are brought fromthe Weft Indias, Folks. 
the trees, which is a common bie amongſt them is this:they c 
take the oo wes and the great peeces of the trees, and made 
them as ſmall as thep tan, and then caſt them into a greate 
Aa file, witz a good quantitie of water. < fo boile them vntil 
they fe it ſulfitiently done, and aſterward they let it coole, 
and gather vp the oyle that doeth ſwimme thereuppon with 
certaine ſhelles, ans that is the B that comme th too 
theſe parts and that commonly is vſed:the colour thereof is 
Alboꝛne which is likenedtoblacke it is of moſt ſ wert ſmel, 
and ver ie extellent. It is net conuenient no: it ouaht to ber 
kept in anyother veſſel then in ũluer, Glaſſe o2 Linne, 02 
any other thing glaffed , it doeth penitrate and doeth patie 
thꝛough: the ble thereok is onelp in thinges appertaining 
to Medicine, and it hath been bled of long time well nere 
fince the ne w Spaine was diſconered, foꝛ that incontinent 
the Spaniards had knomledge of it, betauſe they dio dealt 
there with the wounds that they did receiue of the Indians, 
deing aduiſed of the vertue therof by the fants Indians, and 
they did fee the fapde Indians heale and cure themſelues 
there with. 
Apen it firk came into payne, in was eſtæmed as The eſt ima. 
much as it had reaſon it ſhaulde be: fo2 that they dyd fie it en chat uit 
make maruellous woꝛkes: one dwnce was worth tenne bad n. 
Duccates end vpwardes, and now tis better cheape: the N 
fir time that they carried it to Rome, it came to be worth 
ene ounce, one hundꝛeth Duccats:t᷑ after that they becught 
ſo much and ſuch great quantitic that it is now of mali va⸗ 
it was berie deere all men tooke pꝛofite of tye pꝛote ot itt. 
and ſinte it came tu bee et ſo lome a Wyte , it is nat ſo Nore. 
muche elttemed beeing the felfe ſame Baue, that it 
was then wien it was worth aue hu wzeth Duttates 
the sunce. Surely tf tye Indias has nat beene diſta 
ere f but oni fos the effette ts fend vs his maruelion: 5 : 
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