Common “Junta. 
in my garden, that were brought mee 
onto [Brafdia, but our colde countrey 
;Could not brooke them. This fruite is 
hot and moift, and is eaten out of wine 
like a Peach, light of difgefture, butfu- 
perfluous in nouriihing: It inflameth 
and heateth,and confumeth the gums,* 
by reafon of the fmall threedes that run 
through it. There are many fortes of 
this fruite among th e Brafilians, which 
according to the difference of their 
fpeeches haue likewife differet names, 
vvhererofthree kindes are fpecially na¬ 
med and written of. T he firft called 
Taiama, which is the iongeft &thebcft 
oftafte, and the fubftance of it yellow. 
The focond Boniama , that is white 
Within,and not very fweet of tafte. The 
thirde IaiagnajNhlch is whitifli within, 
and tafteth like Renifli Wine. Thefe 
fruitcs likewife do grow fome ofthem- 
felues as ifthey were planted, and are 
called wildc Lsfnanajfes, and fome 
growe in gardens, whereof we now 
make mention. The wilde growe 
vppon ftalkes of the length of a pike 
orSpeare, rounde,andofthebignelfe 
ofan Orange,fulofthorns: the leaues 
likewife haue fharpe pricks, and round 
about full of foft thornes: thefruiteis 
little eaten, although they are ofan in¬ 
different pleafant tafte. The whole 
plantes with the rootes are ful of iuyce, 
which being taken about feue or eight 
of the clocke in a morning, and drunke 
withSugar,isholden for a moft cer- 
taine remedie againft the heateof the 
liuer and the kidneyes, againft exulce- 
v rated kidney es, mattery water and ex¬ 
coriation of the yarde. T he Arabians 
commend it to be good againft Saynt 
Anthonies fire,and call it gueura. He 
thatisdefirous to reade more hereof, 
let him reade Cojla in the proper Chap¬ 
ter Of \yinanas^ and Otiiedius in the eight 
booke,andeighteenth Chapter: and 
Theuetius in his obferuations of Ameri¬ 
ca y in the fix and fortieth Chapter. A- 
vanas^ referued in Sugar are like Co- 
cumbers^ whereof I haue had many. 
Ananas is one of tfjc bettfrtufes, anoof 
befftatteinall India, but it is not a proper 
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fruit of India ft fclfe, but a ttrange fruite, for 
it foas firtt brought bp the porttngailcs 
out of Brafille , fo that at the firft it bias folo 
for a noucltie, at a Par daw the pace, ano 
fometimes more, but nolo there are fo ma- 
npgtofoen tn tbeCounfrep, that tbepare 
berp gcoD cheape. 2The time iohen thep 
are rppe to in Itenf,for then thep are bett ano 
ftoeetett of tatte. SDhep arc as btgge as a 
spelon, ano tn forme like the beaoe of a *Dt- 
ffaffc, tuithout like a pine apple, but fofte 
in cutting: of colour reOOe ano greenitt): 
“Ehep grotoe about halfe a faoome high 
from the grounoe, not much more or lefle. 
the leaues are like the pearbe that is 
brought out Of Spayne, calleO Aloe, or 
Semper viua, becatife it isaltoapes greene, 
ano therefore it is hangeo on the beames of 
boufes,) butfometohatfmallcr, ano at the 
enoesfometohat ttjarpe,as if thep lucre cut 
out. Mhen thep eatethem, thep pull off 
the ffjell, ano cutte them into Dices or pfc 
ces, as men oefire to haue them o?df. £>ome 
haue fmall hernelles toithin them, like the 
feernelles of Apples or peaces. SChep are 
of colour tufthm like a peach, that is ripe, 
anoalmottof the fame tatte, but in ftuafe** 
netfe thep furpatte all fruttes. %\je iupce 
thereof is like ftuocfe 9 ©utte, or nefoe He* 
ntfi)Mlpne: amancanneuer fattfffebfat* 3 
felfe thereluith. 3 If is berp hot te of nature, 
for if pou let a knife tticke in it but halfe an 
houre long, itshen pou orabj it forth again, 
it brill face halfe eaten bppe, pet it Doefh no 
particular hurte, bnlcffea manthouioeeate 
fo much thereof, thathee furfet bponthem, 
as manpfuchgceeoieanobnreafonable men 
there are, tobteb eate allthinges bjithouf 
anp meafureor Oifcretion. ^he ficke are 
fojbiooen to bfe them. Che common 
toapfoorette the common Ana- 
nafles,isto cutthem in broao 
rouno cakes or apccs,ano 
fo being ttoepeo in 
toine,itisabe? 
rp pleafant 
meat. 
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