are brought from the WeftIndias. 
be diuers and variable diſeaſes, andit is needful for them to 
haue diuers remedies, ⁊ my intent is no moze then to wꝛite 
the vſe of the Roote of Mechoacan, as a thing of fo greate 
impoꝛtante, and oa purge and remedie fo ercellent,as na⸗ 
ture hath giuen vnto vs. einn ee 
And it pꝛoteſſe otime haue taken frõ bs the true Myꝛre, 
andthe true Ballamo, and other medicines that they of old 
Fol.3o. 
A good di- 
tyme bad, ofthe whiche in our tyme there tone meme, S, Ton. 
and with the tyme are loſt: xet time it ſelfe in place of them 
bath diſcauered and giuen fo many and fo ſundꝛy things as 
wee haue ſpaken ot as cur Occidentall gndtas dos feud bs. 
In eſpeciallß the Mechsacan, ũ purge moſt excellent and 
gentle, which doth his woꝛke W ſuch affurance being white 
in colour plealant in ſauour and in mel eaſie to take, with⸗ 
out any lothſomnes in working, and without that hoꝛrible⸗ 
nes, that other purges haue, without thofe actidents and 
fayntnes that tome at the time, that they bee taken ¢ with⸗ 
out that diſquietnes which it maketh when it wooz⸗ 
Bo pee Io cats nt F ies 2 
This woote hath ouer and aboue that. wihteh is ſapde, a⸗ 
ther pꝛaperties, and hidden wooꝛkes that we dos nat reach 
vnto, which with the time and vle ol them Hat 
and diſtouered euery dag. 
The weight oꝛ quantitie that is giuen ofthe. Dak 
made of the Note of Ae hogf an. it is conta mable to the o⸗ 
r The quantia 
tie thatis 21 
bedience of the bellp / ol him that chall take it. Seme tere ft. 
de that doo purge with little quantity. J knawe a Gentle⸗ 
man of this Realme, that with the weight of halle a Kotal, 
which is iu. d. dooth purge very woll e there are other that 
haue neede ol the weight of rui v. and others ol the weight 
ofr bili d. and in this euerie ane aught ta meaſure p quantis 
tie, as he hathhis bellx in obediente, moze aꝛ leſſꝛ. Cuen ſa 
they onght ta limit the quantitie tontozmably to the age of 
the Patient. Foꝛtpat the Childe hath neede of lyttle⸗ the 
Bope at nue; andthe ſtrong man of much moꝛe, and the 
win n 92 Teane 
