-rfnnota. 
D. Pall. 
£>f Mangas. 9 $ 
mott being eaten, tfje reffisgcoD to be roffeD Pegu, and Malacca.The fhelofthem be" 
o) fotmen,ano ace not mud) bnliUe In tatte fa 
the C&efmite of Europa. K\)m are of there 
bulfees in euerp Mtca a bunDjetb ano meue, 
acco^Dfng to the geeafnes thereof. 2Dbere are 
fit5ofo?f3oftt)em,fl)c bettarecallet) Girafal, 
anfetbe common anD leaffcff£emeD,Cham s 
bafal, although in fathton anD trees there is 
no Difference, fane that the Giwfais haue a 
ftoafertaffe- Bp this name Girafal $.Cha* 
bafal, the 3InDiansDoe mahe Difference of 
their&pce, anD others things: thepicall the 
be® Girafal anD the tuo^ff Chambafal,after 
the tohicb names thep haue fhetr prices: the 
laaccas continue all the peare. 
The 51. Chapter. 
v - >'& [ -,'■■} i- .. . l? 
Of diangas, 
|^»^growe vppon great 
I trees like Taca trees, they 
(haue many branches, and 
(are of quantitie as biggeas 
®a great Goofe Egge,and in 
fome places of India doe weigh two 
pounds, and more the peecc. And ma¬ 
ny dines there 'are of ieuerall colours 
vpbn one tree,feme being alight green. 
Other sYelow, & fome a reddilh green, 
and forfmel and tafte pleafant,and not 
being perilhed,are of better tai then a- 
ny Peach. As touching theirname,thcy 
are commonly called 4 Mangas ■> in da- 
rnrijn Ksimbo, of thQ-tufkesm&Perfc 
ansi^Amba. They beare fruit vpon the 
trees,ftomAprill to N ouember,accor- 
S to the {filiation of the place, they 
r e in many places, but the beft in 
QfmttSy where before all other fruitCs 
thfcy are deified, next vnto them are 
thofe that grow in Gufarate, which for 
their goodnes are called Gujarat esjkty 
ate fmaller then the other, but of better 
& factor,- within they haue a fmall 
Mutj or kernell. A thirde fort there is' 
that groweth in Magat t<?,and thofe afe 
fhc.greateft, for there are oftHem that 
waigh two pound 8 c a quarter^ofa ve- 
tiepleafant tafte. Euerifo are thofe that 
grow in Char anna, <yujndor,Madanagor y 
and Pultabado ,toeing the chitfetownes 
ingtaken off,is eatein flices withrwinea 
and alfo without Wine , as wee cate 
Peaches, they are alfo prefer tied-the 
better to keepe them, either in i’uger, 
Vineger, Oyle, or Salt, like Oliues in 
Spainc,' and being a little opened with 
a Knife, they are fluffed with greerie 
Ginger, headed Garlike, Muftardor 
fuch like,they areiometimes eaten on¬ 
ly with Salt,and fbmtimesfodden with 
Rice,as we doe 01iues,and being thus 
conferuedandfadden, are brought to 
fell in the market. This fruite is colde 
gndmoyft, although commonly they 
efteeme it to bee hotte, & fay, it ingen- 
dereth a paine and griping in themaw 3 
of fuch as eate it, and more ouer the 
Heathen Phyfitiansfay,it is hotte,and 
reiedte, or refufeit, becaufe it ingen- 
dereth Saint Anthonies fire, Car- 
buncles, hotte burning Feauers, and 
Iwellings, with fcabbes and feuruines: 
whith l thinke happeneth to men that 
eate this finite, and being eaten, lyeth 
corrupted In their Mawes, or rather by 
reafon of the great heate and feafon of 
theyeare. At the time when this fruite 
isripe, many doe fall into the forena- 
med difeafes, although they eate none 
ofthisfruite. Bdfqre this fruite is fully 
ripe, it is Iqmewhathgrd 6f tafte, fpeci- 
aliy the inner part next to the Nut, but 
being ripe, verie fweete and fauorie. 
The Hut that is within it, hath a hard 
-hj^k^>or:ifkcdl^wic^surd^hrin€ds.aboiit 
iti wherein growethalong Nut^as big 
as an Acorne, white within, andout- 
wardly couered with a thin white skin. 
Being raw it is bitter oftaft, therefore 
it is good againfl' wormes, and loole- 
nes of the belly: againft wormes when 
it is eaten raw,and againft loofenefle of 
the belly whehltis rofled, and then it 
tafteth like a rolled. Acorne . There 
is an other kinde of this fruite without 
ftonres which is verypleafant. jhere is 
alfo a third forte, which is wilde,called 
^Mangas Brands, and [Is verie poyfon, 
wherewith cheypoyjbn each other,for 
whofoeuer eatein bfita finall quantitie 
in the kingdome^ oiNtfamoxdy and like whofoeuer eateih butalm 
hereof, dynh ptcfcntly . Theydoe 
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