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arefoft Iti baDltngtfbep grototacrp like apl es, 
fo; lober ttjc apples baue affalhc,tljefe Cajus 
ijaue a <£befnut, as big as tbe fo# iopnt of a 
mans thumb: tbep baue an other colour ano 
faChlon then the Chefnuts of Iaqua, ano are 
better 9 mo# fauojte to eate, but the? muff 
be roff eotlulthln tbep are fotrite Ithe $ Chef? 
nuts of Europe but haue thicker fljelles, 
tohtch are of colour blcbJtfl) ano Dark grtene. 
When thep are rate ano tonroff eo, pou muff 
not open them totth pour mouth,fo j as franc 
as pou put them to pour mouth, thepmahe 
both pour tongue ano pour Uppes tofmart, 
luherebpfucij as knotoit not are oeceiueo: 
boherefo#poumuff open their fhelles tolth 
a knife, ojroff them,anOtben thepluil peele. 
SChis fruite at the ene tuber the ttalhe groto? 
eth, in the eating Ooth too?ke in a mans 
thjoate,anomabeth ttftel,petit is ofa fpne 
taffe, foj it is mopft ano full of iuice, thep are 
commcnlie cut in rouno dices , ano lapo in a 
bith boith boater oj topne, ano fait tb#tone 
bpon them,fo? fo thep 00 not too?kefo ffrog- 
Iie,but are bene grao ano fauojie to cate: the 
time toben thep are ripe is indent, ano in 
Winter time, like Mangas, but not fo grab 
as Mangas 0? Ananas, ano of leffe account* 
Chep are liketuife in great numbers oner 
ail India* 
The 53. Chapter* 
Of Iambos. 
■ N Wither is an other fruit 
that for the beautie, pleafant 
tafte, fmell, and medicinable 
vertue thereof, is worthie to 
bee written of, and is of great account 
in India, being fit ft brought out [of Ma¬ 
lacca into India. The tree whereon this 
fruite gtoweth,is as great as the greateft 
Orange tree in all Spaine , with manye 
branches which fpread verie broade, 
and make much (hadow, and is faire to 
behold* The bodie and great branches 
thereof haue an afh colour-gray barke, 
the leaues are faire & foft, longer then 
-the breadth of a hand, they are fome- 
what like the point ofa Speare or Pike, 
with athicke threed or vcine in the mi- 
dle,and many fmall veines or branches 
in the fides : outwardly verie greenej 
and inwardly fomewhat bleaker, with 
bloflomes ofaliuely darke Purple co¬ 
lour,with many ftreekes in the middle. 
The i.Booke* 
verie pleafant to beholde, and of tafte 
like the twynings or tendrels ofa Vine. 
The fruite is as bigge as a Peare, or fas 
fomeare of opinion ) of thebignefle 
and colour ofa great Spanifh Wahnut, 
they tooke their name of a King. Ther 
are two forts ofthis fruit,one a browne 
red, Teeming as though it were blacke ? 
moft part without (tones, and more fa- 
uory then the other which is a palered, 
or a pale Purple colour, with aliuely 
fmell ofRofes, and within it hath a lit¬ 
tle white hard ftone not verie rounde, 
much like a Peach ftone, white,and co- 
uered with a rough skin.This is not ful 
fo great as the other, yet are they both 
fit for fuch as haue daintie and licorous 
mouthes.They fmel like fweete Rofes: 
they are coldeand moyft, and altoge¬ 
ther foft, couered with a thinne Rinde, 
which cannot be taken offwith a knife,. 
The Iambos treetaketh deepe roote, & 
within foure yeares after it is fet, doth 
beare fruit, and that many times in one 
yeare, and is ncuer without fruite or 
bloflomes, for that commonly eucrie 
branch hath both ripe and vnripe fruit* 
and bloflomes all at once, contrarie to 
the nature of all other trees.* and euerie 
day as the bloflomes fall (whereby the 
earth vnder it feemeth ro bee painted 
red ) there growe new on, and when 
fome of the fruite begin to grow, then 
others are almoft ripened, and others 
being ripe are greater. The tree being 
lightly (baken, the ripe fruit falleth ea- 
fily off, by reaching the nether bo wes. 
This fruite is ordinarily eaten, before 
other meate be fet vpon the Table,and 
alfo at all times of the day. The c Mala- 
bavts and Camrijns^ call this fruit clam- 
boli y the Portingales inhabiting there, 
Iambos, the o Arabians, Tupba Indi , the 
PerfiansTuphat : the Turkes Alma , the 
trees are called by the Portingales Iam- 
beiro. The bloflomes and the fruite are 
conferued with Suger, and are vfed 
for hotte Agues to cole mans thirft. 
SCIje teas tofjereon tt)e Iambos do grotoJ 
arc as great as pumtrfes,anDtoeric like ton* 
to tbcmnt is an excellent ano a toerie pleafant 
fruite fo Irake on,as bigge as an apple:itbatij 
a reb colour anD fometobat tobitify, fo clcarc 
