Annota. 
D , Pal. 
~nz ants tljc asoest Cjjiita * 
Indians Dee p?efcntly hnotue botoe to 
finde out •• tbe be® and fine® is calico Ca- 
lamba,and$Ctbct Palo Daguilla. $0b)t0 
fettoto Iwbicb (0 tin bctt,ycu mu® bndcrttand 
tfiat the toood that 10 bery beaute fobb black 
and b?ob»n beyne&ana b)b®b yeHdctb mud) 
£Dyle o? moyftnefic (bibicb is founbe bp the 
fire) is the be®, and the greater ano thicker 
that it is, tbe better® is and bath tbe mo?e 
bertue. £>f tbis tD©D they make many cott- 
lytbmges,an&rtbatbafpecisfl ano p?ecious 
find!, fo that it is greatly etteemed: fpecially 
tbe Cal a mb a, tuhicb if it be gmd, is foldc by 
bright again® filuer ano gold. Xpe Palo 
Daguilla uertafter tbe Calamba is much 
accounted of. Cbere is another kino of Pa¬ 
lo Daguilla, tobicb is CalleD Aquilla Braua 
0? inild Aquilla, ano is alfo mucb efieemco: 
To? tbe Indians bfe it tbcretoitb to burne tbe 
bodies of tbeir Bramenes, ano otber men of 
aecount,lDben they are oeao.- anobecaufe it 
is eofily, tberefojc it is a great honour to 
tbofe that are burnt therewith, as tt is to 
tbofe that toitb bs are buried in Combes of 
marble ®ones: but it is not comparable to 
tbe Otber Talo Dagui!la,HO? tbe Calamba. 
SThetoildc Aguillagrotoetbmoff in tbe 31# 
flano Of Seylon, a«0 ontbecoa® of Chora? 
anandel, anO tbe be® Palo Daguilla, anO 
-Calamba grotoctb in Malacca.SCbefe CO®# 
!y In coos are mucb bfed in India fo? JBeaOes, 
ano Cructfijes, tob®b are boloen in great 
retterence, ano tn truth is bery mucb to be e- 
ttamed, fo? toitboutaUooubtitbatb an er# 
eellcntfmcbtnbicb furpaffetb all other toads, 
and the like can not bee founoebutonely in 
the fojefatoe places from tobence it com# 
metb- 
Lignum Aloes y Agallocbum y Xjloj alias 
Faradife-mode y by the Arabians called 
%^Agalugen and Hand, by the inhabi- 
tantes of Gufurate and Decan, Vd in Ma¬ 
lacca, Garrc^ and the heft Calamba. Of 
this wood I haue many fortes, all very 
pleafant offmell, fpeckled withvcines 
and full of moyfture, and withall clofe 
and very heauie •• this wood being ta¬ 
ken inwardly, is good for a (linking 
breath .• it is alfo very good againft a 
watriih and moyft ftomacke, which 
can receyue no meate, but cafleth it 
forth.- it is alfo good for one that 
hatha weakeliuer, that is 
lick ofthe red Meli- 
fon, or of the 
Plurifie. 
The i . Booke, 
The 77. Chapter. 
Of the root China. 
De roof China came in* 
fo India, ano mas there 
fir® kuotone in Anno 
i/ 35* fo? befo?e that 15-3 
time they knetoe it not, 
^ -s v - t , fo? that as then they cu# 
^Sifcg zjMJ reotbei^ore, tob®b in 
India is a common Difeafe) toitb tbe tooode 
called Guaiacum, that is b?ougbt out of tbe 
^pani®) Indie?, ano bias at that time in a 
manner toeygbed again® ©old • and as the 
land of China, is much fubiect to tbe difeafe 
of tbe pore, it feemetb that Cod bath giuen 
them tbis rente fo rare and help tbe fame,and 
fince it bias knotone and found out in India, 
they toouldneucr bfe any otber remedy, be¬ 
came there is great ®o?e of®, and the be® in 
all the too?ld, toberby men in tbofe countries 
doe not once make any account of the p>ore, 
0 ? feare tbe healing tberof, fo? that it is mo?e 
eafilier healed then any other difeafe: alfo if 
fs no fljame toitb them, although they baud 
bad it at § lea tt 3 ,o? 4 .tnnes:tbis rot is noto 
toitb them info great abundance, and com# 
monbfe, that it is bery godebeape, fo? that 
it is not uso?tb at the mo® aboue balfea Par? 
daw tbe pound, tobicb in. Portingall money 
is a Teflon and a balfe.Cbe ficke perfons do 
bfe if in this manner follatotng, they fake of 
tbe root, 9 cut it in finalllpeeces 0 ? flyces,the 
toaygbt of an ounce,bibicb they l&tb in foure 
poftes 0 ? quartes oftoater, letting it feetb till 
it be balfeconfumed, bJbereoftbey fietb frclfi 
euery day: this toafer they mutt d?ink alone, 
9 eat bifket toitb nothing els but final rotted 
Chickens, toifbout any I5utter,fuef, fait, 0 ? 
any other fauce, but onelp d?ie bJitb the Btfi 
ket, and this mu® bee tbeir dinner, at night 
feme fteafons,and totted b?eade toitb Dony 
and nothing els ;eucry day tbjice they mu® 
lie on tbeir betdes bid couered to make them 
ftoeat,eucry time an botoer,o? an bobjer and 
a balfetobnb they mu® continue fo? tbe fpace 
of tbirtie dayes, altoaies keeping tbemrelnes 
out of tbe ay?e, and from the bund, and lap# 
ping tbeir beads and tbeir eares bery clofe, 
ffayingcontinuallybJitbmfbeboHfe, and a# 
bone all thtnges abttayning from tbe carnal! 
companpofbjomen, SDbefe pointes afo?e# 
fatd being obferued, initbeut all doubt they 
tball find great p?ofite: and if tbe roote doth 
S»o?heb)®bmtbem, they Jbali knob) it by 
tbis mcanes, fo? that the paine iu the® lims, 
and fpcciaily in tbeir ioyntes, toiil grieue 
them mo?e and mo?e, tubicljrsagood figne 
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