162.2. An Appendix to 
nied S' .Fran.Drake in that voyage, laid, that the Spaniards in Peru had them in great requeft, and 
they could not eafily be got of them, and that he had learned by them, that the leaues wereprefent 
poifon, but the root an antidote, and that not only againft the fame poifon,but alfo againft other- 
and that it ftrengthned the heart and vitall faculties, if it were beaten to ponder, and taken in the 
morning in a little wine • and giuen in water, it mitigated the heat of Feuers. By reafon of thefe fa- 
culties it fhould much agree with the Radix Contra-yema, whereof CMonardm wrires in the fame 
booke : yet in thefe I required the aromaticke tafte and degree of heate, which he attributes vnto 
thefe roots.Thus much Cluf. 
A From Charcis a Prouince of Peru, faith Monard. are brought certaine roots very like the roots of 
but lelTe,and hauing the fmellof Fig leaues. The Spaniards thatliue in the Indies call thetn\ 
Cmra-yertti i,as if you fhould (ay an Antidote againft poifon-becaufe the pouder of them taken ip 
white Wine is a moft prefent remedy againft all poifon of what kiride foeuer it be(only fublimate 
excepted, whofe malignitie is oncly extingnifhed by the drinking of milke) it caufes them to bee 
caftvpby vomite,or euacuated by fvveat. They alfo fay that Philtres or amorous potions are call 
forth by drinking this pouder.lt alfo killeth wormes in the belly. The root chewed hath a certain 
aromaticke tafte ioined with acrimony 5 wherefore it feemes hot in the fecond degree. Thus farre 
Mon Urdus . . 
2 Clufius Exot.l. 4. c. 1 1. being the next afterX>r<ii«M rati;*, deferibes this roorpvhofe figure I giue 
you in the 2 .place, & that by the fame title as it is here fet forth.Thefe roots, faith he,feemed (om - 
vvha t like the Drakena radix which were found in the great Chip which brought backe the Viceroy 
from the Eaft Indies, and was taken by the Englifh : for they were tuberous, and as much as one 
may gather by their forme, crept vpon the furfaceofthe earth, hauing vponthem many hairesand 
libres,and being of a footy colour, yet fomewbat inclining to yellow, dying the fpittle in chewing 
them, and being bitter : they as yet retained foot-ftalks of the leaues, but of what fafhion they were 
no man can eafily gueffe.But it was likely they were of great vfe among the Indians, feeing that the 
Vice-roy brought them together with other precious medicines growing in the Eaft Indies, lames 
Garret fent this to Clufius with the little plant dryed, whofe figure you fee expre ft by it. 
Chap. z8. Of Li? num Aloes. 
Lignum Aloes vulgar e. 
% The Defcription'. 
I T is a queftion whether the Agal/ochum deferi- 
bed in the 1 1 . cj. 1 of Dio fear ides be the fame 
which rbe ! ater Greeks ana (hops at this time 
call Xyloaioefir Lignum Aloes , many make them 
the fame .- others, to whofe opinion I adhere, 
make them difFererent, yethaue, not the later, 
fhew what Ardlochum lliould bee, which I not- 
withftand; gwilldo 3 and though I doenot now 
giuc you mya'' uments,yet I will point at the 
thin j,& (hew ofituiely my opinions of them. 
The firft a nd heft of thefe is that which fome 
c .1 iumbart oxhcnjCalumhafit Calmbecx this 
is of high eft cm in the Indies, & feldom found 
but tnongft the Princes, and perfons of great 
qualitie ; tor it is foldofttimes for the weight 
in gold; I h .r not feen any therofbut in beads 5 
it feemes to'5 ; a whiter wood than the ordina- 
ry,ofa fine ; ne.notfo fubiedt to rot, and of 
a more fragrao f.nell, and but light. 
The fecond fort, which is vfually brought o- 
uer.aiid called ;.n (hops by the name of Lianum 
Aloes, isalfo a precious and odoriferous wood, 
efpecially burnt : theftickes of this are com- 
monly k : otty &vnfight!y : Ibmc parts of them 
being white, foft, and doted totherfome, denfe, 
blackilh* 
