ic& c>f Cinmnoit^tppe^dsmaet and Clones. 
cerfamefruife of the greafnes of black po?> 
fsngaU^Uues, thereof aifo ©pie is made, 
tobicb is bfed fo? manie tbinges. free 
batb ttoo barkes, but ttjc fecond bath is tbe 
Cinamon M is cut off in fourefquare paces, 
and fo Into to d?p,at tbe firff it is atbe colour, 
after as it bcginnetb to tup, it roulletb toge¬ 
ther of it felf, and l®ketb of tbe colour as it 
conunetb betber, tobicb pjocaoetb of tbe 
beateof tbe&umte. ^be tree from tobence 
tbe barke is taken tbep let itffand, stoitbin 
3 peres after it batb an other barkers it bad 
before. SDbefe trees are in great abundance, 
fojtbep grotoof tbemfelues toitbout plant* 
ing,in tbe open fields Ithe bulges: tbe rate of 
tbis frapaldetb a toater,tobicb fmelletb Uhc 
Caraphora 5 (t is fo?bidaen to be d?aton fo?tb, 
fo? fpopling tbe trces.SCbe Cinamon tbat is 
not toe! toted is of afbe colour,? tbat tobicb is 
suer much toped, blackifb, but tbe beff toped 
is reddifb: tbere is much and excellent toater 
diffilled out of Cinamo tobile it is half gr&n, 
tobicb is mucb bfed in India, ? manie times 
carped into Portingal, and other placesnt is 
berp pleafant both to djtnhe and to fmell, but 
berp bote ana ffrong: it is bfed againff tbe 
Coliche and other difeafes pjoedding ofcold* 
it isliketoife g®d againff a Cinching b?eatb, 
and euiU fauo? of the mouth* Sphere is like- 
toifea toater made of tbe bloffomes of this 
tree, but not fo g®d, no? fo toell effeemed as 
that of Cinamon it felf. SEbe places tobere 
Cinamon grotoetb, ismoft and beff in tbe 
3 lad of Seylon,toberin there is tobole to©as 
full of Cinamon trees: in the coaff of Mala¬ 
bar there grotoetb liketoife great ffo?e and 
fome tocods of Cinamon, but not half fo good 
and leffer trees, the barke being graper and 
thicker,and of final bertue. SCbe Cinamon 
of tbe 3 ElandofScylon(s tbe beff and fineff, 
and is at tbe leaff tb?ee times dearer in tbe 
p?ice. K\)t Cinamon of Malabar fs Called 
Canella de Mato o? toilde Cinamon, and is 
forbidden to be carried into Portingale : pet 
tbere is great quantitp fbipped, but all bndcr 
the name of Cinamon ofSeylon, toberebp 
it paffetb, and the lung bath bis full cuff ome 
as toell fo? the g®d as fo? tbe bad.Mben tbe 
Cinamon of Seylon is b)Q?tbin India j o o? 
60 jaardatoes tbe ©uintale, tbe toilde Ci¬ 
namon is too?tb but i o o? 11 jpardatoes: 
butitisallrcgiffred in India, fo? Seylons 
Cinamon, and papetb Cuff ome fit Lisbon, 
each ©uintale i y o? 1 6 Splrepes, as toell 
tbe god as the bad, and all otber fpices after 
tbe rate :?m there map be nothing fbipped in 
India, no not fo mucb as tbe flaues, but tt 
muff all be regtffred in Cochin: and fftbere 
beanptbmgfound,fobcb?Qugbt into Por* 
tinga l, and not regiff red there, it isfojfmt to 
Thei.Bookc, 
-rfnnota. 
D. rail. 
tbe &ing. SCbere grotoetb Cinamon alfo in 
tbeBllandsoflaua, andbp Malacca, butter 
rp little, and not fo god as tbat of Seylon* 
SCbe trees tobicb tbep burne in India, fo? 
tocod, fome of tbem are like Cinamon in 
burning,and fmell. 
Cinamon healeth, it opencth & ftreg- 
theneth all the inward parts, itisfome- 
what attra<ftiue,ftretcheth the maw e,and 
digefteth the meate, it isalfo'jvfcd a- 
gainll all kinde ofpoyfon, that may hurt 
the hart. Cinamon with Pennyroyall and 
B'moet water drunk driucth away the Volf 
^<rr, openeth the matrice, and maketh ^® eta ^ e 
women haue their flowers: itislikewife rdghctfor 
good againft and Catharres, that ehedifeafe 
fall downc from the head into the low- called the 
cr parts, alfo againft the Dropfie , and 
breaking or flopping of the kidneyes &c 0 
The wat«r and Oyle of Cinamon doe 
greatlie ftrengthen all the inward parts* 
as head,hart,mawe and lyuer.&c. 
The 64. Chapter. 
Of Ginger. 
linger grotoetb in 
places qf India, pet tbe beff,f 
moff carped ab?oad, fs tbat 
tobicb grotoetb in tbe coaff of 
IJMalabarfft grotoetb like tbto 
and poung $etberland rtodes of ttoo 0? tb?& 
fpannesbigb, tbe r®te tobereofistbe lin¬ 
ger, being greene,it is mucb eaten in India* 
fo? fallets, as alfo fodden in taineger, tobicb 
tbep call Achar,as 3 faid of pepper,and otber 
fruites tbat are bfed in tbat manertb?ougb e 
out al India:tbe time tobe tbep are moff ga* 
tbered and begun to be d?ied,is in December 
and 31 anuarie:tbep d?ie it in tbis fo?t, tbat is* 
tbep coner it toitbpot-eartb, tobicb tbep 
doc to ffop and fill bp tbe boles, andtberebp, 
f 0 make it continue tbe frefber, fo? tbe po# 
eartb pteferuefb it from too?mes, toitbout 
tbe tobicb it is p?efentlie confumed bp tbemr 
it is Itttleeff&medin India, nottottbffanamg 
tbere is mucb fbipped as toell to tbe redfea 
as to Ormus, Arabia and Afia,buf little fo? 
Portingal ,bccaufe it toill not faue § fraught 
and cuff ome: onlie tbe gunner of tbe 31 ndian 
Ibippes map lade and b?ing cerfaiuc ©um* 
tals toitbout paping anp cuff ome, tobicb bp 
tbe teing of Portingale toas of long tpme 
granted bnto tbem,and is pet obferueo: and 
tbis tbep map fcl f 0 marcbants,and fo bp tbis 
meanes tbere is fome b?ougbt, ofbertoife but 
berp little, fo? tbat tbe moff part of linger 
b?otigbtmfo Spain, cometbfrom Cabo ver<* 
dc ? tbe glands of ^.Thomas, Brafilia,and 
tbe 
