87 The ſecond patt ofthe thin ges that 
The roote. 
More. ott 
T he bef is 
the rote. 
nelle of taſte, the inner part hath little ſmel, the higher part 
that containeth the bowes bath leaues the which be griene 
after the manner ofa Figge tree, with thꝛe poyntes: and 
when they are little, they bee like to the leaues ofa Peare 
tre, in onelp ſhe wing their poyntes. They bee ofcollour a 
ſadde Grerne, and ota (weet ſmell, and muche moze when 
they be dꝛy. The Indians bie to lay them beaté oꝛ amped 
Spon bꝛuiſes, oꝛ when any man is beaten with dꝛy blowes: 
and being died, they are vſed in medicinall thinges. They 
laſe not their leaues, they are alwaies græne, any do dei 
and fall, there ſpꝛingeth other, it is not knowen that it bath 
any flowꝛe 02 fruitae. : | 
The rootes ofthis T ret be groffe,o2 fender, confoꝛma⸗ 
blyto the greatneſſe ofthe Tree: they bee light, but not. ſa 
much as the body ofthe Tree, and the bowes, but forthe 
greatneffe it is notable light, 63s 
The roote of this Cree is very faperficiall ſpꝛeading in 
the vpper face ofthe faple oꝛ ground, and fe they dygge 
them vp eaſtlie: and this is acommon thing in the Trees 
ofthe Indias that moſt of them haue their rostes of ſmall 
depth and it they carry anv plantes from Spaine to plante 
els where if they do not fet them ofſmal depth in the ground 
they beare no fruite. 
Whe be of all the Tree is the roote, andthat wooꝛketh 
the bell cffec,the which bath the rinde cleauing very fat to 
the inner part, and it is of colour Cawnie, and muche moze 
ofſweete ſmell. then all the tree, and his Bꝛaunches: the 
rinde taſteth of a moze ſweete ſmell, tuen the tree, and the 
water being ſodden with the reste, is or greater and better 
effeds,then of any other parte of the trer, and it is of a moꝛe 
Cweete ſmell, andtbherefore the Spaniardes bie it, foz 
that it woozketh better and greater effects. It is a 
kreethat growettz neere onto the Sea, and in temperate 
pau bere. be 
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