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Show Saal SESE ee An Appendix to morning ina little wine ; and giuen in water, it mitigated the heat of Feuers.B eastae Fthef a culties it fhould much agreewith the Radix (ontra-yerwa, whereof Monardus ‘us . writes ie inthe fam e booke : yet in thefe I required the aromaticke tafte and degree of heate, w hich he attributes ynto a 5 From Charcisa Province of Peru, faith sfonardare broughticertaine rootsvery like th Zrs,butleffe,and hauing the fimell of Fig leaues. The Spaniards that liye in the Indie allch e Contra-yerua,as ifyou fhould fay an Antidote againft poifon,becaufe the pouderof th bi ae white Wine is a moft prefent remedy againft all poifonofwhat kinde foeuerit be (ont fab rte excepted,whofe malignitic is onely extinguifhed by the drinking ofmilke) it caultr thin abe caft vp by vomite,oreuacuated by fweat. They alfo fay thar Philrres or amorous potions weak forth by drinkingthis pouder.Italfo killeth wormes in the belly. The reor Sed hath on — tafte ioined with acrimony ; wherefore it {eemes hor inthe fecond degree. Thusfarte 3 Clufius Exot.l. 4.¢,11.being thenext afterDrakenaradix,deferibes thisroor whofe figure I gi you roa :ra thatby the fametitleas itis here fer forth. Thefe roots,(aith he Gane ae atlike the Drakena radix: which were foundin the great fhip which brought backe the Viceroy from he Eaft Indies andwasta . . . 7 . ken b y the E ng g] lifh: for the Vy were b TO! US, id h re ¢ tube and as much as one may gather by their forme,crept vpon the furface ofthe earth, hauing-vpon fibres,and being ofa footy colour, ‘yet fomewhatinclining to yelloie aafjvitele i iste them,and beingbitter : they as yet retained foot-ftalks ofthe leaues butofwha t fathion they w : no man caneafily gueffe.Buritwaslikely they were ofgreat vfe among the Indians, fecing atte Vice-roy brought them together with other precious medicines growing inthe Eaft Indies, Lames Garret fent this to Clufins with the little plant dryed,whafe figure youfee expreft by it, Cuar.28. OfLignum Aloes, Lignum Alves vulgare, I uation ofthis tree(Tigers frequently there feeking their prey.) downe hath no fragrant odour, nor brought me from Malaca. Now they fay that the wood newcut of the Noa inthe heart ouer the whole matter tillit be dried : neither the {melt to bediffufed , of the wood without fell. Yet may I notdenie ofthe tree - for the barke is thicke,and the matter betake it felfe oe of fat moifture, may butthe barke and woodputrifying that oilie and 1s noneed of putrifaction to get a {mell to there but uss odotifero more the makeit nd thetree,a ll in the know ledgethereof,that they will and’skilfu foexpert fundry are there loes:for the Lignum A odoriferous or no. For in all forts of wood itwillbe ther downe,whi cut new indge ofthat which is may fee more s;where furch asare defirous fomeare better than otherfome:thus muchout ofGarcia G The Temperature and Vertues. vpon this fubied. of fomewhat fubtill parts. Chewed it A, Iris of tenyperature moderate ly hot and dry, an dalfo , ? he breath fmell fweet,and burntitisatich perfume liuer. k thatis too cold and moift,as alfo the weak ftomac the tohelpe good is it y inwardl Po nd putalfo into diuers Cordiall mediItis commendedlikewife ip dy fenteries and pleurifies:a ient. cines and Antiddtes as a prithe ingred Cuar.29. Of Gedwar. q The Defiription. [°. isa queftion whetherthe Ag.allochumdefesibed inthe 21.¢./. rof Diofcarides bethe fame 1 Gedwar ant, Geiduar. ‘es er fi gure of Zedoarys 2 Zedoaria exaétior icon. A bett whichthe later Greeks aefhopsat thistime call Xyloaloejor Lignum Aloes, many makethem the fame : others, to whofe opinion I adhere, makethemdiffererent, yet haue, not the later, thew what Acallochum fhould bee, which I not- with ftanding willdosand though I doenot now giue you my arguments,yet Iwill pointat the things,& thew pofitiuely my opinions ofthem. Thefirft and beft of thefe is tharwhich fome call Calumbart :others,Calusbayor Calambec : this is ofhigh efteem in the Indies,& feldom found butamongft the Princes, and ‘perfonsof great qualitie; for it is fold oft timesfor the weight ingoldsT haue notfeen any therofbut in beads 5 it feemes tobeawhiter wood than the ordinaty,offiner graine,not fo fubie& torot,and o a morefragrantfimell, and butlight. The fecondfort, whichis vfually brought o- uer,and called in fhops bythe name of Liga” Alves,isalfo a precious and odoriferous w00d, efpecially burnt : the ftickes of this are com- monly knotty & vnfightly : fomeparts ofthem being white, foft,and doted : otherfome, denie, blackifh, > 3 . inthe accurate ob feryet fee,by reafon ofthe difficulties and dangers whicha re tobe a had the branches with the leaues os y :the fruit or flouire F could not the fecond place:)it is(faith he)like an Olive tree, fomeétimeslarger es eyIre t L fjlucfire of ituted for Thus: and this 1 take tobe the Ag allochum of Diofcorides ; the Lignum Aloes of the Cedar, Gurcias,and Acula braua of Lin{coren. Ivisa firme and follid wood,fomewhat like that but onthe the out- fide; not fubieét to rot or decay: the colourthereofis blackifh, efpeciallyon fubftance, and yeelding in-fideit is oft. times brownith and fpeckled,containing alfo in itanoilie two former: the tafte alfo of afweetand pleafing fmellwhen itis burnt, but notlike that ofthe and follid) may be cafily cleft denfe (though wood the sand former ofthe that than thisis bitrerer former, hauing normany the than wood fightly more and r handfome farre a long-waies;it isalfo ' ; it. in forth hauefet I that dgeit’s Alees(Liu Lignum isthe OTe ab Orta thus deferibesthe treé that TSS a blacke than white, and plackith,or rather i ntermixt with blacke and white veines,but much more fragrant odour. This I, this put to the fire will fweat out an oily moifture, and burnt, yeeld a moft d that they call Palo d. take to be the true Xyloaloe ofthe late Greekes; and the Agalugen of Awicen,an a ’ ‘ Aguila in the Indies, wel! be fub‘The third is a wood of muchleffe price than the former: and I coniecture it might es ‘A thefe roots:Thus much C/u/: 1523 the Hiftory ot Plants. Ried S'.Frav.Drake in that voyage,faid,that the Spaniards in Peru had themin ore tre a they could not eafily be got ofthem,and that he hadlearned by them, that Hates rie and poifon, bur the root an aneidote,and that nor onlyagainf the) fame poifon bus alfo spank and thatit ftrengthned the heart and virall faculties,ifit were beaten to pouder, and Rae a |
