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Show 7670 Cr APAAT. G heatrum Botanicunt. Curae. ¢ RIBE17 CXEVIL %Hefe two Gummes are gathered inthe Welt Indics,as Hipaniola,e#c, being very like one unto anoa ther s/ the Copalis ofa nnecleare tranflicent pure white gam in {omewhat great peeces, and pretty (weete, althoughnot fo much asthe Anime is, with this Gum the Indians ufed to perfumetheir fa. > crificesinftead of Incenfe in their temples,and when the Spaviards firftcame among them, they perfamed them therewith : itis horin the fecond,and moift inthe firltdegree, forithath fome watery more rugged and {oft then the other. But there hath been'broughtof late dayes, anoiely or liquid fubftance called Olenmde copal Joa, and is oftwo forts, the one yellowifh, and ofa more thicke fubftance fomewhatlike untothat Bal/amavethatcommethfrom Hijpariola, the other whiter.and more liquid, but of as {weetea fent as the former, both of chembeing excellent good for wounds &c. The Azimeis alto a whitifh gumme, running outofereartrees, and is not{o cleare or pure white as the Copal, but more fattylike unto T 4ys or Olibanum, yer in greater peeces then O/ibainsimn and being broken is fomewhat yellowifh, and ofa moft {weere and pleafane fent being feton burnisg-orcaft on quicke coales,and is foone con{umed. Thereisanother Gum 4 nie of Ethiopia, bordering on 4frita, whichis called Orienta/e,to diftinguifhit irom this Weft Gum, andis both clearer, whiter, and in greater pees then this, and is fo like unto white Ambar, that divers have takenitto be melted Ambar, 1671 cure of wounds: all thefe properties have beene found certaine by good evperience. Barratta, isa molt {overaigne Bal/amum farreexcelling all others jyet knowne, which bytrue éxperiencéiis found to be ofefpeciall operation inthe cure o f greene wotnds,and being burned upon coales is a molt {weer pees - fume, Andthus tofinifh this whole W orke and bring istoa period, let me onely thew you fomé of thofe things not {poden off before in thig voltime, which have beene made knowne tous to grow in our feverall plantations of Virginia,the Barmudas,New England, or elfewhere among our owne peoples habitations: andfirt; The poy {oned weed islike onr Exglifs Ivy, The purging Beane is a kinde of Woodbind,running on trees neere the Seafide. The Mancinell treé beareth a {mall apple like fruite, {weete in fmell, brit poyfon to eate; The Guanetree bearetha fruire as bigge as x Peatc,and good to cate, They have alfo Apple trees differing from ours. Cherryes likewileas bigge as Damions, and ycllow Plummesdivers from ours. : There isa bufh like unto a Bramble that hath long yellow fruite withina hard fhell. Another tree they have that groweth greatlikea Pine tree that beareth fruite as great as a Muske Melon,is ale ; wayes greene; and hath both bloffomes, greenefruite,andripe, allat a time. isthree forts thereof,brought from Gainey, Gc, bythe Portugals and others, whereof that which is white is taken by Garbias ws Luftanicus and others,to be the true Cancansnm of Diofcersdes, and called Anijmuns by Wilde Figge trees likewife they have,wherewith they feede their {wine, Then have they {mall redberryes which they call red Pepper. Goodly great trees which they call Cedar, becaufe the woodis red like Cedar, bnethe berryés are {mall liké unto Juniper berryes, Fofticke trees, which givé a yellow colour fit for Dyers; A great tree with whole leaves they make Muttard, the Portugals, {eewing for perfumes and cenfings : Another fort whichis browne is taken by divers tobe the MupdbaAninias ot Diofcoriaes, as is betore faid: The third fortis dry,of a pale colour, and is éafily brokenlike wooddy, and hath noufe that we know- she thereof have made beads,and bracelets, &c. the cree from whence it commeth is grear, havingleaveslike Mirtles:. but‘ have here before fhewed you the truc originall of Ambar, even to bea Bitumen, which hathhis fountainesin the Germane Sea, and becommeth hard, atcer icharhbeenc a while inthe aire: _Of this Orientalf mimealfo, Ihave fhewedyou the op nion of divers, both in the Chapter of Lacca and Mirrke, firitthat there Reffiin. The Wel GumAzime,is of muchufe in the deflu@ions of rheume from thehead, and other difeafes of the head,rifing from acold caule, the head-ache alfo and megtime, and where there is wantof fleepe to burneir, ona few quicke coales and aire ones head and their nightcap with the {moke, which warmeth and comforteth rhe parts very much: andis herein verylike unto Thys : ic is ufed likewifein plafters'to warme andftrenghthen the cold and weake fineyes or any other part of the body afflicted with cold: it comforteth alfoa cold ftomacke and helpeth to diffolve winde : itis alfo ho: in the fecond and moift in the fir degree. ©.6@ Here are divers other fortsof gums Roffins; and liquours brotight both from the Eaft, butefpe== cially from the Welt parts, fome whereof by good experience have givenmuch helpe they to , thofe that haveufed chem: many other more then they havebeene brought, whereof wee have knowne no ufeor name, nor haye made any tryall what effe& they carry, and therefore to avoyd E ‘$= tedioufneffe, and that this W orke being grownegreat, {hould not be overcharged with needleffe and unprofitable matter, 1 will onely inthis Chapter thew you {omeof the chiéfeft chat have beene either menti» oned by others,ornotfet forth beforenow- The firft is the Refina Carthaginenjis fet forth by Afonardws, that was *~ gathered by Carthago novain America, andis a moft cleare and molt {weet liquid R offin excelling either the Ve- nice or the true Turpentine in the effects. Foritis by often experience found tobe fingular good for woundsin the nerves and finewes,and the joynts or for old fores in the legges and feete: women by wafhing and preparing it ina convenient mariner, doe ufc it on their faces to take away wrinckles, {pots, &c. and to preferve their youth Refaa A- and beauty. Another fortis called all(oby Atonardw: Refina Abicgua,thatis Firre tree liquid Roffin or Turpentine In- and is gatheréd from great wilde trees that can neither be faid to be Firre or Cypreffe,being taller then Pine trees, and ftraight, gtowing uplike the Cyprefle: towards the toppe of thefe trees grow certaine bladders or skinnes fome greater and others {maller, whichbeing brokenthis admirable liquourdroppeth forth, which the Indians carefully doe gatherinto fheils,but with a great deale of labour and trouble; and buta little in a great time. The 4, for all she caufes for which Fal/arsum is ulcd, forit excellently healethall forts of wounds, and eafethall paine: and gricfes rifing fromcold or flatulent matter: itis lf fingular good a- gainit the paines or windein the {tomacke and bowels, to takefome in white wine. third fort ofliquid {ub- flanceiscalled Liquor Ambia and came to him in the hollowneffe of acane or Reede,and wastaken out of a {pring OF fountaine ihthe ground, farre from the {ca,being thin and yellow like hony, and fmelling like Tacamabaca, which wa s fignified unto him to be ofexcellent vertues, efpecially in cold invezerate gricfes, and aches in anypa't ofthe bod =f Macca nuts grow clofe to the groundlike unto Hazell Nuts; Penimaw is a kinde of filke graffe. Wogh/acan, with the roote they cure their hurts and difeafes, Meffaminus are Grapes as greatas Cherries,but withlittle jayce intheni; ; Rawcomens ate like to onr Goofeberryes, Oconghtawmins are berrics like unto Capers, Tockahough is the Caffada roote whereofthey make bréad, Pappawis a fruice asbigge asan Apple, of an Orenge colour,and goodte eaté? Refine Americane quedam, Certaine Welt Indie Roftins. ufe hereof is as effectuall as Bal/a A kinde of roore which they tooke to be Sar/a parilla, but isnot, alchongh fomewhatlike it; being hard and Checinkamins like to Chefnuts, Cuap. CXLIX. Axbia. Cwar.l 49. waycil ic fall of it felfe: itis alfo fingular good toeafe the painesof the gout, and of excellént vertue in the parfsthercin, ierefolverhfwellings, and mollifieth hard tumours:| Gomara maketh twoforts hetcof, the one Liquor The Theater of Plants, fume. Itisgood alfo for refolntions, or as fomie call it ahe deed palfie, and for the paines of the mother, and the lower part of womens backes, which muft be {pread uponleatheras a plaifterand laid thereon, and not taken a< Gam Copal & Anime. Of Gum Copland Gum Axime, SO Tease 17. and taketh awaythe cold fhivering fits of agues: it refolverhalfo all kindes of hard tumours, and performerh whatfoever either Caranha or Tacamahaccacandoe: itis of fo fticking andcleaving a fubftance,that it will not bepulled from the place whereonit is fet, untill by time the vertue is {pent andic growne dry. Gam Collimanor Caramam, isakinde ofblacke gum almoft as blackeas pitch, that Sir Walter Raleigh firft brought from Guianas-and thofe parts, and brought it alfo firlt into ufe for a cold moi(t and rheumaticke braine, and giddineffe chereof,and for defluxions of humours, as achesin the joynts or other parts, into the fhoulders or parts‘of the body,or for windineffe in them running fromplace to place, eyther by it felfe or fomecimes m with (aranhaz Ofit felfeitis very hard,and fmelleth {weete,but being diftilled ismuch {weeter, efpecially the laft part, that commeth forth after the ewo firft ftinking oyles, andis nfed by fom perfumers as an excellenr perfume, And now unto God Almighty Tri#no,and Vinoin Trinitate, whol hope hath beené ‘at thé begioni Lily Worke,and holpea me throughall the paffages thereof, notwithfnding the mutta difcrimina sseee whereof I have feltmypart, to bring it totheend,for the benefit of others (whothatthey may make goodule thereof, and not pervert it to any finifter courfe,is my earneft defire ) be givenall the praife, honour, and glo= ry, ford ambut (like the Bee, that workes out waxe and hony for others, mot his ownié good :) his infrument toaccomplifhit,receiving all from Him, Amen, oe SeeeeS |