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cd S r Francis Drake in that voyage,faid that the Spaniards in Peru had them in g 



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and tnat it ltrengtnned the neart ana virau taculties,ir it were beaten to pouder and tak • ' 

 morning in a little wine ; and giucn in water it mitigated the heate of Feuers. By reafonW r C 



famine* ir rtmnl/1 tniwh a<iree wish the Radix c.antr* *em>* «rh«r«rtf . «* . .*. „ j-:'J. . °' l nefe 



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booke : yet in thefe I required the aromatick taft and degree of heat 



roots. Thus much Cluf. & " " lo «*fc 



From Charchis a prouincc of Peru(faith Monard.) are brought certain roots very like the hv» 

 of Jr *,but Icfle,and haumg the fmell of Fig leaues.The Spaniards that Hue in the Indies cai h 

 Ctntra-yerv^s if you mould fay an antidote againft poifon . becaufe the pouder of them takeZ 



white wineisa moft prefent remedie agamft all poifon of what kinde foeuer it be(only fublimar 

 cxcepred : whofc malignity is only extinguifhed by the drinking of milk) it caufes them to be eaft 



vp by vomit, or evacuated by fvvear. They alfo fay that Philtres or amorous potions are eaft forth 



by drinking this pouder.lt alfo killeth wormes in the belly. The root chewed hath a certain aro- 



marirlr rflftrinvnfd withacrimnnv.whfrfnrf ?r ff»fmchnf in thn r«/«nn/l J« n .^.TU... r.. ■- r 



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giue you in the fecond place,and that by the fame title as it is here fee forth. Thefc 



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Eaft Indies,&vvas taken by the Enelifh 



and fibreSjand being of a footy colou 



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is very likely they were of great vfe among the Indians,feeing 

 with other pretious medicines growing in the Eaft Indies. 





tent this to Cl*jiu$ y mth the little plant dried,whofe 



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Of Lignum Abes. 



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T is a Queftion,whetberthe Ag&focbum&tkxi- 



bed ca. 2 1 .//. i .of Diofc0rides.be tfyj fame which 



the later Greekes and (hops at this time call Xylo- 

 aloe or Lignum does. Many make them the famejo- 

 thers, to whofe opinion I adhere, make them dif- 

 ferent : yet haue not the later fhewed vs what of - 

 vallochum mould be^hich I notwith (landing wil 



do. And though I do not now giue you my argu- 

 ments^ I will point at the tbings.and fbew po- 

 fitiuely my opinions of them. . 



The firft & beaof thefe is that whichfome cal 

 C^«^4rrothers,C./^^,orC4/^fThisiso 



high eueem in the Ind ies, and fetdome found but 

 among the Princes and perfons of great quite ; 

 for it is fould oft times for the weight in gold . l 

 haue not fee. any thereof but in^feg 

 to be a whiter wood than the ordinary , - ol a b* 

 §rain,not Co fubka to rot.of a more fragrant imc 

 and but light. 





called 



h is vfually brought 



ouex, and called in ouuy*»j — - , 

 mn> ^lots , is ajfo a precious and oda 

 wood,cfpecialIy burnt: the (ticks of* «J 



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knotty and vnfightly, ^feme deofc 

 Thite, foft, and doted , othef-JoiP^ 



