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Orne of Aﬁabearethalong great item or ftalke , couered with great leaues like the great Cane reed, but much broader, and of a darke browiiiih colour towards the bot-» tome : at the top of the Pcalks grow idle or barren tufts like the common Reed, {Ome-

times of one colour,and fometimes of another. Thofe eares which are fruitfu ll do grow vpori the {ides of the ﬂall<s,among the leaues,which are thicke and great,fo couered with slrinnes or filmes, that a man cannot fee them vntill ripeiieffe haue difcouered them.The_gra1n 18 Of fundry Colours, fometimes red,and fometimes white and yellow,as my felfe hath feen in myne own gardeii,where it hath come to ripenelfe. _ 6 Fmmentum Imlzcam crerulezmr. Blew Turky Wheat.

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2 The {talk ofTurky wheat is like that oftheReed,i-“H of flmﬂgle plth,f_et with rriany ifomtli ﬂue or ﬁx foochigh,bigbcnQa[h,and now and then of a purple colour,and by little and itt e ma aboue . thg leagues are broad,long,fe:with veins like thofe of the Reed. The eares on the top of the ﬂalke be a fpanne 1ong,like vnto the feather-top of the common Reechdiuided into man)’ Plume? h in downward empty and barren without feed, yet blooming as Rie doth. The ﬂoureis ei-

gngwhbgm allow 51- purple that is to fay eiien as the fruit will be. The fruit is contained in verie t Fr 65 V:/yiﬁch Eow out oithe joints of, the ftalke,three or foure from one lialke, orderly placed big elayr ue anothegr coucred with coats and ﬁlmes like husks 8: leaues,as if it were a certain {heath-' one Zffivhich do Pchnd long and flenderbeardsﬁoft and tender,lil:e thofe laces that grow vpon Sa- Out‘ but greater and longer,euerie one faﬁned vpon his owne feed.The feeds are greafﬁfthe blg‘ “One, imon eafon cornered in that part whereby they are fallned to the care, and in the out- neﬂb of-Con nd - beino bf colour fomerimes white, now and then yellow, purple, or red 3 of talie imdt aiird rpolLe‘al'ai1t very7clol‘ely ioyried together in eight or ten orders or ranks. This graine hath

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many mots {hang and full of firings. we mm.

o ' . ' ‘ d then into Otl‘ r u'rices of Euro e: c .- were ﬁrlltbrou htinto Spams an A. _ R iCl' p o It _ p

There kinds Ofggmgut of Alia minaiwhich is the Ttirks dominions ; but out of America and D1? SIS fzmﬁgijg-E? 633 out of Plorida,and Virginia or Norembega,where they vfe to low or fet it t e an s i l in . . r -_ . ; _

make bread of it §;here it growes much higher than in other countries. It is planted .n the gar :10 f ;h 12: Nortlie ri regions where it commetli to ripeiielle when the fummer falleth out to be

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faire and hot; as my felfe haue feen by proof in myrie owne garden. SJ Tbs

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Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants.

If f _ . . qf T/7e7‘_£me. 0 . A 13 Owen in thefe countries in March and A pull, and the fruit is ripe in September. 1* Turk wheat ' 11 d if ' if T/76 Nam?’ ' ' ' ‘ ' ., ytaizaor $4 I Itigncgue ob cérrlie _Fmmmtal:n Tarczcum,ai1rl J‘l1.z/zmn Im{mmz,as alfo Mazizmz,and thors. In Engyhkh iris ca”l;0Ta 11; itievylzis vndngwnf to lthe antientboth Qreeke and Latino Aug the Iflands adjoynin as alfoi fuh ycor B3“ m yiv war‘ The Inllabltanfs 0_f America and MW. g, 0 E 6: Eafi an Welt lizdies,do call it (M41: : the V11'glmaI1S,Pzzg4- . Turky Wham doth n _{h f 19} {FT 51:31 T empeyritzrre and Vertzm. ‘ . ma etllereofis meane1OL!l'lh _ at _e et van. eit_ie_r wheat,rie,barly,;or ones, The bl-leaf] which 15 . yw ite,without bran: it IS hard and dry as Bislctet is,and hath in it no clam.-

:1! all ;fOl' which caufe it is of hard digeﬁion, and yeeldeth to the body little or no nou.

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11ecellitie,and thinke

is Ofhard and cum d it a good food : whereas we may eaﬁly iudge,that it nourifheth but little,and

igeltion, a more conuenient food for fwine than for man.

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Vrl-ty Millet isa llranger in Englandlr hath many high ﬂalkes,thiclte,and joynted com. monly with iome nine joyntsybefet with many long and broad leaues like Turky wheat : at the top whereof groweth a great and large tuft or care like the great Reed. The feed is round and {harpe pointed,of the bignelie ofa Lentil], fome-

times red,arid now and then ofa fullen blacke co- .

lour.It is laﬁned witha multitude of ﬁrong (lens der roots like vnto threds : the whole plant hath the forme of a Reed : the Pcalkes and eares when the feed is ripeare red. of Tim Place. It ioyeth in a fat and moift ground : it groweth in Italy,Spaine and other hot regions. (J Tbe ‘Time. _ This is one of the Summer grairies, and is ripe in Autumne. 1] The N.<mm.. The Millanois and other people of Lombardy C3111! M6/c’gua,and M clzga : in ‘Latin_e,tﬂ»te!z‘c4 .- in l_ietrtiria,S4ggz'na : in other places of Italy,SarglJa: in Portugal,Mz‘lz'um Saéarmm .- in Englilh, Turky Mill, or Turky E-lirfie. . \ 1 This feems to be the wtiliam which was \"~ brought into Italy‘ out of Indiain the reigne of ' the Emperour <_7V(gr‘o : the which is defcribcd by \l\ Plz'ny,lz'é.18,ca}>.7. :l: ‘ ﬁf T/ye Temperature and V ermer. . The feed of Turky Mill is like vnto Pa11lCi<C in

ad hemofjbut if is brim tafie and temperature.The country People fome-

times make me .e,an.d of little nourifhmengand for the molt part it feruetb,

to fatten h . “"5 and pigeons with.

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3 it lllowly defcendeth, and bindeth the belly, as that doth which is made of Mill or 1321- . Ome . ale; aui as yet no C€l't3lDC. proofe _or experience Concerning the vertues of this kinde of ’ . t Oug the barbarous Indrans,which know no bettenare conllrained to make a vertue of .