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Soine Onions, with a little of this Pafte ‘are chouskt very powe 
againtt ‘Difficulty OF rites Ea eee PS : 7 powerful 
Arnotto, or the Pafte ufed in Dying or for, other Purpofes {s thaide by 
ftecping the Seeds’ ‘Of this Tree in’ Water, till the socal fcarlet Gotour 
lying upon their Surfaces comes'off and they‘are clear’d''of ‘it. The! Wa. 
ter {0 impregnated is afterwards boil’d in feveral Coppers or Pots like 
the Juite‘of the ‘Sugar-cane; till ir comes to’ be ‘pretty thick, when>’tis 
put into Canvafs wich hor Afhés under it, till it combs‘td thé Confi- 
itérice of Horley.’ *Tis then’, chad: Thto- Balls, fuels are fent to 
Europe? *Tis chitfly made by’ thé Spaniards, and is' iff UR" by théth’ Hor 
only for Dying but Phyfic, all over the Weft-Indies, © * 
It’was very much ufed by the Indians’ to paint’ them({€lves in 
Timesof War. 3 < oo ADEE ST th | 
‘If one makes threé or four {mall ‘Pills out of the ‘Ball and fwal- 
low them as “Rhubarb is often taken in a Flux, it purges cafily and 
ufually cures. _ a 7 a ) 
Jt? gtew formerly wild, but now ‘is planted th Gardens; it is 
fhix’d in New-Spziz with Chocolate, as well to hindér it from being 
hurtful, as’for ics Colour and~ Tafte. 'They give’ fome of the Steds 
cum pulteex Tipioca que carima dicitur, to ah indefinite Quantity toall fick 
People, either: poifom’d or others. It ftrengehens the Stomach, ftops 
Fluxes,’ and with Water takes off the Heat of Fevers: The Root’and 
Seed have no gréat Talte, are eafier to b¢e taken, being cooling ‘in’ the 
third Degree, drying, and adftringehts If boi?’d with’ Broth, it’ dives it 
a Saffron Colour and a good Tafte. THe Roots have been’ [onger 
in Uf, and are tHought better; and by fome. of the Natives ‘ufed as 
Curcund for Saffron. They make an Extract of them witi burnt 
Wine. Pifo. | Oe CI 
‘This Pafte mix’d with Water gives it a red Tia@ure, which 
drank, is good againft divers Poifons, ‘being bitterifh and Spicy. Thofe 
of Brafile dye their Gourds withouc with this Colour. Marcgr. | 
It is very cooliig, goodin Fevers, quertches 'Thirit, and incréafes 
Milk, if mix’d ‘with the covering of the: Catao, which ‘helps it to digeft. 
It makes with Urine a very lafting Colour. Xi, | | 
The Indians make Balls of thefe Seeds, with which’they paint them- 
felves, being mix’d with Gums, and ufed both in W Mand Dances, it 
js adftringent arid wholefome, but irs chi¢f Ufe is, not to difcover 
the Blood when ‘they aré wounded, being of the: fame Colour, and 
therefore it’s thought to pive Coarage, 1 Bat 983 10 1 a2 
The Indians of Efpanola paint themfelvés ted with this when they 
goto War; Lop.de Gom. ~ —— | 
It is ufed in Mexico for dying and Pictures for the Mexicans had 
no Letters but in painted Tables kept the Plats of their Ficlds and 
Bounds of thei Lands, whence Sea/gers name arbor finium reguadorum, 
re) EON or A oy / 
ir is given in all Fluxes. Pio © “wee. | 
The Bark makes better Ropes than Hemp or Cane, Herz. 
They beat it up with Linfeed Off or ‘ufe it alone, or with Urine and it 
gives a good Colour, Tertre. They put the Seeds into an earthen Por 
pouring on them hoc Water, and wafh off the Colour, then let it 
fubfide and dry it in Balls. The Roots give the ‘Tafte and Colour 
of Saffron to Meats Rochef. aaah oe ve 
The red Powder is ufed as a dry Colour, but being wet, det leaft 
with Oil, it makesadull one. Grew. EOIN ITB DAY 
It is ufed for giving a. Letmon _Cotour by Dyers, Ia 
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