Chap. 57, T beatrum < Botanicum. 
Tribe 17' 
diffolve wind both there and tn the bowels, while it is ftefh it is eaten in follets with the Indians, the roote be¬ 
ing Diced and put among the herbcs, and helpeth to mollefie and loofen the belly by the moidure therein, which 
thenabateth much of the heate which being dry it hath, andhelpethto bind the belly. The preferved Ginger 
is moll acceptable and comfortable to the Itomacke, and is availcablc to all the purpoles aforefaid. 
Chap. L VI I. 
Zibettum. Civet. 
H Iver, called AlgtVut by the Indians, and the bead from whence it is taken Algili or Aligali, i3 
well knowne no w adayes to all, to be an excrementicious moidure, or condenlate fweate ol a cet- 
taine bead fomewhat like unto a great Cat, and thereon called a Civet Cat, gathered from a pe¬ 
culiar place or purfe in that Cat, prepared by nature for that fpeciall purpofc, and is taken forth 
with fmall fpconts of Ivory ot wood, and that by ftrong hand, the bead being held very clofe and 
hard for fcare of biting, while they are in taking it forth, for it is very fell and fierce, being moved 
and angered, and then mod when they are about that bulinefle. Ifliall not need to deferibe the bead unto you, 
which C 7 */Tm hath done in figure very exabtly in his Cure Pofleriores, and is lo frequent, not onely incur Land, 
with a great many that kcept them for the profit or ufe of the Civet, but in divers other Countries in Europe. 
The Civet is ufed as a perfume or iwcete lent generally, cither by it felfe or mixed with other lweete things, it 
is u!ed alfo to comfort the head andbraine, and to helpe che dcafeneffe and dilfinelfe in the cares,being pur there¬ 
into, wrapped in alictle blacke wool!, it is much commended againd thefuffocations or riling of the mother, to 
be ufed in a plailler, ot but pat on the middle of the plaider and laid on the Navell, or fome put into the Navell. 
I know none that ever ufed it inwardly, but in outward remedies: it is faid that women are much delighted 
thcrew ith, and helping fondry of their defefb. 
Having thus (hewed yon here mod of die chiefcd Druggcs in our Apothecaries fhops, that come to us from 
forraigneparts, that aie not formerly exptelfed in this Worke in leverall places: Let me now ladly to clofe up 
this whole Worke, fhew you other drange and rare Plants, both Herbesand Trees, with ihcirfSumcncs,Seeds, 
Roores,and Fruites.&c. growing in the Had,and Wed Indies, andihole parts r.eere unto them, as they have 
becneobfcived by thole that in their travells (aw them, and brought many of them i r.to Europe, thatweeinay 
contemplate the wonderfull Workes of God, that hath doredthofe Countries with fuen differing Herbes and 
Trees from ours, and yet it is very certaine that there is much more unknowne then is already made knowne un¬ 
to us. I will fird beginne with Herbes, and the parts thereof, as feedes and rootes, whether mcdicinable or 
admirable,and then with the Trees and their fruites that are pleafantto eate ; and ladly with thole which for 
the mod part have fome mcdicinall ufe. 
Chap. LVIIL 
Tnjc) kerfa, Indian Plantaine for the done. 
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ggSHere growethin Pergjn the Weft Indies,an Heibe whofe leaves are like unto our Plantaine,which be- 
-jBgjg ing dryed are very tbfnne, and tadc hot and extreame bitter. Thepouthctof them taken inWine, 
jpjj hclptth thp chollicke and the done,whether proceeding of wind, oT ofany cold caufe,che leaves boy- 
led and applyed w r arme to the pained part, worketh che fame effefl. 
Another Herbc hkewife'w as lent from thence Uke unto Lettice new fprung up, and of the lame 
bi* tit ilia, being applyed to the place mixed with fome oyntmentof Rofcs, and tne leaves alfo laid thereto: the juyee 
Lenucef- thereof like wile coo.eth inflammations, Saint Antbonjet fire and the like hot eruptions in the sMnne, and caleth 
K,u ' the paines. 
from Peru likewife faith Maiutrdiu cacne the feed of abuOry plant, there called being very final! and 
Ce, '- vft' taken from the fruicc thereof,which was like unto the Mein iriftnn ,Madde Appels,flat on the one pate, and round 
n on the other, of an afh colour on the cutfide, and of an excellent gteene colour but thinne.and of a round forme. 
It is of mnehedeeme with the Natives, for theelpcciall vertues thereof, in provoking urine, and expelling gra¬ 
ved and the done, yea and breaking theflone in the bladder, if it be not growne hard by long continuance,dilfol- 
vingitinco fand, andcadingit forth with-the urine, the feed in poutber being taken in fome water convenient 
for thepnrpole. whereof they have had very many and notable experiences, which fand after k is expelled will 
grow hard as into dones againe. 
Chap. hXlX. 
Coen, TheherbeCoca. 
“ He feed of this Coca isfowne with great care by the Wed Indians in beds,by rowes, and rifeth to be 
a plant of three ot fonrefoote high, with a dalke asbiggeas a good wand, and fomewhat greater 
leaves then the Myrtle, having as it were another leafe in the middle thereof, being fofc, and of a 
pale gteene colour: the berries ate ted before they be ripe, but blackifh afterwards, growing clu- 
dring together, and then they gather the leaves,laying them to dry, that they may be kept all the ycarc 
