Tr ? B K iy. 
The '1 heater of'Piantu Cha f, 133. 165s 
all difeafes by the vulgar forqbutefpecially mail joynt aches, tumoursand contufions proceeding from any hot 
canre,and chit with lingular good effect .-the leaves alio bruifed and laid upon old Vlcers doth wondroufly helps 
to digelf the matter, cleanle them and bring them to cicatrifing, fo as the body be not Rule but prepared and 
purgedbefore hand. And certainly they are found l'o availablein all woundr, Impoltumes and brnifes, that the 
people ufing thcfe.feeke for no Chirurgian. 1 he women ufe to wafii their whole bodies with the decoftionof 
thele leaves at all times and feafons, audarefo perfwaded of their effeft to helpe them to conceive children, 
that they that (hould goe about to perfwade them the contrary,they would (lone them to death. 
Chav. CXXXIII. 
Ninth. Another healing or wound tree. 
His other tree is more rare and fcarfe then the Iaft, called by thofe o( the countries in India where it is 
knowne Nimbo. but by thofe of CMaln- 
J bar Bcpolc, and is of much account both 
with the Chriftians there and Gentiles. 
Itisasbiggeasan Alh, whereunco a iarreeffitis 
very like, the leaves are very grecne on both fidcs, 
dented about the edges and pointed at the ends, 
it is plentifully Qored with both leaves and flowers 
which are fmall apd white,with five leaves apeece 
and fome yellow threads in ti e middle, and of the 
fmcll of the Trifolittm odoratnnt, fweet Trefoile 
after which the fruit appeareth which are like 
unto fmall Ollives with a yellow thin skinne. The 
leaves are fomewhat bitter, but very wholefomc 
being bruifed and mixed with a little juice ofLc- 
mons,& dropped into foule Vlcers or thofe tbatare 
hollow or fi[iulous,or with hard skins therein ey- 
ther of man or beaft, doth helpe them by digefting, 
clen(tng,hcaling and skinning themtthe j'uice ofthc 
leaves is a moll familiar and knowne remedy in 
Malabar lo kill the wormes of all forts in the body, 
whereuntothey are much fubj'eff, whether taken 
alone or with other things for the purpofe into the 
body.orufed outwardly tothc Nivell: the flowers 
& fruit alfo are much ufed againft the gout and the 
paines,fwellings, weakeneffe and Itnpoflumations 
of the joynts or parts, the Oylc likewife preffed 
out f the fruit is lingular good in the paines and 
ereefes of the (inewes, and therewith doe thofe of 
M*l*bar cure both wounds in the flcfh,punftures 
and pricking of the Nerves and Sinewes, and c u n- 
traftions or dillortions of the members. 
Wtnlo. Another healing or wound tree. 
Chap. CXXXIII I. 
Kjvmrahe. The Americans vice Guaj'acum. 
J^rL rC hrh V fm yia M a c ngaba n kC0 , fa whitilhfilverlikecolour, but tfe wood is reddifh under it of 
man in his life time (hall fcarfe fee the Fruit abOTelourTo^^^ 
tfh^”^ an ‘* e i S j°^ £ ^* ^scAflntwi^the^ndhinswhCTeic e ^wcth U thaFGuaj'acumK V vv!th 
bythefick whofe appetite is foil to quicken it and get Tt anautc Neare all the malt ^ ruit 15 u(cd . 
gathered by thi indiant a certalne white liqufr ViLeSilk^aken ^dSh^^r"' n f ^ 
,MHt rasI h„ddi,..b, fling I, 
Chap, 
