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gether,like thofe of the Chart tree, greene on the vpper fide,and on the neTtaTfidT^ T 



n yi and in the euening about the letting of the Sun they hang flagging downward* 1° d 

 were withered :amont' thefe there commeth vd a tuft of flours of a «*u «. i :~l. L ! ,}* tbou i& i 



-were witnered .-among 

 turne into great rough 



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B 



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i, in tnat part they haue 

 flender and wooddu »,,.. : 



and dow. 



'»«»ncoiour jW hich 

 acake,ofawhitec 



2 The yellow Lupine is like to the garden one in ftalke and leaues.yet both ofrl, r i rr 

 {hotter. It hath beautifull floures of an exceeding faire gold yellow colour fweetofr ii and 

 vp into an eare 3 of the colour of the yellow Violet, and foraewhat of the fmell • the end r de 

 hardjbmcwhat hairy : the feeds be little,flat, round, in taftc extreme bitter, oitnS^!^ 

 fauoured.tarlefler than the tame one. M,i, y«MQurs l iU. 



3 The blew Lupines are longer than the yellow, and diuided into more wines or branches!,,, 

 leaues be lefler and thinner : the floures fmalhand lefler than the yellow, of a blew colour-rW a 

 bealfoofdiuerscolburs,bitter,andleflerthananyoftbemall. ' r> tbc fetd$ 



% 4 There is alfo another blew Lupine,whofeIeaues,ftaIk$,flourcs,and cods are likebutlar 

 ger then thofe of the fir ft defcribed : the floures are of colour blew, withforoe whiteneffc here and 

 there intcrmixt, $ * 



«(J The Place. 



t/lf*t)a fandy and bad foile : they hardly come vp in tilled places,bc 

 they grow in my garden,and in other mens gardens about London 



*T The Time. 



three 



did floure often,and bring forth many crops:the firft in May.the fecond in Iuly.the laft in Scptcm. 

 ber,but it feldome commeth to ripenefle. 



«T The Names, 





after the German name Fig-beane. 



Lup 



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nd 



water,vntill fuch time as it doth altogether lofe his natutall bitternefle, and laft ly being feafoned 

 with a reafonablc quantity of falt,it is eaten with pickle. The Lupine is of an hard and earthy fob 

 ftance, wherfore it is neceflarily of hard digeftion,and containeth in it a thicke juycejof which be- 

 ing not perfedlyconcodcd in thevcines,is engendred a bloud ot juyce which is properly called 

 crude,or raw:but when it hath loft all his bitternefle by preparing or drefTing of it(as aforefaid)it is 

 like rf/t Wr«, that is to fay,to fuch things as are without relifh, which is perceiued by the rafte ; and 

 being (o prepared,it is,as Galen writethinhisbooksoftheFacultiesoffimpleraedicines,oncof tne 



emplaiftickcsorclammcrs, V , / . 



But whileft the naturall bitternefle doth as yet remaine, it hath power toclenfeand toconiume 

 or waftc away j it killeth wormes in the belly,being both applied in manner of an ointment and gi- 

 uen with hony to licke on, and alfodrunke with water and vineger. , 



Moreouer, the decoftion thereof inwardly taken, voideth the wormes ; and likew lie it u oe • 

 dry times outwardly vfed as a bath, it is a remedy againft the morphew, fore heads, tne l * a » ' • 

 wilde fcabs, gangrenes, venompus vlcer's, partly by clenfing, aud partly by confuming ana j * 

 without biting-b-fiing taken with Rue and Pepper, that it maybe the pleafanter, it fcourem 



ner and milt. 

 X> It bringcth downe the menfes, and expellcth the dead 



; rrhe and 



fork 



E Moreouer,the meale of Lupines doth wafte or confume away without any biting quality , ^ 



doth not one 



ly takcawayblackeandblew fpots that come of dry te*™& > bat f°* ™ r a ndvi- 

 r^and Phymata: but then it is to be boyled either in vineger or oxyraeL, ore lie 1 ^^fa. 

 neger,and that according to the temperature of the grieued parties,and thediuei rui c cIfcwX baue 





} &uodex vfu eft 



faid the deco&ion 

 F Thefe Lupines,as DM 



nd what thing foeucrelfc 

 erforme. ... ^^ vcc !d 



c 



all the fame dotn meale likewnc perronuc. till they y 



ides doth furthermore write,being boy led in raine water 

 a certaine creame,are good to clenfe and beautifie the face. , ft . r t jj CV D 



They cure the fcabs in (hcepe with the root of blacke Chameleon Tatftf i / 



with the warme decoction. 



(hed 

 The 





