Li b. i. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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fj 7 he Vert ucs. 



The feed of DarncII,Pigconsdung,oile01iuc,and poudcr of Line- feed, boiled to the forme of A 

 a plairtcr.condi.Tic wcns,hard lumps^and foch likeexcrefcenfes in any pare of the body. 



The new bread wherein Darnell is,eatcn hot caufeth drunkenncfle j in like manner doth beere B 

 or ale wherein the feed is fallen>or put into the malt. 



Darnel taken with red wine ftaycth the flux of the belly,and theouermuch flowing of vvomens C 



bearing. 



(as Diofi 



and the ouercnuch flowing of the fleures or menfes, and is a remedie for ihofc that pi lie in bed* 



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Darnell hurteth the eyes and maketh them dira,if it happen income cither for bread or drink : 



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Et careant loltjs ochIqs vitiantihtu dgri. 



And hereupon it feemeth that the old prouerb came,That fueh as are dim lighted fhould be faid, 



Loliovitfitiire. 



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termes. 



Dtofcorides fakh 3 That Darnel meale doth ftay and keep backe eating fores, gangrens,and putri- 



fied vlcers: and being boiled with Radiih roots, fait, brimftone, and vineger, itcureth fpreading 



fcabs and dangerous tettars called in Greeke »***, and leprous or naughty fcurfe. 



The feed of Darnell giuen in white or Rheniih wine,prouoketh the fleures and menfes. 



A fume made thereof with parched barly meale,myrrb,faffron 3 and frankinccnfe 5 made in forme F 

 of a pulteffe and applied vpon the bclly,helps conception,and caufeth eafie deliuerance of childe- 





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Oryz,4. 



Rice. 



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^ The Defcription. 



Ice is like vnto Darnel in (hew, as Theophrafins 

 faith : it bringeth not forth an care like corn, 

 but a certain mane or plume as Mill or Millet 

 or rather like Panick.The leaues 5 as Plmj writes,are 

 fat and full of fubftancc like to the blades of leeks, 

 but broader ; but(if neither the foile nor climat did 

 alter the fame) the plants of Rice that did grow in 

 my garden had leaues foft and graflle like barley, 

 the floure did not (hew it fclf with me, by reafon of 





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of 



colour : but,faith my Author,Rice harh leaues like 

 vnto Dogs-grafle or barly, a fmal 1 ft raw or ftem full 

 ofioynts like corn :at the top whereof groweth a 

 bufhortuft farvnlike to barly or Darnel," armfhed 

 with round knobs like fmall goofe-berries,wherein 

 the feed or graine is contained reuery fuch round 



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Arifl 



porteth, (heweth, that Rice growes in water in Ba- 

 &ria,and neere Babylon,and is two yards highland 

 hath many eares,and bringeth forth plenty of feed. 

 It is reaped at the fettingofthe fcuen ftars, &: pur- 





Barley 



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growe 



It grovveth in the territorieof the Ba Brians, in 

 BabylorynSufiun^and in the lower part of Syri* 



rntries before nam^dhnr alio in rhe forrunat I (land 



~^ r ^uiu uicic uaies noi oniy in tnote countries betore namcd,but alio in tbe fortunat 1 lianas 

 and in Spam,from whence it is brought to vs purged and prepared as wee fee « after the manner of 



French Barlv. It Drofner^rh heft in &nn V ™A «.*..*..: /L «jL* 3 



profpereth beft in fenny 



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