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Show Ofthe Hiftory of aa ia =1524 lowith colour,round, light and bitter;conered witha threefoldo twhercin a as Monardus and divers other report,the forme ofa Dragon, hauinga the ridge orbackearmed withtharpe prickles,like the Porcupine, lon bpckenii ee ir hatlralfo a 7 oeeat, feet,very eafie tobe difcerned:thefigure ofit we haucfet forth vito you accordi ete nefle thereof, becaute our words and meaning may be the better shidiont Sy— ay thetree in his fall bignefle,becaufeit is impoffible tobe exprefled in the f ure : he wee dy ofthe tree is coucred with a rough barke,very thin,and eafie tobe o oa or oe a_ re {mall toole or inftrumenc,whiich being fo wounded in the Dos daies Pruifed or eee ot forth drops of athickered liquour,which ofthe nameofthe os mei.eos blows siusss haue doubted whether tree are called Dean:fe a the liquour or gummie iuice a e with 5 ofcorsdes (Not meaning that Cinaber made of Quickfil uer)but the receine opinion is,theydiffer not,by reafontheir qualitic and temperature worke thelike effe@ 3 ia aj bos lants. the HiftorieofP Lis:% Ofee ee @| The Names. Sofafras. The Saffafras tree: The Spaniards and French men have na« med this tree, Saffafrzs: the Indians in their tongue, Paname: tor want ofan Englifh name weare contented tocall it the Aguetree, of his vertue in healing the Ague. q The Temperature. The boughes and branches ‘hereofare hot & dry in the fecond degree ; the rinde is hotter,for that it entreth intothe third degreeof heate and drineffe,as is manifeftly perceiued in thedecoGion. of 8 G The Place, is tree groweth in an Ifland which the Portugals call Iflands,called Infiula Portus Sanéti , and asit feemeth itwasfi Madera, and in one of the Cans; rft brought out ofA fricke3 lost fomeare é ofa contrary opini thn @] The Vertues. The beft of all the tree is the roor,and that A pinion,and fay,that i C broush Bithopotehdane Prowince, itwas firft Ys ona, , in i America, ught from Carthagena i Ph Thetime of his growin growi g we h haue touched hed in a the gcs defcript e ion, where and groweth greene all the yeare. ists ae G The Names, worketh the beft effe@, the which hath the rinde cleauing yery faft tothe inner part,and is of colour tawnie,and much more fweet of we {aj it flouri sheen fimell than all the tree and his branches. The rinde tafteth of a more fiveet fell thanthe tree ; and thewaterbeing fod with the root is ofgreater and better effe@s than anyotherpart of the tree, and is of a more The names haue beene fiifficiently fpoken ofin the defcrip tionand in their feuerall titles, . azul | The Temperatur e and Vertues. -7 ug —_ oat thought to proc eed from this tree hath an aftringentfaculty, g ! uccef 3 le vfed. in the ouermuchflowing ofthe co urfes,in i fluxes, Dyfenteries, ies, fpit{pi ting of bloud,fafteningloofe teeth,and fuch {weet fmell, and therefore the Spaniards vfe it, for that it worketh better-and greater ef: feats. other affeas which requi Itis atreethat growethneere vntothefea, @ re altriaion, ti Smiths alfo vie it tovar yarnifh oue uey the i Iw Orkes rk St to 5TiUe the ma {a nguin e col 0} ur, and keep them and in temperate places thathaue not much drouth, nor moifture. There be mountaines growing full of them, and they caft forth a moft fweet fmell, fo thatat the beginning Cuar.142: whentheyfawthem.firft, they thought they Ofthe Saffafras,or eAgue tree. | The Defeription, ee: Saffafras tree grows very Steat,muchlike ynto the Pin ftrai ch ; : tO 1 le tree : the trunke or body isis fraight, J oot ae ofboughes,ofagreat height: it iscouered witha two fold ee rindthe =P oodiads ne our ofafhes, that next the wood ofa tawnie colour :.on the top comeforth ma eck odes: —_ es, oa thofe of rhe Palme tree,whereon doe grow greeneleaues, fomewhatlike clint Fs ee, afwectfmell when they be greche,but muchfweeter whenthey bedry, de. seine fot e ” lof Fenell,with much fweetneffe in tafte: they are greene Winter and Sommer, when ing fruit nor floures,butis altogether barrenasit is faid : the roots ate grofle, conforcomer WER Se of the tre¢,of 4 tawnie colour, difperfing themfeluesfar abroad vader the e - Wookie maayaciseks teanes whereofthey are often caft downe with meane blaftsofwinde. that ofthe role an is very ftrong,hard andbrittle, it hath nor fo ftrong 8 a pleafant {mel as Sa shout on isitin fuchvfe. The leaues are of two forts, fome long and {mooth, and 1.=afhed oh. as ee obet-fome eeo es ,and thofe chiefely on the ends of the branches,ate deepees into three feuerall parts, I haue given the figure of abranch had been trees of Cinnamon, & in part they were not deceiued : for that the rinde ofthis tree hath as {weet a {mellas Cinamonhath,and doth imitate it in colour and tharpnefie oftafte,and pleafantneffe of fmell: and othe water that is made ofitis of a moft fweet {mell and rafte,as the Cinamonis,and procureththe fame works andeffe&ts as Cinamon doth, The woodhereofcut in {mal pieces and boiled in water,to the colour of Claret wine,and drunk p forcertaine daies together, hel peth the dropfie,remoucthoppilationor toppingoftheliver, cuteth quotidian and tertian agues, and long feuers. tear heroot of Saffafras hath power to comfort the liuer, and to free fromoppilations, tocomfort & theweakeand feeble ftomacke,to caufe good appetite,to confume windineffe,the chiefett caufe of ttuditie and indigeftion, ftay vomiting,and makefweet a ftinking breath. It prouokethvrine,remoueththe impediments that doe caufe barrenneffe, and maketh women F apt to conceiue, ef xt thik aa 1 ep PO hy os pitS Cuar. 143.0f the Storax tree. »wAlch grew in the Garden of Mafter Wilmete at Bow, whodied fome few «| The Defcription. G The Place. This tree groweth in the monk partsof the Weft. Indi ‘ Florida WV ingandicoand Vitginia,otheryife named acaba apenas sbeae ey ie flonrifacth and keepeth greene Winter The Time. et Bales, He Storax tree groweth tothe height and bigneffe ofthe Quincetree: the trunke or bodie fs , Couered witha barke orrinde like vatothe Birch tree : the branches are fmalland limmer, “ereon do growleaues like thofe of the Quince tree, greenith aboue, and whitith vnderneath:a- ‘ong which comeforth white floures, like thofe of the Orange tree, ofanvnpleafant fmell: after Commeth the fruit or berties, kanding vpon long andflender foorftalks, couered ouer witha little Pvllineffe,of the bigneffe of a bladder nut, and of the fame colour, wherein is contained {mall feed |