Tribei6. Tbe Theater of Tlantu Cha p*yi, 1499 
:he reddeft inlhew.and the richeft in life of all, And Tlaxcala giveth the bed fortofgraincby far. Francifcm Zi- 
metier, writeth that this plant bringeth forth a cerraine gurame, which doth temper the heatc of the reines, and of 
the urine,and that the j'uyce or water diddled from it,is a wonderfull remedy againft pedilentiall and chollerickc 
leavers. The Chochenille orgraine itfelfeis held tobeverycordiall, and to drive infeftion from the heart, for 
iris familiarly given both to the infefted with Plague, Small poxes, or other infeflions or d ngcrotts (ickc- 
t neffe. 
The Tlace and Time. 
Boththcfe forts grow in the Wed Indies, the greater fort all the Indies over, from Florid a, and the other on 
thisfideir.-wherethegreaterisnotfound, as being a colder Country then that the greater can live in it, and 
flowreth withusabout theendof May,or mhine, andthefruiteripenethnotwithus kindly at all, but abideth 
on all the Winter,and the next Summer too, and yet will be greenc on the ontfide, and waterifh or unfavoury 
although fomewhat reddilh within, but more red within than without,and fweete alfo in the naturall places. ’ 
The Names. 
Divers Anthours have given divers names unto thefe plants, for Manhiolm, Tiodmmt, Lacuna , Lohe^Cafa/pi. 
nut and others call it, Ficus Indicts, divers of che Indians that bclflanderscallic Tuna or Tunal, they of Mexico 
and thereabout Nochtti, and as I (hewed before Ncchezcli Nopalli or Nopal! Nocheztli, and in fome places alio 
1 C'ardi, but that I thinke is by the Spaniards, and thereupon it was called Cardans Indian, and Ficus India-, diverfe 
did take it tobe the Opuntiaol ThcyhraJhuzndPIinj, but erronioufly, for they bath fay, itisan herbefitand 
fweete to be eaten, but the leaves ofthefe are not ufed to be eaten, neither is it an herbe or plant, naturall to any 
ofthc nations of Europe, Africke or AJiabu: a peculiar kindeof it felfe ; but Opxntia is an herbe growing natu¬ 
rally about Opuns , and is ufually eaten, and therefore this cannot be it but another herbe, as I have (hewed in the 
Chapter of Opuntia marina , amongthe Sea plants : fome alfo call it Pala arhor Tlinij,a Belloni M and AnapaUue 
alio: The leffer fort is called by LohelIndirnmferruminaxrix I and Opantia Oftocollos^nd by Barthinm Ficm 
I diets foliofpinofofruBti minore. * 
The Vertues. 
It is faid that the Indians ufe to lay thefe leaves bruil'ed upon places that are put out of joynt, or the finewes or 
Arteryes over (iretched, and to hclpe thole that are burflen or broken to knit up the places againe: the /uyee of 
the leaves is with good fucceffe ufed in foule ulcers or fores: The vettues of the graine are fet downe a little be- 
I fore at theendof the declaration thereof. 
Gate, ux;r, 
Ficus Indict arenata. 
The arched Indian Figge tree.' 
SHis admirable tree for fo it is called by 
| many, growethtobeagreattree, and 
| tall, fp reac U n S many armes all about, 
| and very long whiihby reafon of the 
flenderneffc and length, bend downe 
to the ground, (hooting forth ccrtaine yellowifh 
(fringes attheirends, which as foone as they come 
to the ground, doe thereinto thruftthemfclves as 
ftrongly as the firft, which againe fend forth other 
branches after a while that they are well growne in 
the fame manner asthefirll, for they alfo in time 
grow great,and fpread their branches, which like- 
wife bending downe take roote againe, and thus 
fwcccfiively one after another, unrill it hath taken 
up a great compalfe of ground, even a mile as it is 
faid in compaffe, and made as it were a Grove or 
Wood from that one firft tree, whereunder the In¬ 
dians doe flicker themlelvcs from theheate of the 
Sunnc, and fo prune awav the under boughes, and 
branches that they make divers walkes and erode 
wayes through thefe trees, leaving their branches 
over head as arches to paffe under ro and fro, and 
cutting out fome looke holes as it were, to give- 
light and ayreroa thouland men, and more that 
may be (helrered under the fhaddow of this one 
tree,with the Suckers thereof, among fo many of 
whom it is hard to finde out the originall or mother 
floclte. the leaves on the young branches are like 
onto Quince tree leaves, greene on the upper fide, 
and hoary white likethem underneath,wherewith 
Elephants are much delighted to feede, and whofe 
branches they cut downe to give them : the fruite 
groweth among the branches no bigger then the 
end of onesthumbe, but fafhioned like a Figge of 
M tn m m m m a 
Titus Indict A:coats. 
The arched Indian Figge tree. 
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