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An Appendix to 
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Another kindeof this was afterwards found in the I (land of S.Iohn de Puerto rico neereto the 
former: it is alfo like the laftdefcribed, but altogether Idfe,and almoft without matrix or pith 
fuelling ftrongcr, and being bitterer than the former , which being left, this is now in vfe and of 
the wondrous effects it is called Lignum fanclum ; neither without defert, being(experiencegiuin°- 
teftimonie) it excells the other: yet both their faculties are admirable in curin'* the French dif 
cafe, and therefore the water or decoflion of both of them are drunke 3 either mixed together or fe- 
uerally, both for the cure of the forementioned difeafe, as alfo againft diners other affedls. IIilis 
much for Monarjus his defcription. 
1 he wood which is now in vfe with vs is of a large tree, whofe wood is very heauy 3 foIlid and fit 
to turne into bowks or the like, and all that I haue yet feene hath been wholly without matrix or 
pith, and commonly it is of a darke brownifh colour, fomewhat inclining to yellow, hauing a ring 
ofwhite ingirting it next to the barke ; I haue obferued a tree whofe diametrc hath been two foot 
and a quarter, to haue had as little or leffc ofthis white wood as one whofe diameter was thirteene 
inches ; and this which was thirteene inches had only a white circle about it of one inch in bredth • 
I thinke the yonger the tree is, the bigger the white circle is.: the beft wood is denfe,heauy, brow- 
nifh, leaning a quicke and biting talk in thcdecoffion.asalfohis fmell and colour. The barke 
of this wood is alfo denfe and heauy.ofa hard fubftance and yellowifh colour within, but rough 
and greenifh, or elfegrayifh without, and of fomewhat a bitterifh tafte. Thus much for the de- 
fcription of the wood and his barke. Now let me fay fomewhat briefely ofthe temperature" and 
qualities. 1 
ThcT empcrature and ycrtues. 
It is iudged to be hot and dry in the fecond degree : it hath a drying, attenuating, difToIuing,and 
cleniing facultie, as alfo to moue fivear,and refi ft contagion and putrefadfion. 
The decoftion of the barke or wood of Guajacum,made either alone or with other ingredients 
asfhall be thought moft fit for the temper and age of the Patient, is of fingular vfe in the cure of 
the French Poxes, and it is the moft antient and powerfull antidote that is yet known againft that 
diieafe. I forbeare to fpecifie any particular medicine made thereof, becaufe they are wel enough 
knownetoall to whom this knowledge belongs, and they areaboundantly fet downe by all thofe 
that haue treated of that difeafe. 1 
It alfo conduceth to the cure ofthedropfie, Afthma, Epilepfie, thedifeafes of the bladder and 
reines, pames of the loints, flatulences, crudities, and lartly all chronicall difeafes proceeding 
from cold and moift caufes ; for it oftentimes workes fingular effedfs whereas other medicines lit- 
tle preuaile. 
It dothalfoopen the obftru&ions oftheliuerand fpleene,warmes and comforts the ftomacke 
and a, J the intrals, and helps to free them ofany gtoffevifcous matter which may be apt to breed 
difeafes in them. 1 r 
Chap# Zo. 
Of the (juayaua, or Orange-Hay, 
*[ The Description, 
S imon de Tong fent Clujim a branch of the tree which the Spaniards call Cuay M as,{to m which he 
drevvthisfigure.andtHisdefcnbesit. This branch (kith Clufsus) whofe vpper part together 
with the fruit I caufed to be drawne, was Tome foot long, foure fquare, alternately fet with 
leaues growing by couples, being foure inches long, and one and a halfe or two broad, of the forme 
oblioLlv^ 5 VC t7 firme ’ h n a T. S a fv ! eI lng rib runnin g a!on g ft the Io ' vcr ficie - with veins running 
towfife lencetothe fi d « l ° f f nall ; 0r gra y ifh colo “ r benea th, but fmooth abouc,with 
after fome forr r £ P fn" 8 brok ^ n ’ tho “§ h oId >y et retained the fmell of Bay leaues, and alfo 
ofthe bfoneffoof! u = rhe frL,ll: was rrnooth, y e t flrnueled,becaufeperaduenture itwas vnripe, 
offreddffo Wackilh on the out fide like a ripe plum, but within full 
Millet, or thofc that IrefoSgs £ 6 WCK ™ n y vvilItildl fecds of the bi S“iTeof 
in Sxfv'fourrb' 0,l a l he int ° Lat , ine b y C W«?) thus giues vs the hiftorie ofGusyauns, 
branches the leafe nfr^p C IS a tree, faith he, of an indifferenc bigneffe, and hath fpreading 
ches,the leafe of the Bay, and a white floure, like that of the Orange, yet fomewhat bigge?, 
and 
