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DRINKS.
*
dried
and
beaten
to
powder,
to
ease
and
assuage
the
*
Inflammation,
or swelling of
any
Wound
;
it
is
good
'
to
strengthen
bones
which
have
been
broken,
and
*
expell
colds
from
the
Body,
and
to
prevent
them
;
it
*
is
good
also
to
cleanse
great
Wounds
of
Worms,
and
*
heal
them
;
nor
is
the
Virtue
of
it
less,
being
taken
*
inwardly,
than
it
is
by
outward
applications.
Besides
*
all
which
Virtues,
it
yields
a
great
benefit
to
the
*
Bishop
and
Canons
and
other
Dependents
on
the
*
Cathedral
Church
of
Cozco,
the
Tithes
of
the
Leaves
of
*
Cuca
being
their
greatest
Revenue
;
it
is
also
a
great
*
commodity
amongst
the
Merchants
;
notwithstanding
'all
which
good
Qualities
of
the
Cuca,
there
are
many,
*
who
being
ignorant
of
its
Virtues
have
wrote
against
*
it
;
for
no
other
reason,
than
because
the
Gentiles,
in
'
ancient
times,
did,
by
their
Diviners
and
Wizards
offer
*
this
Cuca
to
their
Gods
in
Sacrifice
;
and,
therefore,
*
having
been
abused
to Idolatry,
they
conclude
that
it
*
ought
for
ever
to
be
esteemed
abominable
and
pro-
phane.
This
Argument
might
be
available,
if
it
had
*
been
the
custome
to
offer
this
Herb
onely
to
the
Devil,
*
but,
in
regard
that
both
ancient
and
modern
Idolaters
*
have
made
their
Corn,
and
Fruits,
and
whatsoever
*
grows
above
or
beneath
the
earth,
their
Drinks
and
'
Water,
their
Wool
and
Clothing,
their
Flocks
and
*
Herds,
and
all
things
else,
the
matter
and
subject
of
*
their
Sacrifices
;
we
may
argue
from
the
same
founda-
*
tion,
that
all
those
things
are
defiled
and
rendred
as
'
abominable
and
unclean
as
the
Cuca
;
but
to
the
clean,
*
all
things
being
clean,
let
us teach
them
to
abhor
and
'
forsake
their
superstitious
and
idolatrous
Worships,