THE 



FOVRTH BOOKE 



oftheNaturallandMorall Hi- 



ftorie of the Indies. 



Of three ki fides ef mixtures or compounds , of the which 



CHAP. i. 



Aving in treated in the former 

 bookc of that which concernes 

 , the Elements, and the fimples of 

 i\izlndie$> in this prefent booke 

 we will difcourfe of mixtures and 

 compounds , Teeming fit for the 

 fubied we (hall treatc of. And aK 

 though there be many other fun- 

 driekindes , yet we will reduce this matter into three, 

 which are Mettalls, Plants, and Beafts. MettaHs are(as 

 plants,) hidden and buried in the bow els of the earth, 

 which have fome conformirie in themfclves , in the 

 forme and maner of their prodtidion- for that weefec 

 anddifcovcr even in them, branches, and asitwerea 

 bodie, from whence they, grow and proceede , which 



are 



