are brought fromthe Weſt Indias. Fol. 
Of the tree which is brought from 
the Florida, called Saflaftras, 
Doe VIL Romthe Florina which is the Grin; E 
hes 7 Lande of our Occidentall Indias. 1 8 
E leing in xrv. degrees, they bꝛyng 5. 
a Moodde and Roote of a Tree 
a 
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ENE that groweth in thoſe partes, of 
185 e areat vertues, and great ercellens a 
ties, healing therewith greicuous 
S and variable diſeaſſss. 
0 At may bee thze peeres, paſt, 
that J had knowledge ofthis Tree, à a Frenchman which 
had beene in thoſe partes, ſhe wed me a peece of it, and told 
me meruels of the vertue thereof, how many and variable 
diſeaſes were healed with the water which was made okit. 
A gaue at that tyme ns tredit to him foꝛ that in theſe things 
ot Plantes, and hearbes, which are bꝛought from other plas 
tes, they fap much, and knowe little, vnleſle it be by a man 5 
that hath experience ofthem, with care and diligence . The 
tree and the partes thereofipked mee well, and J indged 
that, which now z doe finde to be true, and haue ſene by ers 
perience. He told mar that the French men, which had been 
in the Flozida at that time, wh theycame into thole parts, 
bad bene ficke the moſt a them, of grieuous and variable 
dileaſes, andthat the Indians did ewe them this tres, and 
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