Tribs iy» Tbs Theater of TUnis. Cha P.,23, 1581 
# r, ‘ f from Cinamon, called Canell infoma eountryes reflerh to be (hewed: both Garcias, and Mon cA fp :a , 
king of the W eft Indian commodites in the 2 5. Chapter of his Booke, fay that the tree is bat one that beaftth 
both thefe forts, and thatthe variety of places maketb the difference onely: but becauie ‘IhofcorideszvA theo- 
ther auncient Authours have not ondy made them as it were two kindes, but appointed them both to be put imp 
one medicine, efpecially Mitbridatum, and Jheriaca Andromachijind in the holy annoynting oyle in £»<fW,we 
will a little more cxaftly fcan the matter.for although we h'nde that all the C affia or Cafm hgnea, that commeth 
to us or was formerly knowne is the barke of a tree,and cither roulcd together like Cinamon,or no: rouled but in 
(mall or great fmooth peeces, and theiefore tnay well be perceived to be a fort of Cinamon, yet the taife being 
glutinous Idle fliarpe andquicke, and more [lipticke then Cinamon, arguethittofce the barke ofanotherforc 
of tree, although of the (ame kinde, and pfiradventure may be that kinde whereof I entreated in the 64. Chapter 
cf the laftClafTis of trees, which I there call learn Americana. And although that which we have alwayes u- 
fed come to us from theEalUndies, yet that lecteth not but that it may grow alfoin the Wefl. And'however 
both 1 'irgiil and rliny call that hetbe Caflia, which was fowr.e or planted in Gardens, as well for Garlands as to 
feed Bees with their flowers, as hath beene (hewed before, yet they both dee mention a tree Caflia. Virginfe. 
cy.ndo Georg,comm undcrftatidcth this tree Caflia, as it is likely in thefe words, Nec Caf, a lisp nidi corrnmpiutrnfus 
Oi,vi. And Pliny lib. 1 t.r.a $>. inthefe words, Caffia that groweth where Cinamon doth, isafhrab ofthree cu¬ 
bits high, but on the hills whofethicke branches have their barke more like unto leather, which muff be emoti- 
ed or hollowed in a contrary manner, unto that of Cinamon, for being cut into (tickes of two cubitslon", they 
are lowed into freffi beads skinnes, that the wormes may eaceout the wood, and leave the barke wholefbyrea- 
fonof the fharpenefle and bitternefle : thethtee forts of colour therein (heweth their "oodnefle that which is 
white for a foote high next to the ground istheworlf; the next thereunto for halfe afooteis reddifh, whichis 
next in goodntffe, from thence upward which is blackifh, and the belt, and is to be chofen freffi, ol a mild; lent 
and of a very ffiarpe tafte rather then biting, ofapurplifhtolour, light in weight, and with a fhorc pipe' not 
ealily broken.- Thus farre Pliny, which for the molt part he borroweth our of fbeophrafttir, M.g.ce. whe'rehe 
faith Caffia isa lhrub,like the Salix Amerina, which became it is hard to be barked, men have Invented the way 
bybeaflsskinnes.asis before faid out ofTTwy: Thebarkc bcingonely tobcufcd, which I rather thinke to be a 
fable of report then truch- the rcfl that followcth in Pliny, is out of Tbeopb aflni in his narration of Cinamon 
where Tb.-ophrafim maketh five forts, the lowed the word, becaufcit had lead barke, and the uppermoft the 
thicked as the bdlfwhich how likely it is that the barke of any ffirub or iree.fhould be thinned below.and thick- 
ed above,when as the contrary is alwayes feene in all iorts of trees, with us and others too 1 thinke”) Galen in 
acknowledging Cinamon to be a tree with fundty branches, faith he hath obferved noconely the branches of Ci- 
namon to be converted, and vert like thofe of Caflia, but thofe of Caffia alio to be in all parts like Cinamon and 
that whichbore the name alZigi, was fo like to Cinamon,that divers laid it for Cinamon, when it was but true 
Caflia. And againe faith that the junior Andromschm mentionetha kind of thicke groffe Caflia, which he called 
Cnjfa fifinla, becauie it was rouled together like a Pipe. Andtbetcforc Serapio, Aiken, and Mcfaes, in their 
compofitionsappointing Cajfiafilhelax.,, be ufed, which as Matthiol-M doubteth whether it were theif'owne or 
their transcribers fault, this Caflia is not tobe taken, but that which hath hard canes, andablacke pulpe, more 
fitly izxmzaCaJfiafolutiva or nigra, and which many yet doe ufe in dead hereof; but as Lcovkcrm, faith” their 
errour is too great to becxculed, that appoint the fhclsof thatC^j/j/«rii/«,t 0 beufedto move womens ccur- 
fes.tohelpe their hard travels in childbirth, and toexpcilthc lecondineor afterbirth. By all which that is now 
faid.you may fee plainely chat Caflia diff-rethnot much from Cinamon,and yet that is differing from it. Label m. ... 
veth us the figure of another fort of Caflia, which was as thick as ones thumb rugged & in taftefike unto the thick ta’oSr 
courfer fort of Cinamon. Having thus fhewed you the whole description of thefe things.and the various paffages~° = * 
ofthem,lct me alfo give you the Vetcuts which are thefe. Cinamon is hoc and dry in the fecond degree, of very 
fubtle parts,and very aromaticall, it is very cordiall, comforting the heart and flrengthening a wcake flomacke 
ealing the pames ofthe winde chollicke, efpecially the diflilled water of it,the (lopping of the urine and womens 
abounding courfes, it caulcth a good colour in the face, and a good lwcete breath, and rclideth the poylon of 
venemous creatures, it is much ufed alio in laskcs tobinde the body, the deftilled wacerismofleffrffuallina!! 
thele griefesjbuc the chy tnicall oyle thereofis much more hot and pierfing. 
I thinke it not amide in this place to make mention of fome other barkes of trees and roores, that have beene 
brought both out ofthe Eafl and Well Indies: The firll whereof called white Cinamon, bein" in long toules 
white both within and without, turned together like unto Cinamon, is thicke and more tough then^’ 
Cinamon, the tafle is fomewhac hot, and refemble Cloves rather then Cinamon both intake and fenr, being 
very aromaticall, yet leffe in each quality,then Cloves, fo that one would thinke he had fmelc and tailed weakc 
Cloves. 
Another fort rouled like Cinamon,not very thicke, which the “Dutch as Cfojj*rfaid££. Exit. 4. c.z. brought daCagd 
out of India, comming from the Moluccas and lava, and which he doubteth whether it be not the Caflia of the uteiuni 
ancients, ot fome ofthe lores whereof 'Dkfccrides maketh mention s fome of it was whicilh on the outfide, and a T° 
fome more brownc, like the worlrr fort of Cinamon,of no unplealanc cade, yecnotfo fliarpe as Cinamon”, and 
having a little clauuninefle in the chewing, the people ufe the poucher in their meates. 
Another Clnjiui maketh mention of in the fame Booke and third Chapter, which was a foote Ion" or more r 1 
and three inches in circuite at the lower end, and two inches at the top, had the outer barke thinner, then the in - Mac* 
ner.for it had two, and was very rugged,fu!l of chinkcs and with fome holes, and fomettmes two at a place in a 
certaine order, all the length thereof but fet a chwarc thereon, u hich leemed to be the places where the leaves 
grew, both the barkes were of ane. cellent fweete and aromacicall lent and quicke taife efpecially the outer- 
mod. 1 
cMonardM fpeaketh of a Canell of the new world, growing in Qjifo: the trees faith he that beareth this Ci¬ 
namon are of a meant bigneffe and ever greenefas moil of the Indian trees are; the leaves are like tothofe of the . 
Baytrce, the fruite is like unto a little hat,as broid asa Dollcr.or peecc of eight, and fometimes greater 
the brimaus being of their thickenelTe, and both infide and outfide iQ f a darke purplifh colour, fmooth within and 
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