96 £)f3faml)osatti)£iil)(t:ftuttem5nWa. 
ants pure tljat it tometh to be painteh o? mafce 
oftoare: fits fierppleafant to cate, ano fmeb 
tetb like Hofc ioater, it is finite finthm, ano 
fn eating mopff ano toateriffj, it to a mo® 
Oamtie fruiters Vueil fo? befirtie to the fight, 
as fo? tbe ftucet fauour ano tafie: tt is a fruite 
that is neuer fojbioocn to aup ficke perfomas 
other fruitco are, butarefr&lie giuen fintb 
ficke tnen to catc,that haue a oeOre thcreun- 
t8,foj tt ran ooe no hurt. Che bloffomes are 
liketoifc fierp fatre to the fight, ano baue a 
ftjotet fmell: thep are rco ano fometohat tuhi* 
tiff) of colour. ‘Chistreebcaretb frutte th:^ 
ojfoure tpmes cuerppeare, ano tohichis 
moje fijonderfull, it hath commonlp on the 
one fioe 02 halfe of the tree ripe Iambos, ano 
the leaues fallen off, ano on the other fioe 
ojhalfit hath all the leaues,ano begtnneth a* 
game to hloffonte, ano tohen that fioe hath 
fruite, ano that the leaues fall off, then the 0* 
tber fioe faeginneth again to baue leaues, ano 
to bloffomc, ano fo it continue®) all the peace 
long: totthfn thep hauc a tone as great (ano 
herp ntere of the fame fafijion) as the fruite 
oftheCtpjcstrte, 
The Chapter, 
Of other friiites in India/ 
E S; l£ere is a fruite calleo Iango* 
LJ|| mas,tohich grolneth ontr&s 
liUe Cherrie trtehep are in 
jpJ bignes like fmal rouo plumes 
S#j of a oarhe rco colour, thep 
haue no Cones in them, but 
feme fmall kernels; thep are of tafie much 
like plumes, thereof there are fierp manp, 
^nnota. but not mud) eff eemcb of. 
d. /’all. Thcfruit/^<?^^fgrowethonatree 
notvnlikeingreatnefie and fafhionro 
our Plum trees, as alfo in leaues and 
white bloffoms, faue onely that thefe 
trees are fulof Prickles or thornes,they 
grow ofthem felues in euerie place, & 
alio in gardens at Bachaim , C haul and 
Balequala, the fruits are like Sorben fmal 
and round, they areharfh in the throat 
like Slowesorvnripe Plums, and haue 
noftonewithin them, butfomefmall 
kernels, when they come firft out, they 
are like Piftaccios. 'I he fruit being ripe, 
muft ffrft bee brufed and crufhed with 
mens fingers, before it can bee eaten, 
yet it loofeth thereby none of hisver- 
tue of binding, and therefore they are 
Thei.Booke, 
thought good to flop the Flux withaH, 
although they are but little efteemed 
by th t Indians. They fay, that this fruite 
is eaten by certaine foules, and being 
vcyded out againe & fet in the ground 
together with the fame Birdes dung, 
it wii grow the fooner and be the fruit- 
fuller. 
Cherels another fruite calico Caranw 
bolas, iBlpchhath 8 comers, asbiggeasa 
fmalaple/otoer in eating,like bnripe plums, 
ano moff fifeo f 0 make Conferucs. 
The fruite which the Malabar es anti 
Portingales call Carambotas , is in Decan 
called Camarix , in Canar, Camarix and 
Carabeli : in CMaUio, Bolttmba, and the 
Per pans Chamaroch.lt groweth on trees 
that are like Quince-trees, hauing lea¬ 
ues greater and longer then our apple- 
trees, verie greene and bitter of tafte, 
with fmall bloffomes, of hue leauesa 
peece, reddifh without any white, and 
of no fpeciall fmel, but faire to the eye, 
and oftaftelikei’orrell. The fruit is like 
a great Hondts bey ,long and yellow,and 
as ifit were parted into foure parts, the 
Coddes are fomewhat deepe, & prefle 
the fruite together, in the middle they 
haue fome fmall kernels,which for the 
fharp taft are pleafant to eate.This fruit 
is conferued in Suger, & m uch eaten in 
medicines,and with meate . The ripe 
are vfed for hotte Feauers, in fteede of 
Sirop of Vineger , which wee vfe in 
thefe countries . The Ganarijm vfe the 
Iuyce with other medicines, there 
growing which are mixed with it,to 
make colours thereof, wherewith they 
takefpots and blemifhes out of mens 
eyes. Cojla writeth that he knew a mid¬ 
wife in India , which vfed this fruite 
dryedand beaten to poulder, with#*’/- 
tele leaues, [to make women to auoide 
their dead fruite out of their wombes> 
this fruite is alfo kept in pickle, becaufe 
it is pleafing to the tafre, and procureth 
an appetite. 
Chere are pet other fruttes, as Brindoi* 
jns. Dun jndois, Ianoboloeus, Mangefta- 
ins, anh other fuch like fruttes, but becaufe 
thep arc of fmall account, 31 thtnkc tt tiotre- 
qutfite to finite feuerallie of them, but cnelte 
oftfijo ofthem. 
There is alfo in Eaft India a fruit cal- ^ nnof4 . 
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