Tri be i7. 
The Theater of'Tlantu Cha p,4. 
Ammum genumtm & fpur 'mm. 
True anti falfe Amomum, 
x, Amomum alt ud quorum am CT Gtvjopbytfam Pittij Glufu 
fufrieat um. Another fort of baftard or falfe Amomurn 
fufpe&cd by clufim to be Tltoy his GarjophyliM* 
rhrufl together, very like to the inner (cedes of Cardamoms, but larger and of feme whit a fiercer pierfing fent, 
fmelling fomewhat like unto oyle offpike,which made Cluftu to thinke it had bcene feafoned therewith, and 
of a fharpe hoc andquicke taftc. The properties whereof are thefe: Itisheating, binding, anddrying, procu¬ 
ring deep; and reft, and eafing paines in the head, being applyed to the forehead, it digetfethand difcnfleth in¬ 
flammations and Impoithumcs, and helpeth thole thac arcltung by Scorpions: being u(ed with BaJJili, it helpeth 
goaty perfons.and mervailoufly cafcch the griping paines in the belly and bowels by reafonof wind, to f wallow 
three or foure of the feeds,and tor the mother in women, taken in that manner, or made into a p, (fary and fo u- 
fed, or cite inabjth,it is convenient both for theliver andreines,andisaningredienrt>f chiefe account, in great 
Antidotes thac are prefervatives. The talfc or batlard Amomum , which as it is likely is the lame that Garcias faith 
was held for true in chelndies, and which C/ufius faith in his Annotations upon that Chapter of Amomum of 
Garcias,Valerandus Domes received from Ormus, is by him thus deferibed. 1 hey were like the toppes of fome 
bulhes confilfing of a number of frail branches, fo thicke fet with very finall leaves that (carfe any Italkes could 
befeene but leaves onely, (otnewhat like unto the (la ke with leaves of the fca Spurge, the ends ofthemfoclo- 
fed thac they did in lome fort rtfemhleafloweror Rofe.and the whole branches together, the foote of a feather 
footed Dove,from which likenefle ids probable arofe the falfifkation, this had no lingular good fent or talie to 
commend it. The very like hereunto faith C/ufiiu he received at Vienna in Anftria from ('orfiantinop/e, which 
they there ufed for Amomum. 
a, Amomum aliudyuorundam & Garyopkyllon Vlir.it aClufio fafpicatnm . 
Another fort of ballard or falfe rAmomum fufpe&ed by Clufim to be Pliny his Garyoplytlon. 
Bccaule this alfo haih hi ene by divers received for Amomum , and lo fent to our Drugifts, I thinke good to 
adjoyneic therewith, for fome refemblance of the whole branch, although Clufiut fettech it with the Cloves, 
which as he faith ic is l'oinew hat like in ftnr, bur I thinke hereferreth ic ro the Cloves,rather for Pliny his name of 
Caryopbyllon, lor in my fent and taftc, it hath little affinity therewith, but yet hath lome correfpondence with 
Pliny his briefe notes or defeiprion thereof, and therefore I will give you Clufuu his figure and defeription. 
lames Garret while he lived, an Apothecary after he had beenc a Druggift in Limejlreete London, incheycare 
fixeteene hundred and one, fent Clufuu fome of this fruite as they grew, which were lomewhac like Pepper 
comes (but thofe thac I have by the name of Amomum,m& 1 thinke are the fame with his,are browner and bigger 
all for the mod; part, then any Pepper graine,) fome bigger and leffer, rugged and browns, and eafis to be bro¬ 
ken, which had blacke round feedes within them, to be divided into two parts, fmelling as well as tafting like 
Cloves: this fruite or berries grow many clutlring together like a bunch of ©rapes, (each whereof hath a little 
crowne at the head,fomewhat like an Hawthorne berry) two or three fometimes together on a ftalkc : this had 
likewife fome leaves (fill abiding on the branch, and were of fundry fizes, although all of one forme, that is fome- 
what long and round, and round pointed, not dented at all about the edges,but flnooth,and many veip.es therein, 
ofabrownilhafli-colour, and growing oppolite on the(talkes. This is the cheife parts of his defeription. We 
have not knowne ituled for any difeafe, more chen that being obtruded for Amomum, fome moro audatious then 
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