Tbeatrum Botanicam, 
C H A P. 22 , 
CnryophjUouimaifigi'i j put fa, 
A fall's figure of the Clove tree. 
Trib e 17. 
Caryophyllorun tormdu genuwo tfigie. 
A branch of the CIoyc tree with the frwitc truely exprefled. 
planted by t be'Dntch, mother place; of the Indies more Icarfely and lefife fi uitefull then there, which are called 
generally by the Indians CaUfnr, andbythofeofthe Maluccxt in fome other places Chanque. The proper¬ 
ties of Cloves are many and excellent, being hot and dry in the third degree,yet fome fay the fecond,and of much 
ule both in mcate and medicine, comforting the head and the heart, and flrengthening the liver, the ftomaclte, 
and all the inward parts that wanchcate, helping digetlion, to breake windc, and to provoke urine: Theoyle 
chymically drawne is much ufed for the tooth. ache,and to (lop hollow aking tcerh.as alio to be put into perfumes 
for gloves,leather and the like,the Cloves themlelves for their excellent fenc, ferving as a fpeciall part in all liveec 
powthers, fweet waters,perfuming pots,&c. (yarn,w faithchat the Portu^aU women difti'i th Cloves while 
rheyare frefh, which make a moll fveec and delicate water, nolcffeufefullforfenr,then profitable for all the 
paflions of the heart, the weakenelVeo(the(lomacke,&c. and with the ponther of Cloves a pp'ved to the fore¬ 
head helpetheheadachcommingof cold, as alfo by eating them procure a fweet breath •• Some as he faith pro¬ 
cure fweating to thole that have the French difeafe, bygivingCloves,Nutmegs,Mace, long and blaclte Pepper, 
hut this hath noufe with us. Cbristopboriu a Co/?* faith that they binde the belly,and fharpen the eye light, clen. 
ling them and takingaway filmes,or clouds thatdarken it, if their water be dropped into them, and that fottre 
drammes of the panther of Cloves uken in milke, will procure and (litre up vencry or bodily lull. 
Chap. X X II. 
China radix ojjicinarum, The roote China. 
Hcroote called China, is like to the roote ofagreatreed.fome flattifh, others round, not fmooth, 
but bunched or knot;y,reddi(h for the moll p«rt on theoutlide,and whitifh, or fometimes a little 
reddifh on the infide.the belt is folid or firme,and fome what weighty, frefh and not worme eaten, 
and without any tafle, but as it were drying .• it groweth up with many prickely branches, of a 
reasonable great bignefle, like unto Sarsaparilla, or the prickely Binde weed, winding itfelfea- 
bout trees, and hath divers leaves growing on them like unto broad Plantaine leaves, the rootes 
grow fometimes many together,and may be eaten while they are frefh, and fo the Indians doe with their meatc, 
a; we doe Catret; or Turneps t it not oncly growath in China t but in Afahbar t Cocbin 3 Cranganor 3 Tanor 3 and o- 
ther places there,and is called Lamf.it an by th eChincfei, and Chophchina by the Arabian and Perfian , The pro¬ 
perties whereof are many,and of great life with ns in divers cafes: it was at the firfl knowledge rhereof to the 
Chri(lians,and others that dwelt in India,chiefly ufed for dyet drinkes in LuaVer.erea , the French diieiir, but 
linecit is found profitable in agues,whether quotidian or intermirtant, or peililentiall, and alio heftycke; and con- 
fumptious. 
