flDf tbe^eatfjes&ettttoa, attn 
them by trauellers, and the Kings giue 
it to their Subie&s . To the rich they 
giue thereof being mixed with their 
owne hands, and to others they fend 
it by their feruants. When they fend a- 
ny man of AmbalTage or otherwife; 
there are certaine Silke Purfes full of 
prepared Bettele deliuered vnto him, 
and no man may departbeforcit be de¬ 
liuered him, for it is a figne or token of 
his palfe port. 
Bp the pictures hereafter follotoing pou 
map fa the figures of the fruites of Malacca 
Called Duryoens, $ £ tra Arbore dc Rays, 
o? rate fra, Uhctmfc tbetbickeKades,na* 
med bp the poftingnles Sambu, and bpthe 
Sindians Mambo ,teitb the fra called Ai bo* 
re Tribe, o? the fo?rotofulltra,as it is both 
bp Dap and bp night, andtbefratobereon 
Arecca Dotb groto,as itketeifc the Bettele. 
8nd becaufe pepper is oftentimes planfeD at 
the fate of the Arecca tra, inhere it 
grotoetb anD clpmetb bp round about tbe bo= 
Dp thereof, 31 haue fet it dotone, in the fame 
ojtcr as if groteefty Che deferiptton Inhere* 
oflbali in an other place bee ItytecQ, among 
the sprees anDDmgges of/ndia,as alfo the 
Reaches, feruing To? fbpficke, anD 0potbe* 
carte toare«c. 
The 6 1 . Chapter. 
Of the Hearbe Dutroa , and a Plant 
called Hcrba Sentida , or the feeling 
Hearbe. 
IDe hearbe called Dutroa, 
3is berie common in India, 
'and groteetb in eueriefietoet 
jtbe leafe thereof fstyarpe at 
ftbeende, lihethepointeofa 
'£>peare, and is indented on 
the edges lihe the leafe of Beares date, and 
about that btgneffc, hauing in if manp long 
ttyaces oi beincs,it groteetb toitbeut fade, 
e? moptture, and fometebat bitter and fmel- 
ling like a fcaddlty. Cbe flotecr o: bloOome 
of this pant is berie like bntotbebloflbme 
of IMemiarie in colour: and out of tbisblof- 
fome groteetb a bud, mucb like the bud of 
pspte, teberein arc certaine fmall kernels 
like the kernels of Melons, totycb being 
Camped, and put into anp meate,toine, tea* 
ter. 
and 
eaten o? djunke tberetottb, maketh a man, 
in fach cafe as if bee teere fcolifh o? out of his 
fatttes ,fo that he doth nothing elfe but laugh* 
Thei.bookc. 
109 
toitboufanp bndCrttanding 0? fence once to 
perceiue anp thing that is done inbisp?e- 
fence. Hno fome it maketh him Oape ad 
if he tee dead, in that ftyt he conunueth foi 
thefpace of tteentie foureboures: but if his 
fate bee teatyed teitbcoldeteater, then bee 
commeth to htmfclfe againe before the fteen* 
fie foteer boteers be erpired.Ons l^erbe the 
Indian andpojdngall teamen ofe much to 
giuebnto their hufbaitdes , and often times 
tehenfhep are difpofed to bee merrie teith 
their fecrete louers, thepgiuc if him, and goc 
inhisp?efence and perfojme their leacherie 
together, and taking their hufband bp the 
beard, thepteill tall him Cornudo, tetth 0* 
thcr fuch like iett es,tbe man not knoteing a* 
np thing thereof, but fitteth teitb his epes o* 
pen, not doing o? taping anp fbing,buf laugh 
and grin,like a fale,o? a man out of his teitss 
and tohen tfje time commeth that be reutuefh 
out of his tranfe, he knoteeth nothing tebat 
teas done,but thinketh that hee had flept 
^his^earbethe flauesbfeliketeifeto giue 
their matters and miftreffes, therbp to rob be 
them and to tyeake open their Chetts,tehich 
is oftentimes done, this Dutroa mutt bee b* 
fed in meafure, becaufe it is a kind of popfon; 
fo? if a man giue fa much thereof hee map 
tying a man to bis ends, bnlcffe fomeftrong 
andpjefcnf remedte be taken,bpfome confer * 1 
popfon o? purgation. 
The remedy thereofconfi Beth in me* 
dicines which caufe vomiting,for he mud 
call al out of his body,meate or what foe* 
ucr is remaining in his Afaw^Sc then take 
diuers purgations and llrong GliBers, as 
alfo hard rubbing & binding both hands 
and feete, together with letting bloud in 
the great toes, 
Shis i^earhe groteefh in all places ini 
aboundance, and although ft is forbidden to 
be gathered, 0? once bfed, nenccthelettethofe 
that are the principal fo:htdders of it, are fuch 
as daplpeate thereof, fo? their otenetetaes 
fakes, that tberebp thepmight fulfilltheic 
pleafures toith other men, tebicb is the com* 
monliuing of them all, fome fete ejcceptety' 
^ome men are fo bfed to eate and o?mk Du* 
troa, not knoteing of if, that fatting onelp ct 
the 3 iuiee of the lcaues, thep are p?efentlp in 
a tranfe, and fo the teifeisteeUaflured,an 0 
toithout all feare f 0 fatiffie her Intt.Shis and 
fuch like Reaches there are in India,and are 
mucb bfed, fo? that all the care 1 ttudie that § 
teomen and toiues of India haue, is Dap and 
nightfo deuife meanesto fatiffie their plea* 
fures, and to increafe lutt, bn all the deutfes 
thep can imagine, and to make their bodies 
the apter thereunto. Mhich to effect thep 
fettote all the dtuelittj inuentions andpjacti* 
% fes 
D. Pall 
