£>f ail roits of peaces, 
the payne thereof proceeding of cold 
andwin^ynefle. It healeth a binding 
breath: it hclpeth the beating of the 
hart,being drunk with the iuyce of the 
leafe of Weghe: it healeth the Colicke 
proceeding from wind.-itis goodalfo 
againft the windines of the Mother, 
itincreafeih luft, heateth the kidneyes, 
and euerie morning eating a little ther- 
of 5 it healeth the head-ache which hath 
long indured. 
3Dft v hefe ants fucb like berbcs there are 
manie in India, anti tn the £)?tentall parts, 
the names ana properties thereof are to 
ntee tnhnolunc,becaufc thep arc not fo com* 
[, norknobme among the meaner fort 
13 * 
tnon, 
of people, but onlie bp phpfitians, SJpothe 
caries, ants l^erbalsdes : therefore $ haue 
onlie fpoken of fuch as are commonlie 
knolonc, anOOaplie bfeb. 0no this (hall fuf* 
See for Apices, 2D?ugges, ano metsicinable 
herbes. 
The S4,Chapter» 
Of all forts of Pearles^ both great and 
fmall, and of precious hones, as Dia* 
mantes,Rubies,Topaces,Saffires, and 
other fuch like Hones, called Oriental 
hones, and of the Bezers hone, which 
isgoodagainh poyfon, and fuch like 
difeafes, and in what manner and place 
they are found. 
jjCarlcs bp the poj* 
jtingalesare callcti Pe* 
,roias, that is, fuch as 
are great,ano the fmall 
.Ahoftar, in ILatin, 
[ Margaricasjin Arabi* 
^a,Lulu:tn PerfiaanO 
India, Motti: and in 
Malabar, Mutiu ♦ prtnctpall ailDthe 
bed that are fount: in all the Oriental! coun* 
tries, ano the right C>rientall paries are 
fomebetfoame Ormus anOBaftora, tn the 
draigbts, or Sinus Perficus, in the places 
CalleO Bareyn,Catiffa, Iulfar, Camaron, % 
either places in the faio Sinus Perficus, from 
tuhence thep are brought into Ormus. 2Cbe 
Bing of Portingalc alfo hath ihts factor in 
Bareyn, that dapeth there onlie for the flap 
ing of pearles. Hihere is great traffickc bfcO 
tniththen?, asbjcll in Ormus as in Goa. 
2Cbereare alfo other filings forpearle, as 
betbwme the Bland of Seylon ? and$be Cape 
The 1 . Books. 
de Comriin , Inhere great numbers are 
pearclie found, for that the Bing of Tor tin* 
gale hath a captaine there tuith certainc fob 
biers that Icoketbbntoit: thep haue pearlie 
at the led aboue 3 or 4 fboufao Suckers^ liue 
onlie bp fifbing for pcarlcs, and fo maintaine 
tbcmfclues, bibeteef cuerie pearemanp arc 
orobmeo or oeiionieD bp pfidjes railed Tu- 
barones or Haycn,b)bereof 3 bancalrcaDie 
tnaoe mction.tbcfcpearlsare not fo g©0,uor 
fomuchedecmeO as the pcarlcs of Ormus 
ano are ofalolucr price, iobicb thep fcnoto 
liketoife holt) to Oifccrne at the fird fight, 
‘Cbcre are alfo pcarlcs fotuio bp the Bland of 
Borneo, aUOtlje Bland of Aynon, Otlthe 
toad Of Cauchinchina, but thofeof Ormus 
furpaffe them all. djepare fidjeo for bpouk* 
ersthat oiuc into the toatcr, at the lead 10 
1 z ano ^ o faoomeooepcXhep groin in jsDp* 
ders, but the great pearls are found in the 
£>pders that fumnmc«aloft, ano the fmalled 
calleo AliofBr, are commonlp in the bot- 
tome of the fea. SChe ouckcrs are nakeo,ba* 
uingabalket bouno at their baches, tobtcbi 
being at the bottome (to make the more 
had ) thep rake full of £)pders ano Ourf 
together, ano then rpfc bp againe and 
throlue them into boates, that lie reaoie 
for the purpofe 3 b)ith men in them, tobicb 
prefentlte take the ^Dpders, ano lap them 
on lano to Ortc, Inhere ioitb the heatc of 
the £>unnc thep open of themfelues, ano 
fo thep fino the pcarlcs of ^Uoftar tn the 
fid): anO tnhen thep haue made an eno 
of fifhmg for that Dap , all the ifdbers, 
tuith the Captaine, Moiers, laborers 
ano Mafchmen for the King, goe toge- 
tber, ano taking all the pearies that are 
caught that dap,thep Oiutoc them into cer* 
taine heapes that is, one part for the 
King, an other part for the Captaine and 
^oloters, the thiro part for the Befuites, 
becaufe thep haue their Clopder in that 
place, ano brought the Countrte fird bn* 
to the Cbridian ifaifb, ano the lad part 
for the if fibers, Inhich is eonc fcitb great 
Budicc ano equalitie. SHbis filing is 
Done in Rummer fpme, ano there paf&tfr 
not anp peare but that Diners friers are 
orobmeo bp the Cape deComoiiin(b)bi£bf 
is calico the Kings filing) ano manic Oc* 
uoureo bp jfifljesfio that iuben the 
is done, there is a great ano pitifull nopfe 
ano crp of toomeu ano Chfioren beard bp* 
on the land, for the lode of their hufbanos 
ano friends: pet the nert peare thep mud 
to the fame foorkc againe, for that thep 
haue no other meancs to liue, as alfo for 
that thep are partlie compelled thereunto 
fcp 
