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the_o great_a quantity_n of_o cinnamon_n which_o then_o grow_v there_o though_o now_o there_o be_v not_o a_o tree_n of_o it_o to_o be_v find_v in_o all_o this_o country_n as_o the_o portugal_n who_o have_v look_v narrow_o â—oâ—_n it_o have_v affirm_v pet._n 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_a cinnamon_n be_v of_o all_o other_o pâ—amâ—_n while_o it_o grow_v the_o dry_a and_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v know_v to_o comfort_n 〈◊〉_d plant_n do_v make_v that_o more_o barren_a for_o in_o shower_n it_o prosper_v worst_o it_o grow_v also_o among_o bush_n of_o other_o kind_n where_o common_o plant_n do_v not_o thrive_v neither_o do_v it_o love_v the_o sun_n there_o may_v be_v one_o cause_n of_o all_o those_o effect_n namely_o the_o spare_v nourishment_n which_o that_o plant_v require_v bac_n nat._n hist._n there_o be_v a_o great_a dispute_n concern_v the_o difference_n between_o cassia_n lignea_fw-la and_o cinnamon_n some_o say_v they_o be_v both_o one_o differ_v only_o in_o name_n other_o that_o they_o 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to_o think_v as_o many_o do_v that_o cinnamon_n will_v hold_v good_a for_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o year_n and_o that_o it_o impair_v not_o with_o age_n for_o that_o great_a father_n of_o physician_n galen_n in_o the_o place_n just_a now_o mention_v tell_v we_o that_o by_o his_o own_o experience_n he_o find_v the_o contrary_n mounseur_fw-fr thevenot_n say_v that_o the_o isle_n of_o ceilan_n produce_v the_o best_a cinnamon_n that_o the_o tree_n from_o which_o they_o have_v that_o bark_n be_v straight_o and_o pretty_a like_a to_o the_o olive-tree_n that_o it_o bear_v a_o white_a flower_n of_o a_o excellent_a scent_n and_o that_o the_o fruit_n of_o it_o be_v round_o that_o they_o take_v off_o the_o bark_n in_o the_o summer_n time_n and_o that_o when_o they_o cut_v it_o the_o smell_n be_v so_o strong_a that_o the_o soldier_n who_o be_v to_o guard_n the_o same_o fall_v almost_o sick_a upon_o it_o he_o say_v that_o towards_o cochin_n there_o be_v wild_a cinnamon_n but_o because_o it_o be_v weak_a it_o be_v not_o much_o esteem_v thevenot_n trau._n into_o the_o indies_n pag._n 109._o there_o be_v some_o who_o affirm_v thâ—t_v cinnamon_n when_o first_o gather_v have_v no_o taste_n at_o all_o but_o acquire_v its_o taste_n and_o strength_n by_o fifteen_o day_n sunning_n but_o in_o answer_n hereunto_o sir_n philoberto_n vernatti_n late_a resident_n in_o java_n major_a say_v that_o the_o cinnamon-tree_n as_o it_o grow_v be_v so_o fragrant_a that_o it_o may_v be_v smell_v a_o great_a way_n off_o before_o it_o be_v see_v and_o that_o it_o have_v even_o then_o a_o most_o excellent_a taste_n so_o that_o by_o sunning_n it_o lose_v rather_o than_o acquire_v any_o taste_n or_o force_v he_o also_o affirm_v that_o the_o tree_n be_v peel_v be_v cut_v down_o to_o the_o root_n but_o that_o the_o young_a sprig_n after_o a_o year_n or_o two_o give_v the_o best_a and_o fine_a cinnamon_n sprat_n hist._n of_o the_o r.s._n pag._n 169._o in_o the_o philosophical_a tâ—ansactions_n numb_a 172._o pag._n 1031._o we_o have_v a_o account_n of_o a_o sort_n of_o white_a cinnamon_n which_o come_v from_o guardaloupe_n the_o ephemerides_n medico-physicae_a germanicae_fw-la for_o the_o year_n â—673_n and_o 1674._o make_v mention_n of_o â—innamon-trees_n send_v oâ—t_v of_o ceylan_n in_o chest_n fill_v 〈…〉_o native_a earth_n of_o that_o island_n 〈◊〉_d into_o the_o low_a country_n and_o there_o thrive_a very_o well_o 〈◊〉_d any_o considerable_a change_n of_o their_o quality_n linschoten_n say_v that_o tâ—â—â—â—â—namon-trees_n grow_v 〈◊〉_d island_n of_o ceylan_n in_o great_a 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o they_o spâ—ing_v up_o 〈…〉_o without_o plant_v in_o â—he_n open_a field_n like_o â—ushes_n 〈◊〉_d the_o tree_n from_o whence_o 〈◊〉_d bâ—rk_n be_v â—â—ken_v they_o let_v it_o stand_v and_o within_o three_o year_n after_o it_o have_v another_o bark_n as_o it_o have_v before_o the_o cinnamon_n that_o be_v not_o well_o dry_v be_v of_o a_o ash-colour_n and_o that_o which_o be_v overmuch_o dry_v be_v 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