ns £>f Campftcoa ana xantatttao. 
The 81 .Chapter. 
OF Tamarinio. 
8 marftito grotoeth ui the 
moftj parts of all India, 
fpeciallie in the land of 
GuFurate and the $o?tb 
parts bcpottd Goatfhc M a* 
labares rail it Pulii: th$ 
The go.Chapter. 
OFCamphora, 
l^erc are tfijo fo?tes of 
Camphora, one ofBor^ 
neo (tohich is the belt,) 
the other of China q? 
Chincheu,tohtch IS no* 
thing fogcod: itgroto- 
efh on trees as great as 
$utte trees, and Is 
the gnmme tohich is toithtn the middle of 
the tree, and bp ftoeating and dropping com# 
metb out from the fame JChis Camphora of 
Borneo's llhctDtfe lit the |land Of Sumatra, 
and Sun da, as alfo In feme other places there 
abouts • 3 !t is of bigncOelthc a feedecalled in 
pojttngallMilho, and toith fisIlSarlep, of 
colour tohttiMt is offourc fo?ts, tohereum 
to the Indians fife certalne Wittes toith boles 
purpofelp made In them:the firff hauing final 
holes, and that tohich pafTeth through them, 
isthetoorff, the nert follotoing fits fome* 
tohat greater, and fo fo?th after that rate,as 
it is fatd before of pearies, and fo It Is pjifed 
accojdinglp. it commeth fometlmcs all fpot* 
ted 3 toith fome filth o? foulcnefle, to hich the 
£anianers of Cambaia knoto toell hoto to 
toall) atoap toith toater, g>ope,and the lulee 
ofilemons: tohteh bone, thep fet it to d?ie in 
fome ibadoto place, toherbp it is tobtter then 
it toas at the firtt, and hcepeth the former 
toaight. 3 t is ithctoife falfified toith other 
0 um o? poulder of other rotes, as the 3 nat* 
aus can toellhandle all their toares. €his is 
the right and true Camphora of Borneo,pet 
31 belieue there commeth fierie little of it into 
tljefe countries:but the Camphora of Chy# 
na, tohich commeth from Chincheu, fstn 
great abotmdance,and is brought in cakes o? 
balles,and is much carried into al piaces,and 
iberte good cheape. jfo? one pound of Borneo 
tstoo?th a hund?ed pound of Chincheu, ah 
though theChamphora of Chincheu (S mtr 
Cd toith Champnora of Borneo , and thep 
tmotohotota glue it a colour, infuchfo?te 
that it is both taken and fifed fo? good, and 
becaufc it is fo much fifed in medicines,! baue 
particularlp fet it dotone, in this place,as ab 
fa becaufc itisoneofthcp?tncipallett toares 
in India* 
The i.2ookc* 
GuFurates and the other Indians cal it A m* 
bilii: the Arabians, Tamarindii, becaufe 
Tamaras in Arabia, are the fame that toith 
bs toe cal Dates,and becaufc thep knoto not 
tohat to liken SUamartnto finto, better then 
finto Dates, therefore thep call it Tamar in* 
di,$ is .Tamaras o? Dates of India,tohere# 
fipon the pojttngalcs cal it alfo SSamarimo, 
and the Dates tohich are in great abundance 
bjought out Of Perfia $ Arabia into India; 
thep name them after the Arabians, Tama* 
ras. %i)t trees of snamarinio are almott 
like finto Chefnuts, o? other nut trees, the 
blanches being full ofleaues, toith a elofef 
ttrong tocodttbe frurte of the Camarinio is a* 
bout a finger long,botomg o? crcohcD,hatnng 
greene Relies, o?pillestoithout, andbeeing 
djie are grapitt},bauing toithtn certaine ker¬ 
nels of the greatnes of a Beane, tohich are 
coucrcd about toith that tohich thep call 2Ca# 
marinto - it ttirketb to mens hands (fo? it is 
like lime) $theretoiththep p?cpare all their 
compofitions th?oughcut India,fo? it hath a 
foto?ilh and (harp tatte, and is the beft fauce 
mail India,lifie fiergis toith fis, andthep ne* 
uerfietfiMicebuttbep put Camarimo into 
it,toherctoith their composition called Cariil 
tsmadc,as ininanp places it is alreadtcdc* 
claredipctthofetljat feeitd?ett totllbaue no 
great defire to eate it, fo? thep cruflj it 
th?ough their fingers, tohercbp it fijetoetb 
like rotten Metiers: pet it giueth the Utce $. 
the meate a fine ttjarp tatte. UTamaimio is 
Itketotfe p?cued to be afierp good purgation, 
fo? the p©?e that arc of final habilitic,and arc 
not able to be at charges of Rhabarbo, 
Manna, anofucb like coClUc Apothecaries 
toare, doe onlte fife 2namatmiop?eficd out 
into a little toater, tohich toater being drunk 
fatting fit a nw?nmg, is the belt purgation in 
tbe too?ld,tohich is to be done tohen the 2Ta* 
marinio is ripe o? tohen it is greencut is fifed 
Ithctoife fit o?cffing meate, to put in among 
their flefh in fteed of SHmeger, fo? it is much 
fotorer then tSlmeger,much like green gtofe# 
berries o? grapes ; the prpfitiansfife it in 
purgations $ medeonescopoudco toith other 
herbes 
