&>f ftaittaitfcttccatffi^ttre. 
b>D,but tfje bell Ctuet commeth from Myna 
inthecoatt of Guynea, tohich lie berp faire 
anbgmb. 3ft is the finest that p?occebeth fro 
the Cats called Ctuet Cats, tohich aremanp 
times b?ought ouer aliue, both into Spaine, 
ano alfo to thefecquntrics, but bccaufe it is fo 
fufficientlphnotonebntofcs, 31 toill leaue to 
fpeake thereof, anb p?oceebe to other fptces, 
hcarbcs,anb b?«gges of India. 
Ciuet groweth in the outermoft part 
ofthe coddes of a certaine bead, which 
^nnota, thcrof hath her name,& is called a Muf- 
D. Pal. cat,andasHughin very welUaith, is the 
fweat that groweth or ingendreth in the 
hinder part of the bead, and is hotteand 
moid,being laid vpon a womans nauill,it 
healeththe riling of the mother, and ma- 
keth women apt to lcacherie, 
71. Chapter. 
<9 
Benioin. 
Enioin ts a kmbe of ttuffe, 
like jf rankemfence $ $pir, 
but mo?e ettameb, fo? it 
ferueth fo? manie mebb 
cines anb other thfages. 
Benioin by reafon 
of the fweet fmell, com- 
forteth the heart,the head,and the brain e, 
it clenfeth>the head from all fuperfluous 
humorsjfliarpneth the witbeeingfmelled 
vnto i it is good to be vfed when difeafes 
begin to goe away. 
0 s tohen thep make balles o? paces of 
$mber, anb spufkc,thep mutt altoaies haue 
Benioin toith it to make it perfect, it groto* 
ethmuchinthekingbomeof Syan in the 31* 
lanb Of Sumatra ,in the 3!flant>S Of Iauas, (f 
the countrie of Malacca,thep are high tras 
full of b?anches,tuithleaues like lemmon tree 
leaues, toith a thiefte« high ttemme o? Hock 
in the mt'Dblc, from tohence p?ocabcth the 
€»nmme,tohich is the Benioin. ©Elhen the 
tree is peung, then if palbeth the bett B eni* 
oin, tohich is blacbtflj of colour, anb of a berp 
ftoeet fmell,anb is called Benioin, de Boni# 
* nas, thatisfofap, Benioin ofthejflotoers, 
bccaufe of the perfect fmell.Chefeconb Ben# 
ioin is calleD benioin Amendoado, that 
is Benioin of Almondes , becaufe it is mir# 
eb toith peeces of tohite benioin among 
theblachejiketo Almondes that are cut in 
peeces. Chis B enioin is not fo g(DO,becaufc 
the tohite Benioin is of the old trees, ano is 
not fo ttrong no? of fo goob a fmell as the 
blacke,but is mireb tuith the blacke, becaufe 
it fljoulb be fold the better. Chefettoo fo?tes 
of s emoin are the bett, anbmuch Web anb 
The i.Booke. 
0® 
cariebinto Arabia,Perfia,thc lanb Of Balia# 
gare,China, anb other places, as alfo into 
Porringal, jpott part of this Benioin groto* 
eth in thecountrp of Sion, anb bp Malacca* 
there is other benioin tuljich is too?fe, ano 
grolneth in the Bllanbcs of Sumatra, anb la# 
uas. Che inhabitants of the countries Inhere 
it grotoefh call it Comingion , the Mores, 
anb Arabians call it Louaniauy (tbhich IS as 
muchfo fapas frankenfence of /aua.) Che 
Decanims anb Ballagaters call it V do,theg> 
cut the tm anb branches full of 0ifs,fo make 
the Benioin the better tocomefoo?th, it is 
much trafficqueb totthall th?oughout 3|nbia s 
fo? it is one of the cettliett bmgges in all the 
j©?ient, becaufe it crceilefb all other in ftoat- 
nes. 
The 72, Chapter* 
Of Frankenfence and Mirre. 
iKankinfence grotoeth in 
Arabia, anb is calleb £o* 
uan, anb bp Auicenna 
Conderritis thegumme 
tbatflotoethoutofthebo# 
bits of the trees, likeBe* 
nioin: the bettjfrankfo# 
fence grotoetb Upon the tras that ffanbe on 
hikes, anb ttcnp rockes,anb ttonp places: fo?, 
thofe tohich geotoe in tbefielbesanb tnflaf 
grounbs peelb not fo gcob jfrankinfence: thep 
haue fo great quantitie of it, that oftentimes 
thep marke their Ojcepe toithall, as if it toere 
13itch, SCarre, 0 ? Uofin: from thence it is 
earned into India, China,anb other places in 
great abnnbance, anb herp go)b cheape. 
Frankinfence is of two forts,one white^ 
that is round and like vnto drops, which ' 4ano ^ 
is the bed,and called the made: .the other 
blacke,which is not much worth but only 
in fmell. In /ndia and with vs they vfe 
Frankinfence againft the loofencs of the 
bellie,fickenclTes of the head, Catarrhes* 
furfcits,and parbraking,& is good for fuch 
as fpit blood,it filleth vp hollow fwellings 
6c healeth frelh and bloody wounds; 
spirre bp the fnbtansis called Bola, it 
grotoeth in the fame that benioin anb fran# 
kinfence both, anb commefh alfo out of Ara# 
bia Fxlix,but mott out of the countrie of A# 
bexin from the intoarb parts of the countrie, 
IpingbettoeeneMofambique, anb the reb 
fca,tohtch is called Prelter Iohns lanb, anb 
from thence b?ought into India , anb other 
places. 
Mirreis vfed in medicines , to driue Annoea - 
downe the Flowers and thefruiteofwo- D<> p a j^‘ 
men,alfo for old coughes,fcil: laskes, 6c for 
bloody Flixes. 
The 
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