j0f awpoemi, aftuit of Malacca. 
10 % 
if fefbctb in the pipe Ithe loafer on tl)c fire, 
anb bopling fo, it is ttirreb euerp bap fo? the 
fpaceoffourtenee?fifteene bapcs, in tohich 
ttmetbe Vraca geftetb ass faire a rebbe 
colour, as if it toere Portmgall tome, anb 
aifteretb not much in tafte, but pet fleeter, 
anb hotter of it felfe, botobeit it is altoge* 
tber ass fap?e, anb of as g®b a colour fast 
their Portmgall Mtpne, fo that thep can 
jjarslp bee btfeerneb one from the other t thiss 
tHtiine is ealleb Mfine of Pafla, o? Keatons. 
With this Wine there is great traffique D* 
fcbtO Bengal a, Malacca, China anb Other 
places,anb euerp pipe thereof coftetb toitbtn 
Goa 30. Pardawcn the p®ce, little mo?e 0 ? 
leffe. £Df the afojefaibe Sura tbep lihetoife 
make^ugar, tohich is ealleb Iagra: thep 
f&tb the toater, anb fet it in the ^un, tobere* 
of it becommeth &ugar, but it is little cite* 
saeb, becaufeitisof a b?otone colour, anb 
fo? that thep haue fo great quantitie anb 
abunbance of tohite £>ugar throughout all 
India, Che ittnermott parte of the tte 0? 
irunfce is ealleb Palmito, anb is the pith 0? 
hart of the fame trunke, tobteb is much eft a* 
meb, anb fent fo? a pjefent tsnto men of great 
account. 3 ltis as tbtntte as paper, anbalfo 
tohite, anb is as if it toere platteb o?p?eft to* 
gether, as thep bfe to plait s p?effe toomens 
bupkes in the loin countries: it is alfo long 
anbflenber, anb hath fometimes ? 0.0? do. 
folbes e? plaites in it like a paper b®ke.Cbis 
the Inbtans bfe fo? paper, anb b®kes,tobtcb 
continueth in the fame folbes, tobereontbep 
to?itetobcnitis gtene, anb fo let it b?ie, 
anb then it is tmpofflble to get the letters 
out againe, fo? it is printebtherein toith a 
feinb of Iron inftrument; Cbe I nutans cal 
it OUa, tohereof all their bakes, to?p* 
tinges, anb Cufoences are mabe, tohich 
thep can feale, anb fhuttebp as toeboe our 
letters. flDf this paper tuith the BInbian 
touting bp on it, pou map fa fome at D.P a- 
ludanus houfe, tohich I gaue him fo? a p?e* 
fent. Cbefe trees are fo? the moff part in the 
^flanos of Maldiua, tobere there are Cocus 
buttes, that are excellent g®b againft pop* 
fon. 
qarfius and Cotta efteeme this for a 
fable. C ofia writeth that he hath fearched 
into it many times but found it contrarie, 
as I likewife haue done, andean findeno 
fuch great effett. 
Cbofe Sfianbes haue no other healing 0? 
liuing, but toitb Cayro, tohereof thep make 
ropes anb Cables, anb toitb the Copra, 0? 
the tohite fubttance of the Cocus, tohereof 
fiDple is mabe, fo £ thep boe oftentimes come 
into India, tobe the fhip fall the furniture, 
foictuaile anb marc&anbife is onelp of thofe 
Thci.Booke. 
Palme trees, toherebp it is toel f 0 be tonfibe# 
reb,tbat it is one of the greateft $ p?incipaleft 
fraffiques anb bictuatls in all India, SCbte 
fhall fuftice fo? the befeription of the particu* 
lar commobtties of this tte,tbe linelp picture 
tohereof is here to be feene,together toitb the 
Cocus 0? $uttes, anb the potfes hanging at 
the fame,to b?ato p toater out of them,as alfo 
the grotoing anb fp?otoiing of the jftg trees, 
as toell toith fruit as toith bloftoms, all liue* 
Ipfetbotone. 
The 5 7. Chapter. 
Of the D/try oem 7 a fruit of JWalacca t 
Vryocn fs a frutt £ onlp grotoeth 
in Malacea,anb is fo much come* 
beb bp thofe tohich haue p?oueb § 
fame, that there is no fruite in the 
too?lb to bee compares toitb it: fo? thep af* 
firme,that in tafte anb g®bnes it ercelletb all 
kino of fruifs,anb pet toben it is firft openeb, 
it fmclleth like rotten onions, but in the tafte 
the ftoeetnes anb baintinefte thereof is frpeb. 
3 !t is as great as a Mellon, outtoarblp like 
the Iaacka,toberof 31 haue fpoken, but fome* 
tobat ftjarper 0? p?teking, anb much like the * 
bufkes of Chefnuttes. It hath toithin it cer* 
taine partitions like the Iaacka, toherein the 
fruit grotoetbjbeing of thegreatnefleofalit* Annota. 
tie Rennes egge >anb therein are tbe$uttes d. p. 
as great as peacbettones. 'Chefruite is fo? 
colour anb tafte like an ercellentmeat, much 
tjfeb in Spainc, ealleb Mangiar Blanco, 
tohich ts mabe of Rennes fleflj, biftilleb toith 
£>ugar: Che trees are like the Iaacka trees, 
the bloffoms tohite,anb fometohat pellototfl?; 
the leaucs about halfe a fpanne b?oab, fome* 
tohat ftjarpe at the cnb, toiihin light grame, 
anb totthout barke gtene. 
In Ufttalacca there is a fruit fo plea- 
fant both for tafte and fmell, that it ex- 
celleth all other fruites both of lndia& 
Malacca , although there are many both 
excellent and very good. This fruit is 
called in Malayo( which is the Prouince 
wherein it groweth) Duriaoen , and the 
bloflomes Buaa, and the tree Batari : It 
is a very great tree, of folideand firme 
wood, with a gray barke^hauirig many 
braunches, and excefliue great ftore of 
fruit: the bloftbmeis white and fome- 
what yellow : theleaueshalfea hand- 
full long,& two or three fingers broad, 
rounde 
