[The diseases this Countrey is subject to.] Nothing now remains, but to carry you to their Sick-beds, and to tell you what they do with the Bodies of their friends deceased, and their Behavior on these occasions.  They live to a great Age very often to fourscore, and hale at that age the Kings Sister was near an hundred.  They are healthy and of a sound constitution.  The Diseases this Land is most subject to are Agues and Feveurs, and sometimes to Bloody-fluxes.  The Small-Pox also sometimes happeneth among them.  From which they cannot free themselves by all their charms and inchantments, which are often times successful to them in other distempers.  Therefore they do confess like the Magicians in Egypt, that this is the very finger of Almighty God.  They are also subject to Aches and Pains in their Bodies.  For the Remedy whereof they have excellent oyntments and oyls, which they make and keep to have ready when they have occasion.

[Every one a Physitian to himself.] Here are no professed Physitians nor Chyrurgeons, but all in general have some skill that way, and are Physitians and Chyrurgeons to themselves.  Their Medicines they make of the leaves that are in the Woods, and the barks of Trees.  With which they purge and vomit themselves, and will do notable Cures upon green wounds, and also upon sore eyes.

To give a few hints of their method of Physick and what Ingredients they make use of.

[To purge.] For purging they make use of a Tree called Dallugauhah.  It bears no leaves, nothing but thorns, and is of a soft substance.  Being cut there runs out a white thick milk; in which we soak some whole corns of Pepper a whole night.  The next day the Pepper is taken out, and washed clean, and then boyled in fair water with a sower fruit they call Goraca, which we shall speak of by and by.  This they drink, and it purgeth very well.  This milk is rekoned as rank Poyson as any thing can be, and yet the Goats eat of the Tree greedily without harm.

[To Vomit.] For a Vomit, there is is a leaf of a Plant called Warracole in colour like a Cabbage leaf, but smaller; it grows upon a long stalk some three foot high.  This leaf as soon as it is broken from the stalk is full of milk, which runs out.  In this milk they put a lump of Salt, and let it lye a whole night.  The next day they take the Salt out, which is not dissolved, and wash it clean:  then boyl a little Rice and Water together.  After tis taken off the fire, they put this salt into it, and drink it.

There is a strong Purge they make with a berry called Jawpolls, which is a little long greenish berry.  Of it self it is rank Poyson.  They boyl it with Goraca, and Pepper in water, and drink a little of the water.

[To heal Sores.] For drawing and healing of Sores, they have a leaf called Mockina-cola; it is a very like our Tunhoof or Ground-ivy, only it is a brighter green; it runs along upon the ground and spreads it self as Tunhoof doth.  They only take the leaf and clap it upon the sore.