An Appendix to 



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Another kind of this was afterwards found in the IflandofS.Iohndel>uemP 4 - 



former : it is aifo like the laft defcribed, but altogether leflTe, and almoft w itho riC ° 5nccre t0 the 

 fmclling ftronger, and being bitterer than the former : which being left, this is n ' ^^ 0r P ith ' 

 the wondrous effects it is called Lignum fantfum^ neither without defert beino- r ™ ^ and °f 

 teftimonie) it excels the other^yet both their faculties are admirable in curino tS? nCn ? giuin g 

 and therefore the water or decoaion of both of them are drunk,either mixed too- t] ch difc afe, 

 both for the cure of the forementioned difeafe,as alfoagainft diuers other affile 5° rfcucn,, 'y> 



Montr dus his defcription. & " aitetts - Thus r»«-i. ^ 



«s much for 



The wood which is now in vfe with vs is of a large tree,whofe wcod is very heauv fnin j 

 to tiirne into bowlcs or the like, and all that I haue yet feen bath beencwholly vv ithnnr ' fic 



nirh and commonlv it is of a dark hrownifh rnlmir f^mm^t-.-n,.!:..: t / " ol,c matrix or 



eh 



:s-fft 



ingof 



3 inche 



s 





, t . r : . : — ,r •T..*""-^ """"«• itu r u »e men rnoredth. I thinV< 



the yonger the tree is, the bigger the white circle is : the beft wood is denfe, heauy, brownift T 



nmsaquickandbitinstaftinthedecoftion.asalfohi^rmpllanrl^i^.,. -ri. 1...1 . r ., • ''5 a 



. . . . , vvood 



COlOUr Within, bur rnnoV»on,l ^.„«„:/l 



cue ^ray un wmiuuc,ana or lomewnat a oitteriih tait. 1 hus much for the defcript; 



and his bark. Now \(t\. me fay fomewhat briefly of the temperature and qualities. 



wood 



^J The Temperature and 'Vertues. 



A It is iudged to be hot and dry in the fecond degree : it hath a dry ing^ttenuating^dilToluing^nd 

 clenfiug faculties aifo to moue fweat,and refift contagion and putrcfa&ion. 



B The deco&ion of the bark or wood of Guaiacum, made either alone or with other ingredients, 

 as fhall be thought moft fit for the temper and age of the patient, is of lingular vfe in the cure cf 

 the French Poxes,and it is the moft antient and powerfull antidote that is yet knowne again ft that 

 difeafe. I forbeare to fpecifie any particular medicine made thcreof,becaufe they arevvell enough 

 knowne toall to whom this knowledge belongs, and they are aboundantly fetdowne by all thofe 

 that haue treated of that difeafe. f 



q It aifo conduceth to the cure of the Dropfie, Afthma,Epilep{ie,the difeafe of the bladder and 

 reines, paines of the joints, flatulencies, crudities, andlaftly all Chronicall difeafes proceeding 



tlepreuailc. 



effe&s 



E> It doth aifo open the obftru&ions of the liuer and fpleen,warms and comforts the ftomack and 

 all the intrals 5 and helps to free them from any grofle vilcous matter that may be apt to breed dif- 

 eafes in them. 





HAP. 2LO. 



Of Guayaua or Orange SB ay 





^r ThcDefcrif>Uon. 



Imon de Touar fcnt Cluftus a branch of the tree which the Spaniards cal Guqauasfiom whicb .£ 

 drew this figure,thus defcribing ir.This branch,(faith civ/t*r)whoCc vpper part together w»d 

 the fruit I caufed to be drawne , was fome foot long, foure fquare, alternately let witn icauw 

 & . -wing by coupIes,being foure inches Iong,and one and ahalfeor two broad,of the forme o y 

 Icaues.very firm,hauing a fwelling rib running alongft the lower fide,with veins wnningoDiiq ; 

 ♦from thence to the fides 3 of an afh or grayifh colour bencath,but fmooth aboue,witn tpe vein ^ 

 appearing : which b roken,though o!d,yet retained the fmel of Bay Ieaues 3 and alio attei : 10 

 the tafte : the fruit was fmooth, yet fhriueled,becaufe peraduenture it was vnripe, or tne n s ^ 

 of a fmall apple, Iongifh,bIackifh on the out-fide like a ripe plumme, but within full on 1 t ^ 

 pu!pe,ofan acide taft . and in the middle were many whitifh feeds of the bignesoi win", 

 that are in Figs. ' otGuaide*, 



Nicolas CMonardm (as hee is turned into Latineby Clufw )thas giues vs the hiRoty ■ rea aine 

 in his fixty fourth Chapter. It is a Tree (faith he) of an indifferent bigneflc,and natt 1 ipr » 

 branches, the leafeof the Bav. and a white fioure like that of the Orange, yet fomewnat u ^ 



