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ft forth a candle, and fftfjcn ft fall out Ithe fine 
meale, ft is ga% but if ft be groffc lifte fande, 
it is not gcod: alfo being tbrofone into tfjc tea 
boat the tfiichneffe of a mans naile: then ttjcp 
fourmll) ft ouer forth broad ftrafo 0 ? drp Ku* 
tfces fo cunningly that all tbc focode is coue* 
redfortball,anditlbinetblthe Piaffe, rnoft 
jpleafant to bebold,and continnetfi as long as 
the foood, being focll Imftco bnt 0 : in this fort 
*bep couer all fttnde ofboufbolDc ftuffe in In/ 
dia,as Bedfteddes,Chaires,ffooles, $c. anD 
all rbeic turned tooodteorhc, fohich is toon* 
Herfol common anD mud) bleb throughout all 
India: tbefaprett foorUcmantbtppe there* 
of commeth ftom China, as it map be fame, 
bp all things that come from thence,as defhs, 
SCargets, Stables, Cubbordcs, 'Botes, and 
a thoufanD fuch Ithe thinges, that are all co* 
uereD and brought forth Lac of all colours 
andfaftnons: fo that it maheth men to foon* 
Her at the beautic and brightncs of the colour, 
fohrth is altogether Lac : thep lihefoife bfe 
Lac to fill their Colde and Milner foojhes, 
that is to fap, haf its of tmiues, ano other 
thinges, fohrth thep mahe berp fapre out* 
foarDlp of ^tluer, anD infoarDlp full of Lac. 
“Ebe Indians lihefoife are fo cunning, that 
thep mahe binges of ( 0 old, fohrth to mans 
Sight feme berp fapre and bright, as though 
thepfoereallof mafip €»old, infoarDlp thep 
are hollofo anD ftopt forth Lac, and cannot 
beepercepued, bnlefle a man bee aduertffeD 
thereof. Stbere is Lac lihefoife in Ballagat* 
te and Malabar, but berp little: the greatett 
quantitie fohich from thence is carrpeD 
throughout India, and all other places, com* 
stieth out of the hingDome of Pegu. 
The 69 . Chapter. 
OiAnnilot Indigo. 
Nnil or /ndigo bp the 
Gufuratcs is called Ga- 
li,bpothers Nil: it is 
a coftlp colour, and much 
carped and trafiqued into 
Portingall : it grofoeth 
in India in the kingdom 
ofCambaia :the hearbe 
is berp lihe Kofemarp, and is fofoed Ithe 0 * 
thee l§eatbes, and fohen time and feafon fer* 
ueth, pulled and drpeD, and then it is made 
foefte and beaten, andfo certapne dapesaf* 
ter drped againe, and then prepared. 3t the 
firft.it ts a fine grane, but after itisafapre 
bleto, as pou fe it fohen it commeth hether, 
and the cleaner ft is from earth and dutt, the 
better ft is to prone if it be good: thep burne 
Thei.Bookc, 
terifttffoimmeth it is gcod, but if it Gnhe ft 
is not gcod :this Annil foas more accounted 
of, and commonlp more foorth then Cloucs, 
both in India and in Portingall: the lung 
not long Cnee hath farmed it our, fo that no 
manmapbupitinlndia, nor bring it into 
Portingall but onelp the jfarmers, as thep 
do forth pepper. 
Annil or 2 as the learned Do&or 
earner Arias witneiTeth, which hath had Aflnot ^ 
fome of the plantes within his garden, d. 
hath sky coloured leaues, being like to 
theleaucsof the Hearbe whichin La* 
tine is called Barba louts , in Dutch 
Bonder baert, but fomewhat broa¬ 
der. 
The 7 o. Chapter, 
Of ^Amber 3 Muske , AlgallU 
or Ciuet. 
Mber bp feme men is 
thought to be the fome of 
a SSlhale fiflje: others 
thinhe it to bee the filth 
and dung of the Mhale, 
and others a certain hind 
ofBcturacn, fohich flo* 
teeth out of a foell that 
ftandeth on the fea fide, and caftcth § 8 mber 
bp, but ft is to bee thought, that it is nepther 
ofthefirft tfoo, for if it foere, men fljoulde 
continuallp finde amber in thefe Countries, 
fpeciallp on the coaft of Bifcay, fohere fo ma* 
np Shales aretafeen, pet is there no 31m* 
ber found in that place: it foere rather to bee 
befeued that it is a B etumcn or pitcb,procee* 
ding out of fome fountaine or Mell, or fome 
thing thatflotecth from the bottome of the 
&>ca,$ fo driueth bpenthe foater,becaufe it is 
found in fome places, and in fome places not: 
fohere it is moft found, and from fobcncert 
daplpcommethasfrom the coaft of Soffala, 
Mofambiquc,and Oil the COatt of Melinde 
or Abex: 3Jt islihefoiTefometimes found bp 
the31flandes of Maldiua , and the capede 
Comorijn, but not much, and not fo com- 
monlp as bp Soffala and Mofambique, 
Sphere are others that tbtnfee it to be a fpun* 
gte earth,of fome bnKnofone 3 !flano,drought 
or bidde cliffes, and bp force of the fea in time 
broken off bp peeces, and call bpon the Chore, 
itks 
