Betetimu fruihs. 
Tl.c Bcrctinc Acorne. 
BiretmiufruBiu. ThcBcretine Ackorne.' 
inhisfecond booke of Exc ticks and fevemeenth Chaptcr.maketh mention that he obtained lome 
‘ ot thclc fruitc ,from thole that accompanied Sir Francii'Vrakf in his Circumnavigation or the world, 
: returning in theyearc 15 So.by the meanes ot fome of his friends here.as 
Mailer Garthind Mailer Morgan, which were affirmed to be gathered 
in fome!flands(whereinto they put both for fruit and viftuall Handing inneede of 
both)from very great and tall trees bigger then Oakes,whole leaves were like unto 
Bay leaves,not dented at all about the edges but thicke and Alining : the fruit were 
like the Ackomes of the Ilex or evergreene Oake, but without any cup, for ashee 
faith he enquired thereof of fome of them.wbole outer rinde was thinne and of an 
afhcolonr, and fome blackifii, the inner kernel! being lomewhat long and white, 
without any mamfeft tafie within but covered with a thinne skinne, which they 
found good to be eaten without any harme following, and therefore in their want 
fceingtaught by the Ilanders they boyled them like Pulfeor Pcafe,and fo cate them, 
or fceatc them to pouther and boiled them like Rice or Wheat, until! it becamea 
pultage and foeate them for hunger .-yec afterwards they found the like trees and 
fruit to grow in the Iflands of the Molucca as they affirmed : But with what other 
propertie they were indued, neyther they nor any other hath manifclted to any 
that I know. 
Chap. CXXV III. 
yhcLclmfcu. The Indian Hony tree. 
lltvti rtiaketh mention of this tree among his other American Angularities to be very tall,(preading the 
branches (o uniformed,that it is a great 
pleafure to behold.in that they feeme f ‘ ‘ ‘fi*’ The IndianIJonytret. 
* fo difpoled by art and not by nature, 
having leavea on them like to Coleworts,(which 
I beleeve is miftaken, the figure not exprefling 
fuch a formed and fruit of a foot long. In the 
hollow parts of this tree above other, the Bees 
doe make their Hony and Wax, whereof the 
raturalls make much account,for with it they fea- 
fon their foode made of roots,&c. Vnto this 
tree refortetb familiarly a certaine bealf fomc- 
vvhat like a Cat.but of a brownc colour, called by 
them Fltjrat that is the H ony beaA to feed on 
the honey, which it carefully pulkth out with the 
feete without hurting the Bees or being Aung or 
hurt by them. 
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