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The eatliest mention I can find of it is in a ' trans- lation (1577) of a book written by Dr. Monades of Seville. " Of the Coca. ^* I was desirous to see that hearbe so celebrated of the Indians, so many yeares past, which they doe

call xh^ Coca, which they doe sow and till with muche care and diligence, for because they doe use it for their pleasures, which we will speake of. The Coca is an hearbe of the height of a yerd, little more or lesse,

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1 Joyfull Newes out of the newe. founde Worlde^ etc. by Jhon Frampton^ Marchaunt^^ i577i ^ol ^^^ ^-