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both 



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beat. 





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d of moderate cooling, efpecially when the pans are inflamed 



theclutccred and congealed mi lice contained in them, 

 /yfo milke is dried vp with that pultis. 



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icorides further addcth)being tempered with the meafc of Fenugrceke M 



aodbony.doth takeaway blacke and blew fppt$,wbichcomcby dry beatings,and waftethaway ker- 

 nels vnder the earcs. 



\\jrh Kofe leaucs ; Frankinccnfe/and the white of an egge, it keepcth backe the watering of the N 

 cics j the pin and the web,and hard fvvellings. 

 Bving tempered with wine it healeth fuffufions 3 and ftripesof theeies. O 



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.ngdovvne of humours. 



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Being boy led in wine it taketh away the inflammation of the (tones. Q 



The sk ins of Beans applied to the place where the hairs were firft plucked vp,wil not fuffer them & 

 to grow big^but rather confumeth their nourishment. 



Being applied withBarly mealcparched,and old oy!e,theywafte away the Kings euill. S 



woollen cloth 



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This Bcane being diuided into two parts (the skin taken off) by which it was naturally joyncd Y 

 together^ and applied, ftancheth the bloud which doth too much ifTue forth after the biting of the 

 borfclc ach, i f the one halfe be laied vpon the place. 



The blacke Bcane is not vfed with vs at all, feeing, as we haue faid,it is rareyand fowne onely in a x 

 few mens gardens.who be delighted in variety and ftudy of herbes. 



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hap. jo& Of Kidney "Beane. 





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•J The Kindes. 



T"Hc Hockeor kindred of the Kidney Bean are wonderfully many; the difference efpecially con. 



fitt«h in the colour of the fruit : there be other differences,wherof to write perticularly would 



greatly ftufte our Volunc with fuperfluous matter, confidering that the fimplett is able to diftin- 



S;!!? SSrS^S K r id " Cy Beane fr ° m the b,acke ' the red {tom the P ur P J e. a nd likewife thofe of 

 m " , " v> " * u *"""—■ nly of one colounas alfo great ones from the little ones. Where 



of the reft, 



, . . , ... c — , - , ~- further confide- 



ration.whicb otherwife would be an endleffe labour, or at the leaft needlefTe. 



tore it may pleafe you to be content with the defcription of fome few, and the figures 

 with their fcuerall titles in Latine and Englifli, referring their defcription^ vntoafurtl 



^J" The Defer ift ion 





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ry high,taking hold with his clafping tendrels vpon poles and ftickes, and whatfoeuer 

 wirl r J; andethnceTevntohira >asdoththe Hop or Vine, which arefoweake and tender that 

 •ntnout iuch props or fupporters they are not able to fuftaine themfelues, butwill run ramping on 



«c round f ruitlefie : vpon the branches do grow broad leaues almoft like Iuic, growing together 

 virv a?x ■ c ° mmon Trefoile or three leaued GrafTe : among which come the floures,that do 

 red Ia r in ir coIours . acco r d ing to the foile where they grow,fometimes white } fomtimes 



u, ana oftentimes ofa pale color : afterwards there come out long cods, whereof fome are croo- 

 »K jS flw^Mnd in thofe the fruit is containcd,fmaller than the common Beane,forai 



the 15 a fafl »'°° ed JikeaKidney^hichare ofdiuers coIours,like vnto the floures : wheretofor 

 w: molt part thefe are like. 



fW Jn^7 isaIfo f" oc . h " *>*'*» <* K«'d"ney Beane, IclTer, fhorter,and with fmall cods, whofe 

 ^Jjres and fruit arc like m forme to the former Kidney Beanes, but much lefTer, andof a blacke co. 



and nrrI hCre " B -ffi5 anot t her t ftran g e Kidn <7 Beane, which doth alfo winde it felfe about pole, 

 Kid J2r n I e u ad ^°y n,n g' l . hat ha i h hkcwife three l«ues hanging vpon one ftem.as haue theothcr 

 fer and com - J J ^'r T " mUCh nam>Wer a " d alfo Wacker:thc codsbe fhorter,plaiflcr,afld (to- 



r «,and containe fewer feeds. 



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