The 3\atftr*0 andMoratt 



chandifc which agrees with thegraine^ itgrowethitt 

 great aboundance mnevjSpaine, from whence there 

 came in the fleete I mentioned 5263 . arobes , or there- 

 abouts, which amounted to fo many peeces .(Gotten 

 likewifegrowes vpon fmallftmibs , and great trees like 

 to little apples , which doe open and yeelde forth this 

 wehbe- which being gathered, they Ipinne to make 

 ftuffes. It is one of the things at the 'indies of grcateft 

 profite,and moft in vfe- for it ferves them both infteed 

 of flaxe and wooll to make their garments. It groweth 

 in alioteToyleTand there is greatftorejn the vallies, 

 anJieTcoaft ofPfrtf, in new Spaine, the Philippines zn& 

 China. Butthegreateftftoreofany place that f know,is 

 in the province oTucuw4??,m that of fair t Crot* of the 

 Sierfe^ and at Paraguay, whereas Gotten is thni-chiefc 

 revenue. They carry cotten into Spain- from the Hand 

 of Saint Dominike: andtheyearethatllpakeof, there 

 came 64000. arobes . At the Indies whereas this cotten 

 growes , they make cloth , which both the men and 

 women vfe commonly, making table napkins thereof, 

 yea and failes for their fhippes . There is forne courfe, 

 and other that is fine and delicate- they die it intodi- 

 verfe colours, as wee doe by our woollen cloth in Eu 

 rope. 



OfMameyStGtMyavo^andPaltos CHAP. 24. 



M^* / T ^ e ^ e Plants we have fpoken of, are the moft pro- 

 * fitable of the Indies ja\A the molt neceffary for the 

 lifebf man : yet there are many other thatare good to 

 eate, among the which the Mameys are efteemed , be 

 ing in fafhion like to great peaches > anH bigger , they 

 have one or two {tones within them, and thek meate 



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