Httforie of the fatties, lib^. 



asitprefcntly finkcsin -the.w3ter,heereof they brought 

 in the (ame fleeter 50. quintalJs, and they might have 

 brought twentie, yea, a hundred thoufand of this 

 wood,if there were vfe for it. There came in the fame 

 flectc,andfrom the famelland, 130. qdntallesofjto. 

 Jiff wood, the which is fierie red, fo well knowne, and 

 much vfed in dyingand other things. There are at the 

 Indies infinite numbers of other aromaticall woodes, 

 gummes, oyles, and drugges , foas it is not pofTible to 

 name them all,neither doth itnow much import. I fay 

 onely, that in the time of the Kings Inguas QfCtzfio, 

 and the MexicAinc Kings, there were many great perfo- 

 nages expert in curing of difeafes with (imples,and did 

 goodly cures, having the knowledge of the many ver- 

 tues and properties ofhearbes, rootes , woodes,and 

 plants, which grow there, and whereof the Ancients 

 of #rp^ have had no knowledge. There are a thou 

 fand of thefe fimples fit to purge , as the rootes of Me- 

 the Picons ofPunua 



> w, the" oy le gfFig- trees , and many other things , the 

 which being well applied, and in time, they hold to be 

 *>fno leflfc efficacie then the druggef that come from 

 the Eaft T[he which mayj^c feene in reading tfic"cli 



in the firft and ie- 



condPart, where he treats amplv^of Tobacco, or Pc~ 



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the have made notable e 



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jj ey ave mae notae experiences a- 



gainupoifbn. Tobaccois a fmall tree or plant,common 

 enough^ the which hath in it^rarc vertues, as amongft 

 others itfavesforacounterpoifon, like to many and 

 divers other plants : for the Creator of all things hath 

 imparted his vertues at his pleafure, not willing that a- 

 ny thing fhould grow idle.But it is another foveraigne 

 gift to man, to know them and their proper vfes, the 



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