eye witneffe hereof is M. 
William Fincham an SngUfij Merchant, as he is recorded in M r . Eurchas his fourth booke of Pilgrimes, the 4. ch. 
Seft.%, p. 429. that faith he often did eateofthe fruite of a certaine herbe growing in a great Brooke or Lake, 
two or three courfes or miles long on the North-Weft fide of Fetipore , which is about twelve courfes from Agra , 
inthedominiorsofthe great Mogoll called Surrat or Guzurrat in the £ aft-Indies, which the people call C*™oD- 
chacbery, deferibing it t ) be like a goblet, flat at the head conteining divers Nuts orakornes withinit. I have 
here fet downe thefe things, as well to fhow you mineowne obfervations after Clufins and others, that aflured- 
ly this is the true FabaiALgyptia of the ancients, as to provoke fome of our nation to be as induflrious, as the 
Hollanders by whofe care in their travel?, this was firfl: made knowne to us,to fearch out filch rare fruites as grow 
in the parts of their abode, and either communicate them to fucli as are experienced, or having penned them to 
publifh their labours in Print, if it may be, which 1 hold the better, according to Mr. Finchams example, whofe 
obfervations have given fo great an illuftration in this matter,as well as in other things, by me alfo remembred 
elfe where in this worke. 
The Place. 
The two firfl are frequent enough in our ownc Country. The third is found in fome place of Germany. The 
fourth Clnfim faith came among other rootes from Conftantinople . The fift he alfo faith he found in Spaine and 
Portngall. The fixt in Italy, in divers places. The feaventh is not naturallto Egypt as I fuppofe, becaufe it is 
not found to flower there, being planted for their onely ufc in meates which they feldome take without it, but 
groweth in Candy naturally as Bellonm laith,and Portngall a s Glafia-i reporteth, and in Italy alfo in many places, 
and in the Country of Salernc in the Kingdome of Naples as Columna reporteth it, as alfo in the lland of lava, 
where they ufe it as familiarly as in Egypt ,and lo recorded in the Hollanders Navigation thither, in Anno. 159$. 
The lafl as I faid before in lava and Surrat, and no doubt in fundry other places as Tbeophraftm remembreth, who 
therefore would not call it lAEgyptia as Diofcorides doth, being not proper to Egypt, where for many ages paft ie 
hath not beenc known to grow now at all, but aflur.edly if it were a natural! of Egypt ,\t cannot be quite extirpate, 
and might by good fearch be there found againejf men induflrious and of knowledg were employed thereabouts. 
