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The Theater of Tlanti. 
Chap, 47, 1605 
as is plainely feene in all chat is brought unto us. The blacke Pepper is of much ufe both with the Indians and 
other nations (or they uic to cate the leaves, chawing them a while and fpitting them out againe and che Pepper 
it idle a ltd doe they ule to chew, andfromthe branch take every graine one after another whiletheyare frefc 
and therein take great pleafure, we ufe it molt in our meats and iauces to feafon tl em, and becaufe it is moderat- 
ly hot, if not taken too much at once, it is the better accepted and more pleating to warme the cold ftomacke, 
and to llirrc up an appetite and to confumc crude and moifl humours therein, or dihilling from the head • it help - 
eth to breakeanddiffolve winde in the ftomacke or bowels, to provoke urine,to helpe the cough and other di- 
ieafes of the bread, and iscffccTuallagainh the bitings of Serpents and other poifons, and is therefore put into 
the great.Antidocs: but the white Pepper ai bring more hot, fliarpe, and aromaiicall is of more effect in medi- 
tmes.andfo is thejongall'o being mote ufed to be given for Agues to warme the ftomacke before the accede or 
comming thereof, thereby to abate the rigour and fhakingjall of them are ufed againft the Quinfie being mixed 
with liony,and taken inwardly as well asapplyed outwardly,,nd difperfeth che ke'rnellsas well in the tHroateas 
in any other part of the body. MatihMui inaketh mention of a kinde of Pepper, ashe called it Piper edEthiopmm TI F L ' 
or exEthiopicum brought with other wares from Alexandria into Italy, and groweth in long cods like beanes or 
pcale.but many cods fet together at a F lace.whofe graines within them being like Pepper both in forme and caffe a " ’’ 
but fmaller.andfticke very dofe to die infide : this fort Seraph fectcth downs by the name of Gramm Zelm 
which fome crronioufly tooke for Carpefium and fotne for eAmomtm. Momrdm alfo maketh mention ef a kinde’ 
of long Pepper thatgrowetb in all thctracTof the continent of the Weft Indies which is halfc a foot long, and of 
the thicknclfe of a fmall rope confiding of many rowes of fmall graines fecclofe togeiher asin the heart of Plan- fZl'T’ 
tane and is blacke being ripe, and hotter in tafte, more aromaticall and morepleafauc and fweetthen 0‘Pficnm ttnaelu 
and preferred before blacke Pepper, it groweth faith he on high trees or plants. 
Piper longumimriumum Africa/mm Jive Felfel tanil Alpine. Long Pepper of Africa; 
This ftrange plant Ihooteh from the roote a great many low round fialkes lo'mewhat likennto K ufhes bavin., 
here and there fome other fmaller lpringing from them, like branches almoft as thick as a finger,havin» thereon a 
te w fmall leaves in the Spring time, but quickly falling away.fcarcely abiding a moneth, and at the tops of fome 
of them come forth fmall whitifl, flowers, each (landing in a fmall longhuskc, in which after groweth the Led 
the Halites being cut or broken, yeeld out a whinfti yellow milke or juyce.of a very hot and burning tafte more 
then ordinary Pepper, Rananctthu,or Titbymall, which caufed Imperatm to re fet re it to the Tidy mat! Yec 
tome tooke it to be X t bra,or Carnarvon-! of 7 fytfii,Bauhimu cal Ictii it Piper Ionium angnftifi/iem ex Florida. 
Piper Caadatttm racemofum, Pepper with a taile in bunches 
A bout the yearc . 590, there was brought to Lifhbome by the Portugal, from fome parts of the Eaft In 
dies, which afterwards wee underftood to bee Gumney, a kinde of graine, which they called Time,;,a dll. 
rabo that is Pepper with a taile, and grew many together on a long ftalke, thicker fet, then in ;the ordina¬ 
ry Pepper, everyone by it felfe on a fhort footeftalkc, being blickifh, round, and firme like Pepper, with a 
little point or end, wherein it chiefely differed from blacke Pepper, and tailing hot, fomewhat like PepnerLut 
of a (harper and differing aromdticall rellifh, and a little Jeff* then the beft fort of Pepper, but with a rugged 
skinne thereon like it, whether it grew aficfthe fame manner of Pepper, none could tell that brought it.’bur 
11 P r 9t ,s ble by the figbc of fome of the ftalkes, they feemed rather to grow from fome upright bufh. ’ihe 
*mg of Portugall forbad the bringing home any more of that fort.left it fhould.villtfic the other. 
Piper Canarinumcmum. A hollow kinde of Pepper of Canara. 
Garcia! 46 Orta, maketh mention of this kinde of Pepper, which in the Malabar language is termed of Ca- 
nara. It isa kind of hollow graine, of a blewifh colour on the omfide, and hiving fundry graines within the 
hollownefle thereof, which thepoorer fort of people doc cate, and therefore as it is thought called Caxariinum 
asityoufhouldfay Rufticallor Clownes Pepper for the mcaneneffe thereof, and therefore not ufed to be ex- 
Cha».XLVII. • 
Santahm album,citrinum if-rubrum. White,yellow,and ted Sanders. 
Eltave in our (l-.ops for our ufe in phyficke, onely thefe three forts of Saunders, whereof the white 
and the yellow arc lweet woods, and the yellow is the fwceteft, the red hath no fent. The 
Saunders tree,as Garcias faith, groweth tobe as biggeas the Wallnut tree, having frcfh’greenc 
leavesIikeuntothcMaftickc cree, and darkifh blewflowers, the fruitebeing like unto Cherries 
,. . rt ., ze ? buc Without any tafte, blacke when they are ripe, ard quitkely falling away, the 
wood it felfe is without fent, as it is laid,while it is living, and frefh, and fmeheth fweetc onely when it is dry 
the white and the yellow woods, ate fohardtobe diftinguifhed before thattime, as it is (aid, that none but 
thole Indians that ulual/y fell thofe trees, doc know their difference before hand, and can tell which will prove 
better then others s the chiefeft part,and fmelling f weereft being the heart of the wood, and as the trees doe grow 
in feverall places, lo are their goodncfle, being more or leffe plentifull in the fubftance of the heart, for there¬ 
after are they accounted: The ancient Cjrccuni have made nomention hereof, but the Arabians onely, who 
generally Call it Sandal, but the Natives in thclfland Timor, andallche Provinces of Malacca, Cbandama, and 
thole or Ca»ar* :t D «7iK,and Surrat, SercAnda^ the Latines call that fort pallidum, which others call Citrinum 
from /Jvicen, whe'reckoning three forts, Citrinum Kubrum & Citrinnum alterumve gem ad albedinem quodnuU 
dam nominant Makaffan quodalij diutnt melim & valid#, wiiich words in Avic.cn explainc the word tMakJfgri 
which Garcias faith he could not underftand* and the/’ andettarij converted odcriferumi they of Malahar have 
a certainc lwcej£ wood like unto white Saunders ( as there are many.other fweete woods in ether places) bur 
yet is not the right, although they ufe ic as the true is,, and inftead thereof, calling [z Samhrane in the Malabar 
language. The red Saunders differeth much from both the former, both in place, :gro wins fatre one from ano¬ 
ther, and in formCj alfo colour and fent *, it differed! alfo from, the J 3 raffill wood, in that Saunders is neither 
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