Ctftf)e 3 ttWattjftgge& 99 
aftd Bengalcrs calltb&t Quelli, tf |t Mali 
bares, Allan, and the Malayens oft-^/a* 
lacca,Pyfan.2Ebep ate alfo found in Arabia 
and arc called Mu fa, asalfoinBcrufalent, 
Damafco, and Cayro, as 31 haue borne tru* 
Ip informed bp crebtblc perfons, tobicb daplp 
traueUandtraffique Into India.^itotbepdo 
bclietie tbat this is the fame fruife, tobicb A# 
darn Kid eatetoben bee finned firft , but 3 
fljould ratbet tbtnhe this jftgge me to be of 
tbe fame, tobereof toe reaoe in tbe old ^elta? 
ment in tbe brakes of Mofes, tobicb tbefpies 
tbat toere lent out bp tbe children oflfrae), 
thought out of tbe land of pjomtfe, banging 
fopon a ftaffe,f bom bp ttoo men,$ ate taken 
fo? grapes. tobieb 3 manp times tbougbt of, 
tuben 3 fato them bjougbt in tbat manet fo? 
apjefent to mp 3io?os boufe, fo? it is alto* 
getbetinfojme and falbion like abuneb of 
grapes,pet 3 meanenot to be fudge therein, 
but leaue it tonto others of greater experience 
anotraueUtbenmpfelfe. 
Indian Figges are by ihe Arabians 
called Moris and not CMuJa, not Amufa, 
2nd the tree Baracht Moris , by the Bra- 
Jilians Vacorn , and the tree Paquouer , by 
Brocardus in his defeription oftheholy 
knd, Paradife Apples, by Omedm in 
the Hiftorie of Mw,in his eight Booke 
and firft Chapter Platams , in Guinea 
Bananas, in Malauar Patan^ in Malayan 
Pic an, in Carnra, Decan, Gufuratc , and 
Bengala, Quelli, Amccnna , Seraph, and 
Rhafis haue likewife written certaine 
Chapters heereof. Auicenna in his Ic- 
cond Booke and 491. Chapter,writing 
ofthe properties and qualities ofthis 
fruite,fayeth,thatit yceldeth but final] 
fuftenaunce, that it ingendereth Chol- 
ler and Flegme, and that it fpoyleth 
the ftomake, wherefore he counfelleth 
fuch as are of a hotte conftitution, after 
they haue eaten thefe Figges, to take 
fomeHonieand Vineger, fbdden to¬ 
gether with cold feeds. They are good 
againflheate in the ftomake, Lungs, 
and Kydnies,and prouokeVrinc. Rha¬ 
fis, of the fame in his thirde Booke of 
Phyficke, and twentie Chapter, fayth 
alfo,that they are hurtfull for the maw, 
which I alfo found being in«ty>/V,when 
I vfed them,they make men to haue an 
cuill appetite to their meate, & a defirc 
toeafetheir bodies, and doe qualifie 
the rawnefleof the throate. Serapiom 
Theic Booke, 
his Booke of Phificke hi the 84. Chap- 
ter fayth, that this fruit is in the endeof 
the firft degree wartning, andmoyft- 
ning,and that they are good againft the 
hcate of the ftomake and Lungs, but 
for him which eateth many of them, 
they breede aheauinefle inhisMawe* 
but by meanes of their haftie ripening, 
they arc good for the Kidnies,prouoke 
Vrine, and make men apt for leacherie» 
The Indian Phifitians doe vfethisftuk 
in medicines for Feauers and other dip 
eafes.The opinion, (as I thinke^ why 
thisfruite is called Paradife Apples, is 
partly for the pleafantnes of tafte, fmell 
and colour, for the tafte is betweene 
fweete & fower,the fmell fomwhat like 
Rofes ? and thecolourafaireyelow and 
green: & partly alfo becaufethis fruit 
being cut in the middle, haue certaine 
veineslikeacroflc, whereon thcChri- 
ftians in Stria doc make many fpeclila- 
tions and difeourfes,which many ftran- 
gers that haue trauelled in thofc coun¬ 
tries doe verifie. He which defireth to 
readc more heereof, let him readethe 
worthie and learned Commentaries of 
Carolus Clupus vpo Garfia ab borto,whet 
he fhall receiue good contentment and 
fatisfa&ion. 
SCbcre grotofit India maitplniamos anb 
Batatas. e Iniamos, arcasbiggeas 
a peloto rrate, but form inbat tfjtchcr and fab 
ler of knofg,and as tfjtckc on tbe one placets 
in tbe other, efiep groin finder tbe eartb like 
earth #uts, and of a SDun colour, and tobite 
toitbin like eartb jfluts, but not fo ftootf e. 
Iniamos were th is ycare brought he- >nae9a j 
therout of Guinea , asbiggeasamans d.p& 
legge, andalj of alike thicknefle, the 
outward part is Dun coloured, within 
veric white, rolled or fodden they are 
verie pleafant of tafte, and one of the 
principal meates oftheBlack-Moores. 
Cbe Batatas are fometobat red of colour, 
and offaibionalmoftlihc tbe Iniamos, but 
ftoritfer, of tafte like an eartb #ut. SCbefe 
ttoo fruits are berieplentifuU, fpeeiallp Inh* 
mos, tobieb io as common and nereftarica 
meate as tbe Ifigges, f bep eate them foj tbe 
moft part roffed,and fife tbem commonlp fo) 
tbe laft feruice on tbe bojoe, tbep flefb Aem 
Uketoife in an other fojt fo? po?rage,ano ftetfe 
tbem toitb flelb like Coliuojtes 0? ]£amop0 s 
the like doe ibep toitb Batatas, 
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