4Df fettafte o)ooB,antJ Hi'smwtTUoein 
Annora, 
X>. Pal. 
trie l]0l)crc it gCOtoetb Chandanacon, tt)C 
Decaniins, Gufurates, Canariins, anDO* 
tber-lnDtans cal i( Sercandaa.-tbe Arabians 
anD perfians Sandal, toberebpon trie po?* 
tingalles lifcetotfc Dee callitSandaio. Cbe 
priioto anb tobtte smnDcrs is mucbbfco anD 
fpent oner all In dia, bp all trie inbabitantes, 
both 3inBuns,tpcD?0, ^catbens,anD Blebjcs, 
tohatfocuer- tbep beate it o? ffampe it in toa- 
tcr^ill it be asfoft as pappe, tbat Dene tbep 
befmere tbcmfelucs tbcretoitb, anD let tf Djie 
fepon trietr boDtcs, fa? it ecolctb berpmueb, $ 
alfo becaufe all the 3GnDians Doe much Delight 
in ftoaffmcllingfauours. 
The white & yellow or bleakifh San¬ 
ders is likewife vied by vs, with Rofe- 
water, againftthe hotte paines in the 
head,annointingit therewith: allthofe 
woods as well the red as the white and 
yellow, aregoodagainft hotte feauers, 
being beaten and drunken into the bo¬ 
dy ,they help the hot ftomacke, as alio 
laid vpon the ftomacke with Rofe wa- . tries, as alfo into Portingall, iftomfbenco 
• i • . r _ t-l:_ c_„j_ betber. 
HI 
bp means of a little beaff called Quil, o? 
Quirpcle, tobicb ts of bigneffe berp like a 
iTerrct (toberetoitb in triofe Countries tbep 
bfc to Djtue Connies out of tricic boles, anD fa 
beteb tbem)tobereof in India tbep bane ma¬ 
np in tbcirboufes, iuritcri tbep plap iuitball 
topaffetbetimeatoap, as alfo to bill tbeic 
sppee anD Mattes, anD to D?iuetbematoap. 
2Cbts beaff bp nature is a great enemic to 
tbc&'nabe, fotbattoberefoeuer fije finDetb 
anp, flje figbtetb toitri them •• anD becaufe it 
is often bitten bp trie &nahe, it bnotoetb 
bob) to beale it felfe toitb this ^nafce^tocoDc, 
(riobcceof there is much in Seylon, tuberc ah 
fo are manp of tbofe beaffes, anD great ff o?e 
of Snakes) fo that if it be neuer fo fo?e bitten, 
bautng eaten of this tocBD,it is p?efenflp bea* 
leD, as if it baD neuer bane hurt. 315ptbis 
means the inhabitants bane fotmo it out s be* 
gun to mabe account oftt,i fince that time if 
is pjoueD anD founD to be gcoD fo? manp Difea* 
frs as afojefaiD: tobercfo?e notoe it is much 
traffiqucb Iuitball, anD carrpeD into all couiv 
ter, in burning feauers. This Sanders 
isnotonely good for the purpofes a- 
forefaid, but alfo for ftrengthenirtg the 
hart, and therefore with great vfeitis 
put into Cordiall medicines, & fuch as 
are madeagainft thebeatingofthe hart. 
Cbe reD sanDers is little fpent in India, 
but tbep bfe it onelp againff hot agues, an* 
notnting their pulfestberetuitb, as alfo the 
temples,! their fojcbcabs, but it is much ca- 
rneD into other countries, asbeing berp me- 
bicmable fo? manp tbiuges, anD the BlnDtans 
make trieir Pagodes anD SlDoles tbdftof, be* 
caufe tbep friould be the coftlier. 
The 7 5, Chapter* 
V 
Of Palo de C ebrd or Snake* 
wood, 
$afcetnfflDis moff in the 3 b 
flanDof Seylon: it is a lotoe 
%m\ the rente thereof being 
the ^nahedtfooDe is of colour 
mbits, fbetoing fometobat 
pellotoe, berpbarDc anD bitter iutaffe,itis 
much bfcD m India k tbep ffampe ano b?ufe 
if Itlie&nnDcrs, intoater o? Mine, anD fo 
Dnnfee if, it is beep gcoD 1 toell p?oueD againff 
ail burning feauers: one ounce thereof b?ui* 
fed anD mircD toitb luatec is gcoD againft all 
potfou anD ficbnes,as the colliefc,to0?ms,anD 
all filtbie bumo?s anD colDues in the boDp,ano 
fpectallp againff the Hinging of ^nahes, 
tobereof it bath tbs name: it teas firff founD 
The 1 . Books 
Garcias ab borto writetb of three forts 
of this wood, whereof you may there 
reade .• two of thefe fortes of Snake* 
wood I haue in my houfe to be fhew- 
en, one is that which John Hugfjen wrT 
teth to bee the root of a tree,white and 
bitter of tafte, with a rough Afh colou¬ 
red barke.* the other was lent me out 
of Stuifly from the learned Do&or Si¬ 
mon van Tonar , which isasthicke as a 
mansarme, with a barke befprinckled 
&fpotted like a Snake, which inward- 
lie is white, and bitter of tafte. 
The 76. Chapter. 
Of the wood Calamba or Lignum 
Aloes. 
tad 
I 
l^eLignu Aloes tnbl'cb 
in India is called Calam¬ 
ba anD Palo D’aguilla,- 
istnoft in Malacca, in 
the BiflanDe of Sumatra, 
Camboia,Sian, anD the 
Countries bojOertng on the fame: the trees 
are like ^Dliue tras, anD fomelubaf greater: 
toben it is cut off, it fmcllefb not fo toe!!, be* 
caufe it is greene, fo? the D?per it is, the bet* 
ter it fmelletb; the beff anD that tobicb fmel* 
ietb moff, is the innermoft part of the toeoD 
fomeof if is better then the reff, tobicb tlje 
Sp InDians 
Annota.' 
D. Pal! 
