t 



A 

 B 



So 



Of the Hiftone of Plants. 



L 



IB. I. 



T % The Time. 



lowers iD thC SFinS ^ India,aS Erat °fi hen " witne &th, when it is moiftned with Somnicr 



f 



tfi, 



Siff, and ftp* 



^f T^e Temperature and Venues. 



Galen faith,tbat all men vfe to ftay the belly with this grain, being boiled after the fame maner 

 that Ckondrus is In England we vfe to make with milke and Rice a certain food or pottage which 

 doth both meanly binde the belly.and alfo nourilli. Many other good kinds of food is made with 

 this kind of grain,as thofc that are skilfull in cookerie can tell. 



1 



' 



60 i Of MM 





lM ilium. 



MilLor Millet 



^[ The Description. 



M//wmifcthvpwith many hairy ftalks knot- 

 ted or jointed like wheat. The Icaucs are 

 long, and like the lcaues of the common 

 Reed. It bringeth forth on the top of the ftalke a 

 fpoky bufhor mane called in Greek tie* , like the 

 plume or feather of the pole-reed,hanging down- 

 ward,of colour forthemoft part yellow orwhitej 

 in which growcth thefeed 3 fmall 3 hard> and glifte- 

 ring,couercd with a few thinhuskes,out of which 

 it eafily falleth. The roots be many, and grow 

 deepe in the ground. 



2 Milium nigrum is like vnto the former , fa- 



uing that the eare or plume of this plant is more 

 loofe and large,and the feed fomwb^ K; ££?rr r * 

 fluning blacke colour. 



% The Place. 



It Ioueth a light and loofe mold, and profpers 

 beft in a moift and rainy time. And after Columella^ 

 itgroweth ingreataboundancein Campania. 



€[j The Time. 



Iris tobefownein Aprill and May, andnoc 

 be fore, for it ioyeth in warme weather, 



^ The Names. 



It is called of the Grecians,****", ^ fome^^,: 



and of Hippocrates, Paftale, as HermoUfis fajtb. In 

 Spanifh, Mijo ; in Italian,^/"* ? iqhq ~ ~ L 

 l^t'Cj ♦ in Vrench>Millet : in low-Dutch 

 Englifh,Mill,or Millet. 





^ 



in 



/ 





ij The Temperature 



firftdezree,asG^writeth, anddry in the third, or in the later end of the 



The Virtues. 



cond.and is of athin fubftance. ^ rheVertues , 



There is a drink made hereof bearing the name £ W^ ; > ^ A J ues . ^ he W 

 Dtocureth fvveat and quenchcth thirft , vfedin ^ cityo^ rettet h°down in this roan- 



c 



ncr : Take (faith he) ofvnhusked Mill a ^^^^^{^ White vvine,and fog iue 

 flue ounces of the hot decoded adde thereto -nrc o ,nc s ot the fc vv^ ^ tf 



it hot vnto the Patient be. ng well couered with clothes ana tnenn 



Jy.oranyothcrpainoccafionedbycold. Chap. 



