1 heatrum c Botankum, 
1670 Ch AF.147. 
T 
RISE 
Chap. CXLVII. 
Gum Copal & Anime. Of Gum Copt!, and Gum Ammo. 
SHefe two Gummesirc gathered in the Wed Indies,as Hi^aniola,o-c. being very like one unto ano¬ 
ther; the Cc/w/isofa fine clciretranfluccnc pure white gum in lomewhat great pceces, and pretty 
; fweete, although not fo much as the Ammt is, with this Sum the Indians ufed to t erfume their fa- 
' crifices indead of I neenfe in their tcmples,and when the Spaniards fird came among them, they per¬ 
fumed them therewith : i t is hot in the fecond.andmoid in the fird degree, for it hath fome watery 
parts therein, itrcfolveth fwdlings, and mollifieth hard tumours: Gomara maktth two forts hereof,, the one 
more rugged and foft then the other. But there hath been brought of late dayes, an oiely or liquid fubdance cal¬ 
led O learn do copal Iva, and isoftwo lorts, the one ycllowifh, andofamore thicke iubltance fomewbat like 
unto that Salfamum that comineth from Htjfariola, the other whiter and more liquid, but of as fweete a fent as 
the former, both of them being exccllentgood for wounds &c. The Anime is alto a whitilh gumme, running 
out of great trees, and is not focleare or pure white as the Copal, buermre fatty like unto T hm or Oltbanum, yet 
in greater peeces then Olibanum and being broken isfomewhatyellowifh and of a mod fweete and plealant lent 
being fet on burning or cad on quickc coales,and is fooneconfnmed. There is another Gum Anime of Ethiopia, 
bordering on Africa, which is called Orientate, to didinguifh ii rotn this Wed Gum, and is both clearer, whiter, 
and in greater pceces then this, and is fo like unto white Atnbar, chat divers have taken it to be melted Ambar, 
and thereof have made beads,and bracelets, &c. the tree from whence it commcth is great, havingleaveslike 
Mirtles: but I have here before {hewed you the true originall of Ambar, even to tea Bitumen, whichhathhis 
fountaines in the Germane Sea, and becommeth hard, aker it hath beene a while in the aire ; Of this Orientall 
Anime alio , I have (hewed you the opinion ol divers, both in the Chipter f Lacca and Mirrhe, frrlt that there 
is three forts thereof,brought from Guinej, &-c. by the 'Portugal! and others, whereof that which is white i.s 
taken by (jarbiat,Amatw Luftarticut and ethers,to be the true Cancamum of Dtofcoridej, andcalled Anijmum by 
the Portugal,[arvmil for perfumes andccnlings: Another fort which is browre is taken by divers to be the 
Myrrha Am'tnnta of Dio/coritles,i, is b.tore faid.'The third fort is dry,of a pale colour, and is eafily broken like 
Rodin. The Wed Gum Anime,is of much ufe in thedeliuftionsof rheume from thehead. and other dileafes of 
the head,tiding from a cold caufe, the head ache alfo and megrime, and where there is want of fleepe to burne it, 
onafew quicke coales and aireoneshead and their nightcap wi h the fmoke, which warmetb and comfortech 
the parrs very much: and is herein very tike unto Thai : it is uied likewifein pladers to warme and drenghthen 
the cold andweakefinewes or any other part of the body affluded wuhcold : it comfo'teth alloa eolddomacke 
and helpeth to diffolve winde : it is alfo hot in the fecond and mold in the fird degree. 
Chap. CXLIX. 
Refine Americana quedam, Cettaine Wed Indie Rodins. 
Here are divers other forts of gums Rodins; and iiquours brought both from the Ead, butefpe- 
SUSjUSg cially from the Wcdparts, fomc whereof by good experience have given much helpe they to 
®1|[T||S thole that have ufed them: many other mote then they have beene brought, whereof wee have 
ggfegglgj knowne no ufe or name, nor have made any tryall what effeft they carry, and therefore toavoyd 
tedioufneffe. and that this Worke being growne great,(hould not beove charged with nccdlclTe 
and unprofitable matter. I willonely in this Chapter (hew you lome of the chiefcd that hace 'eene either memi- 
oned by other»,or not fet forth before now. The fird is the Reftna Carthaginenjit let forth by Monardm, that was 
~ gathered by Carthago nova in America, and is a mod cleite and mod fweet liquid Roffin excelling either tho Ve¬ 
nice orthetrueTurpencineintheeffefts. For it is by often experience found to te lingular good for woundsin 
the nerves and finewes,2nd the/oynts or for old fores in the leggesand feete: women by wafhing and preparing 
it in a convenient manner, doe ufe it on their faces to takeaway wrincklcs, fpots. See. and to preferve their youth 
Refine A- and beauty. Another fort is called alio by Monardm Rcfina Abiegua, that is F irre tret liquid Roflin or Turpentine 
iicgiu In- and is gathered from great wildetrees that can neither be faid to be FirrcorCypreffe,being a. cr then Pine trees, 
duo. and draight, growing up like the Cyprcffe : towards the toppe of thefe trees gnwcertatnc bladders or skinnes 
lome greater ar.d others fmaller, which being broken this admirable liquour dropped, forth, which the Indians 
carelully doe gather into fhells.but with agreatdcale oflabour and trouble, and buca littiein a grearnme. The 
ufe hereof is ascffcftiull as Balfamum, for all the caufes for which Salfamum is ufed, tor it excellently healethal! 
fortsof wounds,andeafethall painei andgriefes riling from cold or flatulent matter: it is alfo lingular good a- 
gaind thepaincsor winde in the domacke and bowels, ro take fome in white wme. A third fort of liquid fub- 
Litjiwr fonce is called Liquor Ambia and came to him in the hollowncffe of a cane or Reeae,and was taken out of a fpring 
An ha. or fountaine in the ground, farre from the (ea, being thin and yellow like hony, and tmeiling like Tacamahaca, 
which was fignifieJ unto him to be ofexcellent vertucs, cfpecially in cold invctei ate gne.es, and aches in any part 
of the body, and taketh away the cold (hivering fits of agues; it refolvcthalfo all kindes of hard tumours, and 
performeth whatfoever either Caranha or Tacamahaccaivn doe: it is of fo flicking and cleaving a fubdance,that 
it will not be pulled from the place whereon it is fet, untill by time the vertuc is (pent and it growne dry. Cjum 
Co/liman or Car.imam, is a kinde ufblacke gum almod as blacke as pitch, that Sir Walter Raleigh fird brought 
from Guiana, andthofe parts, and brought it alfo fird into ufe for a cold moidand rheuinacicke braine, and gid- 
dineffe thereof,and for defiuxions of humours, as aches in the /oynts or other parts, into the (houiders or other 
parts ofthcbody,or for windineffe in them running from pltcero place, eytherby it felfe or fometimes mixed 
with (faranha: Of it felfe it is very hard,and fmellcth fweete,but being diddled is much fweetcr, efpeciahy the 
lad part, that commcth forth after the two fird dinking oylci, and is ufed by fome perfumers as an excellenr per¬ 
fume. 
