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_mN__ i W”. ___, _.._——v-""5-‘y-‘ Anotherkind ofthis was afterwards found in the lfland of S .lohn de Puerto rico,neere £0,111“ former-L it is alfo like the lali defcribed, but altogether lelle, and altnoll: without matrix or pith: lhielling Prronger, and being bitterer than the former: which being left, this is now in vfe, a_Dd_ 0 the wondrous efieéts it is called Lz’gmi.mﬂz;ec7:ma5neither without defert,being (experience gluing telliinonie} it excels the other,yet both their faculties are admirable in curing the French difealer and therefore the water or decoétion of both of them are dru nk,eitl1er mixed together,or feuerall)'r both for the cure oithe forementioned difeafe,as alfo againfi diuers other affeéts. Thus much 0‘ Jvlorrnrdzar his defcription. ' The wood which is now in vfe with vs is of a large tree,whofe wood is very heauy,follid,aﬁ_d 5‘ to mine into howles or the like, and all that I haue yet feen hath beene wholly without mat?“ 01' pith,and commonly it is of a dark brownifh colour fomwhat inclining to yellow,hauing a riflg od white ingirting it next to the barke : I haue obferued a tree whofe diametre hath bin two foot 3“ a quarter,to haue had as little or lelfe of this white wood,than one whofe diametre was 13 iﬂCl!‘355 and this which had thirteen inches had only a white circle about it of one inch in bredth .I thlnke the yonger the tree is,the bigger the white circle is: the bell wood is denfe, heauy, browniﬂb lei‘ tiing a quick and biting raft in the deco&ion,as alfo his fmell and colour.The bark of this W_00 alfo clenfe and heauy,of a hard fubliance and yellowifh colour within, but rough and greenlfhs 0; elfe grayiih withounand of fomewhat a bitterifh tail. Thus much for the def cri prion of the W00 and his bark. Now let me lay fomewhat brieﬂy of the temperature and qualities.

q] The Temperature amlVerme.r.

A It is indged to be hot and dry in the fecond degree: it hath a drying,attenuating,dilfoluingiand

clenfing facultie,as alfo to nioue fweat,and refill contagion and putrefaétion. _ The decoétion of the bark or wood of Guaiacum, made either alone orwith other ingr€dl5“[s% as {hell thought molt ﬁt for the temper and age of the patient, is of fingular vfe in the.C'»"°hgt the French Poxes,and it is the moﬂzantient and powerfull antidote that is yet knowne againﬂ ‘ difeafe. I forbeare to fpeciﬁe any particular medicine made thereoﬂbecaufe they are well €ﬂ°"g

kriowne to all to whom this knowledge belongs, and they are aboundantly fet downe by all ‘hole that haue treated of that difeafe.

1C It all 0 conducerh to the cure of the Dropﬁe, Al.‘rhma,Epilepﬁe_,the difeafe of the bladdﬂand

. . . - - . - -., . . . (7 reincs, paines of the .}O1ntS, flatulencies, crudities, and laftly all Lhronicall difeafes proceeding

. . . . . [- from cold and moift caufes : for it oftentimes works fingular effects whereas other medicine‘ I1 tle preuaile.

It doth alfo open the obflruftions of the Iiuer and fpleen,warms and comforts the iiomack 3"‘!

all the intrals, and helps to free them from any grolle vilcous matter that may be apt to breed dl ‘ cafes in them. '

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Of §uetyaua or 0mr2(ge»Y3rzji qr T/1eDefm'12tz'¢m.

Imm de Tozmrfent Clufim a branch of the tree which the Spaniards cal Guayaaagfrom Which-he

drew this figure,thus defcribing it.This branch,( faith Claﬁm) whofe vpper part together w 9

the fruit I caufed to be drawne , was fome foot long, foure fquare, alternately fet with 15:15,, growing by couples,being foure inches long,and one and a halfe or two broad,of the forme ‘ff ‘,1 ]€3'~‘e32V“’Y ﬁrmahﬂuing a fwelling rib running alongfr the lower ﬁde,with veins running Obhq {ye from thence to the ﬁdes,of an alli or grayifh colour bencarh,but fmoorh aboue,with the v€i“5 $0,; 3PP€’3TlDg : Wh1C_hbroken,though oldiyet retained the fmel of Bay leaues,and alfo after f0‘_”e K6 the tafie :the fruit was fmooth, yet {hriueled,becaufe peraduenture it was vnripe, of the blgnc-fh Ofa ﬁ1??i”3PPlCa loﬂgmhblackifh on the out—ﬁdc like a ripe plumme, but within full ofa fads’ {-6

l"j”lP€»0l:3ﬂ ‘Wide F311; and in the middle were many whitilh feeds of the bigncs of Millﬁfao” 0 mar are in Figs, ,3’ - . - . , _ , ll 5 ” .TQcefM Lﬂloﬂardqe (as hee 1S turned into L_atine by Clzeﬁm) thus giues vs the hrﬁory OfG’My3,-ﬁg‘ in his nxty fourth iChaptei'. Iris a Tree (faith he) of an indifferent bicnelfe and hath (PW 5 h 3

I . , _ \. _ '0' cf? branches, the leafeof the Bay, and a white ﬁoure lilre, that of the Orange, ye; lorncwhat b‘D§Dd

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Gli’e1‘,'Jl’L':€ aréerir mamas; The Orange Bay.

and well frnelling.It eaﬁly grows wherefoeue: it be fowne. and {O fpredsand creepes that it is accounted as a weed, for it fpoiles the ground of many paliures with thetoo much fpreding as brambles do; The fruit 15 like to our apples, of the bigne {Te ofthofe the S paniards call C4- m;;efm',gl’CCﬂ a_t_the ﬁrﬂ, and of a golden colour when they be ‘rip‘e,with their inner pulp white,- and fomtimes red ;di'uided : it hath foure eels, wherein lie the feeds,like tliofe of the Medlagg very hard, ofa brownilh colour, wholly (tony, without kernell and taﬂe. \

The fruit is vfually eaten,the rind being ﬁxﬁ taken.oﬂ', it is plealing to the palat, wholfome 8: eaﬁe of concoction :being. green it is good in ﬂuxes of the b'elly,for it powerfully bindes ; and ouer or throughly ripe it loofeth the belly: but between both-,that is,I1either too green not ouer-ripe, ii rolled it is good both for found and lick , for {o handled it is wholefomer, and of a more pleafing taﬂie :that alfo is the better which is gathered from domeﬂicke and huf. banded trees:tbe. Indians proﬁtably bath their fwolne legs in the decoaion of the leaues, and by the fame they free the fplecnc from obﬁru- éiion; The fruit feemes to be cold,whetefor¢ they glue it rolled to {rich as are in Feuc;'s_ 1;’ gr-owes commonly in all the Weft Indies. so‘ much uumrdm.

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Pie fame mi, i1iwn:l?:Str:e,fr0m whence he framed this liillory and ﬁgure. He writ trree or! fpuieluranms me ﬂew in his garden, f prung vp of feeds fent from America, which

1, ad‘ ,§,e“,‘,‘fmCe’§;;)C‘(,’,’;‘,fﬁporgiqn rhem,by' realon the Homes were like Corall,biit he did not {etc

down their fhapemyicing only tnis inhis letter : That hee had two little ﬂirubs which had borne

ﬂolfres and that the create: 0? them bore alfo 90d‘ f“l1°“3*8e bcanssbmin the “meme Vvimcri. . ‘ D _ ,

~ V . ‘-c’bg loll notonly that tree and others f prung vp oflndian feed,but :ii$°.ii,§,l,’§y(,lf§§,:,1l:,lf:m15;:,£3 feeing that this tree came; cod}, Iconjeéture thelfloures W.Cl'eWiI1" f0,m.nO, unlike to [hope of pcafe,or of the treelcalled _or Ia die,but of anotliier C[C!)1O:11:RO Wltigcd like Corall ;'efpeciallyfeeing.‘h3t “lthc Garza 23930 15 gal. emvmchhc eI-llEh- 6- ayerfj-C‘. fox-,.hc had Wm thu-S, [ﬁber Indira e.’zc'z‘a em ,0 émrﬂorem ﬁmzlcm Caral1a,&~a'l._k tétllt ,fi1UI;¢1£:ln tree called Ciorall by teafon ofthc Home We ‘9 Om.u’“.7hOfe 13395‘ ar%YeLyh I ‘F (if (1: -' ﬁr Mdfrbiit this hathithornswvhich thatwants And verilyitlle b‘“‘lCh.e5.W ‘ch ae 69%’ 0‘ hedvlm 6 {cm the branches with the leauegbut the tree brought out {ome twlﬁf or ti rice as lg) a _eaue§ “O! .mllCl‘l‘V_ﬂlil{€ thofe of Aréor Iudagbut f8“.°’‘‘_‘l [0 3 (hone: foovﬁg J glim ‘ %r‘°w¥nl%f(l1n.eag“n& 3' Dothenwith a finale one at the End Of the b."a“°h>Wh‘°h was here ii; it cm“ e't’w“’f t'tabrp‘& croo- ked priclcles - but whether thefe branches are onely the {’ra1l“.’S of If-16, eaufsﬁx Pet ‘fa if “‘“°.l‘e‘= I d°“bt,becaul'c all that he fcnt had threc l¢3“e_5 3Pl¢°¢ ‘I °‘,’“1d‘e3 1 32,95; ‘la elm? " cl 6 “WY ‘,""“° °“lY lcaues feeing the vpper Part ended m one leafetmd the lowgf .0 0%‘? among!‘ the fell‘ Y?‘ {h.é.We.d thcaplace whefc it recm-ed it grew tothe bough, ¥u_t I 2111 _ rrne nothing, fecing therp wa? none whereof I could enquir€,bY “iafon °fh1s.d°“th who amt, em e‘ W lchhapncd mob“ 1-. “*7 3' Yet Ihane made the form of the leauc5,W“h ‘b;.‘:"a$;‘:; C°"l°"9"“‘~'.°d ‘hey S'°“'»‘° .° B ‘T

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