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^Df^antia 3 ^ubacbe,anu 
The 7 3. Chapter* 
Of Manna ancl Rubarbe. 
Anna commeth onf Of Ara* 
bia,anbPcrfia,bUtmoft out 
of the $?cufnce of Vsbeke, 
Ipfngbehtnb Per Ha tn Tarta# 
ria : the Manna £ fsb?0Ughf 
from thence fn glafTc mtalles is tn paces as 
btggc as pjeferueo kimonos, but of another 
fatyton, anb baue no other fpecfall fo?me,but 
ltkeb?okcn paces: ft is tottith* anb of tafte 
almoftUke ^ngar, but fometohat fulfome, 
ftoatfft} like J^onp; the perfians cal ft Xcr* 
caft, anoXcrkeP, that is to fap, mtlke of 
tras/oj ft is the fceto $ falleth bpon the teas, 
anb remapnefh hanging bponthe lcaues,UUe 
fejater that fs frozen anobangethfn b?ops at 
gutters anb pentifes: 35t ts alfo gathereb anb 
Rept in giaffe totals, anb fo brought fnto in* 
di<s anb other Countries, fo? in India thep 
bfe it much fn all fojts of purgatfons. SDhere 
is another fo?te of Manna calleb Tiriamia- 
biin o? Trumgibiin, bohich thep gather fro 
other leaues anb bearbes: that commeth tn 
fmall paces as big as I^empefab, anb fome- 
Sbhat bigger, bohich fs rcb f of a reDOtOj co* 
loun ^ome thinUe this Manna groboefh on 
the bobtes of the trees as d5umme both: ft fs 
much bfrb fn Ormus anb Pcrfia fo? purgatf- 
cns,but not fn India fo much as the firft fo?t, 
there is pet another fo?te, bohich commeth in 
great paces, boith the leaues among ft: ft fs 
like the Manna of Calabria. this tS b?OUght 
OUt Of Pcrfia fcntO Baflora,an#fo to Ormus, 
anb from theme into lndia,anbis the beared 
of all the reft* 2Dhere commeth alfo a Man¬ 
na that fs bought in leather bags, o? flafks, 
bohich in T urkey anb Perfia thep bfe to ribe 
loithall, i is meltcb like l^onp,buf of a bohite 
colour, ano fn tafte Ifke the other fojtes of 
i&anna, being altogether bfeb fo? purgatt- 
ons,anb other mebtemes. 
Annota. Manna very gently purgeth the gall: it 
D. Pal. eafethandmoyllneththe harlhncs of the 
throat, the breaftes and the ftomacke: it 
quencherhthethirfl:.- butbecaufe it pur* 
'geth but weakely, it is ftrengthened with 
Tymc or Ifop mingled withfomeflrong 
purgations,& maketh them to effeft their 
operations with more pcrfe&ion and po* 
wer,by meanes oftbc iweetnefle thereof, 
which is apter and more plyable vnto na? 
turc. 
IBut bccaufe ft fs no fpccral marebattoift, 
% fotil fpeake no mo?e hereof, but fo?tbat 
iuee are nofoetn tianbe tob mebfcfnes to 
Thei.Booke 
purged toil fap fome thing of the rate calleb 
Rhubarbe, although there fs no ccrtafnttc 
bobtj,c? fn bobat fo?t it grototlypet ft fs moft 
ccrtafne, $ ft fs not to be founb fn anp eoutrp 
but fn China, anb tn the fartheft parts therof, 
it fs moft bought bp lanb though the p?o? 
ufnee of Vsbeke, thereof3 fpake before: 
tohich 'P?oufnce Ipcth fn T artaria, anb bo?' 
berethonthe one Obe bpon China, anbfo 
reachcth behfnbe India tntoPcrfm <2Dut 
of this P?ouince ft cometh bnto Ormus, anb 
from thence fnto India : pet it is likebotfe 
brought bp boater, but becaufe ft fs not fo 
gab, anb both fatter rot anb fpople bp boater 
then bp lanb , therefore moft part of it fs 
brought bp lanb. SDhat bohfch is moft effee- 
meb f heft folb,anb greatlieft beftreb, cometh 
fnthfs manner, tbat is .firftfrom China, 
th?0Ugh Vsbeke, anb fo though Turkie, 
from bobence ft is carpeb to Venice, $ from 
thence into all theft countries, fo that the 
Rhubarbe of Venice fs better, becauft ft 
cometh ouer lanb, then that bohfch is brought 
fnto Portmgall,bccauft ftcometh bp boater, 
as alfo all thfnges anb herbes that belong to 
pbpficke, becaufe thep are better p?cfcrue# 
bp lanb then bp boater.thcp are little bjought 
bpfea, butftfsamarchanbfft that fs moft 
carpebbp lanb bnto Venice, as alfo becauft 
the po?ttngales beale not much therein, an# 
are little gluen to curioCttes,contetfng them* 
felues to beale boitb fuch boares as are com- 
monlie knobone to all men, boithout fcekuig 
ftirtber,fo? thep trouble not themfelues boitb 
other things. 
The 74, Chapter. 
Of the wood called Sanders, 
^ere are s.fojfs of San¬ 
der s,that ts, iBhitc,pclobo 
anbrebtthetohUeanbthe 
peaIobo,babtch is thebeft, 
come m oft out of the 3 lab 
of T y mo !,bohfch ipeth bp 
laua . 2Ehis ilatib hath 
boholctoffibsanb boilbcrneffes of ^antsers, 
both of bohtte anb pealobo, anb ft 6 thece ft fs 
carpeb thjoughout all India, anb other ecu* 
tries, anbtrafffekemuchtherebofth: there# 
^anbers grobaeth moft fn the coaft of Cho* 
ramandel anb Tanaflariir, bohfch IS tit the 
counfrfe of Pegu: the trees of s>anbers are 
like |iut trees,anb haueacertatne frufte b^ 
pon them like Cheries,at the firft green,an# 
after black, but of no tafte no? anp thing 
bootth, fo? tc p?efentlp falleth off,onlte § toot 
of § tra fs aceounteb oftbohich is the Sabers. 
3 !t ts calleb bp the Inhabitants of the coun* 
trp 
