Annota, 
T. Pal. 
£)f tljeXm caller* Xtifm 
as a Popler, and fame fmaller, com- fallen of an jSDlweleafe, 
monly hauing ftraight vpright bran¬ 
ches, fauing that Tome ofthe fayr eft of 
them are bowed for their galleries. Ar¬ 
bours, and other walking places: they 
hauemany ioyntes, each of afpanne 
length, hauing leaueslomewhat lon¬ 
ger then the leaues of the Oliue tree : 
betweene euery ioy nt there is a certain 
fweete moyfture, white and cleau- 
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Of the tree or reede called Rambus, Amnio*. 
fome ofthe Indians makefoutes or lits Dp fal * 
tie Skides, wherein two men may fitte. 
Which they doe not altogether make 
hollow within, but leaue two knots of 
partitions vnearued. In thofe feutes the 
Indians fit naked, at ecb end one,erode 
legged, & in each hand an oare, where- 
With they rule the boate and driue her 
of this opinion, that thofe Scutes are 
neuer ouerturned by the Crocodiles (al¬ 
though they come about them ; aso« 
thers are, but for thefe it was neuer 
heard of. 
The 59, Chapter* 
Ofthe tree called zArboreTrifie. 
ing together like Starch, fometimes fwiftlyagainfttheftreame, fpeciallyi.. 
much,fometimcs little: euery tree or theriuer called CrAnganor : and they are 
branch doth not bring forth fuch fweet ' * ’ • - - 
moifture, but fuch onelyas grow in 
Bifnagar, and in fome prouinces of Ma¬ 
labar. 
0 nbTberefo?e common!? in Perfia anb 
Arabia,tt is loetgbcb againff ftluer, ano is n 
marebanbifemneb tjfeo $ eficemeb among p 
fojefaibe nations: this grofoetb folthln the 
iopnfs ofthe reeb, $ Is lnbitc,anb fometimes 
Wachtfh,anD fometimes 5 Ub colopr. 
It is not therefore reieded or cad: a- 
way, becaufe it is blackidi: for this 
blackiihnedeproceedeth either by rea- 
fon of the fuperfluitie ofthe moyfture, 
or that it was too longinclofed within 
the tree, & not by burning ofthe tree, 
as fome are of opinion. Rhafes writeth 
hereofin his third book, and 36.Chap. 
and Serapio in his booke ofphificke, in 
the 342. Chapter, and Atticenmm his 
2.booke and 617. Chapter, who are 
ofopinion, that Tabaxijr is made of 
burnt rootes,but his opinion is hereby 
prouedto be fade. 
®he Jnmans life It again# the papne in their 
pjiute members, 0? fuch lihefccrefc bifeafes, 
as alfo again# hottc 02 burning feauers, the 
Colerica pafsio, ailD the tebbe Malifon, anb 
lafhuies, toith fuch like bifeafes. SChofe rriebs 
grofomottmtheCoaM Choramandel m 
Bifnagar, anb Malacca in man? places, anb 
In great abunbance: fbcpgrolneberp hlgh> 
anbareblutbcb in each topnt one knot from 
another, at the lead a fpanne anb a halfe,anb 
rather mo?e,anb are as thieve as a mans leg 
aboue the fence: f hep bo common!? groin tip* 
righf,anbmo# of them as high as tfecbigbe# 
houfe In the ilolxwountrics: the? bolo them 
man? times in groining,that the? map bjtng 
them Into a fojme 02 falhion to fcrtiefo? their 
Pallamkins, inherent the 19 o 2 ttngalles anb 
Blnblan &o?bcs are caricb, as 3 falbe befojet 
the leaues of thofe r&bes 02 Bambus grolne 
totbe one from another, anb haue almoff the 
The 1. Booke. 
Crcc Calleb Arbors 
T ts,thefo?roln* 
full tree. Is fo calleb, be* 
caufe It neuer beared? 
blolfoms but m the night 
time, anb fo It boeth anb 
contmueth all the peare 
long: it is a thing to be inonbjeb at: fo? that 
fo fame as the gwnne fcttcth,d)cre Is not one 
bloffbmcfecnebppon the tree, but p2efentlp 
Inithin halfe an houre after,thcre arc as ma* 
np bloflbmes fcppon it, as the SCree can 
beare: thep are tjcrp pleafant to bcholb, anb 
fmell hetp flnect,anb fo fame as the bap com* 
meth on, anb the £mnne isrlfiltg, pjefenflp 
all the bloflfomes fallow, anb court all the 
grounb, fo that there remapnefh not one to 
be fecne bpon the tree: the leaues fljtif them* 
felues clofetogether, fo that itfeemeth as 
though it inere beab,lmtill cuening commeth 
againe, anb then it beginneth to blotfome as 
it bib before: the tree is as great as a pum 
free, anb is commonlp planteb bchinbc mens 
houfes,in their garbeiis fo 2 a pleafure,anb fo? 
the flneet fmell: it grotneth her? quiefelp bp, 
fo2 that manp poung plantes bo fp2ing our of 
the rcofe, anb as fame as thofe poung plantes 
be aboue halfe a fabome high, thep haue p?c* 
fentlpasmaupbloifoms bppon them as the 
b2ancbes on the trees, anb although thep cut 
the treebolon to the grounb, pet Inithin leffc 
then halfe a peare there tnill b2auches fp2ing 
out of the rajte, anb lifeelnife if pou b 2 eafee a 
b2anch off from the free $ fet it in the earth, 
it tnill p2efcntlp tahe root anb groin, $ Inithin 
fete bapes after bearcth blcObms: the blof* 
fomi 
