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The Theater of 'Plants. 
Chap. XClI. 
Mangas, Ills Indian hony Plumme. 
Ca.AF.92, IO^I 
His tree groweth tall like a Peire tree, with fomewhat lone leaves, more like n„, ■ 
a Plumme: the flowers grow from among the leaves, many being fcc on a ior» footrf" 
the long Birds Cherry, or duller Cherry, after which follow the fraffe r' ,ke 
as almall Melon and weigh neere about two pound, theleffcr aboutthe bigneffe"Fa’eonte 
egge and others betweene thele Gzes, as the climates and fertility of the foikeaufeth them all 
of a yellowifh greene and fome reddilh. when th^Tre“pe QtinhJgwiri half fincllmg vcTywdl ^Sil^ 
ter kernell within : Some trees beare twice a yeare,in the Spiine and Fall • hnrc.™erali r, C ’ ^ whlte b,t " 
tothchcate, and temperatenefle of the Cimat^even from 
are found in many Provinces of India,as Malabar Balaoatc and Bene .la , e P ac 5 ° ran °thor. for they 
which are accounted the bed, and called generally ^ ’ l ' C ' , ^ ra! ^i->MaUca,Goa : Sc Ormut., 
Mangas by the Indians, yet by fome Ambe. and by 
the T urkes and Per [tans Amba. The fruite is orde¬ 
red many wayes, as either prelerved in Sugar, or 
pickled up like Ollives before they be through ripe, 
anda>ethenfomewhacharlh and binding: or ea¬ 
ten Felh, being cut into dices and dipped in Wine 
or without and io eaten. They are cold andmoift, 
and yet the Indian Phylitions, as weiiasthe vulgar 
doe hold them to be hot, faying they breed chotle- 
ricke fcavers,inflammations,itches,and fcabbes, un¬ 
to all which difeafes they are fub/eft, which eate 
none of them at all, in refpeft of the heate of the 
yeare,whcnthofe fruites arc chiefely ripe and are 
eaten. ^ ad«j?<ipiaureth this tree with flowers.and 
the fruite much differing from this of Linfchoten. 
There is another kinde found growing in fome 
places, but much more rarely,whofc fruite hath no 
Hone within it,elfe not differing. 
There is likewife a wild kind hereof called Man. 
gas bravas, whole tree is Ieffer then the manured, 
with (horter and thicker leaves alfo, and the fruite 
is of a pale greene colour, having a thicke skinne, 
and but little pulpe therein, of the biggenelfe ofa 
Quince,and with a hard grilfly (lone within it, yet 
give they (lore ofmilkc: they grow generally 
through all Mslabar.lt any one eate of thefe fruites 
although it be but a little, it is io prefent apoyfon 
that they dye inflantly, and herewith the Indians 
ufually deltroy one another, fome putting oyle 
thereto, which maketh it the more Ipeedy in opera¬ 
tion, buthowfoeverit is taken it doth (o quickely 
difpatch them out of this life, that there hath not 
beene hitherto found a remedy againil it. Boyes, 
there doe ufnally in fport throw thefe fruites one 
atanocher, as in they ufe to doe With greene 
Orrenges, 
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Mangas. The I ndian Hofi) Plumme.' 
Mantas pvs 
pjjitulo. 
Chap. XCIII. 
Genipat . The twining American Peach. 
|His tree is ofewoforts, the fruite of theohe is edibleand greater then the other, which is not to be 
eaten bearing leaves like the Walinut tree, and fruite at the end of chehranohes, being both forco- 
lour arid bigneffe iike unto Peaches,one let upo 1 another in a wonderfull manner: that which is not 
ediblehathacertainecleareblewillr/nycethcreinlikcuntolndico, wherewith the Savages dye or 
colour their tiodyes when they hiveany loiemne meetingof friends,or goe to the (laughter of their enemies, and 
they with this ornament rhinkc themfelves as finely decked as wc in our bravcil Hikes. 
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