Friendly advice to the gentlemen-planters of the East and West Indies In three parts. I. A brief treatise of the most principal fruits and herbs that grow in the East & West Indies; giving an account of their respective vertues both for food and physick, and what planet and sign they are under. Together with some directions for the preservation of health and life in those hot climates. II. The complaints of the negro-slaves against the hard usages and barbarous cruelties inflicted upon them. III. A discourse in way of dialogue, between an Ethiopean or negro-slave, and a Christian that was his master in America. By Philotheos Physiologus.
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- Friendly advice to the gentlemen-planters of the East and West Indies In three parts. I. A brief treatise of the most principal fruits and herbs that grow in the East & West Indies; giving an account of their respective vertues both for food and physick, and what planet and sign they are under. Together with some directions for the preservation of health and life in those hot climates. II. The complaints of the negro-slaves against the hard usages and barbarous cruelties inflicted upon them. III. A discourse in way of dialogue, between an Ethiopean or negro-slave, and a Christian that was his master in America. By Philotheos Physiologus.
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- Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.
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- [London] :: Printed by Andrew Sowle,
- in the year 1684.
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Contents
- title page
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A Brief TREATISE Of the Principal Fruits and Herbs That grow in Barbadoes, Jamaica, And other Plantations in the West-Indies. The First Part.
- Of Pine Apples.
- Of Plantains.
- Of Bonnanoes.
- Of Cocoe-Nuts.
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Of G
ovars. - Of Sour-Sopps.
- Of Prickle-Pears.
- Of Papaes.
- Of Water Melons.
- Of Musk-Melons.
- Of Pumkins.
- Of Squashes.
- Of Potato's.
- Of Yams.
- Of Cusado-Bread.
- Of Ginger.
- Of Oranges.
- Of Lemmons.
- Of Limes.
- Of Pinpillow-Pears.
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Of Pepper, commonly calledGuinea-Pepper - Of Occora, or Grommer.
- Of Aguma.
- Of Red-weed, or Catterpillars.
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Some brief Directions for the Pre∣servation of
Health, andLife in hot Climates. - A Caution.
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THE Negro's Complaint OF THEIR Hard Servitude, AND THE CRUELTIES Practised upon them By divers of their M
sters pro∣fessing Christianity in theWest-Indian Plantations. The Second Part. -
A DISCOURSE In way of
Dialogue, Between anEthiopean orNegro-Slave And a CHRISTIAN, That was hisMaster inAmerica. The Third Part.