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The jo* Chapter. 
Of laqua or Iaacca, 
His fmite groweth in 
Calc cut, and in fome o- 
ther places of India, 
neereto the Sea, and 
vpon ryuers or waters 
tides . Itisacertaine 
fruite that in CMalabar is called Idea, in 
Canard and Gufurate , Panar and Panafa , 
by the Arabians , Panax y by the Perfians> 
Fanax.’Thxs fruite groweth vpon great 
trees,not out ofthe branches like other 
fruites, but out ofthe body of the tree 5 
aboue the earth, and vnder the leaues. 
The leaues are as bigge as a mans 
handj greenifh,with a thick hard veine 
that goeth cleanethorough the length 
ofthem. The fmalleft of this fruite, fpe- 
cially that which groweth in Malabar , 
andis the beft of all,is greater then our 
greateft Pumpians, (1 meaneofPor- 
tingall.) They are without couered 
with ahardfhell, of colour greene, o- 
therwife it is much like the Pine apple, 
faueonely that the fhcll orhuskefee- 
meth to be fet ful of pointed Diamants, 
whichhaue certaine greene and fhort 
hookes at the endes, but at theverie 
points are blackidi, and yet are neither 
lharpe nor pricking although they fee- 
mefotobe. Thefefruitcs are like <JMe- 
lons , and fometimes greater,outwardIy 
greene,and inwardly Yelow, with'ma- 
ny foft prickles, apparrelledfas it were) 
like a Hedgehog. Thofe that grow in 
Goa are not fo good, nor of fo good a 
tafte as thofe in .Malabar. This fruit be¬ 
ing ripe, which is commonly in De¬ 
cember, fmelleth very fweete, and is of 
two forts,wherofthe beft is called Bar - 
ca,t he other?^,which is not fo good, 
and yet in handling it is foft like the o- 
ther. The beft coft about 40 .Maruedies, 
which is fomewhat more then a Ryall 
of plate, and being ripe they are of a 
blackifh colour,and with a hard huske, 
the outward part thereof which com- 
pafleth the JVut,i$ ofmany taftes/orae 
The/.booke. 
<Df3ia(ittao?3iaa«a. 
times it tafteth like a c Melon, fomtimes 
like a Peach, and fomewhat pleafantcr, 
( but in tafte it is moft like vnto the 
Peachjfomtimes like a Hony Combe, 
fometimes like a Citron, but they are 
hard to digeft,& doe commonly come 
Vp againeoutofthe ftomackevndige- 
ftcd,euen as they were eaten.This fruit 
being cut vp and opened longwifein 
the middle, is white within, and full of 
meate,with many partitions ful of long 
Nuts, thicker and greater then Dates, 
with a grayeskin, the Nut white, like 
ourChefnuts. Being greene they eate 
earthy, and fharpe oftafte, and ingen¬ 
der much Wine, but being rofted or 
foden they are like our Chefnuts & arc 
verie pleafant. they increafe Juft, for 
the which caufe they are moft vfed to 
bee eaten: They flop the Flux of the 
belly, the skin about them is heauie for 
the maw, and corrupting therein, doth 
breed many euil and peftilent humors, 
wheroffuch as eate much of this fruit, 
doe eafily get the Plague, which the 
Indians call CMorxi.He that defireth to 
fee more hereof, let him Reade Lodoui- 
cus Romanus , in his fifth Booke and fif¬ 
teen e Chapter of his Nauigations, and 
Chriflopherus a Cojla in his Cap. of laca, 
& Gracia ab Horto y in the fecond booke 
and fourth Chapter. 
Iaacas groin an great frees like jjiuf 
tr&s,$ onelp on the fea ftj02es,tbat is to fap, 
in fuck countries as bo?Dcr on the feas,cleane 
contrarie bnto al other fruttes,fo? thep groin 
aboue the eartb, bpon the trunkes o? boOtea 
of the trees, 1 bpon the great thfch branches* 
but inhere tbe branches fp?eaD ab?oaD, being 
fntall ans full of leaues,tbere grolneth nonet 
tbep are as big as a great speion, anD much 
like it offaftjion, although feme of tbcm are 
as great as a man can fcpeil lift bp, anD out* 
toarDUe are like the Ananas, butfmoothtr, 
anD of a Darke greene colour, the fruit tPtthtii 
is in bufkes, like Cheibnftcs, but of an 
other fo?me,anD euerie hufkchath a $utte, 
bohichts halfbJhtte, the reft pcaloMh, anD 
Cicketh to a mans hanfies like honnte,foheti 
it is in the b&hpucs among the lnare,anD fbj 
toughnetTeiin taffe fo? fln&tncs not much 
bnltke. fruiteison the out ftDe like a 
Chefnntte, anD in fojme o^faOjionkke an 
Scojne, Inben the greeneknob tbatgrotoeth 
bnDcr it is taken atoap, anD of that bigneflie 
anbfomefohat bigger; this fruite that is out* 
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