agante, that, that which is ealthfall and aüawablelute⸗ 
nance in the firme land, the ſame is noꝛtal venome in al tze 
Illandes: as Colurssla wiiteth of the Peache, that it was : 
venom moſt miſcheeuous, which in Perſſa did kill men and Colwnacla. =~ 
being brought into Italpit loft that malice and p2opertie 
that it had to kill, and giueth vnto vs health, and a [werte 
iupce. 
Dotvioeucr it be, hauing in the Indias ſo much Payes, 
and ſo common in all partes thereof , J woulde not eate 5 
Caſaui, ſseing that the Mayes are of as good ſubſtaunte, Maite. 
as our MAheate , and in no parte bath either venome, 02 
popfon, but rather is healthful, and maketh a gad ſtamack, Bred of 
There is bꝛead made of it, asot the Cgaui, for they grinde as. 
it, and with water they knede it, and in a Frying panne aol . 
Earth thepbake certain Cates, which they make of it, and 
ö muſt be eaten freſhe, aſſoone as it is made: foʒ being dꝛy 
it is harpe and troubleſome to [wallow downe „and duetd 
offende the teeth. 
The Vatatas, Which is a common kruite in thole coun Batata’. 
tries take fora vittaile of mache Subſtaunce, and 
that they are in the middeſt betwerne lleche and Kruite. 
Tructh it is that they be windie, but that is taken front. 
them byroſting, chiefly if they bee put into fine Myne: 
there is made of them Conferua verie excellent, as Par- 
molade, and mall Poꝛſelles, and they make Potages 
and JSzothes, and Cikes of them verie excellent: they are 
fubiedt that there be made of them any maner of Conſern⸗ 
and any maner of meat:ther be fo many inf 
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fipelne c arnelics laden with them. T 
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