£>f Clones. 
the Had ofS.Domingo'fof fpattifb into, 
into ismueb traflfirheD Ixjittjall uiSpame* 
toberefo;c that of the Ipoitingall Indies is 
to bjougbt out of the coutrp, becaufe of the 
log toap f great charges,« petit is better the 
other Cinger; asalfo all other fpiccs, met* 
tals, aim Hones, that are brought out of the 
Hmll Indies , that is out of the pojtin- 
gales Indies,arefo; gamnefle and bertue bet* 
ter then anp otber,tobicbtbe continuall fraf* 
figue hath fufficientlp made tmotone.Cbere 
isliHeUjifc much linger conferucD in $>uger 
tobicb commethoutof the countrie of Ben- 
gala, but the beffcommeth from China,itis 
tjerie gam to cate, ano much bfeD in India, $ 
btogbt.out of pojtingal into thefe countries. 
Ginger by the Arabians } Perfians, and 
Turkes is called Gengibilj. n Gufurate , De¬ 
can, and Bengala , when it is frefhe and 
green e y Adrac , and when itisdryed 
Sutte, in CMalabar both dryed & green 
Jmgi^ in Malayo Aliaa . 1 1 growcth 1 ike 
Water Lillies, or Sword-hearbe , but 
fomewhat blacker, with a rtalkeaboute 
two or three handfuls high., and with 
3 roote like a Lillie,not fpreading forth 
as Antonins CMufa wi iteth, and is not 
fofliarpc, fpecially that which grow- 
eth in Bacaim, becaufe of the ouer great 
moyfture. This roote is cut fmalland 
mixed with other rootcs, and fo eaten 
fcr SalJets with oyle, fait and Vineger, 
itisalfofodden with flefh andfiih. It 
goweth in all places of India, and is 
fowcd or Planted/or that w hich com- 
meth vp of it felfe, is not fo good. The 
Left and greateft ftore commcth out of 
Malabar , and by the Arabians and Per- 
m 
The Chapter. 
Of Cloues.’ 
ILoucs are bp the ftofgSS 
part of the Indians calledCa* 
lafur, aim in the Hands of 
Maluco, inhere thep arc ou- 
Ipjfound aim Do gcoto Cham* 
ke. Chcfe Jlanosare Sue, Ipinghnoerthe 
CqutnoettaU (me, as in the descriptions tber* 
of is Declared. 2Dhep haue nothing elfebuf 
Cloues, tobicb are carted fro thence,through 
out the too;ld, the trees tobereon tbepgroto, 
are like Bay trees, the bloffomes at the fir® 
tobite, then greene, and at the lafl red and 
bard, tobicb are the Cloues, andtobentbe 
bloffomes are greene, thep haue the pleafan* 
teff ftnell in all the too;ld. £Cbe Clones grot© 
berie tbtefee together and in great numbers, 
thep are gathered and then djied, their right 
colour, toben tbephre diie.ta a darhe peloto, 
andtogiuethem a blacHe colour, thep are 
commonlp fmoHed. SChe Cloues that Hap on 
the tree bngafbcrcd are thiche, aim Hap on 
till the nept peace, tobicb are thofe that are 
called the mother of the Cloues. and in the 
place inhere the trees Hand, there grotoetb 
not anp graffe o; graene f[3earbe at all, but it 
is tobollp djie, fo; that thofe trees djato all 
the mopHure bnto them. Chat tobicb the 
po?tingals call Barton , 0 ; toitb bs the floefee 
ef the Cloue,(and is the Halfcfe tobrtebp thep 
hang on the trees)ts gathered toitb the Clo* 
ues and fo thep are mingled together :fo; that 
in cj^faluco thep neuer garble tbetr Clones, 
but in India thep are manp times parted, 
though berie littleifo; thep are moH part foid 
fians it is much defi red, next it is the and bfedbntbduH, and Hate and all to* 
Ginger of Bengala , The third is that of 
Dabut and Bacaim and of all the coaft a" 
long, in the wilde fields and inwardly 
within the land there is little found. 
There is alfo fome found in the Hands 
o£S. Laurence and Comaro. Thevertue 
and properties of Ginger is, that it ma- 
keth a man, to goe eafily to the ftoole, 
and reftoreth a mans ftrength that is de¬ 
cayed. But it is found contrary in other 
Authors,that Ginger ftoppeth, for that 
it caufeth good digeftion, and fo laske- 
ments,proceeding ofrawmoyftneffe,is 
ftopped.lt heateth a colde maw,and is 
goodagainft humors, that darken the 
eyes,and is vfed in many medicines. 
The 1 . Book©. 
getber, but fuel) as are to bee fent to po;tip* 
gall are feuered and elenfed 3Che Cloues are 
fo hotte of nature, that tobenfocuer fbepi are 
madecleane, and feperated from tbetr Car* 
bitb, if there chance to Hand either Cubbc'.oj 
paple oftoater in the Chamber Inhere thep 
elenfe them, 0 ; anp other bcffcll toitb tome 
d; anp hind of mopHure, it toill toithin ttoa 
dapes at the furtheH be tobollp fohen out|anb 
djped bp, although it Hand not na>re them, 
bpreafonofthe great beate of the Cloues, 
that d;ato all mopHure bnto them, as bp ex¬ 
perience 31 haue often fecne.&be fame nature 
is in the bnfpunnc ^ilhe of China , fothaf 
tohenfoeuerthe Millie Ipethanp inhere in a 
houfe bpon the floto?e, that is to fap, bppoit 
bmjdes, a fo>te 0 ; ttoo abeue tl;e grcund,an8 
tbattbe flotoje is fpjinfeledaim couered toith 
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