Annota. 
D. Z»al, 
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ii4 £>f 8mfiw s otbettMfc called Upturn. 
Jfcenct) pocfees,tbe beff rootes arc tbe black* 
eff,tottb fcto knots anD tobite toitbim fo* tbe 
reDDilb are notfo gooD,tbe to©D o* tree tober* 
of it grstoetb is like a Dato*tbo*ne,ffraigbt, 
anD about tb*ec o* four's fpamtes bigb, t tbe 
route thereof is calleD tbe toooD of China, o* 
pocketoooD, )toben tbep arc greene tbep eatc 
tbem rato,anD being foDDen tbep taffe alrnoff 
like fugcr canes but not fo ftoeef. 2Cbe tree 
batb but feto leaues, but tbep are altnoft like 
tbeleauesof a poungj©*ange tree. SDbefe 
plants octrees in China are calleD Lamps- 
ton,as tbe Chinos tbemfelues Doe fap.SDbis 
fljall fuffice fo? tbis root of China fo calleO.be* 
caufe it is founDin noplace but in China, 
tobaf is mo*e fo be fato of if, 3 leaue bnfo tbe 
learneopbifitions, $ others tbat Deale toitb* 
all,anD baue better erperience thereof. 
Therooteof China is commonlie 
vfed among the Egyptians, not onelie 
for the pockesj but for many other difi 
eafes,fpecially for a confumption, for 
the which they feeth the rootc China 
in broth ofa henne or cocke, whereby 
they become whole and faire of face. 
This roote drieth much and cooleth 
fweate, itrefiftethcuill humors, and 
ftrengthneth the liuer, it healeth wate¬ 
ry and filthie Vlcers,and feurffes & Le- 
prie.Itisgood for a man that hath the 
pockes,and for thofe that are dried vp, 
and medicinable againfta hard and a 
great milt. 
Thc78.Chaptcr 0 
Of Amfion alias Opium. 
Mfion, fo calleD bp the 
pojtingales, is bp tbe 
rabians,$po?es,anD3ln* 
Dians calleb Aftion 3 in la* 
tineOpioo? opium: 3t 
commetb out of Cairo in 
Egypr,ara>OUtof Aden, 
fepon tbe coaft of Arabia, tobicb is the point 
cftbelanb, entring into tbe reb £>ea, fome* 
times belonging to the pojtingales, but 
molt part out of Cambaia, ^ from Dccan, 
that of Cairo is Lol)ttt(^,anD is calleb Mecc- 
rii,tbat of Aden anb tbe places bojbering bp* 
on tbe mouth of tbe reb fea,is blackifb f barb. 
SCbat tobicb commetb from Cambaia anb 
Decan is fofter anbrebbifh. Amfion is rnabe 
of fleepe ballcs o? poppie, anb is tbe gumme 
tobicb commetb fo*tb of the fame,to $ tobicb 
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enb it is cut bp anb openeb. SCbe Inbianf 
bfetnucb to oat Amfion, fpectallptbe Mala- 
bares, anotbetber itisbjougbtbp thereof 
Cambaia anb other places, in great aboun- 
Dance, l£ee that bfetb to eate it, mult eate if 
Daplie,otberb)ife be Dietb anD confumetb him* 
felfe, toben tbep begin to eateit,anD are bfeb 
bnto it,tbcp beate at the lealt f toentp o* tbif* 
tp graines in toaigbt euerie Dap, fometimes 
mo?c: buttf fo>foare o? flue Dapesbee chan* 
cetb to leaue it,be Dietb toitbout faile:liketotfe 
be that hath neuer eaten ffe anD toil! Denture 
at the firft to eate as much as tbofe that Dap* 
Ip bfetf ,it toill furelp kill him: (fo* 3 certaine* 
Ip beleeue it is a kinDe of popfon. &ucb as bft 
if goe altoaies as if tbep toere balfe a flaepe 2 
tbep eate mneb of itbecaufetbep toonlD noi 
felc anp great labonr o* knquiefnes toben 
tbep are at too*ke,but tbep bfe it molt fo* le* 
cberie: fo* it maketb a man fo bolD bis f«De 
long befo*e be IbeDDetb it, tobicb tbe SttDian 
toomen much Defire,tbat tbep map fljeo tbeic 
nature liketoife toitb the man: although M 
as eate much thereof, are in time altogether 
bnable to companp toitb a tooman,i tobolli* 
Djico bp.fo? it D:ietb anD tobollp cmletb mans 
nature that bfetb it, as tbe jnDians them* 
felues Doe toifnes: toberefoje [it is not much 
bfeD bp tbe $ obilitie, but onelp fo* tbe caufe 
afo?efaiD. 
opium is the iuice of blacke Poppie, 
and is of two fortes, one fweet beeing 
pretfed out of the leaues and heads to¬ 
gether, which the Greekcs call c Mcc*- 
mum: the other floweth or commeth 
out of the heads being cut,which is the 
right opium.Thax. which is heauy,c!ofe, 
fall and bitter in taftc, that which with 
the fmell of it prouoketh fleepe, & that 
which eafily melteth in the water and 
is foft,white,and without groflenes or 
kernels,is the beft Opium , and is by the 
Turkes called Maslac . They eate there- 
ofdayliethequantitieofa peafe, not 
thereby to prouoke fleepe, but to giue 
them courage,ipecially when they goe 
to war, thinking that thereby they arc 
made more couragious,and that when 
they fleepe they dreame that they fee 
many plealant places, and are in com¬ 
pany ofdiuers goodly wome: althogh 
it is commonly leene } that fuch as dayly 
vfe Opium^ arc very (till and fleepic, and 
very flow both in wordes and workes, 
fo that men know not howto 
dcale with them. 
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