A Letter. 
cleane the blood with a Linen cloth, vntill hee perceyued 
that they had fweat fufficiently,and with this he healed ma- 
ny diſeales that were incurabſe. And Lamabieto fay,that 
many did thinke that they had waxed young agayne, and 
were more ſtronge and young than they were before. Hee 
fell ficke,and for all that we could not with giftes and faire 
wordes, and fierce wordes,and theatnings, hee woulde ne- 
uer tell vs whathearbe it was, nor ſliewe it to any manin 
this countrie. There is founde a kinde of tree, that is of ſofte a 
Timberzthe Indians will make no fire ofit, although you = 
killthem. For that they faye,ifany ofthem come neere to 
the fire thut is made of this tree, or receiue the ſmooke 
of it he remaineth impotent, for women . And they haue 
this ſo certaine in perfuafion, andit is fo verified, that you 
ſhall not make them to come neare the fire, that is made 
of that tree, for any thing in the worlde, for they are fo 
carnall chat they will none of this. : | : 
They hen le in theſe countries any fwellinges which are G telle an 
inthe feete or legges ; cauſed of colde humours. with an 5 he Bit: 
hearbe called (tntella, which beeing ſtamped and laide to fer the fuels a 
the fwelling, there ariſe certaine Bliſters, by the which ling ofthe 
there commeth foorth greate quantitie of water & humors, fecte or (gt. 5 
vntill it leaue the Foote, or the Legge drye · I haue ſeene eS 
greate expericnce by thefeeuacuations , amongett the In- 
dians, for they vſe them much, and I haue feene ſome Spa- 
niardes vſe it and were healed of chelike diſeaſes. 
In the yere 1568. in the Prouince of Chile, they dyd cut 
off from certain Iadians being priſoners the calues of their 
legs to eate them and they rotted them for that purpoſe, 
and that which is of more admiration, they applyed vato 
the place where they were cut, leaues of certaine hearbes, 
and there came not out a drop of blood, and many did ſee 
it. And this was done in the Citie of S. lames, in the pre- 
ſence ofthe Lord Don Gracta de Alendeſa, which was a thing 
ms ue ae 
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| that made all men maruellat it. 
