£)f^>l)ice*(anD^carbestn5ntitci. m 
(tobicb Ipetb on tbe mouth oftfje rebbe g>ea, 
ortbeffrengtb of CHecc.i ) there is great 
quantity, anb the beff. 31t is a marcbanbife 
that is carrteb into Suurhte, perfia, Arabia, 
anb alfo into Europe , tobccebp tbe BJlatiD is 
much cffecmeb, ana tbe Aloes calico after 
tbe name of tbe liana. Aloes Socotrino, or 
Aloes of Sacotora. 
jiauou. Aloes purgeth the ftomackefrom 
v, /all. cholcr, and tough fleagme, fpecially a 
watrie and weake ftomake: it taketh a- 
way all (topping,and confumeth rawe 
moyftures, preferuing it from foule- 
nefle: befidesthis, itftrengthneththe 
ftomake, it is made ftronger & of more 
force by adding to it Cinamon, Mace, 
Or Nu tmegges, Aloes is good fpecially 
againft and rawnefle, and for 
filch perfons as haue their ftomakes ful 
ofrawmoyfture,it is alfo vfed outward¬ 
ly againft fores that breake forth of the 
body, and for the eyes* 
SCbe fruite called Anacardi, is in manpe 
places Of India, as in Cananor, Calecut, 
anbtbecountrieof 2)ecan, anb in btuers a* 
tber places* 2Cbe Arabians call it Bala dor, 
tbe Binbians Bibo, anb tbe ^cjtingall Faua 
dc cjfcfalacca, tbat is BcailCS of Malacca, 
feecaufe it is libe a beanc, but fomtobat grea* 
ter tben tbe Beanes of tbefe countries, tbep 
are bfeb in India toifb milbe, againft a ftjo?t 
■ breath, for tbe formes anb for manp other 
things- Wen tbep aregreene, tbepmahe 
Achar thereof, tbat is to fap, tbep fait them 
anb lap them in mincger,as tbep bo lmtb tbe 
moft hinb offruites anb Apices, as in btuers 
places | haue fljetoeb. 
This fruite hath her name from the 
0. hart,becaufc in colour and likenefle, it 
refembleth the heart, fpecially beeing 
drie* When the fruites are greene and 
hanging on the tree fas I haue fee ne 
the in Sicilia vpon mount jsthnd) they 
are like great Beanes.* and are falted like 
Oliucs, being verie good to eate,with- 
in them they haue a certaine iuyce,as 
thicke as Honnie, and as red as bloud, 
which is good againft ftains.The fame 
operation that is in prepared CM.tr abo - 
lanes , is alfo in them,they heate & drie, 
they ftrengthen the memorie , the 
braines and finewes, fharpen the wits, 
and are good againft cold affedions of 
the head. 
SCbe Calamo Aromatico called irt Gufu* 
Thei.Bookc, 
rate Vaz, in Decan Vache, frt Malabar 
Vafabu,in Malacca Daringoo, in'Pcrfia 
Hcgcr, in Cuncan (tobicb is tbe countrte of 
Goa anb thereabouts $ortbtoarbs) Vay- 
can, anb in Arabia Callab anb Aldirira,iS 
fotoeb in manp places of India , as in Goa, 
tbeCouutrie Of Gufurate anb Ballagate, 
tobere it is fotoeb anb fo grotoetb, it bath no 
fmellat all,bntill it be gatberebXbe toomcn 
bfe it mucb in India, feu the mother, alfo for 
paine in (be &>inetoes,tr is alfo much bfcbfor 
borfes, for toben it is colb toeatber,fbcp giue 
it borfes in tbe morning to eafe, being beaten 
anb mireb tottb Warlike, Cominfebe, falte* 
£>uger, anb Butter. SDbis receipt thep call 
Arata, tobicb is altoapes bfeb in India fo| 
borfes, toberetottb (astbepfape) tbepboe 
them greatgcob. SCbe Calarno Aromatico 
is tbe ffalkc or Itoe of the ^earbe, but the 
intoarb anb fpungious part is of pelatoiflj co* 
lour, tbe roote of the tree is gcob for nothing, 
but onelp tbe ftalbe or Uoebe tberof,tottb that 
tobicb is in the mtobeft of it. 
What the right Calamus Armancus Annota, 
is, my verie good friend Dodor Caro* paL 
Ins Clujius writeth in his learned Anno, 
tations vpon Garcius ab Horto in his izy 
leafe, whereof certaine peeccs were gb 
uen me, which I brought out of Egypt, 
where it is found in great aboundance* 
and much vfed.They call it Cafjab Eldt - 
rira , it is a thinne Reede, being freflie 
and vnwithered,ofa light Gold yelow 
colour, with many, knots and fplintcrS 
in the breaking , within Ipungiclike 
Cobwebbcs> white & tough in chaw¬ 
ing, and aftringent, with a little (harpe 
bittemeffe, as I can (hew it, and much 
therof may be had out of Egypt,wher£ 
they put it in their Treakle, and vie it 
many other waies, to driue downe the 
Vrine, and for the ftone, 
^oftus tobicb tbe Arabians call Cotton 
Caft, tboGufurates of Cambaia Vlpor s 
anbtbepof Malacca Pucho, tobetberitis 
mucb brougbt,anb alfo into China anb other 
places. |t commetb from Sitor anb Man* 
dor abouc nameb, tobere Spiconardi fs 
founbj anb from tbence it is brought into 
Cambaia anb India, anb fo into all other 
places * SCbep arefr&s almoft libe €lber* 
trees toitb tobite bloflomes, anb berp ftrong 
of fmell* Zbe tooob anb tbe roote is the Co- 
ftus, it is a great marebanbife in ^erfla, & 
rabia, anb Curbic,tobere as it is berp much 
bfeb* 
I haue 
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