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‘flzc Time. It is fowne in the Spring in II1Cll.3J€!.S Emmfi/zcrzes witnelfcth, when it is moiiined with Sommer fhowers.

‘Ike Names.

The Grecians call itievixi or as Sfléeop/'%:~‘zijz'w faith, sing.» : the Latines keepe the Greeke word my .521! .- in French it is called Riz, .- in the German tongue, fiifg, and 35173 :in Engli{h,Rice.

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Galen f-aith,that all men vfe to Ray the belly with this grain, being boiled after the fame mane: that CIiomi’m>s is. In England we vfe to make with inilke and Rice a certain food or pottage,which doth both meanly binde the belly,and alfo nonrilh. Many other good kinds of food is made with this ltiml oFgrain,as tliofe that are sitiliuli. in cookerie can tell.

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Millet.

Ilium rifeth vp with many hairy lialks l<no't« l ! ted or jointed like wheat. The leaues are long, and like the leaues of the common Reed. Itbringeth forth on the top of the ftallte a fpoky bufh or mane called in Creek 922». , like the plume or feather of the pole-reethhanging down» ward,of colour for the merit part yellow or white; in which groweth the f€€(Cij{li1€ili,l'l£1l'd, and g1i{ie« ring,couetecl with i7t%iv tliinhusl<es,ont of which it eafily falleth. roots be many, and grow

deepe in the

2 E/.ri'Zi'zir-/2,azfgr2¢77i islilie vnto the former , fa» uingthat the eere or pltnne of this plant is more loofe and large,nncl the ieed fomwhat. biggerpf 3 ihining blacke colon.r./ I

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It loneth a light and loofe mold, and profpers heft in a inoili and rainy time. And after Colume/14, it groweth in great ahoiundance in Cam pania.

.7‘ J6’ Time. It is to be fowne in Aprill and May , and not be-fore,for it ioyeth in warme weather. The Names. It is called of the Grecians,»-ma;,of fome,u-m-viv" and offlzjzpocmtes, Pa/jmle, as Hcrmalzm/i faith. In \\ A A _Snanifh, .' in Italian,Mz'glz'o .- in high-Dutch: 1 =. i9It§: in French, Mi/[ct : in low-Diitch,13it5~: H3 , A _ - ' ~ Englifh,Mill,or Millet. qf ‘I/ye Tcmperamre. It is cold in the {itfi degree,as Galm writeth, and dry in the third, or in the later end of the Ti“ t:oiitl,:»:nd is of a thin fiibliance. -

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'_[l:fii1’}E‘£’,iC of Mill mixed with tar is layd to the bitings of Serpents and all venoiriotisbeafts. There is 3 drink made hereof bearing the name Oi: S ympm ménofiaor fgzmérafe his §Syrt1p,whiCl: PmCm.€gfi ‘Wat and quencheth thirfl , vfed in the city of Millari in rertmn Agnes. ‘i he ieccip whemog gmmw 3,4.-//zf.~..ozizm in his bOOl<€ of the Gouernment of health fettetli down in this mar? : Take(faitlilie)ofviil1tished Mill :1 §L1i‘liCi€l1t qu3.l'1titlC,bOllCe it viitill it be l)ll'()l:.P.fi-, thengtake ti we (‘UHCLS oi th i ot decofiion and 3.Cl(i€ thettto two 0 lli(Li.C‘S Oi glee -36 Pt White in inf and [ii £21 ‘E L ) -, I. C '1 . A ( L .. . L.-A. . . i‘ “:3 ,_. it hot mm the1)atf_gg[ being well couered with C1gO[l1CS3dfTlP LL1ftI:1f e will {wear througnly. 11115 1 liltewife commended by Ia/mime: I3Icz2r;7m_r,1nl1is ooltto liaa Q :1.“ gh _ . _ bal‘ Millet parcliedgiiid (2) put ‘not into a linnen baggtiid app 16 , e iis L is gaping pains of the ,9

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