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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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the Empire of CHIN A.s" 2 I x through which in the length runs a thick and hard Sinew. The beft fort of tis1 rruit grows UuonLLJX sVataartancuJt is i& ~L1argcr maW n tDggetca .ai bage when it is ripe,and of a pleafant fmtll. There are two forts of this Fruit, the leafi whereof iscall'd !Baia, the other apa, and is theworft. The Nuts whichgrow inthemifeatenraw, fil the Body with Crudities; but if xoaftedi and eaten after te nanner of Chefnuts in Europe, they have a pleafant ta11 and increafe Seed. In this Country grows likewife in feveral Placesa certain Fruit call'd D. rnones, which, thoughkof an ill tafie, are yt very whol4foni, It is dry in Opea ,ration, coafes Sweating, and is good againft the Wind and Dropfie, provided it be eatenmoderately, for -oherwife it will over-hea ,theLiver. Moif Men at firf* fainy this Friuitto fmcll like rotten Egs ; but after haeonceat, of it, they change opinion, efteeming it to be the fwcthft tha tever they did cat of. The Grandees make account of this Fruit as a great Delicacyand think they can never have einough of it. The Leaf or the Herb "ete (which we fpoke of before to be fo che'd lr thii'laio gkeat an averfion to this Fruit, that it fpoils and rots the fame, if it lie near unto i.f; infomuch, that if at any time any Perfon eat too much oth. the Dtel is a prefent Remedy againft the fame. Here growV~s'1ikeW'ifec a we4l-tailt~d Mit caItd Anansi wich was at, rft broughi frouti the Weft ioo~the ft.Jndiei, *wh7r it is nw t be had in, great, .... ... C lou~ l abud.Pae-Itis-abuttdci hiifsV ~lrozr, of ' yelo#cMlet, n we fcented, full of Juice, and pleafant in tafte, iffeattentwh ehits Much like Strawberries with Wine and Sugar: Upon the top it is ctovn'd with a Clufter of Flowers andUivei at a it eisnot unlike an Artichoke, but hath no Pricks at the corners: The middlemofi Stalk being the bi U b, u~pon~ whighh ut gt~w~S, isaeout two Feot'higI, and has c fiftce o E e :rI Lecaves. Ikoumc1 Ia0to blis talk gm~w 0ttv Ieiler once, im'yifli Timr on each. Whofoever will eat of this Fruit, muft fi4 of4tAkek ffethe oa to draw out the bi iftt't 'iQi i, upon the Tonguen: or. is that all, for it is very dangerous toCa .et btit; cat
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