Jaaou. , 
P. fall. 
£>f of ilttoitegs. 
gfntobctfpe, thenfhepffoell, anD tbefirtt 
iftell o? buike bnrlfetb to paces,anD tbe $\xt* 
fheggeflotocrs Doe continue reo&e, asanp 
g>carlet,Uibicb is abetie fairefigbt to bebolo, 
efpeciallp if tbe trees bee fall offrnite. §>ome# 
times alfo the space faeaketb, fobicbistbe 
caufe that tbe #ufmegges,come all together 
toitbout tbe £g)ace,anD fobentbe $utmcgge 
Drietb, then tbe space falletb o ft, and tbe teo 
cbangetbinto£Djenge colour, aspottfe bp 
tbe Space that is faongbt betber^be Jlanos 
tobere tbep grofo, fpeciallp Banda, are berp 
bnbolefome countries, as alfo tbe jlanDS of 
Maiuco,manp that traffiqae tbetber Die be# 
foje tbep Depart from tbence,o? if tbe|> efcape, 
tbep arc in great pcriU of tbeir lines, bp ficfe* 
neflTe, nottoitb ffaneing great gaine ittafsetb 
men to trauell tbetber. SCbe $ntmegge (bp 
tbe inhabitants of Banda, &bere depart 
tnoff groining) is called Palla, and tbe space 
o?#utmegge flotoer,Bum Palia.Cbe fie#- 
canijns and Indians call it Iapatry , and tb* 
space lay fol. 
The trees whereon Nutmegs and 
Mace do grow, are not vnlike to Pearc 
trees, but ihorter and rounder leaues, 
they arc good for paine in the head/or 
the mother and the SincweS. 
TheiVut iscorilpafled about with 
three kinds ofBarkes . The firft&oe- 
termoft is likethe greene fliell of an A- 
come, and when they are ripe that (hel 
openeth: then you find a thin (hell or 
barke like a Nutte, which eotnpaficth 
the finite, and By vs is called Mace, 
which both in mcate and Medicine is 
verie feruiceable and wholefome. The 
third fliell is harder and more like vnr 
to Wood then the firft, and is likethe 
Acome,but that it is blacker, which 
being opened,you findthe Nutmegge 
therein. 
When thefruit is ripe, and that the 
firft fhell breaketh open, then the Mace 
is of a moft faire red colour, and when 
the fruit is drie,thc Mace likewife doth 
change, and becommeth a Golden 
yellow. 
There are two forts ofN utmegges, 
one long, which are called Males,’the 
other round, which are better & ftron- 
ger. 
The Nutmegcomforteth the brainy 
fharpneth the memorie, warmeth and 
The i-Booke. 
ftrengthneth the Maw, driuethwihde 
out of the body,maketh efwcet breathy 
driueth downe Vrine , ftoppeih the 
Laske,and to conclude,is good againft 
all colde difeafes in the heade $ in the 
brainey the Mawe , the Liucr arid the 
Matrice. 
The Oyle thereof is bettet then the 
reft, fdr all the af ordaid named infirmr 
ties. .. 
Mace is fpecially good for a colde 
and a weake maw,it procureth digefti- 
on of the meate, dricthvp allcuillhu- 
mors and breaketh wind. 
The 6/. Chapter. 
Of Cdfidmowum 
0rDamomnm is a bfnDe s$ 
fptce tobicb tbep bfe much ft? 
V India tO DjCtfe faith tbefa 
meates,anD commonl£tbeg 
--banc it fti tbeirmontbes t® 
ebato boon. at is berp g®D againtt a ftinck# 
iflg U^KJti} SOm CHIU gUUIIJjB ill 
fernetbalfofo? other things in mcDecmcs; if 
grotoetb like other gcapnes^nD is berie like 
toPanyke, but ofa fabite colour Djatotng 
fomefabat totoacDS pealofa. SEbe bufRes are 
as great as the bufaesof Panykcgraines, 
but fomefobat fmahbjitbftt there is about i o 
oj 12 graines ofberrpes, tobicb is tbe Car* 
Damomnm. 'Sberearettoo fo?fs of CarDa# 
momnm,tbatisfofap, great anD fatall, anti 
calleDbptbe Malabares,EtremiUy:tbe Gu# 
furates, Dccaniins $ Bcngalers calit Hil. 
m the spozes inhabiting among them, call 
it Hilachij. is much bfcD in India,an® 
is a marcbanDife tebicb is carpeD into all 
places of India: moft of it grotoetb in Calc^ 
cut anD Cananor,places on tbpeoaff ofMa^ 
labar.it is tikeboife in other places of Mala# 
bar, anD in tbe BllanDot Iaua, anD from tbti 
countries afojefaio it is moil carpeD into o- 
tber places,but little brought into fo?tingal, 
becanfe of the great charges, anD long tnapr 
pet manp times tbe Rapiers anD other fra# 
Hellers bringit.Cbep fietb no fleib in India, 
bntcommonlp tbep put CarDomomuminta 
tbe pot, it rnaketb the meate to baue as gms 
a fano? anD a tafte as anp of the ether fptce® 
of Indian 
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