Hiftorie of the Indies 



thunder fell vpoti it, it was able to ftiadovv a thoufand 



men, and therefore they did aflemble therefor theyr 



dauncesandfuperftitions : yet to this day there doth 



remaine fomq, boughesand verdure, b,ut not much. 



They know n<$t what kinde of tree it is, but they fay it 



is a kind of Cedar. Such as (hail finde this ftrange , let 



them reade wha:Plinic reporteth of the Plane of tidU, 



the hollow whereof contained foure fcore footeand 



one, and feemed rather a Cabbin or a houfe , than the 



hollow of a tjree , his boughs like a whole wood , the 



fhaddo w whfcreof covered a great part of the field . By 



that which is writen of this tree, we have no great caufe 



to wonder at the Weaver, who tiadde his dwelling and 



loom? in theholbw $f a chefnut tree ; and of another 



chefnut tree,if it were not the very fame , into the hot 



low whereof there entered eightcenemenon horfe- 



backe, and paflfcd out without difturbing one another. 



The Indians did commonly v{e their idolatries in thefe 



'trees, fo ftrar.^e an \ deformed, even as did the antient 



Gen tiles, as Ibaie Writers of our time doe report. 



Of Plants and fruits wh>ch hive bitpcarriedottt 

 line t$the Indies. 

 CHAP. 31. 



THe /^^4/have received more profit,and have bin 

 berter recompenfed in plants that have bin broght 

 fromfyrf//^, thin in any other ma v chandi(e , forthat 

 thofe few which are carried fr on the Indies into Spainc, 

 growe little there, and multiply not \ and contrariwife 

 the great number that have beene caried fromSpaine to 

 the W/>^pro -per w :1 & multiplie greatly : I know not 

 whether I (hull attribute it to the bounty of theplants 



V 4 that 



