Tkeatrum Eotanicum 
the voyce, and eaten oftentimes with lxgra before recited, or with Sugar, or the being broken and bruifed they 
draw forth a miike,like unto Alimond mtlke,wherewith they boyle Rice,and is as (weet as the milke of Kine, 
or Goates,orelfe herewith, and the fleih of beads or birds, they make certaine meatesywhich they call Carib. 
The frefii kernels being broken and dryed after the cuter rinde is pared away, arc called by them Capra, and is 
fent asamerchandifeintoother Countryes,that have either none or not fufficicnt (fore to ferve their ufe : which 
tafte m::chp!eafanter then any of thofe that are brought from thence into thefe parts, it is uled alfo asadirrernp 
of Vencryjand to encreafe fpermeor feed : OutofchisCopr<or broken ktrnells is made twoforts of oyle, the 
one prefftd forth ( after the fame manner that oyle of Allmonds is made) and is a mod cleare oyle in good a- 
bundance, which ferveth not onely to burne in Lampes,but to put to their boy led Rice : the other is made by 
putting warme water to them after they are broken to pceces andboyled, by feummingoff the oyle that fwim- 
meth above the water, after they are preifed together, which oyle is ufed as a gentle purgation to evacuate the 
bowels, fome put thereunto the pulpe of Tamarindes, which maketh it a little tatter, and fitter for hot and chol- 
lericke bodies, theother-oyle ferveth to mollefie the hardneffeand fhrtnkingof the finewcs,and old painea in the 
) oynts and for this purpofe they ufe to put the patient after he is annotated,incu a great and capatious tub or vcfiell 
being heated, that may hold him, and therein (uffer him to abide for a good while, untill hehaveflept therein, 
and this bringethhima great deale of eale and comfort: but whereas Avicen faith, that it killeth wormes, Gar¬ 
cia: faith he had not tryed it, neither thought it probable, becaufe ic is well knowne,that the eating thereofjn- 
gendreth wormes. in all the Inhabitants that cate much thereof, and is a difeafe incident unto them : and where¬ 
as Serapio faith, by the authority of Mefucs, that by the eating of thefe Nuts, the loofeneffe of the belly is flayed ; 
it difagreeth not with rcafon,faith he, that the Nut it Itlfe, which hath much earthy parts in it, flrould bindc the 
body, and the oyle which is ot many thinne and aerious parts fhould loofen it: in the middle or hollow part of 
this kerncll is contained, as is before faid, a great quantity of clecre Iwect liquour, pleafant todtinke, and not 
bringing any offence to the (tornacke, but rather tefrefheth the fpirits, the other fort of thefe trees are referved 
faith Garcias, that the head fprout or top thereof is taken to be eiten, which talfeth more plcalantly then either 
tender Chefnuts, or the head of the wild or dwarfe Datetree, called Palmito, and by the Italian Cefagliotti : 
The older the trccis,thepleafantcr is this head, but when it is taken away, the tree dyeth, fo that he may well be 
faid to devoure the whole tree, that hath eaten one of thefe heads. 
Nuculx Indica racemofa. A (mail Indian Coker Nut many growing together. 
This final! Indian Nut which Chtfiut defcribedfingly, in thefecond Booke of his Exotickes, the fix and twen- 
tyeth Chapter, and 5 4.page, and the fecond Nut was afterward lent unto him from Mounlicur de Peirefc ,in Pro¬ 
vince, but came a while alter his death. The tree that beareth thele fruites is in great account with the Natives 
where ic growcth.for with the leaves they make their drinke, beingboyled with water, and of the kernels of 
the fruites they make their bread, that is fweet and pleafant, which fruitegrowcch in a tuft or fpike, many toge¬ 
ther, and all upon a great thicke flalke, they are inclolcd in a certaine hairy huske or skinne, breaking open upon 
the ripening, and each one alfo hath a hairy buske or covering, under which was another (hell or covering, not 
much unlike to a Filberd, being an inch long, and an inch or better in compaffe, being firme and folid.not having 
any loofc or broken kernell wichin it,whereby to make any noife.but* firme white kcrnell fit to be eaten,which 
inner fhell had an oylineffe about it.iike unto oyle of Allmorids. 
Nttcnlx Indica alterx. Another fmall Indian Cokar Nut.' 
The tree that beareth this Nut groweth in great plenty about the Cafielldt minat in Gir.nej, called Palmes by 
the inhabitants, being tall and as great as a good fhips malt, tearing leaves at the toppe, of a dozenor fiftcene 
footelong, hanging downewards, cut in like unto Reed leaves, from under which leaves grow branches, the 
fruite being then asbiggeas a mans head, containing within them many divers (mail nuts greater then Plummes 
of a gold yellow colour, from whofc kernels being bruifed, they draw a cleere oyle, which they call the oyle 
of Palme, which they put into their viands,both lor the colour and fents fake: this oyle brought into thefe parts 
groweth thicke like butter, and is very yellow, which fome that brought it ufed for the cure of their trefh 
wounds, and annoynted their arteries and finewes pained wiihcrampes, and convulfions, whereby they finde 
much helpe and cafe. deferibeth thefe Nuts to be three fquare, and to have thiee holes as it were, at the 
headsofthemlikeuntotheCokarNuc, covered with a hairy huske, hut the fliell faith Label, is harder then a 
bone and blacke, whether thefe be all one I am infomedoubt. Further it is faid that the Inhabitants by boring 
the tree, there commeth fortha fweet liquour,almofllike the whey ofmilkc, unto which they put a little wild 
honey, and thereof make their drinke,which they call the wine of the Palme, which will inebriate being largely 
taken. 
Mehenbcthene. The Indian Nut JHehenbethene. 
This Indian Nut which Clttfitu faith Cortufut lent unto him for Mehenbethene, but did little agree, faith he, 
untoihcdefcription thereof, Label faith it was found among Nutmegs at Arttvarpe : It is faith Lobclboth in 
colour, forme, and greatnefle like unto a Nutmegge ( which therefore Clttfiw faith it might be better referred to 
the kinds of Nutmegs, yet very untowardly I thinke) being about an inch long, and three fquare, whofe (hell 
was hard and wooddy like a Cokar Nut, and being broken had three cds or divifions within it, in each whereof 
was a (mall long white kernell,of a f weete and plealant tafie. 
3. ('occue de fldaldiva. The Cokar Nut of Mxldiva, 
This kindeofNut is accounted as another Ceccut, it is in many things fo like the other, for although it was 
never feene growing on any tree, as the Indians doe report,the Nuts being onely found upon thofe 1 (lands of the 
Maltfiva't, as the Sea cafleth them on the fhores, and in no other part of the world befides, and are not Iawfull 
to be referved by any, on rhe paine of their heads,bur are all broughc to the King or his Officers,in that all wrackes 
See pertaine to him,and are onely fent by him as prelents of great account to other Indian Princes and great per- 
fons,&c. Vnleffe by Health and concealement, fome ate diverted other wayes, nor was never feene tohavea' 
ny fuch rough huske as the Cokar Nut hath, yet in the inner hard (hell, inclofing the inner kernell it is almoft in 
all points like the other the whole Nut carrying this proportion: it is farre greater, longer, and rounder then 
the other ( yet there are offmaller fizes alfo) and of an avail forme, containing two parts which are fo conj’oyned 
together 
