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L15‘-Pd by Mattirzo/its and others,and {o it is fem: l.')8lCl{€ to its due place again; though notn'itl:lie:t: L. V . ‘

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ding 1: yet in {hops retaines the title of 4 47

The ﬁgure cl-mt by our A.uthor was giuen for this,is liippofed (and their as I tliinlte trtilyj; 1 - e» ‘ a ‘ ~ '

bl; bug a counterfeit of Mzzz‘tiJi0[zr.t his inuention 3Wl'1O therein hath bin followed (accord ing to the

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lﬂ{lO“i' of the VVO1‘lcl)l)V diners others The delbription is of 21 {mall Reed celled (jzilzimus bi’/onimr C it I la "1 1 _ 1 I’ ,, . . _ ‘L,-g,m,;.by Label in his Ohleruzitions, and hgurecl in his Items, p.54.

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0 ‘Tliis is calledvmeoc 2‘:-I1Cl"A.~4ﬁ€9v by the Greeks :by fomegiceoidingt, E0 A';>:sl-mas‘ 'fs;95ad\ari’a4 : and in

. . . ,, . . _ ‘ .n / 1, aw i 1 c\..:l C‘zz’}*:”.z<:5,»1r0Wz‘fczrs‘: Latyijfj ,1; 15 sailed Aco,ms.1nd r$’€0HI;'.’79 , and in (hops, as I haue ftirnmtlw {Wis L » H W L

A ﬂ_ - .‘A' ‘.‘_‘R 7},‘ r C"; ’,. '~ ‘/lv.:~ ‘.1 Q?‘ lb: they vfually take L'::lZrlr'7K/,:3’{l imzor ((l{:{CT}.l.,»L(l by me Carma o.) tor ..4wrz._». It may bcllwia ilk f ‘«'l"§'CZ' ,‘?:;‘ii”af:3 he firly called in Englilh, the fweet Garden H210. P i I H _‘ r;: h iudggﬁgj {U [he K,;,WW ,gt-;;‘(,_¢71;._:,'; of Dig/,‘;‘g;*;‘;[e5) the KJA;z_/iccéz-girl}; OK ‘I’ /.'/Eé?‘Z}rJ?‘(Iﬂi?i’5,, that 1:: 4. 3; ?,;_m,. §(,;4,;n,m ‘..‘;;.,,,»;;,4r,.‘i‘z;; that {hould he vied in Cotripoﬁtions. it ill F “'.. . V ( , -I I T‘ I’, H” ' » ‘_ ;'[ I or I lie Nmirc ‘of 1/16: mm -t/aft:/.2115 or ozirﬂvtetf.i7’t1”f¢ that [ha Lwa arrlrﬁs lZ1itli._,the roots hziue an neatirig facul e.‘ G4/M and PW} Gm =1“ 1' me: 1 “Y “" rl:-Lin and fubtill parts both hot and dry. '

A or T/“re Verme: of téeﬂzme. ” _ 6 ‘The deeof;l..ir)n of the root of C./£1il.~'.l6"i‘.$' dm.;;l:e prouoketh vrine, helpeth the palIlE~1Ill.‘.l1C llCl.C;,l1~ M, {j mm and bye}:-‘E.CQnVi.1lllOI1§3',gI‘l§')3 3 .32l":(l nrirllings: it eafeth and helpeth pifling by drops. inlirreat eileél being put in O?’ ‘:1, )5: taken in fumes tlirougli at clole lloole, to prouoke wo- > .L..: b . I ' 2 ‘ n t areal‘ E‘CClCl€11IZS. V _ mC£‘l1C?LllC€ ltiaineci with a 3.1;-rd.‘ hony taketh away the dirniieﬂh of the eyes , and helpeth much ominﬁl oifon the liardizelle Offllﬁll.-lCCI1,;3Lld all inﬁrmities of the blond. r a"‘51%i,C ,2“: {walled imvjngaflampggl and applied plailler‘w.ife vnto the cods , wonderfully ah-ateth [.116 £1721 liiimof the faineend. helpeth all hardnelle and colleélions Of hUm0I‘S. The (‘{l121l'z.‘l)ll"'t‘l£‘ of two fcruples and a halfe of the root drunke in foure ounces of Musltadel, hel- petl: tl‘.lCI‘I”L that he bruifed with grieiioiis heating or fall 5. A _ _ _ _ Tlie root is with good fucceﬂe mixed in counrerpoyfons. In our age it is put into Eclegrnasi tl];1t.lS3'i't)CdlCli‘i€3 for the lungs, and elpecially w11€ﬂ thc‘ lungs 0‘, C1159‘ are OPPYCF‘ Wm‘ ‘aw an cold humor". . l 1‘ The roht oftliis nreferued is verv pleafant to the tafle, and Comfortable t0 tl1€ ll0m3Cl<€ and henna {'0 that the 'l“iirl::s at C oriftantihople take irlfalling in the morning againll: the contagion {If the c~"\rfi'1pt mire - and the Tartars haue it in fuch el‘teeme,t.hat thev will not driiikeWatCY(Wl11Cl115 _ p; C 4 0 ' ~ ‘ <k _ I‘ " ' . ' :\‘L1CA€;.“l7fk€;'-Slag&ri£§k{))vI11Qﬂ{f2xi]ie.y heme tirll lleeped form. of this root therein. A E V qr 766 Cboice. . _ L _ _ _ The bet‘: : ..!-:/mzs,:i:. t23,€i2j2'arz.}/rs faith,is that which is ftibllantlall and‘wel_l compaﬂswhlte With“ in not rottenvﬁillgind well ﬁnelling. l _ y , i _ " iviz';;;yv.=,=riretli,l§ hat thofe which grow in Caridia areherter than thofe Of Poﬂtllssalld Yet more of worfe than tlioleiif the Eafrerne cotlntriespr thofe of England,althoughwe haue no great €1_:.l£ll‘ thereof. . I ‘ ‘ qr ';",7;¢ Far-ziitfcs i’2f(Z"é€ true Calamari; am‘ af .Dzoﬂ'arz6fe5. 3;: Is; being taken in drink moueth vriiie ;wh_erefore boiled y'\I1tl‘i!ti]e roots of graffe or Smallage }etls,itlielpetIi ftich as be llyd1‘0p1Cl{,l1Cpl1!'ltlCl<?£'1'OLll)lCCl with me flrangttryprbruifed. _ It inoues the Courfes either drunke or Otllﬁfwll-lﬁappliﬁﬂl. Alfo the fume thereof tﬂkﬁﬂ by the mouth in a pipe,either alone or with dried turpentinﬁs helps coughs. _ It is hoiled alfo in baths forwomengand decorftions for Cli{’cers,and it enters into plaiflers and perfumes for the lmells fake. i ’

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Hug fa, 1]-mic I tlifcoiirfed vpon GralTes,Ru{hes, S p&1‘£l1f.n3Fl.3gS;§“li1:'.l Eloiire de—liices 2 y next ‘ labor is to let downe for your better inflru (5l1OI] the hillorie of (Lorne, and the kinds theroﬂ Vnrlpf the name of Graine,which the Latines call Cc2'ealeafm2im,or Bread-come : the Greer»

- M C) ' ' i 4‘ - .r~ ' am) “W795, and Wm“ mgwm : of which we pin pole to difcourfe. Ti.l(.1,'€ belong to the hillory or gram .,

all fuch things as be made of Come, as Far, Comlrzm, A./2'54, Trzzg,-rig flmylzmz, Pnffrm, Po,/emit, M 4%’: !>’y:cr,or Malt,Zyrb;mz,and whatfoeuer are of that fort.Tl11ere be alfo ioyned vnto them mam feed5a wliich '1‘/;'»e.2z2lmzjl.s/.3 in his eighth booke placeth among, the Graines, as l\/lillef, Sorgum, Panicke; §m';:H,‘,i!{.;,_3=, am; ﬁyclf_1Ill{C, Galen in his ﬁillbooke of the Faculties of ﬂOLlf1ll‘lII1CI1€S_JCCl~:Qnetl1

fﬁquireth a fruitful 13 d"Y ground (‘as

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‘if: the di_fea{'es of Graine,as well thofe that come of the graine it felfe degenerating, or that are E aiifged into fome other kinde,and made worfe through the fault of the weather, or of the (bile; 9 3 0 fuch as be cumherfome by growing among them,which doe likewife ﬁtly ﬁicceed the

%;31ﬂ€(§._1X_nd beginning with come, we will ﬁrll fpealre of wheat, and defcribe it in the ﬁril place, can e it is preferred before all othercorne .

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I-liskinde of \/Vheate which Loéei’z',a,~,di- ﬁinguilhing it by the eare, calleth 5 gm Mm*z'ci2,is the molt principall ofall other, whofe eares are altogether hare or naked , wi.tho._i; aWD€S O1‘ Chaﬂie beards.The ilall~:e rifeth from :2 threat dy root, compaét ol’;nany ﬁrings, Joynted. or iqmylgz 3“ fundry diflances 5 from whence {hoot forth '1“; blades and leaiies like Vnro Rie, but hi’o.=1der, 1 plant is {O wellknowne to inaiiy,and lb proﬁtable 0 all,thar the meanell and moll ignorant need no .larger defcriprion to know the fame by. i

2 The fecond kinda of Wheat, in root, llalkes,' joints and blades, is like the precederlt,differiiig onely ineare, and number 0fgraines,whereof this kind doth abound,hauing an care conﬁ {ling of many raiiksgwhicli feerneth to make the eare double or fquare.,, The root and graine is like the other, but £'1OElJ21r€l'aI](ll1a2ln.’.t‘(l, but briflled or bearded,with many {mall and Ilia! eiles or avvnes norvnlike to thofe ofBarley.

3 Flat Whcate is like vnto the other kindes of VVhear in leaues, flzalks, and roots, but is bearded and bordered with rough and iharpe aiIes,wherein con {i {ls the difference. r I know not what our author znfgﬁg by this flat Wheat, but I‘(‘.0l1jC€tuI‘C it to be the long; rough cared \/Vheat, which hath blewilh cares when as it isyripe, in other things refernhling the Ordinary red VVheat.V ‘j:

The fourth kinde is like the lztil cl_el‘crihe/Ll, and thus differeth from it,in thd't,this kind hath many i'1m,~_c 5 Brioht Wh g forrllkolone great eare,& the biearcgs hereof be (hotter than oftl1e_vformer.l;irid . kind is folge fwa C3;1S i ehthe fecond before. de erg ed,h and differeth from it in that, that this

i thmket arc, orgewher bright and ﬂitning ;t e or er not. _ ._ F one fpcciss imoa V61?’ tt‘ mg to addein this plaice a rate on eriifzition,o_f the t_ranﬁniiraiion ‘ol- wj) J” {:5 dz, cnot iler, iriglants 5WlI1Cl1 though it haue beege ob erued In-anclenitlmfsi as gy Maeh Cam S; ~l zguﬂp 4/21. 1 . 3. mp. r6.‘ wliercas arriong ot ers hee mentioned t...e change of it pe t into Oates :and by Virgil in thefe WO;Cl5; Gnmdiaflepe qzaiém mmzdavimur H0:‘"4:’€afm'c‘zé', Iﬁfirlix L0lin'm,é*ﬂerilc5 domimziztzrr /WJC’/”4c€, * That is 3 in furrowes where great Barly we did lbw, yemme that 1 Ba Elorggig but Darnell and poore Oats do grow. . V‘ 1 I at any the in 8;‘ tie rest 1 due obleriied, that two feueriill graines,perfe in each refpeéhdio‘ grow fmmdby m ﬂue ear§.ft’.:ie whioh I‘ faw this yeare 1‘('3 2,in an eare ofwhita Vylleatixlllltll vya.s ofplams mgr _t ¥]§0;0 hﬁfld M _._Iobﬂ Go0tlycr,a than leeond tonone in his indullrie and learching mop‘ are and Ign is ,udgeinent or knowledge of them. fhis care ()fWl1€f1t was as large and razrc €15 inw . 3-.>Ol.lt the middle thereofgtew three or foure perfeét Oats in all refpeﬁs : which be»- -- very worthy offetting downe, for fome reafons nor to be inﬁllcd KPOIA

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lntggilglggge §:o‘u nd, I held

l Q1 7155 Place. V _ W _ alrnoll in till the countries of the world that are inthaoited and‘iriamsred,and ‘ 1 and fat foile, and rather Sunny and dry,rh.~.m watery grounds and ﬂ1adOVvic:fi)x~ Colzimella reporteth) it groweth harder and better con1‘pa€*£ -. in a moilt and (.lai'l;c egenerateth fomet-ime to beef another kinde.

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