ns 
lifee D?ifteso? Web lifee thinges, fo?itfs often 
times founo floating ano o?iuing in peeces 
often o?tWelue, ano feme of fiftp o? Optic 
pannes bjoaD. 2Chepfapthatin India ttjerc 
hath bin founO Whole Bfflanbesof amber. 
Which being Well marfeco bp thofe that founo 
ano DtfeeuereD them, Wherebp to come the* 
thcr agatnc ano lace thcrcof,When thep came 
a n , cf f to the fame place thep eoulo not flttoe them. 
* $n Anno ijf/, there Was a pace founo not 
far from the cape dcComoriin that Weigh* 
eo 3 o,quintales,anb be that font® it,thought 
it to be pitch, Whereupon he folo it fo? a Small 
p?ice, but afterWaroes being fenoWne,it teas 
greatlp etteemeo: IifeeWife oftentimes there 
commeth 0mbcr that is mingles With ffjels, 
ano all fpotteDWith the bung of *>ea foules, 
that flt tberon.’&bere is 0mber of a grap co- 
lour,With Whitifij baines,that is the bett: 'f 
ft is calico amber Griis. SChereis a feinbe of 
timber Which is perfect blacfee, but not fo 
much effeemeo as; the grap, to p?oouc if the 
0 mber be goob thep tfcuff pinnes into it ano 
thatitohicbpeeloethmoft opleisthe belt. 31t 
is much bfeo among the35noian Noblemen, 
ano binges in tbeir oaplie meates, thep We it 
UUefoife much to p:ouofee luff,anD to incrcafe 
nature, therebpto bee the mo?e apt fo? the 
fame, as alfo'in manp faire Wo?fees With 
muffee, Ciuer, Bcnioin, anO other (Wecte 
thinges mijceO together, Whereof thep mafee 
fine apples ano peares W?ought about With 
Bluer f golOjWhich thep beare in their hanos 
to fmellhppon, ano in haftesoffeniues, ban* 
blesofpsinparos, anOfacb lifee, Which thep 
mafee of filucr,ano amber Within the. Which 
sn oiuers places fhineth th?ough them-Cbefe 
ano fuch lifee Wo?fecs are herp common in 
India among therich ano mightie men of the 
eountrfe,as Well poians os po?tingales. 
A mbarium in Latine, Ambar in Ara¬ 
bians a kind of pitch, as the Author ve¬ 
ry well affirmeth, caft vp out of fomc 
fountaine that ftandeth in the bottome 
ofthe fea,which being fet in the Sunnc 
doth prefently become hard like other 
thinges that are alfo taken out of the 
fea,as Corall 5 &c. This Ambar by rea- 
fon of the fweet & pleafant fmell, doth 
comfort the head and the heart,and by 
thedrynes thereof, it draweth away & 
confumeth all watery humors out of 
theftomacke, andgoodagainftallfil- 
thieandfouleneffeinamans body. It 
cureth fuch as haue the falling ficknes. 
It is good againft the rifing of(the Mo¬ 
ther,being recciuedin and thruft vp in- 
Annota« 
D. Pal, 
to the body: to conclude it is good^br 
all old men , and for euery cold com- 
ple&ion* 
‘Kbc Almifca^MoiTeliat^? s^uffecat Co¬ 
meth from China: SCbep arcbeaffeslifee 
dfores,o? little Dogs,Wbicb being feilleD,ano 
beaten ano b?ufeo, tbep let them lie ano rot, 
blooO anofleib together. Which bone thep cut 
them in paces both ffeinne,flelh ano bleoo,aU 
mijceotogeathcr,ano therof mafee oiuers pur- 
fes,Whiehthep foWe inarounbfo?me, ano 
are in that fo?t carieb ab?oab f folo to oiners 
men. SEbofe purfes are eomonlp of an ounce 
Waight the pace, ano bp the po?tingales are 
calleoPapos, but the right Papos, ano per 
feet Moiieliat is the ballocfeeso? If ones of 
that bealf: the others although thep paCTe a* 
mongthem fo? MofTcliar, are not fo goooas 
thettones: thcrcfo?e the Chinars, Who in all 
thinges are herpfubtfll, ano fine Wo?fecmenj, 
mafee the purfes cleane rounD , lifee the 
If ones of the beafte, therewith to beeeiue 
the people, ano fo the fmner to p?oeure them 
to bup it, SThis bealf hath a herp Grange 
nature,ano great bnberffanoing, fo? When it 
tschafeO,anbperceiuethit felfenot able ante 
longer to continue in breath, ittafeeththt 
If ones bet Wane tbe tath ano bitetb them off, 
ano fo calfeth them aWap, as if it Woulo rap, 
if pon tome fo? them there thep are, t White 
the huntfman is bufie to lobe fo? them, fljet 
oftentimes efcapcth aWap ano faueth her life; 
2Che Chinaes are herp oeeettfullin felling of 
MoiTeliat o? Cpuffee, fo?thep falfifieitherie 
much, fometimes With £>ren ano CoWes li* 
uers,o?ieo ano beaten to poWOer, ano fo mip 
eO With the Mofleliar,as it is Oaplp founO bp 
erperience in fearching of it. When the Mof* 
feliat beginneth to Decap ano Irofetb the fmel, 
thep tafee it out of the purfe ano beate it hcrie 
fmall in a mo?ter, ano that bone being moilf* 
nco With the brine of a chiloe,] ano fo put into 
an earthen pot that is leaoeo ano cloafe If op* 
peb,ltWillp?efentlpbegooo againe, if there 
Wereanp goooneso? Ifrength left Within it. 
Some are of opinion,that muskegrow* 
cthat certaine times of the yearc about 
the nauell of a certaine bcaft, as if it were 
fwolne . The pale yellow is the beft, it 
ftrengtheneth thetrembling cold hart, Sc 
all difeafes ofthe fame, bccingdrunkeor 
fwallo wed. It clcanfcth the white fpots of 
the cycs,ic dryeth moift catharrcs,it com# 
forteth the head, & healcth the old aches 
thereof,proceeding of fleame, 
Algalia q? Ciuet ismuch founO in India; 
that is to fap in Benga!a,but becaufe thep ca* 
not leaue their hillanie $ falfifping thereof, if 
is not fo much elfameo, bpreafon thep mite 
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