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_ -:..-~—— . - . ~ are I he homes are like thofe of other ptrllespfcolottr white . the cods are fotne into and 11

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form eontarnirw fome halfe dozen darke yellow or blackifh fmall Peafe: thefe code grow 09“ 3.: .. .53 2:?

. . . . err ' rat on (hart. iC>OE~iiiaii<IC3 cormnrn forth of the bofomes of the leaues, and are welted on th 3105 ’ g s_Dodomr4>':

broader ﬁde,wlrich llaands towards the maine ﬁ;alke.This growes with vs only in gardeﬂ Pemz,and zmzérl call it ()£57z¢5fy/rzeﬂ7‘zJs)_[z'rre Ervilia. . i . E _ _ b an; 2 Tlre iiall:a::s ofstlris grow vp fometimes a eubit high, being very ﬂender, drurded IMO ran chess, and fee vnorderly with many grafI'c-like long narrow leaues :on the tops ol_ the fialkesfam branches, vpon pretty long foot-{lalkes grow pretty peale-fafhioned ﬂoures of a farm and P153“ or crimfon colour‘:which fallen, there follow cods,long, fmall, and round, wherein are nine}? die more round hard blaeke fhining graines: the root is linall, with diuers ﬁbres, but whet 6’ ﬁxes when the feed is perfeéted, or no as yet I haue not obferued. This growes wildein man)’ H this with vs,as in the paiiure and medow grounds about Pancridge Church. Label and Dodmca Erwrm jjrlmzﬂrt 5 and they both partly iudge it to be the ﬁrit Czttrmrlrlce of .Di0ﬁ'0rj¢{€52 ail name it is vfually called. It flames in lune and Iuly,and the feed is ripe in Augrtli. d it in This alfoathough it he not frequently found, is no firanger with vs 5 for I ham} {Owl the come ﬁelds about Dartfortl in Kent and fome other places. It hath long ﬂendcf )0}’““3 two ping liall<es,diuided into fundry branches,whereon Ptand pretty greene three cornered eaueihefe ﬁr-‘?jC‘}‘.Q[Ji“ llrape and bigneffe like thofe of the leffer Binde~weed. Outof theb0fOI1_1€5 0 , leaues at each joynt comes a clafplﬂg teifkalke and commonly together with it a f00" W16 fome inch or more long,bearing 8 P’?‘?]Cc€e, peafe-fafhioned yellow ﬂounwhich 15 uor{c_ ded by a {hort ﬂattifh cod containing ﬁx an uen littlegfeeds. This ﬂoures in I{1I153wIy,ﬂ5t1 Auguft, and fo ripens the feed. Iri5 by PM. and others thought to be the c,x.f}>/'74“ of 7» corides, Galeﬁ, and Pliny : and the Fiﬁ/"" of ’ }>hr;zﬂw,by Anguillarzz. . /4,; I ﬁnde mention in Stowe: Chtoniclezm 1 35 5,of a certaine Pulfe or Peafc,aS they time it, wherewith the poore people at fhatou y there being a great dearth,were mlracu ,1; of helped : he thus mentions it; In the mo b the Augult (faith he) in Suffolk at a pl?!“ 115:3‘; in {ca ﬁde all of hard {tone and pibbles 53 Wgcs thofe parts a {helfe,lying betweene the ,cw of0rford and Aldboroughtwherc ﬂﬁﬁhcricgd graﬂ"c,nor any earth was euer fecne 5 ltchawithe in this barren place fuddnely to fpfiﬂg Vpnce of out any tillage or fowing, great ab"“ as men Peafon, whereof the poore gathered (1 mai- iudged) aboue an hundred quarters: Ye

as ned fome ripe and fome blolfomiﬂgaas néfihidc

rt 3 <_/1;;/ézzrxr. Strrail yellow 1°-etch.

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euer there were before-.:tO the which P W. //1,,,gé— -

the Bifhop of Norwich and the L0Yd H 6y,with others in greatnumber,w11° {Cu three thing but hard rockie {lone the {pace (_)whicl1 Yards vnder the rootsof thefe Para“. : l . roots were great and long,l-and very {Wee ' ‘ma- Geﬁer alfo,a/e Agmztiliéwﬁé. 4.p4§- 255 Ofghe king mentiOn,Out of D‘ Czzjm his letter 1: time f potted Engli{hVVhale,taken abouhtha thofe _ , _ y , at Lin in Northfolke,a1fo thus ment1‘f‘,‘« My Peafe : Pzﬁz (faith he) 272 [more naﬁ7‘_0 ﬁrlfdﬂﬂfca quaa'0rimtrmj]2cé2‘at,certa quoglam in law Su]fWF"” or A16m'mtm&* Ortforclzamz oppiz14,f4xz»5z7zﬁdeI_m4 (miméile diﬁa) mzfla term circzrmﬁtﬂz,azttW?””lZ “M {ch Anna 16 5 5 5, /ylmme rmtafzmz‘, rm/ea magnet copra, rutﬁrﬁfcercm rue! mi!/iéua /Jamimma. Thefe P€3{°' W any by their great encrcafe did fuch good to the poore that yeare, without doubt grew there for“): yeares before , but were not obferued till [<Jl/Iagi/fer art/J5, iugenﬁqzae largirar renter] at Peg. hunger made them take notice of them,aud quickned their inuentionywhich comm0ﬂ1Y ‘“ o"

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My \/Vorfhipfull friend D‘. Argent hath told me,that many yeares agoe he was in this place, andaa

called his man to pull away the beach with his hands, and follow the roots fo long, vntill he got Qme equall in length vnto his height,yet could come to no ends of them : he brought thefe vp with mm to London,and gaue them to D'.Laécl,who was then liuing -,and he caufed them to be drawrie, P“’P9ﬁng to fet them forth in that Worke which he intended to haue publiihed, if God had fpa- I hlm longer life.Now whether thefe Peafe be truly fo called,and be thevfame with the Pt]/rm [yi- ieﬂ" P€'€iW,or different 5 or whether they be rather of the ltocke of_ the Latbyrm major, or of fame t er Pulfe here formerly defcribed, I can afﬁrme nothing of certarnety, becaufe Ihaue feene no Pam)‘ them, nor could gather by any that had, any Cﬁffalmy Ofth‘-‘" {MP9 Of ﬁgure : yet would I 0t P336 them ouer in ﬁlence, for that I hope this may come to be read by fome who line the reas- 0ut,that may by fending me the things them_feIues,grue me certame knowledge of themsthat {o I “Y be made able, as I am alwaies willing,to impart it to others.

5] The Temperatrrre and Veﬂtm.

153116 not found any rhino written of the faculties of the two ﬁrlt; but of 'Aplm€€, G416? faith it oath 311 altringent faculty liiie as the Lentill, and alfo is vfed to be eaten like as it, yet It is harder f°_°neo&io,, bu; 1; dries more powerfully, and heates moderately. The feeds (faith he) haue an flmgen: facdlty - wherefore parched,broken,and boyled,they ﬂay ﬂuxes of the belly. We know gnaétfh Dadozmm) biy certaine ex perience,that the v./11>/me here defcribed hath this aﬁringent force 3Culty. 1;

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