104 mffttXxtti 
fe?ancbes, atiD gill geo to botone til tbep come 
to eartb, anb there take rate againe toitbin 
fbe grounb,anbCili increafe toitb cartes, that 
ittsatoenber. SCtjis tree Ijatb no fruit tbat 
is too?tb tbe eating, but a fmall kino of fruite 
like ©lines, g gob fo? nothing but fo? bir&es 
toeatc* 
-4nBota, Carolus Clujius that hath written ve- 
x», Pal. f y diligently 0 fthis tree, nameth it by 
authoritie out of Plinie , the Indian Fig 
tree, and faith, it groweth very high, 
firftoutofa ftraightthicke trunke, or 
body that afterwarde yeeldeth many 
fmall and thinne twigges, which being 
young and tender,are of a gold yellow 
colour, and growing downewardes to- 
wardes the earth,doe waxe againe like 
young Rufhes, and fb make as it were 
new trees again,which in time become 
as thicke as the firft, fo that they cannot 
eafily be difeerned one from the other, 
fauingonelyforthe compafle thereof, 
which in the ende proceedeth to the 
thicknefte of three mens fadomes: out 
ofthc which roundnefie or circuit on 
euery fide there groweth other rootes, 
andfo to an innumerable number, fo 
that this tree doth couer fometimes a 
little Italian mile, and doth not onely 
fpi ead from the loweft branches down 
againe into the ground, but alfb from 
the higheft, whereby that one tree fee- 
methtobeathickewoode. The Indi¬ 
ans that they may go through this tree, 
do cur away fome of the branches,and 
make as it were galleries to walke vn- 
der, and to keepe them from theheate 
of the Sunne, becaufe the tree is fo full 
of branches, that the Sun cannot fhine 
through it, and by reafon of the many 
crookinges and wayes that are vnder 
this tree, there are many foundesofa 
great Eccho hearde vnder the fame, fo 
that in many places it will repeate a 
mans words three or foure times toge¬ 
ther. HethattoldeC/«/?«rofthis tree, 
faide,hee hadleene 800. or 1000. men 
(whereof hee himfelfe was one) hide 
themfelues vnder one of thofe trees , 
faying further, that there were fome of 
thofe trees which might well couer 
3000, men vnder it: the leaues which 
the new branches bring forth, are like 
the leaues of the Quince trees: the out- 
Thei.fiooke. 
fide green,the infide whitifii & rough, 
as if they were couered with Wooll: 
whofc leaues are much defired by Ele¬ 
phants, who therewith are nourifiiedjr 
the fruit is like thefirft ioint of a mans 
thiimbe, and haiie thefafhion & forme 
of little finall figges,reddifh both with¬ 
in and without,and ful of little greines 
like common figges.* fweet of tafteand 
good to be eaten, but dot fb pleafant as 
our common figs.* they grow between 
the leaues & the new branches, as our 
Figges doe: it groweth in God, and in 
fome places bordering on the fame.' 
alfo Clujius faith out of Curtius , Plinim 
and Strabo , that thofe trees were alfb 
knowne of the auncient writers. Hee 
that defireth to know more hereof, let 
him reade Clujius in his Chapter of In¬ 
dian Figges. 
SDfjerc are fit India otber foontserfall at® 
ftrtcke trees, tobcreofOpppes are mabettbere 
are trees bp Cochiinrtbat are calleb Angelin 
na, tobereof certainefcufes 0? &>ktffes called 
Tones are mabe: there are of tbofeTones 
fbattoflUabefo them at tbeleatf 20.0^30; 
pipes of toater, anb are rut out of one pike 
oftoaio, toitbontanpp&ceo? feame, o?anp 
tomtes: toberebp menmaptoelt conjecture 
the tbickneffe of the tree, anb it to fo Crons 
ana barb a toobe, that 3ron in trad: of time 
tooulb bee confumcb tberebp,bp reafon of the 
harbncflPe ofthc tximbe. SEbere are alfo ouce 
all India manp&ugar Canes in all placed, 
anb in great numbers,but not mticb cSeemeO 
of: 1 all along tbecoattof Malabare there 
are manp tbieUe &ecbs,fpeaallp on the coaC 
ofChoramandel,tobicbHeebes bp tbe 3 !n<» 
bians are calleb Mambti, anb bp tbel£o?tin* 
gales Bambu: tbcfc Mambus baue a certain 
matter toitbin them, tobicb is (as it lucre) 
the pith of it, fneb as ©tulles baue toitbin 
tbcm,tobtcb men take otrttoben tbep make 
tbem pennes to to?tte: the 3nbians call it 
carMambu, toljtfb id lid much to fap, 3 d 
^ugar of Mambu, anb is a berp mebicina* 
bletbmgmticb eCeemeb, anb tnucb fougbt 
fo? bp the Hrabt'ans, prfians, anb £pai?cs, 
that call it Tabaxiir. 
Tab ax Jr is a Perfian word,& fignifi- Annota a 
eth no other thing but a certaine white D ' " 
or milke moifture, for any fap or moi- 
fture cleaning together is called Sacar 
Mambu^ecAufe the reeds or branches, 
which bring forth the fame are cal¬ 
led c Jltambu: the trees whereon 
Tabaxijr groweth, are fome as great 
as 
