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any thine incontinent, the worke wil ceſe. 
Allo l ſende you an hearbe which groweth in theſe An hearbe 
plaine Countries, elounge to the grounde like vnto graſſe, for the 
which is of great Vertues for many infirmities, cheefelie Reumes. 
for chez Which are greeued with Reumes and Fleumes 
in the throate, taking them away eafilye with great bene- 
fite, and in this, and griefes of the headand Remes che w- 
ing it, they do disfleume verie much: they call this hearbe 
after my name, beeauſe I vſe it for the lyke euilles for that 
an Indian did teachit mee, whichknewe muchof the ver- 
tue of hearbes. „ FFC 5 
Alſo I ſend your worſhip a fruite a of a tree which is of A fraite ef a 
n be not founde in any Countrey tree of great 
ö ut in this, they are ol the greatneſſe of an Oke, er ede ver tue. 
in Spaine: it hath many vertues, for the rinde beeing made oe 
in pouder and caſt into any fore whichis needefulſto bee 
made cleane, it makethit eleane, and after ward cauſeth the 
fleſh to grow and healethit. Andrubbingtheteethwith 
this pouder,it maketh them cleane very wel, and being laid 
vppon the Gummes if the flefh be taken away it dooth in- 
carnate them, and if the teeth be looſe, it maketh them faſt: 
Seething the leaues of this tree well in water, and wafhing 
with the water thereof any manner of fwelling , which 
hath any fore, or that is thereof cankered, it taketh away 
the fwelling, and impoſtume. And making fome {mall li- 
nen cloathes vet in this ſeething, and laying them warme 
vpon the Medicine, which is lade vpon the ſore, or vppon 
the pouder that is made of the tinde: it maketh the fores 
do heale more quickly, cauſing that there come no hu- 
mour to them. Out of the ſaide tree commeth a Rofine 
which is of ſ e te fmell, and ſerueth to perfume in many 
difeafes of the head, and to make plaiſters for many euilles: 
and heere I fend it to your worſſnppe. Of the fruite the In- 
dians make a certeyne drinke, which is for them verye 
healthfull. Your worlhippemay commaunde them to bee 
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