H&orieofthefndie*. lib^, 287 



the caufe as in Emeraldes and Pearles. That which irn- 

 portes moft , is the vfe wherein it is imployed , for 

 creamc and vndtions in the Church, and in fuch veno- 

 ration : for that the Apoftolike fea hath given libertie 

 to give creamc of Balrne at the Indies, and that they 

 (hould vfc it in confirmation and other ceremonies 

 which they vfc.fThey bring Balme to ^/w from new 

 ty4/#<?,fronrthe Province ofGuattwaf/a, from Chtappa, 

 and other places where it aboundes moft, although the 

 moft cfteemed be that which comes from the Hand 

 of Tollu , which is vpon the maine land, not farre from - j 

 Carthagenc. This Balme is white, and commonly they - C*"^ 

 holde the white to bee more perfeft then the red, al 

 though Plinie gives the firft place to the vermilion, the pfoi.**^ :i)f 

 fecond to the white, the third to grecne,and the laft to 

 blackc- but it feemesthat Stralo efteemed more the 

 white Balmes as ours tloc . Menardes difcourfeth t 



at large of the Indian Balme in the firft and fecond 

 part ,efpecially of that ofCarthagcnc and ToRu? which is 

 all one. I have not found that the Indians in olde time 

 did much cfteeme Balme, norjet imploy it in any im- ' 

 portant vfe,althoughJ/^^r^7faicth , that the Indians 

 cured rfieir woundes therewith, and from thence the 

 Spaniardes learned it. 



Of Amber, And other Oyles, Gums y ondT>rugges, which 

 they bring from the Indies CHAP. 29. 



XT Ext to Balme , Amber holdes the~ fecond place: 

 JL/N it is another liquor which is likcwife fweeteand 

 medicinall - but more thi eke , and turnes into a paftc 

 of a hote complexion, and a good perfume, the which 

 they apply to woundes, bruifes, and other neccflitic% 



V where- 



