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—~—- r _ . d upon he did not onely pllfebloud, but alfo It moltwonderfully gufhed forth,both at his H0“ 3“ mouth.

The dried herbe laid among garments keepeth them from Mothes and other vermin€-

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C H A P. 500. Fenugreeke. 1]” T/zebcjirzyliriiaﬁ. Enugreeke hath a long {lender trailing ltalke, greene, hollow within, and diuided into

C diuers {mall branches : whereon doe grow leauesylike thole of the medow Trefollcltz) rounder and lefier, greene on the vpper lide, on the lower: ﬁde tending to an fill‘! 50

_ . _ ' 'chdO, among which come lmall Wllltc ﬂoures, after them lrkewifelong {lender narrow codi, 1“ W ’

lie fmall Vneuen f€edS)Ofa yellowifh colour : which being dryed,haue a ﬂrong fmcllallet not vnpleal féifif :‘ the root is ihlallralld perilhcth when it hath perfected his feed.

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2 Tlilem 15 3 Wilde klnﬁle hereof feruing for littlevfe that hath final! round brand] M1595 01' loyms ifmm Cad! loym Pwcecdeth a {mall tender foonﬁalk wheron do WOW‘ and no morc,fomewhat fnrpt about the edges,like vnto thofeof Bur-gimdie Haieffgrom t 16 whereof come forth {mall yellow ﬂourcs, which turne into little cods : the root is tlllCl(Ca and pliant. ‘ V

97 The Place. _ Fenugreeite is fowlle in fields beyond the fears : in England we lbw a {mall quantit)’ ‘hm our gardens. l

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it isﬂfowne that it may ferue for fodder againﬂ Winter 5 the Other is in the end of Ianu3YY2O-I theglnnlng

Of February,notwithl’randing we may not low it yntill A prill in‘ England , ‘F The

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Of the. Hiftorie of Plants. M 9 7 1g TA/we Nztmex. V . , . It is called in Greekemm, or as it is found in Pliny his copies Cf4rp£zo.r.:in Latine,F_oem4m Greta 6”“ -' Calumet’/4 faith that it is called Siliqqa : in Pliny we reade tfilicizzfin FQzrro,Silicu!4:in high Dlﬁchs 2?: 9 lhngnt : in Italian, Flengreco .- in Spanilh, uilforaw: in Fre'nch,F"”‘3’“ " and 111 Eﬁgliﬂia negfeeke.

Tlzé Temperature and Vtrtuer. . . . ‘ » _ y y , ._ It is thought accordino to Galen in his booke of the Faculties of nourrfhments, thatit is one of more ﬁmples which do mtzinifeftly heat,and that men do vfe it for f0Od.3S they do Lupine-s;fot it is r sit with pickle to keep the body folublegand. for this purpofe it is more agreeable than Lu pines, tclng in bath nothing in his owne proper fubftance, that may hinder the WOi'l{1[1g. I r_‘ y T (1 juyce of boyled Fenegreeke taken with hony 18 good to putgeby the fioolc all manner of c'°'.‘“Pt humor: that remaine in the guts, making foluble through his ﬂ‘m1“‘-‘ﬂiﬁa and mitigating pal“ through his warmenellt. r - H y , __ _ -. . 3 . : - and becaufe it bath in it a clenling or {coming faculty, It taifethhumots out of the cheft: but “me “Wt be added vnto it no great quantity of honie,leal’t the biting quality {hould abound. . “ 01d difeafes of the chelt without a feuer, fat dates are to be boyled with it,bl1FhVVh€{‘ Y0“ haul‘-‘ Enxed the fame iUY¢"¢ PIE {Ted out with a great quantity ofhonygand haue againe boiled it on a loft Oameane thickehe{Te,tlren mutt you vfe it long before. meat. _ _ _ n his booke of the Faculties of limple medicines, he farth,that Fenegteeke 15 hot in the feeond a,'g'°¢ and dry in the ﬁrft : therefore it doth ltindleand make worfe hot-rnflammatrons,but fuch as e 15 ehot and more hard are thereby cured_.by_berng waited and eonﬁlmcd away.‘ _' , _ t a W‘ e meale ofFenegreeke,as Dlofcorides fa1th,1s of force to mollrﬁe and wafte away:beingb01Ied Rh “lead and applied it taketh away inﬂammations,as well inward as outward.’ . . _ . V‘ - imghﬁ fame being tempered or kneaded with niter and vineger, doth foftﬂl and mile away E116 Heﬂ‘ " . b . ﬁt F is ghggtfliaﬁ \[:(l)i1hen that haue either impoithurne,vlcer,or {topping of the matrix, to bathe -and te‘ ‘t’ threoﬁ, .. - ‘ ,u ‘e jugrhhoocfihz degoétion prelfed forth _dothy el.enl'et_he'haire, takﬁﬁh 3W3Yn d-3“d1'35'€_a fC0l‘%f€-Pb I ~ . rig {ores ofthe head,callcd of the Graecians £995-a .- being mingled With g°°f¢ gtcaf¢,and Pulvpn

ﬁmanner of a pelfary or mother fuppoﬁtory,it doth open and mollliﬁe 3“ ‘her l5‘“‘5 “ll-’°“-V‘ ‘h° ’ _ . 1 ' : .

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. ‘ﬁche Fenegreelte bruifed and pounded’ with vinegelgis a‘ rctT}€‘lY f°' Wcake and feéble Paris. mlrlh at are without sltin,vlcerated and raw. A

:3 . thaue thebloudy ﬂirt. .» _ , ‘ A t - e one Whig, is pyefred out thqreoffcoureth harres and ,fca‘rs.rn t.h°_ PfIlui6_Pf_irts. ‘ . _ A. y 2 T edecoa ion of Fenegreeke feed,madelr:.wme,and drunkc W15” hm ° V1I1¢ger.,eXpcl_leth all hue r::3'§§f1§§°;,?‘3,?L:°“,§t§[iail: :nd honygvnto the form oft; fyffﬂpadoth mundrﬁc and p-lnenfc

l eblﬁhand ealeth the paines rh€f¢°f-

hairlle meale ofFenegteeke boiled in mead: or honied water,‘ Cbnrumﬂh and difr0.lU5!ll all jéold P;

.56 “npoﬁhumgs and fwellings, and being mixed with the roots of Marfh Mallowes and Linfecd

us very good foy women that haue any gtiefe or {walling in the matrix, or other lowetlpartgif Q:

bathe more Pam with the decoaiou thereof made in wine,o_’r ﬁt ouer it»an'd‘ fweat. or nmﬁﬂdallothet fuch like imperretuons. y g V C"!-IA p. jof. Of Hor’n'edlCl’4uef, 6/ache C’/mlegtol“

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ha e Fenegtecke butblunter at their endsiin whiéh 3” ‘9“‘“i“‘d little ‘Qﬁld {ﬁend ; the ’°°‘ is rd 3'“ Woodd y and {endeth forth you'ng7fpxif'l§S 60¢!’-Y Y_¢3'¢-

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. e decoaion thereof“ good again“ vlccrs in thc lgw gur,andlfoule ‘(linking exénremiantisof

. ‘Is good to mg, the head with thedeco£tion'o‘fthe feed,» for it taketh away the fcuife, fc"ales,'

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