604.  ~AdamunEden? Or, 
Guajicum, or indian Pockwood: 2. A-Welt-Indiahtree like Guajacum.: 3 A 
differing ‘Indian Gaajacam, ears cin aie Sea 
. shes Pipes ames s) dete +45 -3.4 GG, Stes : 
This Tree, whereof Guajacum isthe, wood, groweth to be of thebigneffeofan _ 
Oake, with a reafonable thick greenifh gummy barke; fpread withfundry Armes, 
and Branches both greatand fmall,and‘omthem winged Leaves, ‘fer byicoupies 
one againft another, which are bur. {malls thick;! hard,-and.round»almoft, wish — 
divers veines in chem, abiding alwaiesgreetupon the branches:; -at the joynts.and 
erids of the branches come forth manyiflowers, ftanding in a tuft. toperher, every 
one tipon’a long foorftalke ; conftitiog. of: fixe \whitith -yeliow Leaves , not 
“very preac, with tome threds in che!mdd|e; whichafterwards turne into flap yek : 
‘lowith gvi fly fy ait; of the fafhion of che feed Veflcl of 7, hlaSps,-ot elle of Shere 
beards par(e with two divifions hkewife,having in the one fide agriftly feedalmot 
as hard ashorne, the-other being for the moft part empty, hanging down topes 
ther by theirlong:foorftalkes: it yeeldethalfo a. Gummeéor Rofinof a.danke 
 “coloak, which will, cally burmeso elas (5 or dsttues 1 ledS levies 
tad O36), 10) GG at ete bei s and — 
 Allthe three forts of G#ajacum grovwinthe WefF 1) 
about S"iunte Diwsage, whence this difeafe ce eet ‘Kinglof 
Spaines Campe, which was at Naples,inthe yeare1493. he being then treating ~~ 
of peace'with the Areach King whofe:Army was, theréabouts alfo, and in afhote 
time after infe Hed with.itx, The Fresch: menthoupht that:they gor itbyaccoms 
panyihg' with the Spaniards -as indeed they did, iand therefore they called’te-ché 
_ Spanifh Scub, yerche \puniards thoupht chat theFresch had given-it to them, 
and they called it cheFrebch Poxts2 Others calledit ‘the Di/ea/evof Naples, be 
‘Uxole it arofe in thofe Coa tts; as they faopofed, when as truly it came trom: thé 
Weft Indies, and therefore fomecal bit thie Afeafells of the: Lndies, Whence MMe 
gard ovlerves. chat God- Almighty would fo-havedt, that.as:thefe Poxe came ~- 
from thofe parts fo fhould a Remedy. be brought thence. alfo, Difeafes and their 
Remedies commonly arifing in chegame Climate; which isa wonderful AG of Pro 
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tt teagan | igatA. y vi Lie Temperatures eine wks eed’ 9 
ods bot and: dry-an the feconddegree, and-hath a cleanfing 
ve dial (oth Reade: asians chs. nee 
Sts . ye ee | a The Vertiese i Sk * ‘i bs iy «' cata j 
bePhe principall Prerogative, and Excellenci¢ of Guajacumis, thatit is thebet — 
» Guajacam or Pack 
icdtegs died sa ah 
fy ihithe-world for thofe kind of Poks, for it provoketh Sweate, refifteth com — 
_ ragion Gnd putrefattion,-and cleanfethsthe Blood, and ftreng rhneth the Liger,which 
is a pare many times affected in this difeafe, the decodion of the Wood bemg 
made and ofed after this manner, Take of Guajacuma pound, of the barkthere- 
of two ounces, feepthem in twelve or foureteen pints of Spring- Water foure — 
and twenty houres, then boylthem to feaven or Jeight pints, ftraine it and give 
thereofa good draught morning and evening, and.let the party fweat upon it,aod 
if you adde two ounces of Liquorifit of more, and fome Annifeed, it will be much eg 
repleafant to take This decoction which was firft difeovered by an Jxdianto 
a Spaniard, who had fuffered great painesby the Poxe, isgoodalfo in the Drop 
fie. Falting-Sickneffe ? (hortnefle- of Breath, im Catarrhs, Rhewmes jaandiotg 
difitations OF the’ Lyngs, or other parts, Coughes and .-Con/umprion! 3” 
Goat, Sciatica pand alt other Foyat-2f bes ,.and for cold Phlegmarick hame" * 
for the difeafes of the Bladder and-Reinés wand for all longand-lingring eve2"*” 
proceeding from cold and wsoift Caufes-s-for.it openeth the toppings of the Liver. ’ 
and Spleexe, warms and comforts the fromach and enrvatisyc ands gaod.in Scabbesy’ 
Itch, Shingles, Leprofie, and the like, 2s aifo in Fevers, horrible Apoftumations, 
and /wtllings of the Belly the Pamndife: 8c: T€ maketh the teeth white and ie 
they bé Often wathed with thedeco@ion thereof The Barke isalfo ee s 
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