1580 Ch a p.23 . 'I heatrttm c Botankum . T r i b i 17. 
c namoai foliun f? b sodium. Cortex Cinamomivel Ctjfialigxca off'itinatum. XilocaJJia Lobellj. 
Aleafcana ltickcof Cirumon. Ioi;/hisCa0iali£ncl. 
his notes onbin (aiih nothing could be mote unfitly or foolilhly fpoken,for China as is (hewed, is but the cor¬ 
rupt pronuntiationofthe Portugal//, and what affinity faith he hath Amomum wih C“JT t ‘ , i Cinamomum being Co 
ancient a word, thtt we finde it in fundry places in the Eiblc, by the Hebrewes named Kiaramm,as Exod. 30. 
23. c auric,4 14 . and Prov. 7.17. But herein I thinke ica^eris tooquickcand fclfeconceited,for Garcias layings 
norwiclutanding may hold good, the Sincxjcsox Chimfes , having beene anciently the greateft Merchants for 
thole parts as (jarnus fheweth. And although it were rare in Europe, atathouland'fcKdw/ (or drachmas, for 
I thinke them all one) for a pound as f’/ixj faith, and chiefely kept by Princes as part of their treafury, yetwc 
read in the Scripture that the IJbmacIitet, Midhxites and others, were the Merchants offpiceryfor thofe parts, 
whereof Cinamonin thofe three places aforenamed was one no doubt. But Ca/cn his defcripcion of the Cinamon 
tree( which was wholly brought in a cheftto Rome, offoure cubits and a halfe in length, having fome fixe or 
feven flemmes.more or leffe,riling from a roote with fundry branches thereon, whole youngeft and tendered, 
as be faith, were the qaiikelland chicfcflto be ufed, the longed of them being not above haife a foote long, of 
a colour faith he,as if unto milke lomeblackecolour, and a little blew were mixed together) fo differing as it 
may feeme from that we now fo call, that it hath caufed many to fay, that the true Cinamon is utterly loll,even 
as Opobalj'amem and Amomum was thought to be, and peradvemure all alike, for if it be granted that wee have 
Caflia,as many doe, then afluredly crue Cinamon will not be farre tolecke, for Cjalcn in the place before cited, 
ill the end of the faidnarraiionof Cinamon hath thefe words,' Vniverfa xtetem Cinamomi natHra,Jir/iiliscJl ejnodam- 
ciM „„ msdo optima CaJJis, that is Cinamon is in fome fort like unto Caflia : And therefore all that A/dimee hath faid, 
v,ut a «- feeming tohimfelfe to have faid fomething materiall, is little or nothing to any purpofe. Monardm alfo in the 
titMm. place before cited, mentior.eiha Wed Indian Cinamon which is onely a blackifh purple flat kind of frnite, like 
a peeccof filver, the Spaniard, call a ryall of eighr, or a'Dtttch Dollar, but higher in the middle and of that 
thickeneffe on the edges, and rough on the outfide and tafting like Cinamon, thepouther being ufed in meates 
and brothes, the tree being of a meane fze, with leaves like Bayes,and evergreenc, che leaves tading a little like 
the fruir.but no part of the tree elfe hiving any rade.The Cinamon tree is delcribed by Garcias to be as great as the 
Ollivc tree or fomewhat Idle, with many draight branches without knots, covered with a double batke like the 
Corkc.whole inner rinde is the Cinamon,and is fo barked every third yeare.and being cut into long peeces,as ifit 
were the bark of the whole tree,is cad on the ground,where in drying it is rouled together,as we lee it, A; is better 
or worfe,blacker r better coloured,as is faid before,or by the greater or Idler heat of the Sun, fomewhat more 
changed tthe leaves are of a frefh greene colour, and like unto thofe of the Citron tree (and not like the Flower- 
deluceleafe, as fome have fabuloudy written) or as Chriftofhonu a Cojla faith with three ribs, but Garcias difa- 
voweth it: the flowers are white, and the fruite blacke and round like Hafell NutsorfmallOllives, and not like 
Acornes, but the bed groweth in Zeilan with leaves like Willowes rather then Bayes, with fpreading branches 
and fruite like Bay berryes,whereof they make an oyle. Now concerning Caffu, whether it differ in genere or 
