57 & C» a F^ip, Sf bcatrum c Bctankum. Trib h \y 
dotes to refill venoroe,poyfons, and infe&ionohhc plague or other difeafes: it ;s good in wounds and ulcers 
to reftraine the heate.and is ot much uie with Women that dciirc to preferve chcir beauty,by adding a luftcr to the 
skinne. 
Chap. XIX. 
Cardnka. The Gumme C amnia. 
Aratih.t, Cartwna, or Carngna, is a gumme brought from the Weft Indies,whofe tree is not deferibed 
by any that have written of it, but is a foft kind of Gum, wrapped up in leaves that one pecce fhould 
not fticke unto another.for it is very cleaving, and is of a darke or muddy greenifh colour, having 
lomewhatafharpepierling Cent: but there is another fort as CMonardui laith, that is as cleere as 
Chrittall,which 1 never faw: It is a moll efpcciall and fpeedy helpe,when Tucamahaca could not as Monarim 
faith be had,for all cold aches,and paines in the nerves and joynts.and the fwellings and paines therin,the defluxi¬ 
ons alfo of humours on them,or on the eyes,or on any other part to be laid on the temples or behind the cares: it 
isalfoufed as well zsTacamahacafot the toothach to be laid on the temples like Mafticke. 
Chap. XX. 
Cariamomum. Cardamomcs. 
JggSSKJj Here hath beene formerly much controvetfie concerning Cardamomcs, whether we have either that 
ga^sRjlajoftbe &mOT,or thoie of the Arabians, fomc fuppofing we haveneithcr, and that the Cardamomcs 
j; we t'Te.agrec with neither of all their deferiptions. TheofbrafiMjTHafcoridcs and Qa/en, among 
auncient Greekes,and Fliny among the Latines mentioning but one fort, and the Arabians two, 
cardamoixum mmm er Wjare, 
The ordinary leOet forts of Cardamomcs, 
Mituctte 6tic Catdammwm maximum it Crams ewodifi, 
Ginny grainci. 
Cordottomum mojui vuIgors. 
The greater fort of Cardamomcs! 
Ce uUaauum medium & miniatin'. 
A UP two Im-llefl forts of Cardamomcs, 
a greater 
