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i 3 H The common Beane in Psalkes, leaues,ﬂoures_, and cods is like the former greatf gags“ Eeane,bnt leffer in them all ; yet the leaues are more, and grow thicker, and out or the ho ombic the leaues vpon little foot-lialks grow the ﬂoures,com~monly ﬁx-in number,vpon one (lalke, Vffmes are fucceeded by fo many cods,lell7er and rounder than thofe of the former : the Beanes themhﬁi 1 are alib le lie, and not fo ﬂat, but rounder, and fomewhatlongilh :. their colour are either w lwnel rzeilowifh or elfe blaclce.This is fowne in molt places of this kingdome,in corne ﬁelds,and kﬂoar hoth to man and beall. I much wonder our Author forgot to mention fo common and vulg

. . . . I. ltnowne a Pulfe. It is the Ema or Fafelpa mmar ofDodon.em 5 and the Faéa mmorofPemi and L” ‘

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qr The Place. _ The lirll: Beane is fowne in ﬁelds and-gardens euery where about London. ‘ e d of Thisblaeke Beane is fowne in a few mens Gardens who bee delighted in variety and R" 7’ ‘h€2'l)€$,Wl1£:1’t:Ol‘ l haue great plenty in my garden. i in T/ac Time. ' — « . is :39, They ﬂoure in A prill and May,and that by parcels,and they belong in ﬂouting : the fruit in luly and Augull. Z’ 11 The Names. =’ r C is of The garden Beane is called in Latine F464 : in Englifh, the garden Beane : the aﬁeld 3”” fruit the fame kinds and name , although the fertilitie of the foile hath amended andril cred thediﬁre. into a greater forme. 1 The diﬁerence between the garden and the field Beane is a f Emﬂckeu 5, rence.,and not an accidental one caufed by the foile, as cuery one that knoweth them may we. P ceiuc. :1: A -, f The blacke Beane,whofe ﬁgure we haue (‘er forth in the fecond place,is called F454 fy/“¢,’”A2, fome thought tobe the true Phylicke Beane of the Antients 3 whereupon they haue named ‘E: t 5 Vetemmand allb F454 Griecorungor the Greeke Beane.Some would haue the gardeniieanﬁ ‘O dean V true zvbafealw, or Kidney Beam: 5 of which number Dndmm is chiefe, who hath lfo wrﬂﬂgl d ,6. rufiied among his relatiues, that all hi spy antecedents muli: be call: out of dores: for his 1003 ‘’_“m.,,,,, dious tale of atub wee haue thought meet to commit to obliuion. It is ealledin. Glee“ and whereupon the Athenians feat’: daies dedicated to Apollo were named rtmklu. in which ‘Bean Pulfes were lodden : in Latine it is called Fees 5217: or fiaﬁaproken or bruifed Beanes. . 1: Dadimem knew well what: he did, as any that are either iudicious or learned may ﬁx’ 1 .lOOl(€ into the ill“ chapter ofthe fecond booke of his fourth PemI;;,g4_ But our Au[hOl'5 Wogafw \‘ too iniurious,efpecially being without can {e,and againft him, from whom he borrowed 3"‘ iﬁ‘ 11 is good in this his booke,cxcept the figures of Taéermzmontanm. It may be D‘.Prz‘ql did ”°‘l,Mgi- tranﬂation in this place to our Authors capacitie ; for Dadomcm did not aﬂirme it to be‘ 3 1m,but Pb.a_{elro:,dil’ringui£hing betwecne them. :1: i

11 The Zgitmpcramre am! Vertues.

The Beane-before it be ripe is cold and moill :being dry it hath power to bind and I63 cord mg to fome Authors: further of the temperature and vertues of Galen. _ 3

The Beanc (as Galen faith in his booke of the Faculties of Nourilhments) is windle me though it be neuer fo much fodden and the (fed any way. i hath a

Beanes hauenot a clofe and heauy fubﬁancc but a fpongie and light and this fubﬂance the fcouring and clenﬁrig faculty 5 for it is plainely,l‘eene, that the meale of',Beanes elenfet 3 ﬁlth Ofthcfkl“ s by reafon of which qualirie it palfeth not ﬂowly through the belly. ,6 and

And feeing the meale of;Beanes is windie the Beanes thcmfelues if they be E30715 who/‘ ' eaten are yet much more windie. ’ . wly

"they be Palched they lofe their windinellé, but they are harder of digeilion, and doe ﬁg be~ defcendﬁﬂd yeeld Vnt0_ the body thiclte or grolfe nourifhing juyce-but if they be eareﬂ,8’““,,"ac are {O73 the)’ bc “PC and ‘med: the fame thing hapncth to them which is incident to all fruit‘ I

. ‘lb’ eaten before they be fully_i'ipe ;that is to fay, they giuc vnro the body a mom: kinde 0 ml

f 90 f ‘ gal 0 ment,and therefore a nouriﬂhment more full of excrements, not onely, in the inward parts; ‘:1 they

in the ou'tward,and whole body through : therefore thofe kindes of Beans do leﬂé nourllhs ﬁmple do more Tp€€d“Y Page ‘ho/TOW the b€UY.as the {aid Author in his booke of the Faculties of medicines faith,that the Beane is moderately cold and dry. - l ’ The pulpe or meate thereof doth fomewhat clenl‘e,the skin doth a little binde. Therefore diucrs Phyﬁtians hath giuen the whole Beane boyled with vineger and 131 that were troubledwith the bloudy ﬂixnvith laskes and vometings, _ 1 W the It raifeth flegme out of the chell and lungs:being outwardly applied it dryethwrthouf ‘ V -xcd

. a mi watery humors of the gout.We haue oftentimes vfed the fame being boiled in Wateband O

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VVC haue laid the meale thereof with Oxymelpr fyrrup ofvinegegboth vpon bruifed and stone» $9: ﬁ0ewes,and vpon the wounded parts of {uch as haue been bitten or (lung, to take away the ﬁe-

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tb It alfo maketh a great plailier and pultis for mens {tones and womens paps : for thefe parts when V

the)’ are inﬂamed, haue need of moderate cooling,efpecially when the paps are inﬂamed through ecluttered and congealed milke ‘contained in them. ’

7 W0 milke isdriedvpwith that pultis. N _ y p r L and ‘3 meale thcreof(as Din/éoridcs further addeth)b_eing tempered with the meale of Fenugreelte M neISh03)’,dOth take away blacke and blew fpo!ts,W11iCh €°m‘f b)’ d')’ bemngssahd Waﬂeth away k¢‘f- . VII er the cares.’ l . . « L

. Vvith Role leaues,Frankincenl'e,'and the white of an egge. it kefpﬁth baeke the watering of the N

Sthe pin and the web,and hard fwellings. _ _ Being tempered with wine it healeth fulfulions,and llzripes of the eies. __ 0 ii Th“ Beane being chewed without the skin, is applied to the forehead agarnlr rheumes and fa'l- P ’ n.g'dPlVI1e of h umours. y ‘mg boyled in wine it taketh away the inflammation of the Ptones. _ _ s Q to V he Sis ins of Beans applied to the place where the hairs were ﬁrll plucked vp.W11D°‘ “life? them R r°_“’ big,but rather con ﬁlmeth their.nourilhment- , _ y _ Q- emg applied with Barly rneale parched,ancl old oyleithey walla away the Kings elull-r r > G decotftion of them ferueth to die woollen cloth withall. L V ’

to = is Beane being diuided into two parts (the.-Sl<in_ taken off) by which it was natllfﬁlly l°Y“"d V

hgﬂher, and applied, {lancheth the bloud which doth too much iﬂire forth after the biting of the

t . each,if the one halfe be laied vpon the place. ‘ _ . _ _ _ X.

fe .T -' e blaeke Beane is not vied with vs at all, feeing, as we haue faid,1t #5 rereaend fowne 01151)’ "13 p

‘ mens gard ens,who be delighted in variety and Rudy ofherbhes. '

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‘The liockeor kindred oi the Kidney Bean are wonderfully m3“ﬂY;‘h° ‘liff?l'e“°9 °rl"‘Cia"Y CG"!-7; ., ﬁlieth in the colour of the fruit : there be other differences,wheroft0 write perti_c;ular.ly would §u."“1y Ptuffe our V olune with fuperﬂuousg matter, conlidering that the ﬁmpleﬂ is able to diﬂin- -m.‘ apart the white Kidney Beane from“ the blaclte, the red from_th€ iPUlPl¢«ﬁ11€_l llkewile mole of f0l“.°010urs from thole that are only of one colour:as a_ll'o'great_'onesfr0fI.1 ‘.175 little ones.Wi1ere- wit 1‘ may pleafe you to be content with the defcription of l'om’e few, end the _5g‘l1’¢5 “l Ill? ‘Clix; gran their feuerall titles in Latine and Englifh, referring their defcript10}15;V9¥0 3 Wither Copiﬁdeg

‘ Onal’-Ihich otherwife would be an endlc {Te labour,‘ or at the leﬂﬁ ﬂ€€d1Clr€-

ill‘ The Deﬁriftiori. I ']:"He are kinde ohbaféolm or garden Smilax hath long and fmalllbranehes growing

‘ ry high,taking holdwith hisclafping tcndrelsvpon poles and fliekes, and whatloruet w;- ltandeth neere vnto him, as doth the Hop 0! V1ﬂC,Wl1iCh 3-76 F0 we/ake and tender that.

i thet °“‘.ﬁ1ch props or fupporters they are not able to fultaine themfeltres, but will run ramping on.

by th'_0und fruitlelie : vpon the branches do grow broad leaues almoli like Iuie, growing roger‘ 9.1”. ya’, r°€.as in the common Trefoile or three leaued Gralle :among which come the llourt-s,thar «lo may and differ in their colou‘rs,according to the foile where they gr-ow,r‘orne times white,lomnmes iced’ an oftentimes of a pale color: afterwards there coirneout long cods, whereo:r'lOi'!1 ‘am “'0 " w},a’~°“d fome are llraight,and in thofe the fruit is containcd,fmaller than the common Beane,fom- e tﬂaﬁand fafhioned likca Kidney which are oldiuers colours like vntothe ﬂoures : Wh€'€‘0f0l' _ , , , . 2 OR part thefc are like. , _ . , _ _ _ a fig“ STh¢‘-Ye is alfo another Doliclvm or Kidney Beane, le{l'cr, fhorter, and with fmdauf C215‘ ‘_"h°re. log, and fruitare like in forme to the former Kidney Beanes, but much ldr“: 3“ ° 3 49*“? CW

and; There is likewife another Grange Kidney Bcane, which doth alfo Winde if rel Fe about pQ"*s:. Kid ‘OPS neerc ad joyning, that hath likewife thr'ee leaues hanging VP?“ 9”‘? f’€em.as ha‘ re the other tqmnney 3Gans,but euery one is much narrower and a,ll‘o'blac'k‘er'.-the cods be fh0IteT,plaincr.-W5 Mt‘ ’ d containe fewer feeds.‘ " ' ’ 3 » .. d ' ’ " ' ‘ 4' This