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17 . The Theater of Plants, 
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brought into Spatne or Portaged, nether ever would! the feedefpringas his affirmed, but I have lately under- 
hood by a catalogue of the Plants growing in the garden of Signor Corvino of Seme that it groweth there, heinir 
oncofthe plants named therein. It plentifully groweth m LUiUbar and brought thence to Cm, and fundry “he? 
P'f" “ th /= where every branch being pur into the ground will take roote and grow. It is called in mL 
labarCMogli,m Malyo Smgidi, in Becanf «l of the Arabians Guart, of the Perfians and Turbos Gal, but at Gca 
and CamrmPanzatact 1 from a certa.ne Nobleman (0called fas the Natives thinke and therein very neare inti* 
mating one of Ov.ds fabulousmetamorphofis) whofe faire daughter the Sup having efpyed fell in Jove withal) and 
having deflowred her & forfaken,for another (heflew her felfe ; from whofb afhesof her burnt carkalfe rofe up this 
tree, which is ever fincealhamed to behold the faceof the Sunne. In many places of the Indie, they diftill the 
flowers for their fweet lent lake,and keepe it for ufejwhich in CMalabar ibty cM the water of Mooli afterrho 
trees name : the fatd water ,s good for fore eyes to coolc their heate and redneffe, iflinnen cloathes being dipped 
therein be layd upon them .-the Indian Phiiitrons doc hold opinion that both flowers and fruire doe comforVthe 
heart and refrefh the fainting (pints thereof, for they have feme hitrernefle in them, it hath nor becne obferved 
that the Indians apply this tree to any other ufe then is formerly expreffed, and the colouring of their meates like 
as Safhon is ufed for the fame purpose in and other countries. * 1Ke 
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Chap. CXIX. 
drlorfolijs ttTTjby.UntihM. Walking leaves,, 
bare unto the He of Cimbabon and in the lie it felfe, there groweth a tree bearing leaves like uni 
to thole of the Mulberry tree, having two fmall fhort and prickly feete as it were fet on ev 
ther fide of them, which falling, to the ground doc feemc as it were to creepe as if it were fome 
living creature, and being touched by any will prefently move it felfe Matter Ambon, Pha- 
/«/«faith that he keptone of thefe leaves in a contmuall morion in a platter for eiehr doves /the 
motion whereof is likely to come by the ayre) and then it ceafed. b ’ ^ 
Chap. CXX, 
Arbor arjilam fsendem. The fountains tree of water. 
N one of the Hands of the Caiurier called Fetro, there groweth a reafonable great but faire fpread 
' bearing leaves like unto Wallnuc tree leaves but larger, ah»'Wmr» -- j _ «. . ac 
, O-—• — ....Wiuitdu [ICt 
. ^ - aoiaing thereon and evergreene 4 itbearerh 
w**' fruite like unto an Ackorne hanging downe from the.branches,which hath a kernel! wiihin of a ve y 
plea fa nt tafte and almoll like fpree. Ill fome parts of the world bcfidls are found the like tree, rhe 
leaves whereof and branches doe perpetually droppe water > 1 c 
(in the whole Hand there being no otherwater to be had,) Arbor apramfunderu. The fountains tree of „ a rer 
a thicke mid as it were or cloud encompalfing it continually, 
except when the Sunne (hineth brigiic thereon; which water 
being kept as it were in a fountaine made for thepurpofero 
retaineit, ferveth the whole Hand fortheir ule.Our Conntrey 
man Matter Lewie Jackfon dwelling in Holbterne, told Matter 
Purcbsu as he hath fet it downe in nis feventh booke of Pilgri¬ 
mages Fob I<5;p. that in the yeare 1C18. lie had beene in the laid 
Hand Ferro ,and had feene that tree, and faith it is as biggeas 
an Oake of a middle fire, the barke whirchke Hardbeame, fix 
or feven yards high with ragged boughes, the leafe like rhat of 
of the Bay .white underneath and green above :it beareth neither 
fruitnor flower: thus faith he, but it hath fome other different 
relations which who fo would fee, let them reade the place be¬ 
fore rcdted:the Ilandcrs call this tree Garoe ,the Spaniards Arbor 
SanBa : but the ancient H ittorians call it Til. It is thought that 
Solinue and Pliny in his lib 6 ,c ,; 1 . meant this Hand under the 
name of Ombrion and plavialie,, for hee there faith that in the 
Hand Ombrion grow trees like unto Ferula, from whence wa¬ 
ter Is wrunge out, from the blacke ones commeth bitter wa¬ 
ter and from the white that which is fweete’ and pleafant 
to drinke. 
I might here infertthe Barnacle tree but that it is found to 
be a fable, and that the Geefe hatch their young as other Birds 
and fowles doe, and therefore I forbeare to fpcake of it. 
