Ioyfull newes out of the newfound world wherein are declared the rare and singular vertues of diuers and sundrie herbs, trees, oyles, plants, [and] stones, with their applications, aswell to the vse of phisicke, as chirurgery: which being wel applied, bring such present remedy for all diseases, as may seeme altogether incredible: notwithstanding by practize found out, to be true. Also the portrature of the sayde herbes, very aptly described: Englished by Iohn Frampton merchant. Newly corrected as by conference with the olde copies may appeare. Wherevnto are added three other bookes treating of the Bezaar stone, the herbe escuerçonera, the properties of yron and steele, in medicine and the benefite of snowe.

Of the Veruaine.

ALso the same Gentleman wrote vnto me from the Peru, that in the Riuers of the Mountaynes of that Countrie neere vnto them, there groweth a greate quanti∣tie of Veruaine, like vnto that of Spaine, with the which the Indians doe profite themselues in their cures,* 1.1 for many in∣firmities, and in especially agaynst all kinde of poyson, and

for such as say that there hath beene geuen them a morsell, or the like thing.

I spake heere with a Ladie which came from the Peru, and she certified me that hauing beene many yeeres sicke,* 1.2 and being in cure with many Phisitions, she went to an In∣dian, that was knowen to bee a man that knewe muche of herbes,* 1.3 vnto whom the Indians did put themselues in cure, & hee gaue her to drinke the iuyce clarified of Veruaine, which shee her selfe made, and within a fewe dayes after that shee had taken it, she cast out from her a worme, shee sayd it was a vearie Snake, of more then two spannes long, and verie greate, and his tayle was parted, and after she had cast him out from her, she was well and whole. And shee counselled a Gentleman which was in the Peru, that was continually sicke to take it, and he tooke it in the morning with Sugar, for so she had taken it, because of the bitternesse that it hath, and he cast out a great number of long and small woormes. and one like to a white long girdell, and since that time hee hath very well his health. And this shee counselled other Persons which were sicke, to doe, that had suspicion, too haue woormes, and with the vse of the sayde iuyce they cast from them many, and they were healed. And it was so cer∣tainly, and shee shewed mee a Seruaunt of hers, and it was sayd that according to the greeuousnes of a disease, which hee had, there was geuen vnto him certayne thinges of witchcraft, and with the iuyce of the Veruaine that he tooke, he cast by vomite many thinges out of his stomake, of di∣uers colours, and it was said that it was that wherewith he was bewitched, which being cast foorth, he remayned whole, and of that which toucheth witchcraft I will speake what I haue seene.* 1.4

I sawe a seruant of Iohn de Quinatna Duenas, beeyng Aburgales,* 1.5 who did cast out at his mouth in my presence a greate bundell of ••eare, of a browne colour, very small, and

hee had in a Paper more then twice as much, which hee had cast vp two houres before, and he remained as though he had cast vp nothing at all, more then the alteration that hee had, to see, that he had cast vp such stuffe.

Iohn Langins an Almayne Phisition,* 1.6 and verie well learned, saith that he sawe a woman that complayned much of payne in her stomake, did cast out many peeces of glasse, and peeces of Earthen Platters, and of fish bones wherwith she remayned whole.

An other case like vnto this Beneuenius speaketh of in his book de morbis mirandis, but that which I do most maruel at,* 1.7 was, that a labouring man suffering great paines in his bel∣lie, so that no medicine coulde profite him, did cut his owne throate with a knife, and after that he was dead, they opened him & foūd in his belly great quantity of heare, the like wher∣of he that I haue spokē of did vomit, with many other peeces of yron. These things I do attribute to y^e works of the Diuel, for that they cānot be reduced vnto natural causes. The Uer∣uaine is like that of Spaine, & all the yeere it is greene.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The vertues thereof.
• * 1.2

  Historie.
• * 1.3

  Wormes.
• * 1.4

  Witchcraft
• * 1.5

  A notable historie.
• * 1.6

  Iohn Langi∣us historie.
• * 1.7

  Beneuenius historie.