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Cra PeT40, fheatrum Botanicum, Tripa17 Guaraaga, TasanEe iz, TheTheaterPlans,Guaraga,3085 Cwar, CXL, Cuar, C XLII: Lignum Nephriticam, The tree azainftithé tone. hom Hifpaniela and the parts thereabouts hath beene often fent many yeares fince as well as of late, though now in farreleflcefleeme,a certaine {moothlight and white wood, the iree whereof isas bigge = as a Peare tree,withour knots : the wood being fliced {mal and putto fteepe in pure Conduic or Spring water will within halfe an houre, or chereabouts( if itbe right ) difcolour the water into a fine light blew colour, which lying longer therein will caufe it grow of a deeper colour, this infufion fo made, although it be altogether infipide and withoutanytafte,asif nothing had beene put into the water, is found yetto be hotand dry in the firft degree, and fingular availeable againft the ftone in the kidneyes and the difficultie in making urine, andis found alfo by good experience to open the obftructions of the Liver and Spleene,the water or infufion is being drunkeof it felfe, or mixed with wine and fo raken: burthere isanother wood very like unto this, which Ligaum Colubrinhm, mip often obtruded on manyin ftead thereof which,being infufed in water in the like manner will difcolour the water yellow,and therefore withouttryall the rightis hard to be difcerned, Gwar, Lignum Molucenfe. CXLI, The Molucéas tree againft venome and poyfon. N theMands of the A/o/uceasig a certaine treé rather planted every wherein Orchards then grow. Z| ing naturally being as bigge asa Quince tree,whofe leaves are broad and cut intodifivions, fomewhat like unto thofe ofthe Mallew, the fruit is ike to afell nuts butleffer, and witha fofter and blacker fhell, whereof the natives make fo great acconntthat they will {carfe fuffer any ftrangers to fee it,muchleffe to know anyof the properties of it, which they kcepe from orhers as fecret as may be : buryetthis their ecrefie hath caufed itto be foughtfor and fearched intonearer then otherwife perad- venture it would have beene : For fome Portwgalls have found out in part by the fight of the cures the Indians performed,and partly by their relations, which by meanes they made unto them they obtained of them: and parcly bytheir owne judgement and practife alfo at (undry times inthe Spittles there, and in the thippes among Mariners, that the wood madeinto pouther and tsken in a convenient quantitie, according to the ftrength of the venome and the patient that fhall take it, foas the quanticie for a cimeexceede not ten gtaines taken in broth or water, or other liquor,isa moft certaine fpeedy remedy againft the yenome ofthe moft virulent Serpents that are, eventhe Viper Regulus (thatisa Serpent that hathlikeacappe or crowne onthe head) the A/pis or any other, agreeth with thele three that Garcia maketh mention of; Bawhinss calleththem all Clematis Indica, Thefirlt of Garcéar is vather a\roote-then a wood,‘ and groweth with foure or five {lender Carrie sriz branches, about two foote high; theileaves arelike Peach leaves,but more fhining;the flowers grow mm. many togetheron along ftalke in clufters; ofa brave red.colo . ur, heberries are like thofe of the Elder; claftering together, and red and hard, The roote, whith is moft in. ufey) is fiall of knots or-Hieads, growing above ground. with many {mall ftrings unded them, being of a whitifh afh-colonr, and ofa firme fubftance, witha little bien nefle in therafte : it iscalled by the Inhabit ants Lametalsand by the Portngals Pao da cobra, thatis Snakewood: This roote being beaten into potither is given in wine or fome cordiall water to thofe that are bicten by any Ser= pent, and likewife taketh away {pots andputhes, or wheales to be goodagainft that cruell difeafe, which they call Mordéx, or other fretting {ores in the skinne,, and is held infectious difeate, and fome call ic the Chollericke paffion; i, and fome take tobe Plague, or other dangerous itisheld alo to be good againit agues,ari ounce thereof bruifed and fteeped in water, purging mach choller by'vomit. His fecond {ortas he faith when it Rtandet alone,groweth to bea tree, and is like the Pomégar h Secundum. nettree, {er with thicke,fhort,and hard thotnes, witha whi tih thicke and firme barke, full of rifts: anda little bitter; bueHot fo meichas the former, the leaves are ofa yellowith greene colour,very pleafant to behold : butifit grow by any other tree,it will cline thereon by the bran= ches unto the toppelike a Gourd : they ufe to give both the wood and the barke hereof, butefpecially the raote in the fame manner aforefaid, and for the {aid purpofe Qwilsor ing a deadly enenty unto the Serpent Regulusswith whon Lignum Colubrinum primum Acofta, Acofta his frit Snake wood, y with thac ferpent, and will not leave it untill he have Lignam Colubrinun (ecundaw AcoRe, Acofea his'tecond Snake wood, Cap AYfff US cine there mot hath bin found any trouble co the {tomack, or other ill fymptomes,although taken without obfer- ving anydict, or defraining their bufineffe abroad, yea in the working thereof living moft loofely : itis obfer- ved likewifeto be avaleable inthe old paincs andigriefes of the head, the Megrime, Falling fickneffe and Apoplexye, in the difeafes of the belly and wombe, as alfo the fhortnefle of breath,the noyfe and fingings in theeares, and the goute or joynt aches; itis given inall {eafonsto alll ages ro differing natures ordif pofitions, and that with- out eyther danger or trouble : but that onely in chollerick perfons and that have hot ftomackes and Livers,ic breedeth fomeperturbations in them untill that they have taken fome meate, and infomeit bath procured a vomit;but to the hor and chollericke perfons being givenwith the Syrupe of Vinegar.or in the fruit ofa Charambola being preferved,orina Pill with Conferve of Roles,it taketh away all thofe troubles. In fome alfo it caufeth an! itch in the fandament, and fometimes excoriation, and the Piles al{o in fome, but very few, {cede heteofis much ufed through all the Provencesof the Indies to catch birds, being carryed thither to bee fold, for fome thereof mixed with boiled Rice Rice and caft to the wild Birds caufeth downeto the. ground,as being ftoned foratime, but if any take thereof too greedily,as many as takeir to fall it will kill them ifthey bee not helped by cold warer put.on theirheads, but Dawes above all other Birds are fooneftkild hereby. Quirpole, be- thofe rootes; that is bare above gtonnd, which havin s whenfoeverit fighteth, it cacedl ofits hove of one of g chewed,he cafteth hig {pittletipon hishead, and over the reft ofhis body, andhis fore fect alfo, and then fighteth cupfull of Cavsa (tharis the decoftion ofRice )to flay the working fuddenly, orelfe by eatinga fmall Birde, fo that itis inthe Phifitions or the Patients powerto be purged’as muchas they will: by thetaking of this mede- which arefoone helped by other remedies. Thefecures have beene often performed, and yet the Indians performe manyother no.doubt,which they conceale fromthe Chriftiansall that they can, This woodiscalledby them Panava, the Histhird fort WAS 7crtigz, venomé of thofe virulent Serpents, by this meanés, They have there breeding with them,a certaine {mall! beaft, as gre at asa Ferret,which they call SS {wellings or nodes and knots in them, the fame alfo killeth the wormes in the body of all forts: it regaineth a dejeéted orloft appetite, andifthe purgation worketoofiercely upon any, tothe patient is given halfe a fmall s : ic groweth inthe Ile of Goa: brought to the Vice Roy,in certaine{m all bundles of wood with their rootesto them,being flender,hard,b and fweete {melling, which rootes they lacke of Je/ane patan, being an Ife high unto Zeilan, did wonderfully cotnmend againft venome or poyfon, Itgrowethup witha few {lender branches,fonre orfive cubits long;which ifthey benot tyed orheld up will lye onthe ground, having a few thinne longleaveslike unto thofe ofthe Ma+ fticke tree for the forme, yet not greene but {ported, with whitith blacke markes upenth em, The firft ofthefe as Garcias faith, veas found to be effe@uall again(t the and the poutherftrewed on the bitten place: they ufé to file the wood {malleither with the Sea dogges skiune, or afine Iron file: in the fame mannerlikewife they give halfea {cruple of the ponther in warme water, or tHe broth of a Chicken or Hen to them chat are wounded with poifoned arrowes, which they much ufe one againft another and pnt onthe poutherinto the wound: being taken in the morning betimesfafting having made a {pare fupper-overnight before :ithelpeth to evacuateall tough thicke and melancholy humors, and herebe helpeth quartaine and quotidian Agues, prevaileth again{tthe Iliacke and Chollick paffions of winde or humors, the dropfie alfo,the gravell and {tone in the backe or kidneyes, the difficultie of urine and the moft cruel chollerick paffion,and otherold griefes likewife in the joynts and legges,as well {chitrons as fcrophulous chat is, have hard Shake wood; Heré are divers forts of Snake woods) Acofta hath fer forth twoorthree,. that he knew ufed by the Indians again{t rhe bitings of Vipers, Water, Snakesj or the like Serpents, and yeras Clafim faith none ofthofe i G e uac Ay trl) SV LEE) ‘ pidl Bbbbbbb 2 2 |