bccaufe ft is fo much bfeb, 31 bane particular? 
Ip fet it b ownc in this place,altbougb it is al? 
reabp fpohen of in manp other places ♦ jPou 
muff bnbcrffanb that this Bcttelc is a Icafe 
fomeWhat greater anb longer out than®? 
range Ieaues,anb is planted bp ff icks*Wbcre? 
bpon if climetb like jute o; pepper ,anbfo like 
tnto pepper,that a farre off growing each bp 
otkcr,tkepcanbarbliebec befeemeb. 31 bath 
no other frutte but the leaues onlp, it is much 
b;cflcb ano lookcb Onto, fo; that it is the bap? 
Ip b;eabe of India. Che leaues being gathe- 
reb boe continue long Without Withering, al? 
Waies ffjeWtng frelh anb greene, anb are folb 
bp the bojen,anb there is not anp woman o; 
man in all India, but that euerpbapeateth 
sbojen o; tWoof the fame leaues o;mo;e: 
not that thep bfe them fo; foobe, but after 
their mealetibcs, in the mo;ning anb all the 
bap long, aslikeWtfe bp night, anb as thep 
goc abjoabtn the (trades, Wberefoeuer thep 
be pou (hal fee them With Tome of thefe leaues 
in their hanbes. Which continuallpthepare 
chaWing. Cbcfe leaues are not bfeb to bee 
eaten alone, but becaufe of their bittemelTe 
thep are eaten With a certaine ftinbe of fruit 
Which the Malabares anb$o;tingalcs call 
Arecca, the Gufuratcs anb Decani jns, Su- 
parii , anb the Arabians Fauffel. SCbiS 
fruite groWeth on trees like the JBalrne trees 
that beare the $ut Cocus in India,but thep 
are fomeWhat thinner, With the leaues fomc? 
What longer, anb fmaller. Che fruit is much 
like thefruft that groWeth on Cipjeffc trees, 
o; like a jfiutmeg, though fome of them are 
on the one fibe flat, $ on the other fibe thick? 
er, fome being fomeWhat greater anb berp 
barb. Cbep cut them in the mibble With a 
knife, anb fo chaw them With Bettcle, thep 
are Within ful of heines,White, anbfomWbat 
rebbiflj. SEhcre is a kmbe of Arecca called 
Cechaniin,Which are leffe,blacker,anb herp 
harb,pet are likeWife bfeb With Bettcle, anb 
kauc no taffe, but onlie of tbeWoob, anb pet 
ifmopSeneth the mouth, anb coloureth it 
both reb anb blacke, Whcrebp it feemefb that 
the lips anb the teeth are painteb With blacke 
bloob,Which happenetb When the Arecca is 
not Well b;ieb. Chcre is another fo;t Which 
in the eating o; chaWing beeingfWalloWeb 
boWne.maketh men light in the beabe, as if 
tbepbab b;unke Wine all the bap long, hut 
that is fame paff. Cbep hfe pet another mir? 
ture Which thep eate WitbalC that is to fap, a 
cake o; role mabe of a certaine Woob o; tree 
calleb Kaate, anb then thep annoint the Bet? 
tele leaues With cbalkc mabe of burnt opifer 
lhelles,Whicb can boeho hnrt in their bobics, 
bp reafonofthermallquantitie of it, all this 
being cbaWeb togeatber,anb the luice fWal? 
The I .Booke* 
l oWeb boWne into their bobfes,fo? all the re® 
thep fpit fo;fh, thep lap it is trcrp goob fo; the 
maW,anb againtt a ff inking b;cath, a foue? 
raigne mebecine fo; the teeth, anbfaffning of 
gummes,anbhcrp goob againtt the ^cbo;? 
bucke,anb it is mott true that in India berie 
few men are founb With If inking breathes o; 
tooth aches,o; troublcb With the s>co;bucb o; 
anp fuch bifeafes, anb although thep be neucr 
foold, thep alWaies haue their teeth Whole 
anb founb, but their moutbes anb teeth arc 
ft ill as if thep Were painteb With black blab, 
as 3 faibhefo;e, anb neuer leaue fpittlng reb* 
bilb fpiftle like bloob. Che Portingale Wo* 
men haue the like cuffome of eating thefe 
Bettelc leaues, fo that if thep Were but one 
bap Without eating their flcttele , thep per* 
IWabethemfelues thep coulb not line : peaj 
thep fet it in the night times bp their Bebbes? 
beabcs,anb When thep cannot fleepe , thep* 
boenotbtng els but chaW Bcttelc anb fpit if 
out agatne* 3 n the bap time Wberefoeuer 
thep boe fit,goe,o; ffanb, thep arc continual* 
Ip chaWing thereof, like £Drcn o; ftine cbaW* 
(ng their rubt fo; the Wb ole erercife of manp 
pojtmgale Wfonen, is onelp all the bap long 
to Walb themfelnes,anb then fal to tbe cbaW* 
ing of their Bcttele.SChcre are fome J 9 o;tin* 
gales that bp the common cuffome of their 
Wiues eating of Bettcle, boe ItkeWife bfc it 
^KUhcn the Sindian Women go to bifit one aw 
otber,tbe Bettcle goeth With them, anb the 
greateffpleafure o; entertainement thep caw 
$eW one to the other, is p;efent!p to p;efenf 
them With fome Bettele,Arccca,anb chalke 
in a Wobben bifl). Which thep Hope onelp fo; 
that purpofe. Chis Bettele is to bee folb in e* 
uerp comer, anbffrecte, anb Iboppe of the 
toWne,as alfo in euerp higb Wap fo; fraud- 
lersano paffengers, anb is rcabp pjepareh, 
that is to fap, fo manp Bettcle leaues, one 
Arecca $ fome chalke, anb manp times fome 
Cate fo; fuch as befire lo haue it,which thep 
commonlp keepe in their boufes, o; beare iw 
their hanbs in a Wobben painteb bilb, anb to 
eate in this fo;t, firff apceceof Arecca, anb 
Ca^c,WhichthepchaW, after that a leafe of 
Bettele,anb With the nafle of their thumbe. 
Which tbep purpofelp Wcarc iharpe anb long s 
not rounb as Wee boe, thep pull theheines 
o; fftinges out of the leafe, anb fo fmeare it 
With chalke, anb roWUng it together, thep 
tfmiff it in their moutbes anb chaw it* Che 
firff fap thereof thep fpit fo;th, anb fap that 
therebpthep purge the heab anb the maW of 
alleuill, anb flegmatickehtimo;s, anb their 
fpittle being as foWle as blacke bloob, Whfch 
colour p;oceebeth from the Arecca, the reft 
of the juice thep fWalloW boWne. 
Che 3 nbians goe conftnuallp in the 
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