Htilorie of the Indies, lib. 4.. 



they cate as a delicate and toothfonae meate. They 

 have likewifc carried Fruitcs to the Indies from thele 

 parts, the which profpcr better there, then the Indian 

 plants do, brought into Europe the reafon in my opi 

 nion is,for that there is greater variety of temperatures 

 then in thcfe partes, by meanes whereof, the plants in 

 thoferegions do rife and profper better , fitting them- 

 felves to the temperature they require, And th rootes 

 and plants which grow there , and were not tranipor- 

 ted from hence,are better then they be heere- for oni- 

 ons , garlike and parfnips are not in Spainc, as they be 

 at Pm*:and as for turnips, there is fo great abundance, 

 as they have increafed in fo me places in fuch fort , that 

 as they have affirmed tome,) they could notdeftroy 

 the aboundance which grewvp, for to (owe corne 

 there. Wee have feeneredifhrootesasbiggcasamans 

 arme, veiy tender, and of a good tafte y and of thefe 

 rootes I have fpoken, fomeferve for ordinarie meate, 

 as the CAinores, which being rofted, ferve as pulfe. 

 There arc other rootes that ferve them for dainties, 

 as the Cochuchoi it is a fmall fweete roote, which fomc 

 preferve for more delight. There are other rootes fit 

 to coolers the Piquima, which is in qualitic very cold 

 and moift, and in dimmer it rcfrefheth and quencheth 

 the thirft-but the Pap^f and 0<r^,be the chiefe for nou- 

 ri(hmentandfubftance. The Indians cfteeme garlike 

 above all the rootes of Europe , and hold it for a fruite 

 of great force : wherein they want no reafon,for that 

 it comforts andwarmes the ftomacke, for that they 

 eate it with an appetite rawc as it comes out of the 

 ground. 



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