j©f tfyttm caned ^rbo?e be maps. 
roundeand fomewhat hollowet out¬ 
wardly darke greene, and inwardly 
light greene, and fomewhat after a red 
colour. Itbearetha fruit ofthebignes 
of a Mellon, couered with a harde husk, 
with many fmaland thicke fharpe pric¬ 
kles •• outwardly greene,& with ftrikes 
downe along the (ides like the Mellon. 
They haue within them foure holes 
or partitions according to the length 
thereof, in each ofthe which holes are 
yet'three or foure cafes: in each cafe or 
Ihell a fruite as white as milke, and as 
great as a Hennesegge, but better of 
tafteandfauour, like the white meat, 
which the Spaniardes make of Ryce, 
Capons flclh, and Rofe water, called 
Mangiar Blanco, yet not fo foft nor fly- 
in ic, for the other that are yellow, and 
not white within,are either fpoyled, or 
rotten, by euill aire or moyfture : they 
are accounted the beft which haue but 
three Nuttes in each hole, next them 
thofe that haue foure, but thofe of hue 
are not good,& fuch as haue any cracks 
orcliftesin them. There are likewife 
(very leldome) more then tw enty nuts 
in one apple, and in euery Nutte is a 
ftone like a Peach ftone, not rounde, 
but fomewhat long, not ouer fweetof 
tafte,but making the throat harfli, like 
vnripe Medlers, and for that caufe are 
not eaten. 
This fruit is hot and moift,and fuch 
as will eat them,muft firft: treade vpon 
them foftly with his foote, and breake 
the prickes that are about them; Such 
asneuereateof it before, when they 
fin'ell it at the firfl:, thinke it fenteth like 
a rotten Onyon, buthauing taftedit, 
they efteeme itaboue all other fruites, 
both for tafteandfauour. Thisfruite 
is alfo in fuch account with the learned 
Dodlors, that they think a man can ne«* 
uer befatisfied therwith,and therefore 
they giue this fruite an honourable 
name, and write certaine Epigrammes 
thereof,& yet there is great abundance 
ofthe in Malacca: & the apples coft not 
aboue four Meruedies the peece,fpeci- 
ally in the Monthes of Iune, Iuly and 
Airguft,at other times the price is high¬ 
er. Here you muft note a wonderful 
The i .Booke* 
contrarietie, that is betweenethis fruit 
Duriaoen, and the hearbe Bettele, which 
in truth is fo great, that if there were & 
whole fliippe,flioppe or hOufefull of 
Duriaoens , wherein there lay certayne 
leaues oiBettele , all the Duriaoens wold 
prefently rotte and bee fpoyled. And 
likewifeby eating ouer many of thofe 
Duriaoens, they heat the Maw, & make 
itfwell,andoneleafe oiBettele , to the 
contrarie, being laide coldevpponthe 
hart, will prefently ceafe the inflamati- 
on,rifingor fwelling ofthe Maw. And 
fo if after you haue eaten Duriaoens t 
you chance to eat a leafe or two of Bet- 
tele, you can receyue no hurt by the 
Duriaoens, although you haue eaten 
neuerfomany. Hereupon, and be- 
caufe they are of fo pleafant a tafte, the 
common faying is, that men can ne¬ 
wer be fatisfied with them » 
The y 8. Chapter. 
Ofthe tree Arborede Rays, that is,roo£ 
tree, and the Rambus or reede of Jndia 4 
fere fa a free fit India 
called Arbore deRays^ 
fbat fs to Tap, a of 
rentes: this tree is berp 
tuonderfull to beholde, fo? 
_thattoheftgrotoeth gf® 
bp like all other freehand fpjeadeth the b:an- 
chesUhe $ branches grotu ful of r®fs,$ groin 
dofontoards again tofoards the earth,fohere 
thep take rate againe, and fo are faff againe 
fcrithin the ground,and fit length of tfme, the 
loader the fede and that the Ranches doe 
fpjeade themfclucs, the mo?e rots doe hang 
Upon the branches,and feme a farre off to bae 
cojdes of ^entpe, fo that in th$ ende the tm 
conercth a greatpeece of ground,and croffcth 
one roote toitbin the other like a $ 0 afe. a 
haue fene trees that haue contained at the 
leaft fome thfrtfe o: footle paces in ccmpaffe, 
and all out of the rentes tohich came from 
aboue one ofthe brunches, and loere faff 
grofoneand had taken rote againe toithui 
the earth, and in time toared fo thicke, that 
ft could not be dtfeerned, tohiefi toas the chief 
o? principal trunke o? bodp of the trajfh fome 
placespoumapcreepebetfoeene the rates, 
and the mo?e the tree fp?eadeth, fo much the 
moiedoethe rotes fpnng out of the fame 
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