Tr 5 B E 17, 
The Theater of T/ants* 
Cha P.109. 1639 
Chap. C IX. 
I*aca or Iaca. The Diamond falhioned Chefnut Gourd, 
His tree growcth in fundry of the Indian Hands neare the water fides to be of a varte bignefle, having 
leavesot an hand breadth withathicke hard ribbe all the length thereof, and of a pale greene colour: 
the fruite is very great(notgrowing from the 
younger branches or with the leaves, butouc Saaca vcl laca, The Diamond fafliiond Chefnut GourJ. 
of the body,and elder boughes thercof)long and thick, 
the lead whereof is greater then the greateft Gourd, 
having a hard thicke rinde of a darke greene colour, 
let with fhort Diamond pointed like blackilh prickes, 
which a farre off threaten danger in the handling, but 
(hewing favour in doing no harme, which when they 
are ripe Imel fweet,and grow fomewhat (oft,that they 
will yeeld to the prefling of ones hands, and being cut 
Iongwile, not athwart, have a thicke yellowifh white 
meate within them, decided into fundry cells or par¬ 
titions full of long and thicke Chefnut like fruites, 
greater then any Date, withanadi coloured outfide, 
and white fubllance within like a Chefnut, which 
while they are raw tafle harfli and breed much winde, 
but being roafted as Chefnuts u(e to be,or fodden, tafle 
favory and ftirre up venery, for which purpole the 
people cate them much: the whitifh pulpe or fubllance 
wherein thefe lye is of a pleafant tafle but hard of dif- 
geftion, and breedeth that peflilent difeafe called Mo- 
cxi, if they be much or often eaten,or that they lye cor¬ 
rupted in the (lomack : Thole that grow in Malabar 
are accounted the bell, and better then thofe of Goa ; 
Linfchote faith the two forts hereof are called Girafol 
and Chambafel , but SPaltrdaaua Bared and Papa, and 
that thofe other names doe fignifie the goodneffe or 
roeannefleof wares. 
Chap. €X. 
Cacbi & Ciccara. The Pine apple like Chefnut Melon; 
fcree 3 ifas erei which thc V call Cacbi & the fruit thereofC.W 
H the tree is as great as a big .ree, with Datehke leaves, and hard wood like Box, which thev nut m 
many ufes: the fruit groweth not on the branches, but out of the body, and el^r bChes «the^rue 
ry levcrall cellsor potions within it Uke ‘ P . int a PP. le **nd having ma- 
r ' amb, '" s ■ 
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