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tingall,bao no other ropes no? cables,no? a* 
np fuefj ttfnoe of ffuffe,but fuel) as toere maoe 
ofthe Bjnoian Cocus , calico Cay ro , tobicb 
continueO berp gooo, fauing onlp $ toe toere 
fo?ceO euerp faurt&ne Oapes to toafa our ca* 
bles m toe £>ca, toberebp tbep ferueo bs as 
itoell as cables of hemp. 2Dbe fruit toben it is 
alrnott ripe is calico Lanha,ano toitoin is full 
of toater, ano toen it is tobite of coIour,tbin 
snOloft, ano toe longer toe Cocus is on toe 
free, toe mo:e toe toater grotoeto ano ebam 
goto into tobite, tobicb is toe meat of toe nut 
toitottVinD taffetb mud) like a bafel nut, but 
fometobat ftoeeter. The Lanhos Ijaue totth* 
in tocm a gooO 0?augbt of toater, tobicb is 
berp cleare,fmeet,ano coole to Ctjinlt* Bit is at 
tbe leaff balfe a Can full, $ toben men toalfee 
afaoao anO ate tbirffietocp go Onto tbe Ca* 
nari j n.«,tobo p?efentlp toitb a great knife in 
tbeir banoes come bp toe free, ano cut off as 
manp Lanhos as a mart oefiretb/elling them 
fo?a Bafarucoojattoo peece, tobicb toe? 
make berp reaopano cleare to bcii?unke,tbe 
firff faell tbat is ouer tbe tntoaro fruit(tobicb 
as tbe nut is come to bis full ripencs, become 
etb almoff to bee toooo, is toen but tbin ano 
foff ,ano berp pieafant to eate toitb falt,ano Oo 
taffe almoff like Artichokes, a man map 
O?inkeasmucbof this toater as beetoillfo? 
(ttoillnotburt bint, but is aberiepieafant 
ojinfee, toben toe fruit is ripe, toere is notfo 
much toater in it, ano is tobite toitbtn, ano 
fometobat thicker of fubff ante, ano toen tbe 
toater is not fo gooo as it toas before beeing 
Lanhos , fa? toen itbecommetb fometobat 
fotoerXbefe Cocus being pet in tbeir bulks, 
map be carrteo ouer tbe tobole too?lo,ano not 
once hurt o? b?ufeO, ano if bappenetb often* 
times tbat bp continuance of time, tbe toater 
toitoin toe Cocus ootb conuert,anOcongeale 
Into a certaine kinoc of pelloto apple, tobicb 
is berie fauo?ie ano ftoeet. SCbe bufhe beeing 
tafecn off,toe tool feruetb fo? manp bfes,as to 
make laoles toitb toooOOen banoles, ano alfo 
certaine little pots, tobicb beeing faffneo to a 
fficke, fbep Ooe tberetoitb take ano laoe toa* 
fer out of tbeir great pcts,tbepmake thereof 
alfo fmall beffels to beare toine in toben tbep 
toalhe into tbe fieloes, anOa tboufano other 
tbtnges. STbefe (belles are Itbetoife burnt, $ 
feme fo? coales fa? (25olofmitbes, tobicb are 
berp gcoO ano excellent j©f tbe tobite of tbefe 
nuts in India tbep make po?rage, ano o?effc 
meatetoitoall, (trapping ano p?effingout 
tbe milke,toberin toitb manp other mirtnres 
tbep fodb ttjeir rice,f f o bee fao?t, tbep nener 
0?e(Tc anp rice,tobicb tbep cal Carrijl,* is tbe 
faucefo tbeir meate thereunto, but tbep put 
fame of tbeir Cocus milk into if, els the Co¬ 
cus is but little eaten, fo? there it is not efffa* 
meoof, but feruetb fo? meate fo? toe flaucs, 
The i.Booke. 
ano pme peopleCbep liketbife b?eahe tbe 
Cocus in pdeceSj ano taking off toe (bell foeg 
o?ie tbe fruit o? tobite meat that is toitoin ify 
ano it is carieo in great quantities out of Ma« 
labar to Cambaia anD Ornaus g to the $0?' 
them coaffes ano quarters bepono Goa , as 
alfofotbecounfrfeof Ballagate^ gtraffique 
much tberetoitb ♦ flDf this tobite fubffance 
tbep make j©ple s tobicb tbep ffampe in tv 
(terns like^DUues, ano it maketb berie gooo 
ople,as toellfo eat as foburne,tobicb is like? 
toifeberpmeoicinable. 
There are two fortes of Oyle tnad« of ^tnnc&l 
thefe nuts, one out of the frefh or greene 
nuts, damped and mixed with warmc wa* 
ter^which beeing preded foorth^ the oyle 
fwimincth aboue the water;; this oyle i$ v« 
fed to purge the maw and the guts ^for ic 
purgech very gently,& without hurt fome 
nnxe therewith the iuyee of Thamarim* 
des,&maketh thereof a verie wholefome 
medecine, the other Oyle ispreftoatof 
the dried Cocus,whichis called Copra,6c 
is good alfo to purge the maw and againft 
thefhrinking of the finews, as alfo for old 
aches and paines in theioyntes and Jims* 
is calleO Copra, Mlbentbep Ochre fo ban© 
no Cocus o? fruitc thereof, tbep cut the bloL 
fames of tbe Cocus atoap,anO binoe a rounOi 
} 0 otte toitb a narroto mouto, bp them calle® 
Callao , faff Onto tbe free, ano ffop tbe fame 
dofe rounO about toitb pot eartb,fa that nep# 
toer toine no? aire can eptber enter in, o? 
come fo?tb,f in that fo?t toe pot in fao?f fpacg 
is full of toater,tobicb tbep call Sura, f fa 
rp pieafant to o?inke liheftoat tobap ? f fome^ 
tobat better. 
This water being drunke, is very good Jnotsi* 
againllthe heateoftheliuer and the kid- 
mes,andcleanfeth the yard from corrupt 
tion and filthie matter. 
STbe fame toater ffanoingbut one boure 
in the funne,is berp gooo liiniger, ano in 3 In^ 
Ota tbep baue none other. 2 Dbis Sura beeing 
otfftlIco,is called Fula,o? Nipe,* fa as erceb 
lent aquavits, as anp ismaoe inDort 
of tbeir beff renifa toine,but this is of toe 8 * 
neff femoe ofotffillation. 'CbefeconO Oiffilla^ 
tion thereof is calico Vraca, tobicb is berie 
gooO toine, g is tbe toine of India, fa? tbep 
baueno other toine. Bit is berp hot $ ff rong* 
pet p Inoians o?tnhe it as if it toere toater, f 
toe |00?tingales bfe it in this fo?f, ®bep put 
it into beffels.ano to a pipe of Vraca tbep put 
3 .o? 4,I£anOs of reafons that are b?ougbt fa? 
marebahoife into India from Ormus, euerie 
I^anois la.pounoes, tobicb beeing toafaeo 
tbep put into the toeffell leaning the bung ope 
l tbe pipe not being full, fa? if it toere it tools 
burff ,bp reafem of toe beat, becaufe tberetoitb 
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