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Chap. 131, 
Bheatrum Botanicum , 
Tr IB E 17. 
Chap, CXXXI. 
Muring*. The Bezar tree, 
|His treegroweth not great, nor fpreadetli 
| with many branches, tuc is like unto the 
I Lentiske or Mafticke tree both for great- 
nefle and leaves, being full of knots, very 
eafie to be broken, of a very fairebut lad grccnc co¬ 
lour and of the taffe of Turnip leaves: the fruit is a 
foot long, and of the bigneffe of a Reddifh root 
having eight edges or corners of a grecnilh afhcolour 
with a white fubffance within devided into certaine 
cells wherein lye lmall round leede like unto fmall 
Pcafe but greene and tender, and of a (harper taffe 
then the leaves: the whole fruit diced in pecces is 
boylcdin the broth of flefh andfundry other wayes. 
But the roote of this tree is a foveraigne Antidote or 
f ounterpoifon, as effedfuall as .Vnicornes home or 
BezarfloneoranyTreakle.for the na:ives doeufu- 
ally take thereof, both againfl all kisjdcs of poifons 
and thebitings of the muff venomous creatures, yea 
even that ferpent which the Tortugalls call Culebrat 
decapillo, which is accounted the mod dangerousof 
all, taking thereof both inwardly and applying it to 
the outward place. They have found it alfoto bee 
lingular good againfl the winde chollick,and to be no 
leffe effeiiiuall againfl the Leprofit,for many have 
beene thereof cured by often ufing of it, it is mixed 
alfo withthofe medecines tha t purge melancholy. It 
groweth plentifully in all the Province of CMalabar, 
where they bring the fruit into the market to fellas 
beanesand peafe or ellewhere. The Arabians and 
Turk's callit Marian, the FcrfiansTame, but they of 
G azurateTuriac i. 
Marines. The Briar tree. 
ids? 
Chap. CXXXII. 
Negundo mat &famina. 
The maleand female wound tree. 
flWfaij i j Sg l He Indians make two (orts hereof, the one 
fUPpjjgl they call Varolo Nigtindo, that is, the male, 
g 3 L_} 8 g| and the other Niergunde the female,in Mala. 
bar Noche^n Balagstc Sambali, in Deem Be. 
cbe, and fo alfo by the Terfians and Arabians, 
but Ait by the Turk's ,and Norcila by the PortugaSs nbeCc 
trees ate of much etteeme in the province of Malabar, and 
of fo frequent nfe with all forts of people, for all their 
griefes and dilealas.that if they were not great increafers, 
and that every branch thmft into the ground will take 
roote and grow, they had beene wholly confumed or 
growne fo fcarfe that they would have beene at an excee¬ 
ding great price. The male groweth like the Almond 
tree with rough leaves like unto Sage, greene above and 
hoary underneath, and dented about the edges, fomewhat 
refembling Elder leaves a farre of. The female kind 
groweth greater and hath larger and rounder leaves, re¬ 
fembling thofe of the white Poplar tree and not dented 
about the edges: the leaves of both forts fmell and taffe 
like Sage, but yet are more fharpe and bitter, many of 
them having a white froth on the backfide of them, com- 
tnina on them in the night: the Bowers of both are of a 
pale blew or afhcolour much like unto thofe of Rolema- 
ry .-the fruit of both likewife is like unto blacke Pepper 
but nothing fo fharpe and hot as Pepper coraming neater 
unto the taffe of Ginger. Both leaves flowers and fruic 
btuifed and boyled in wat( t or oyle are ufually applyedto 
Ntgendo rr.se, The Male wound tree of the Porrugels. 
