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fbfter in handling, at the top of the {talks come forth divers clufers of final white 
flowers, which turn into fmall three cornered blackith feed, with a white pulp.” 
therein : the root is fmall and thready, s 3 
Prace and Time. It is faid to have its original birth place in Arabia, whereby 
it had the Latin name Srumentum farafenicum, and was tranfplanted from thence into 
Italy, but now is very commonly fown in moft of our northerr&\counties, where 
for the ufe and profit made of it, many fields are fown theréwith, it'is not ufually 
fown before April, and fometimes in May, for at its firft fpringing up, a frofty night 
Kills it all, and fo it will do the flowers when it bloffoms, it is ripe at’ the latter end 
of Augutt, or the beginning of September, and will grow in a dry, hungry ground, 
for which it is held as good as a dunging, Te Tee 
GovERNMENT AND Virtuzs. This grain is attributed to Venus, it doth nourifh 
lefs than wheat, rye, or barley, but more than miller, or panic, and the bread or 
cakes made of the meal thereof doth eafily digeft, and foon pafs out of the ftomach, 
though fome hold to the contrary ; it giveth {mall nourifhment, though not bad, and 
is withal a little latulént or windy, yet country people in divers parts of Germany 
and Italy, do feed hereon as almoft ‘their only bread-corn, and are {trong and lufty 
perfons, following hard labour ; the bread or cakes made thereof, are'pleafant, buc 
do fomewhat prefs or lie heavy an the ftomach. I never knew any bread er cakes 
made of it. for people to eat in this country, but it is generally ufed to fatten h 0g 
and poultry of all forts, which it doth very exceedingly and quickly : the phyfical 
ufes of it are thele, it provoketh urine, increafeth milk, loofeneth the belly, dnd 
being taken in wine, is good for melancholy perfons ; the juice of the leaves drop- 
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ped into the eyes, cleareth the fight. 
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“Naae. IT is alfo called with-wind, | 
Description, Blackbind-weed bath fmooth red branches, very fmall, like 
eth. 
_ «Gteatthreads, wherewith it wrappeth and windeth itfelf about trees, hedges, ftakes, 
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ans. every, thing it can, lay hold, upon s the leaves are like to ivy, but fmaller and 
more. sender,.the flowers are white and. very fall, the feed is black, triangled or 
othree {quare, growing thick together, every {eed is inclofed and covered with a thin 
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in 5. the root is alfo fmall and tender as athread, | 
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Prace. It groweth in borders of, ficlds and gardens, about hedges and ditches, 
And amongtt herbs. | 
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