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powder, 131. and it is the name of a mess, 139. quære whether gyngyn is not misread for gyngyr, for see Junii Etym. The Romans had their ginger from Troglodytica.[1]

Cubebs, 64. 121, are a warm spicy grain from the east.

Grains of Paradice, or de parys, 137.[2] are the greater cardamoms.

Noix muscadez, 191. nutmegs.

The caraway is once mentioned, Nº 53. and was an exotic from Caria, whence, according to Mr. Lye, it took its name: 'sunt semina, inquit, carri vel carrei, sic decti a Caria, ubi copiosissimè nascitur.'[3]

Powder-douce, which occurs so often, has been thought by some, who have just peeped into our Roll, to be the same as sugar, and only a different name for it; but they are plainly mistaken, as is evident from 47. 51. 164. 165. where they are mentioned together as different things. In short, I take powder-douce to be either powder of galyngal, for see Editor's MS II. 20. 24, or a compound made of sundry

  1. ↑ Rochart. III. col 332.
  2. ↑ See our Gloss. voce Greynes.
  3. ↑ Lye, in Junii Etymolog.

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