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toate, attboagb ft teucbetb not the &flhc,fn 
fbespojningall tijat toatcr frill bee intbe 
f&lke, fo?that ft Djafretb stall bnto it. Snb 
this triche tbe 3noians often tunes bfe to 
make their £>ilketoeigbbeauie, tobentbep 
feltt,fo? it tan neither be ten no? founb in tbe 
£>ilke. 25ut returning to our matter , tbe 
Cloues groin about tbe length of a great (hot 
from tbe &eaffte, and are neither pianteb 
uo?fet, anb nothing elfe is bone bnto them, 
but onlp toben tbep plucke anb gather them, 
tbep make tbe place bnber the trees berie 
cleane, 2Cbe tree mill not groto berie tlofe to 
the &ea fibe, no? farre from it, to? tbefe 3 * 
lanes are altogether compaffeb about frith 
the »>ea. When it is a fruitfull peare,tbcti 
tbe Clones are in greater abunbanre then the 
Icaucs. Mben tbep gather them, tbep bo not 
pluck them frith their banbs, but frith ropes 
tobicb tbep fatten about the branches, anb bp 
fo?ce tbep fbafee them off,anb bp tbat mcancs 
tbe trees are fo fpop!eb,that tbe nert pcare af> 
ter tbep p&lbe but little fruite: but tbe feconb 
peace then after enfuing,tbcre groto bp trees 
of tbe Cloues tbat fell bpon tbe greunb,toben 
tbep gatbereb them tfropcares before, like 
Cbefnnt trdes, anb tbep grotoe berie founb, 
becaufe of the great rapne that falletb in 
tbofe places: fo? tbofe 3lanbes Ipe bnber tbe 
Cquinortiall line, anb peelbe fruite fritbin 
right nearcs, anbfo continue aboue a bum 
b?etb peaces, Cbe time toben tbep are ga* 
tbereb anb b?ieb, is from September fo 3a* 
nuarie . Mbcn the Cloues are greene, 
tbep make geob conferues in £>ugar, anb are 
Uketoife faltebrin minegcr * fo kept in pots, 
anbmabcof A char, in tobicb manner tbep 
are cartieb into Malacca anb India. Cbcp 
liketoife biftill frater out of the gram Cloues 
tobicb is berie cojbtaU ) anb bfeb in manp tye* 
Dccines, Cbe Indian toomcn bfe much to 
ebafre Cloues, tberebp to baue a ftoate 
fc?eatb, tobicb ,tbe ^o?tingalcs toiuestbat 
btoell there, boe nofr begin to bfe, the leaues 
of tbe Clon^trfrs, are altogether like J15ap* 
leaues. 
Cloues grow on trees like Bay-trees 
both in forme andquantitie,faucone- 
ly that their Icaucs are fomthing letter, 
like Almonds or Willow leaues. They 
arefull ofbranches, and haue aboun- 
danceof bloflomes, which docturne 
thefe fruites, and are called Cloues be- 
caulein forme and fliape they doe re- 
femble aBirdes clawes. They grovve 
like the Mirtle-ttec vpon the Vttermoft 
branches. Cloues are much yfed both 
In mcateand in medicincs.Thepeogle 
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*Df £0&ce, folte, oi flowers 
ofAw* defire the gray Cloues , that 
hang a whole yere and more vpon the 
trees, and are no Males, as Auia doth 
abfurdly aduife,and as we of the com¬ 
mon fort doe, who couet the thinneft. 
When they are greene,they vfe to fait 
them, with fait and Vineger in Maluco, 
andfome they put in uger, which are 
veriepleafam to bee eaten, The water 
ofgreene Cloues diftilled is very plea- 
fant of fmel,and ftrengthneth the hart, 
likewifethey procure fweatingin men 
that haue the Pox* with Cloues, Nut- 
megges, Mace, long and black Pepper, 
fomelay the poulaer of Cloues vpon 
a mans head,that hath a paine in it,that 
procccdeth ofcolde- Theyftrengthert 
the Liuer, the Maw, and the hart,they 
further digettion, they procure euacu- 
ation of the Vrine, and flop lafeatiue- 
nes, and being put into the eyes, pre* 
ferueth the fight, and foure Drammes 
being drunke with Milke,doe procure 
luft. 
The 66, Chapter. 
Of Mace,Folie,or flowers ofNutmegges* 
and of Nutmegges. 
* i^utmegge fra? is like a 
I ]3eare tra? o? a ipeacb tree, 
but tbat tbep areleffe,anb 
1 it batb rounb leaucs.STbefe 
„ 1 tms grotoe in tbe Jlanb of 
£ Banda,not farre from Ma* 
luco,anb alfo in tbe Slanbes of Iauas $ Sun* 
da, from tobence tbep are carrieb to China* 
anb Malacca, anb alfo into India anb other 
places. SEbe fruite is altogether likegreat 
rounb peaches, tbe mtoarbparttoberecffe 
tbe $utmegge. mis batb about it a bare 
fljell like tocDb, toberein tbe $ut Ipetb loofe: 
anb this tooben ttjel o? bulke is couereb ouer 
toitl) Nutmeg flotoer, tobicb is cailcb qpace, 
anb ouer if is tbe fruite,tobicb toifbouf is like 
tbe fruite of a peach. 3®lben ft is ripe it is a 
berie cottlp meatc, anb of amott pleafaunf 
fano?. SCbisfruitc o? Apples are manp times 
conferucb in &ugar being tobolc, anb in tbat 
fo?t carieb throughout India,anb much eflte* 
meb:fo?in truth ft is tbe belt conferue in all 
India, anb is manp times b?ougbt ouer into 
po?tfngall, anb from thence betber. STbep 
are liketoife falfeb anb put in tEineger,tobicj| 
is much bfeb in Indio.Mben the $uttes be? 
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