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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 / An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; also an epistle of Father John Adams, their antagonist, concerning the whole negotiation; with an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby
(1673)
Chap. XV. Of roots, herbs, flowers, reeds, trees, and fruits., pp. 212-232
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(cription of 'N. ods, 7rees, an his Empire, whic ; from South to fo great avariety is. the fevexal t6 menfe Temtorie er a hot Climat -all which are tc Irib'd at large min whieof, and oth cral, That .1c t aretobe had th eighbQts. And t Ltever is to be had st any thing, Nat heyond thofe w derflanding, wit aLtur has blefs'd uvfc thereof as fol te of Peking) gro Gnfe g, but 41 feems to be dcxiv' It i$ not much un ier do I much dou pe and vernre. 7 ie; bubeing C rezt enlivener of nd ftrong Cop i rengthning Nat :knefs or otkewi ,veaign Vertu; a Deaths door ; fo -L - *- !- - - - rare Qualities it IS Decom o11O gfea 'rice, thac t is common its weight in Silver. This Root alfo hath made notable the;City /f Leao,in the Pr which Province produces abundance of incomparabc medi Herbs, cfpecially jhtUarh, which doth not grow wild, as for rais'd and increased with great care and diligence : The Roc but very firm and knotty, the leaves thereof in fome fort refer bage-leaves, but much bigger. The Cbinefes make a Hole thr and hangthem to dry in the fihade; for the Sun-beams extr from them. From hence, and from Sucbue, comes for the n kbuhbarb which is brought into Europe by Sea, or through the K c4r, Tebet, Mu&or, and PerfIa. Ignorant therefore altogether are 217,
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