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Opizions of 
this euill. 
Cuaiacau an 
Indian name 
The deferipe 
tion of the 
uaiacan. 
The firſt part of the thinges that 
nithe, Skabbe s andother called it the Meaſelles of the In 
dias, and that very truelx, ſceing that from thence came the 
euill in the beginning. 
Amongtt the great Phiſitions of that time, there wers 
ſundꝛy great opinions of the cauſe, and oꝛiginall of the in 
firmitic . Ths one forte faye that it came of the euill me⸗ 
lancholie meates, that the hoſtes of neceffitie had eaten, as 
wilde hearbes, and many Gardein hearbes, and footes of 
hearbes, Aſſes, and Bozſes, and ether lyke thinges, that 
ingender ſuch like infirmities , coꝛrupting and burning 
the blood. Others there were, that did attribute it to the 
coniunctions of Saturne and Mars, and they did apply it 
to the heaueniy influence, and gaue thereunts diuers and 
ſundꝛx names. Same called it the Lepꝛoſte, others wine 
Pore, other entegra, others the Deathlie enill, others 
Elephanſta, without certeyne aſſuraunte what diſeale it 
was. Fan theꝝ were ignozant that it was a ne we diſeaſe, 
and they would redute it to ſome already knawn and wꝛit⸗ 
ten of. And nowe we come to our Gasiacan, Whole name 
was giuenbythe Indians, and olthem very well knowne, 
and fo they haue called it and do call it, in all the woꝛld, cal⸗ 
ling it alſo the woodde or the zndias. Ok this woodde mas 
ny bane written much, one forte ſaving that it was Cb 
no, Others that it was a kinde of Wore, with many other 
names whereby they haue named it. at is a ne we tree ¢ ne 
uet fens in sur partes, noꝛ inany other of the Difconeries, 
and as the country is nets, fo is the tre a new thing alfo. 
Wbatiseuer it be, it is a great tree, ot᷑ the greatneſſe ot 
an Dke ; it caſteth out many bolwes, the rinde it dooth cat 
from it being dꝛy, greate, and full of Summe, the heart 
thereofis verie great, it is well neere like ta blacke, all is 
very hard as much and moze then Ebanc is. It catketh forth 
à little leafe and hard, and euerꝑ peere it bꝛingeth kozth pels 
f af thetubich is ingendzed a rounde fruite 
With litle kernells dorthin it,of the krratneffr ofa Werler 
