J^ie. u Of the Hiftorie of Plants. y { 



^ 7 be Place. 



Tbcy arc fownc,as Ctlumcfla teacheth 3 in loofc and dry grounded are well fcnovvne all Europe 

 through. 



2 The fecond is fovvnc commonly in fome parts of Yorke (hire and tke Biihoprickc of Dur- 

 ham. 



m T/jc Names 



I 



dDCCften: inLou.Durckdgcrft 



lu\iar l} Orzo : in Spanifh 3 CV/,W.z ; in French, Orgc: in Eng!ifh,Barley. 



2 The fecond is called of the Grecians, *•>»*<>*>> and alio X**x Columella calleth it G&Lticum • 

 and Hippocrates^ ->vk./:v : of ourEnglifh Northerne people, Big, and Barley Big. Crimnon (faith 

 Gxlen in his Commentaries vpon the fecond bookcof Hippocrates his Prognoftickcs) is the grofler 

 part of Barley meale being groflely ground. Malt is well knovvne in England, infomuch that the 

 wordneedcthnointcrptcration:not\vithflandingbccaufethcfeVVorkcs may chance into Gran- 

 gers hands that ncuer heard of fuch a \vord,or fuch a thing,by reafon it is not euery where made I 

 thoughtgoodto lay dovvneaword of the making thereof. Firft,it is fteeped in water vnti lit ftvel, 

 then is tt taken from the watcr,and laid (as they tcrmc it) in a Couch, that is, fpred vpon an etien 

 floorc the thickncife of fome foot and a halfc ; and thus it is kept vntill it Come 3 that is, til it fend 

 forth two or three little firings or fangs at the end of each Corne.Thenit is fpred vfually twice a 

 day,cachday thinner than other,for fome eight or ten dayesfpace, vntill it be pretty dry and then 



£l£0tlt : in Latincof later time, <J\{. 



i^.iltj 



««w;wxiiciujamcisoorroweaot tne Ocrmans. Ae~ 

 ttus* Gn Ice Phyfitian nameth Barley thus prepared, Byne, or Bine: and he alfoaffirmeth, That a 

 plaiftcr of the mcale of Malt is profitably laid vpon the fwcllings of the Dropfic.Zy/ /;»>», as Dio- 

 dorus Statin affirmcth)is not only made in Egypt,but alfo in Galatia : Theaire is focoId(faith he 

 writing of Galatia) that the country bringeth forth neither wine nor oilc, and therefore men are 



anoth 



* 



by an Arabickcnamc,*.** :in Englifhwecall it Becreand Ale which is made of Barley Malt. 



«[ The Temperature. 



Nourifhment 



i u "> — i , — , ««-*««•»«»« vi i^wuijiuiuciii»,i»iiul urine lame tem- 

 perature that wheat is, for wheat doth man ifeft 1 y heate . butcontrariwifc,what medicine or bread 



IOeiier IS madcofBarlv.isfonnH m hanc arnrrain frtr^o»<-»/</- k «lo.-*,J J-.. :~ .\.~c.n j 



cooleand 



- --— —v . „„ w ..»._. '-'"'«".!■ iuu«iL4imury in ujcnntaegree accor- 

 ding to G.i/«inhisbookeof the Facu^^ Simples. It hath alfo a little abfleriiue or dentine 

 <]uaJ.tie,and drieth fomewhat more than Bean meale. & 



^f The Venues. 



flom a ackc faith D ^ m ^' dothclenfc 'P rouokevrinc ' brcedech wi is an enemicto the A 



Barly mcale boiled in an honied water with figs,taketh away inflammations : with pitch,rofin o 

 and Pigeons dung, it fottnethandripeneth hard fwcllings. V ' B 



A ;„\V th M ^ HIot a U u P ° FP> ' !" ee< ? S k takcth avva y the P a,n in the fidcs : " is a remedie againft win- n 



mW° thc g" ts ' bci "g a PP »^d with Linefeed, Fcenugreek,and Rue : with tar, wax,oi!e, and the C 

 ^rincof a yong boy >1C doth d lg eft,foften, and ripe hard fwcllings in the throat,called the Kin* 



Aopp 



helcaucsofbram- r> 



Ptifi 



Adverfi 



TKcorr p fni ..„ -—' ««• ^wj«#«,iii cue tuapici ^i oariy. dui i tnink our London 



«n X no hL'^ 001 10 ' f Ca ™ C '° matc BcCrCOf Cithcr Frcncb ° r D " tch > much lefle of me that 

 can la) nothing therein of mineowncexperiencc.morethanbythewritm'sofothcrs But I mav 



theST,™,' * C ,° nfC ? i0 , n madC th " Cof ' <*<-l'"""l* «l concctninS fee Wine Ta1dcn?o 

 the halfc) which is tins , Bo.le ftrong Ale till itcome to the thickncffeoFhonv ot the form , „?.^ 



ter tnif m h anner P )ma> ' "" 1Vant ° f bCttCt rCmediCS be vftd for ° ld anJ ■* foteMf P madeaf! 



(/^^, made of W 



fCamo- 

 of the ponder 

 There be fun- 



of parched Barley, which the Grecians doe 



per 



