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j^ftbeuaues of®ettrte 3 aitfc tijc fnttt^mca. 
A ftnota, 
2> 0 Pal, 
Annnota. 
D 0 Pal. 
fames ace in a maimer lihc £D^angc free blofc 
fames,tbe flotoje being b)!yitc,anD in tbe bot* 
tomcfonwtobat pelloio anorcDSt8j,tobtcb trt 
India tbep bfe fa? Saffron, tberetoitb to 
Djeflfe tbetc meats, anD to Sic nritb all as luce 
Doe toitb one Saffron, but it is neptberfa 
gooD no? of fo pleafant a fade, pet it ferttetb 
tbere fo? boant of tbe otber. 
Some fay, that the water of this tree b c- 
ing diftilled, is good for the eyes, deeping 
linnen clothes in ir,and fo laying them to 
the eyes. 
Cbis tree is founb in no place but in Goa, 
anD Malacca,^ in fonte other places, bobecc 
tbe $ 3 o?tingalles inhabiting, baue ptantcD 
!hcm,fo? that tbep firtt came out of Malac¬ 
ca into India s but tottbin the lanD there is 
Hone, tbep arecalleD in the Malayan tongue 
Singady, ttlDecanun,Parifatico , tnDe- 
can,Pul,oftbe Arabians Guarf,ofthe Per# 
fians anb Turkes Gul. Che caufe of this 
name,asthe 31 nDianslap, is,that a Gentle* 
man tailed Parifatico has afaire daughter, 
affoborntbc^umie became amorous, and 
to the end obtained his pleafurc of her, but 
not long after be fell in loue toil b another, f 
fojftDU hcr,tDberupon fyc falling into difpatre 
killed herfelfe, andaccojduigto the cuttome 
of the countrie her bodp boas burnt, of bobofe 
alhes thep fap this tree fp?ang bp,and fo? the 
fame caufe teas called Parifatico, anDtbere* 
fa?e thep fap hp reafon of the hatred it bea* 
reth bnto the &unnc,-tt ncuer b?ingetb fao?tb 
blofifome ozflotoje, but hp night, and in the 
Dap time fo? griefe thep pjefentlp fall off. 
The defeription of this Tree by 
Chriftopherusde Coda is fet downc 
in this manner: that it is of the greatnes 
andfimilitudeof aplummetree, with 
many fmall branches, feperated by di¬ 
ners knots and partitions, the leaues 
growing two and two together, and as 
biggeasplummetree leaues, foftand 
rough on the out fide, verie like to 
leaues of Sage, and inwardlie greene, 
and fomewhat iharp,but not fo vneuen 
on the fides as plumme leaues, ncyther 
yetfofullofveines. In the middle be- 
tweenethetwo leaues there groweth 
a little dalke, whereon are fiue fmall 
heads,& out of them foure little rough 
leaues,out ofthemidded wherofthere 
doe fpring flue fmall white blofiomes, 
ofthegreatnefle and forme of Orange 
bloffome$,but fomewhat fmaller,fairer, 
and fweetcr. The dalke feemeth more 
red than yellow, wherewith the Indi- 
The i .Booke* 
ans colour their meate,as wee doe with 
Saffron. The greene fruiteis of the 
greatnes of a Lupyne, and in fafhion 
like a little hart, fornwhat long and de- 
uided in the middle, hauing two pla¬ 
ces wherein the feed doth lie, which is 
alfolike a hart,and asbiggeas the feeds 
of Saint Iohns bread, couered with a 
greene Skin, and fomewhat bitter. Of 
all other Trees thefe are the pleafanteft 
offmell, fo that they bee not handled, 
for if they be, they doc prefently loofc 
their fweetnes and fmell. The Indians 
are of opinion, that thefe flowers doc 
quicken and comfort the heart, but 
they are fomewhat bitter,the Heathens 
likewifedoe account the feede among 
their medicines that ftrengthen the 
hart.The flowers may be vfed in meat, 
the feed hath oftentimes bin caried in¬ 
to Portingall,and there lowed, but nc- 
tier would grow, what meanesfoeuer 
they vfed, the flowers fall off when the 
funne rifeth as Clufius faith, eyther by 
reafon of fome contrariety,or becaufe 
of the fubtill nature of the fap, which 
the beames of the S unne doe drie and 
confume: forthofewherontheSunne 
fhineth not, flay fomewhat longer on 
the tree.Thefe flowers are very careful¬ 
ly gathered, whereof a very fweet and 
pleafant water is diftilled, which is cal¬ 
led water de Mogli, fome of this feede 
was brought me out of India by Iohn 
Hughcn, which I fowedinthegroud 8 
but it came not forth. 
The Chapter. 
Of the Bettcle leaues, & the 
fruit Arccca. 
l£e IcaueflcalleD Bette- 
teQ? Bcttre, tobfrb (g> 
berpcommon in India, 
anODaplp eaten bp tbe 
SnDians, Doe grofo to 
all places of India, 
tobere tbe po?tingals 
)aueDifcoucrD,not faith 
to tbe countrie, but onlp on tbe fea coaff, bn- 
leffeitbeefpmefmall quantitie. 3t fnfllnot 
grofaein colDplacrs,as Chma a no? in cucc 
fjot pta«s,as Mofamb ique ana Sofain, an® 
became 
