Hi florie of the Indies* lib.^* 



profitable grainc in lulic, Turku grained for;in trueth I 

 doc not findc that theAmientsmakeanymentioixof 

 this grainejthough that mil (that Plwtc writes to come 

 from the Indies into ///*//>, tenneyeares before he didde 

 write it) hath fbme refemblancc vnto Mays , for that it 

 is agraine, as he faics, that growcs in reede, and covers 

 it felfc with the Ieafe,and hath the toppe like haircs, be 

 ing very fertile^ all which things agree not with mill. 

 To concIude,God hath imparted to ev'ry region what 

 isneedcfull. To this continent he hath given wheate, 

 which is the chiefe nourishment of man-and to the In. 

 dians he hath given Mays,which hath the fecond place 

 to whcate , for the nourifhment of men and beafts. 



, Papa, Chunes^ 

 CHAP. 17. 



IN fome partes of the indies they vfe a kinde of bread 

 they call Crww, which is madeofacertainerootc 

 they call Tuca : This Tuca is a great and groffe roote, 

 which they cuttc in fmall mor&lls, they grate or fcrapc 

 it, and then put it in a preile to ftrainc, making a thinnc 

 and broadc cake thereof, almoft'like vnto a Moores 

 target or buckler^ then doe they drie it , and this is the 

 breade they eatc. It hath no tafte , but is healthfull and 

 of good nourishment: For this reafon wcfaid, being at 

 S. Demimke, that it was the proper foode for great eat- 

 crs, for that they might eate much, without any fearc 

 of furffetting . They muft of necdlitie water this Caca* 

 iv before they eate it : it is fliarpe , and eafely watered 

 with water or broath, wherein it is very good,for that 

 it (wells much , and fo they make Capirottdcs, but iris 



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