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then after bcty ling it, as they do thebcerc in F launders, 

 or the ACHA in Pm/.Rice is a meate not much lefle com 

 mon and generall throughout the world, than wheate 

 ormays,andperchaunce more; forbefides that they 

 vie it, inChina^ loppon, and the Philippines, and in the 

 greateft parte of the Eaft indies $ it is a graine moft com 

 mon in Affrike and Ethiopia . It requires a wet ground, 

 almoft ovcrflowneliketo a medow.In Eurept,Peru,and 

 Mexico , where they have the vfc of wheate, they eatc 

 Rice as a meate, and not for bread- they feethe it with 

 milke or with broth , or in fome other forte. The moft 

 exquifitcRice commeth from the PhilippincsmAchi- 

 riA, as hath been e fay de. Andthismayfufficetovnder- 

 ftand what they eate generally at the Indies in fteade of 

 bread. 



Of divers Rootes which grow At the Indies. 

 CHAP. 18. 



Although in thefe parts the Land be moreaboun- 

 dant and fertile in fruitesthat growes vpon the 

 earth, by rcafon of the great diverfitie of fruite trees, 

 and plants we have $ yet for rootes and other things 

 that grow vndcr the earth , the which they vfe for 

 meates, in my opinion there is greateft aboundance 

 there : for of thcfe kindesof plants,wc have readiihes, 

 turneps, parfncps, carrots, lickes, garlike, and fome o- 

 ther profitable rootes.But in thofe countries they have 

 fo many divers fortes , as I cannot reckon them ; thofc 

 which I now remember befides Paf&, which is the 

 principally there is Ocas, TCAnocecM, Camotes,Fata4^ Xi- 

 r, TUCA, CochuehA, Cavi, Trtora, Mani, and an in- 

 number of other kindcs, i&ti\t-P*uttrts , which 



they 



