ho jDf fpice&tytiss, ana other ttweiraries fo? $bpfiriotts. 
fes fbat map bee DetrifeD, as experience daplp 
maketb it mamfefflp knplnnejbp fuel) as tea* 
well in India, as 3 mp fclfe banc partlp tried. 
•Cbere is pet an other l^earbc in India, cal* 
lei) bp the ^Ojtingales Herba Scnticta,o? 
fa!mgl£carbe, the caufe Inbp it is called fo, 
is fo? tl/at if anp man paffelb bp it,and touch* 
eth it, c? tb?cinetb either £>and o? anp other 
thtngbpcu it pjefentip it becometh as though 
it Inere lnitbcrea,and clofeth the leaues toge* 
tber,$ cometh.not to it fclf, tf to his firff fo?ce 
agatnc as long as the man ff andetb bp if:but 
pjefentlp Inhen the man is gone anoturneth 
hisbacUe, it openeth the leaues againe,and 
becemmcth Utile, f faireagaine as though 
thep inere nelnlp grolnne: and touching it a* 
game, it ihutteth and becommeth tnitbered 
as before, fo that it is a pleafure to fee it, and 
and ff range to bee obferued. Slfotbereisa 
thing to bee Inondered at and fametb bnpof* 
£ble to fitch as haue not feme it: and this it is 
Iniihinthe tolnne and3ilandofGoa, at the 
one end of the tolnne, Inhere the ftine, £)jc* 
cn,£>bape, and all hind of cattle arc hilled 
and Caine, to be folde fo? meate fo? the inha* 
bitants, called Matauaquas : in that place 
there Ipe all the homes of the false beaffes 
fcattered and thotone about,as if thep Inere 
altogether bnp?ofitable, becaufe the Poittn* 
gals and Indians bfc them not, anditis Uhe* 
iaife a great diihoniour, and inturte to the 
^pamardesapd pojtingales, fabaueanpe 
be?nes,o? once to theln a borne ecb to other, 
o? to th.-oio it bcfoje his dco?e, fo? reuenge of 
mijtchact, thep Inould hill each other, and 
there is iharpe lufficebfed, if anp man doe 
offend in thatfo?t, bplhelning his neighbour 
the bo?ne, o? naming it bnto him, fo? that 
thcrebp thep meaite he is a man that is made 
ccoholbchp his Inife. Ehefehotneshauing 
lapne there a ccrtatne time, doe ifiche faff in 
the earth, (31 mcane the inner part of the 
ho?ne) and there it faheth rente as if it Inere a 
tree, as 3 mp felfe haue fane and pulled fo?th 
manp of them, that had rentes of tlno o? tb?a 
fpannes in length, Inhich Inas neuer fane in 
anp place of the tuo?lo. Che caufe Inhcreof 
hath bane fought and fearched bpmaup curt* 
ousfpeculato?s of ff range things, but thep 
could neuer find it out, and pet the earth is 
berteffonte, Mherebp tbofe ofGoa,moff 
oftentimes take it in gend part, to beare them 
felnes rcpo?ted to be the greateff Covnudos, 
o? Inearers of ljo?nes in all the InojlD,becaufe 
he?nes in other places map at once be put off 
but theirs of Goa haue taken rente,aud tber* 
fo?e it is impoffible to cut them cleane alnap, 
fo? that becaufe of the rentes, thep Initl p?e* 
fentlpgrolne t)p agafne, fo thatthepmuff 
tnith patience beare them as long ns thep 
The l.Booke, 
Wue. $nd herewith Inc Inill make anendof 
the defection of the trees, plants, and com¬ 
mon herbes of India, although there are be- 
rte rnanie, and a thousand fo?ts mo?e, Inhich 
mfafhions and Inondcrfuil effects doe much 
differ from the herbes ofthefe countries, be* 
caufe 31 knolne not the p?oper names of 
them, | haue onlie made mention of the 
commoneff and beff kuolnne. 
The <52, Chapter* 
Of fpices, drugges, plants and fluffes for 
Phyfitions and Apothecaries, that is 
the common fort, and fuch as are ordi* 
narily vfed in India,and of their grow* 
ing,and in what manner and place they 
grow,and firft of Pepper, 
epper is of diners fo?fs, 
thatistofap, blacke, 
Inhite,and long,pepper 
tS called Canariin: the 
blacke is the comoneff, 
audismoff brought hi* 
111 ther,and th?oughout at 
places of the Ino?ld. Che Inhite and long are 
likelnffe carried into other p!aces,though be* 
He little of it:but the pepper called Canariin 
is neuer carried fo?tb of India,, fo? it is not 
much eff anted: the blache pepper Inhich is 
the commoneff and the beff ,groIncthmoff on 
the coaff Inithin the Countrie of Malabar, 
Ibhich Coaff beginneth 12 miles £>outb- 
Inards from Goa, and reacheth to the Cape 
de Comoriin, and is the land Ipingon the 
fea coaff, betlnane the high land of Balia* 
gate ano the fea: further mithtn the land 
there grolneth none, and there is the place 
Inhere all the pepper is pearclie laden, Inhich 
is carried into Portingale , and from thence 
fp?ead ab?oad th?oughout all Ch?iffendome: 
ifrom thence alfo it is much pipped bp the 
Si5al)ometanes to the red fea, andbponthe 
landinlnards bepond Ballagate, as alfo to 
Perfia, Arabia,and all the countries bo?der* 
ingbpon the fame: ffnd although it be ex* 
p?efliefo?btdden bp the po?tingalcs, $ great 
care taken, and fo? the fame caufe coaff and 
feas along the ffjo?e are matched, that it be 
not flipped 0 ? fent out inithout their licence, 
pet is there great quantities carried fo?th, 
and fome times Iniththe Saluo-coiidudo, 
0 ? paffepo?t from the po?tingalsthcmfeIues«, 
SDhere grolneth kketnife much black pepper 
bp Malacca, and in the Hands of Sumatra* 
Iaua,Sunda, and other places, as in the de* 
fertption of the coaff and Hands 31 haue alre* 
die declared. Inhere alfo grolneth lobite JBep* 
