Tribe 17. The Theater of Tlantt, Chap,21. 1577 
a greater and a lefl'er, but Fuchfusini B-uellm thought the Capficum or Siliyuaflrum, our red Indian Pepper in 
long horned htlskes,was die Arabians Cardamomhm minus, which dilproveth as improbable, yea 
impoflible, the difference both in forme and property lo farre dilabling it, and fome fuppofing the -JIMegneta 
oxgranaParadifi, which We call nfually graines, orGinney graines, to be ibz Grecians Cardamomum, and the 
Monkes that commented upon Cdlefues, tooke the (aid Melegueta to be the Idler Cardamomesof Scrap:,,, all 
which and many other opinions may now he buryed, and we better relolved that Diojcoridcs his Cardamomum, 
not onely agreeth with ga/wu .whereof divers made a doubt, becaufe‘K«/«'rMk, maketh his to be fharpe in talle, 
and fierce in lent, pierfing the fenfes, and Galen plealant, and not fo Iharpe or hot as Crelfes: for Galen no doubt 
linderflood the lame oVDiofcorides, when in a receipt that he hadlrom Pamphibia, y.decamp. med. fecund.lecsti. c. 
3 . he appointed) Cffi-rfawoiMMiB delibratum ; Cardamomes that were husked to be taken, as alto in fecundo anti- 
dot, Zeno callethaway th; huskes.and in the Thcriaca 0 1 Damocratcs iqVerfe, Catdamomes inhuskes are named, 
and Diofcoridcs mentioneth not any huskes, or other forme thereof, becWe it was to familiarly knowne in his 
time, but that it was not eafie to be broken, which the huske being tough doe declare : but it alfo agreeth with 
thofc weufeinourlhoppes, and with that which Pliny tnentioncch, who as I Paid in the Chapter of Amomum, 
faith Cardamomum is like thereunto, that is to Amomum, both in name and.growth, hut that the feed is longer 
meaning thehtnke with die feed in it, as it is ufed to be taken by him and others, in many things. And that of 
Diofcoridcs agreeing with that weule in our (liops, cannotbeany other alfo then that of the Arabians, ufualiy 
brought to all thcle Chriffian parts, from the Eall Indies as Garcias confefleth, and especially the lefl'er, which 
as Garcias faith is the better, although as he faith, they be both of onekinde, differing in bignefle, the bigger 
fort being fomewhat longer and rounder, and the fmall fhorter and not fo great, bui ds it were three Iqu’arc. 
Now as concerning Garcias his opinion thar the Arabians Sacolaa ejusbir, and cegueir Cardamomum majsa ef minus 
waB not knowne to the ancient Grecians or Latines, affuredly he was milfaken therein, if or the notes and markes 
of DiofcoridcsHs Canfaroomam doe in all things agree both with ours in ufe, brought Irom India, and that of 
Pliny as I faid before, lo that now feeing both Grcekcs, Arabians ,and Latines are thus tedonciled together.theie 
needeth not reft any further doubt hereof to ufe our Cardamomes in any of their receipt i but the Mckgucta or 
Grana Faridifi, which is in forme like to a Figge, and fullofreddilhfced.althoughit be good and fafe (pice to 
be ufed, yet can it not be the Cardamomum majiu, as divers have formerly taken it, and to chi, day is foliippo- 
ledbymmy, but as Garcias faith, it may be the Combafbogue of Avken, the greater and ielfer Cardamomes 
differ not in kind but in greatnelfe, the one from the o.her, and is called as Garcias faith by the Merchants of Ada- 
lavar Etrimclli ,by them of Zcilan Snfal, in both which places it growcth plentifullytas Garcias faith, in Bengali 
and Surrat Hil, and of iome Elacbi, but generally ol the common people Dare, iQ,aIl thole places: The Ver- 
tues whereof are thelc: it is hot and dry in the third degree : itbreakeththc Hone, provoked) urine when it is 
flopped or pafieth with painc: icrefiftethpoylon and the fling ol the Scorp.on, ofoifiec ver.cmous creatures, 
and killeth the birch if they be perfumed therewith: it is good againlt the falling ficlBieffe, the cough, the broad 
wormes, and the torments or griping paines in the guts,or bowels, and expelleth winde powerfully, both from 
the (lomacke and entrails, eafeth thofe thatby falls or Dealings aiebruiled and broken, thole that have Ioofe 
and weake finewcs.and the paine of the Sciatica or hip gout, and uled with vinegar it is good againft fcabbcs: 
it is uled in many ofour compolitions.cordiaUs, Antidotes and others: the Indians as Garcias faith,pne this to che 
tompoficion of their Bcirc leaves, which they continually chew in their mouthes. 
Chap. XX I, 
Caryophylli. Cloves. 
Lthoogh Cloves and Nutmegs, and feme other fpices and drogues were not knowne to Diofcoridetj 
Cjalcn, and the other auncient Grcekcs, for Seraph in citing Galens authority for Cloves, is ei¬ 
ther falfe or miftaken,for Paului e/Bgineta a later Greeke writer doth not mention it,neither yet doe 
die Latines, or Pliny in his time ({oxbisCaryopbyUon,ox Garyopbylltmlib.ii.c.j, is a round graine 
like Pepper, as is (hewed before with the Amomum, but greater and more brittle, and was taken by 
Lome in thcle dayes to be Amomum , and by others Carpcbalfamum ) yet were they knowne to the lacer Greckes 
by meanesolthe Arabian Authours, who have brought a more ample and exaff knowledgeof the Indian com- 
modicies, and of many ocher things,then were formerly knowne, lo that now what by the Portugals travels, 
the‘Karel? and ours by lea unto thofe parts; the tree hath beene well oblervcd, to be great and tall, covered 
with an afti-coloured barke, the younger branches being more white, having leaves grow ing by couples one 
againft another,fomewhat long and narrow like unto the Bay tree that beareth narrow leaves, with a middle 
rib, and fundry veines running therethrough, each of them Handing on along fooccftalke,the ends of the bran¬ 
ches are divided into many fmall browne (prigs, whereon grow the flowers on the toppes of the Cloves them- 
(elves, which are white at che firft, with their fprigges, greene afterward, and laftly reddifli before they be 
beaten off from the tree, and being dryed before they be put up grow blackilh as we fee them, haviug foure final! 
toppes at the heads of them, and a fmall round head,in che middle ol them, the flower it felfc Handing betweene 
thofe, confifteth of foure fmall leaves like unto a Cherry bloffome, but of an excellent blew colour, as it is con- 
fidently reported with three white veines in every leafe, and divers purplifh threds in the middle of a more 
dainty fine fent then the Clove it felfe, which is a fmall (lender fruite, almolt like a fmall nayle, and therefor; 
called Clavus by many,and from thence the Dutch call them Naegelen, being of a hot quickc and fharpe tafte, 
which are firft ripe and gathered, but thofe that doc abide longer on the trees, doe grow fomewhat thicker and 
greater,and arc not of halfe the others goodneffe, being called by molt Buffet, yet lome call the ftalkes of the 
Cloves Fufics, and grow of their owne falling, and are not grafted: Hereout likewife commcrh a certains 
darke red gum, and arc found ufualiy put together; Thefc grow chiefly in the Malacca Jflands, where they 
gather them ewife every yeare, that is, in I “ns and December, the leafe, barke and wood, being nothing fo hoc 
in taQeas the Clove: they grow alfo in /jw%va.whcrc they grow wcil, and bears plentifully, being there 
planted 
