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ofan hot t«He but neither like Cinamon nor Pepper, and this Cortex printeramu is thicker then the thickeft ( i 
natnon,not carte into rowlcs or hollow pipes like it, and tailing, muchquicker, befides the colour is of a duskie 
brownein moQ.commmgncarertunto Cinamon, I thought good a little to expl.ine this matter here becaufe 
I hnde many poflefted fo Itrongly with that errour that Can'll* alba is Cortex printerani, that all may fee how true 
their opinion IS. This barke might feeme to be that whereof Monardm faith he had a pecce from Bernardino de 
Burgo an Apothecary,but that his had a more excellent fmell and tafte, excelling that of the Nutmeg,and as pe¬ 
dant as Cinamon,and mere cordiall, which is not found in thisbarke of primer,, CMonardM likewife maketh 
mention ofanotherthicke barke which was taken from i tree as great as an Elmeand like in forme ntowmn 
fcarfe m any other pm of the Wert Indies,then neare the Rivers Tides about ay. leagues dillant from Lima ■ : t k 
hot laith he above the fecond degreeithe Indians ufe to put it up into their nortrills, the fine pouther of the barke 
when they are troubled with rheumes and defluxions from the braines, or with other paines in the head for it 
plentifully drawethdownc humors whereby they finde cafe. ’ 1 
Cn/.r. CXXXVII. 
Cent arbor. The cortive or binding tree, 
|His tree is lomewhat like unto a dwarfeOrrenge tree both for forme and leafe, but having a thicker 
middlenbbe andeight or nine ochcrfmaller ones running to the fidcs: the flower is teliow wi-fi 
\ out lent,the barke of the roote onely is in ufe which is of a pale greene colour, and being broken 
) yeeldeth much milke, which is fomewhat clammy,having little tafte,but fome bitternefle & is more 
, , drying then cooling. The juice or milke of the barke of the rootes. hereof, although un’pleafant is 
muchufed by the natives of China, Japan, Malaea and Bengala as well as Chriftians in all manner of Fluxes and 
L d h S 3 m ” lng from what caufc foCVer - Thofe 0f CWi ” ca >l hCeru, they of Malabar faro and Cwo d lf al* 
Chap. CXXXVIII. 
‘Tavate, Another Coftjve tree. 
jjHis other tree which is more frequent to be bad then the laft, and called Pavate in Malabo, is there 
fore in more ufe though not altogether offoftrong and fpeedy eft'eft, for the Having of Laskes and 
F luxes,but is of excellent propertic to coole 
| all hot inflammations, and eruptions of cho- Pavate. Another Coflive tree, 
lericke matter in the skinneand S. Antho¬ 
nies fire: the roote of this tree is of chicfcft ufc.and fome- 
timesthe woodfteeped in the deco&ionof Rice, which 
will grow fower after it hath flood a few houres, and 
then they call it Conia ,with this dcco&ion they wafh alfo 
the outward parts inflamed or fpotted which cooleth 
much,and helpeth all thofe hcates: it is alfo drunke being 
ftceped as aforefaid againft the heate of the Liver, and in 
hot Fevers: a few leaves of Tamarinds being pat thereto 
they u'e to wafh the tides of Vlcers and wounds that are 
inflamed,and have defluxions of humours to them to flay 
the Flux and coolc the heate. The tree is not greater then 
the former, having bat few branches and fuch like leaves 
of the Orrengejbut without that fmall leafe underneath it, 
and of a frefh greene colour: the flowers are whicifhlike 
unto the Hony fucckle with fmall round blackifh (ee le 
likeunto thofe of the Maflicke rreeithc barke is of an Afh • 
colour, and the root white. The Bracknexes and thofe 
of Canarin call it Vofaveli , che Tortugalls Arbolcontra Lis 
*rifi polos , 
Chap. CXXXIX. 
Paco/. The Tetter tree. 
|Kis tree groweth neare the Rivers fldes in the 
s Weft IndicSspart whereof being lent to Monat- 
das had this commendations that the allies of 
the wood mixed with a little Sope, the Indians 
nfedtoannointon thofe places that had Tetters, Ring- 
Wormes or the fowled fpreading Vlcers,and fcarres that 
could be,either in the head or any other part of the body 
to cure them and leave the place, faire againe. 
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