i^po Chap ,6p. 
before they are eaten, the inner fubdance being yellowiflr, 
an o a nnefvveete tafle,nocfuddcnly to be perceived, yeti 
Iiavinp’ra 'fc'd n... _ r . T 
Tbeatrum Botanicam , 
1 R I B E I 
i n,V-“ i ^> ; ^^uaucuiy codc perceivea, yeti 
havingtafted ofoncthatDortour Pa, gave me, did thinkeI 
had tailed of an Orris roote,preferved with Sugar,which per- 
f,""” vvasnot the natural! rcllifh thereof,but afeititiour. 
Vnder the ( alke with fruire, hangeth downc on another 
lT e ’i, a l ° wi ’ lch fome while after will bee an- 
n , er T 111 ™ of bruicc, ufually bearing twife, and in (ome 
places thrice every yearewhen the Oalke iscuedowne, 
lojiefaythat ityeeldetha kinde of wat.r like milke, both 
for co,our and tafle, fomc (ay alfo that the roote beareth but 
once or civile, or thrice at the mod: but the certainery is, 
fr nU^ r 1 th Cot !f but once planted, for that it continually 
~ c '' ncw halites,as the old decav,and in feme Coun- 
lesareloonc npeafter they fpring, and will have ripe 
"nice, from fome of the plants at ail cimes, 
, The Place and Time, 
hisgenerany gtoweth in mod Provin.esoftheEad, as 
^ S r a ’ 38 the Indies 1 h proweth alfo in Braf. 
J'l. b u. is planted onely in the Wed Indies, in Cr.™, alfo it 
TorttT ,T b ' e Wdl ' . buc not 10 in Cmi }> b « ™ Spain* or 
p 'b S ' 35 ‘ l,C3re ’ ,r wdl "f t beare at all. Africa alfo and 
Ethiopia wanteth it not, and as is laid, hath ripe and greene 
fiuitealmad all the yeare long. T/JnZ, S 
&Mufa arbor. 
i Indian F/ggcoi PJancaine tree. 
Jb'ftZZ P‘'. obabi,: that this plant was not knowne to The- 
1 c. 9 . he faith growethin 
Cypcm with a large leafe, and a much g.at.ZiS is no" 
favoury like the red: and therefore Guitar,diem refulith it 
ZettZrl" - C-K no no";; 
J nnrH ' I, “‘K 8 th ' nkc > ic ma V b ~ bis Pala, 
tioned in his 12 Boo te, and 6 Chapter, whofe fruite vva ral 
led of a wonderfull fweetenede one whereof wt 
ab e t° fatisfic foure men, the leafe thereof being three cubits 
lo g and two broad,which is lomwhatlik ely.in fh at as QaX 
fly cab-id r be i' 0nd it is diver. 
fly called, every Country aimed giving r "” ^ 
places of the Indies MelopalZ. S g * 3 P eculiar n a mc .'bey of Malc.yo Pifran, they of Bey,gala Q* f &- othcj 
A m e MaUyaralfo Chine.,pa. M »{* a>lnufru?,m. Thef.uitcofthcfa.dlndianFiegcorPhntiinetrec. 
da, in Ollalavaral/i Chincapa. 
lanes, they of St.rfc» Mand 
Ahella: it is laid that fome doe 
call one lore Scnorijns , and ano. 
ther Cadolijns , the Portugal! 
call them Pigosdorta and Pigos 
de Cananor, others Ficiu Mar- 
tabana, offomealfoAioa 
naor.it, they of Gimey, and in 
theRealmeof Congo Bananas : 
Lodonicm Rom.ii.us, and r Bro- 
card, who wrote the deferipti- 
on of the Holy Land call itA- 
d’.ms Apple, whom Cardamu, 
and others doe follow, fuppo- 
ling it to be the fruite thatAffe 
tookeand gave to Adam-, but 
the very text of the Scripture 
convince* chrterrour, for it is 
there faid,thae they lowed Fig. 
tree leaves together, to make 
Mem aprons to cover their na- 
fcedneiTe, when as one leafe 
hc, *of ha^i becne fuiBcient* 
5 ‘>rne aifo as Batibium fetteth 
it downe 3 call iX-Dtidaim^ but I 
chi'ike that name better agree- 
itch to the Mandrake. Of the 
Arabians Strapio, and Avicen 
Adass^cRl Usfa, Amu/a and Ma. 
tun - ofthe Moores Muse,, and 
Gemez, of fome Grcekes and 
J-atines Margmita: they of 
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