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Of the Hirtorie of Plant 



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it : thefloufc is white an J hath about the middle o! it a purple fpot : the cod s be long, round dlin 

 d,,(»rm.i . in which areconraincd feeds greater than ochri s oc little Peafon ; which being dry are 

 corncred.and that vnequall, of colour fometiraes white and fomerimes gray : the roots are i'mall 



, The field Pcafe is fc very well knowne to all, that it were a necdlefle labour to fpend rime 

 about the defcription. 



j Tufted Pcafe are like vnto thofeof the field, or of the garden in each refpccl j the difference 

 cy , fteth onely in tbat.that this plantcarreth his floures and fruit in the tops of the branches in 

 a round tuft or vmbel, contrary to all other of his kinde, which bring forth their fruit in the midir 

 :hd alongit the ftalkes : the root is thicke and fibrous. * 



4 Peafe without skins, in the cods differ not from the precedent, failing that the cods hereof 

 irant that tough skinnic membrane in the fame, which the hogs cannot eat by rcafon of the rough- 

 nefiVhcrcas the other may be eaten cods and all the reft.euenas Kidney beancs are: which bcino- 

 fodrcfled are exceeding delicate meat. - ° 



5 The wild Peafe differed! not from the common field Peafe in ftalkc and Ieaues, ftuins that 

 this wi Mc kinde is iomewhat leffer i the fioures arc ofa yellow colour, and the Iruit is muchfcfTcr. 



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The Peafe whofe root neuer dies differeth not from the wildc' Peafe, onely his continuing 



ir frnvincy hr»ino- nnrv fnwnpnr nljnf*sl fetrnrh f^-rl-. »U~ Aire ! & 



without fowingjbeing once fowneor planted/ettcth forth thediffcrence. 



Pea fe 



c* 



^ The Place. 



lb common. 



Weft part of Kent 



Peafe 



fpecially 





which 



. ..v. ,. . .v.*. i *.»n. uu ^u» in panuica anu carauic ncias m Ullic 



belonging vn to Bifhops Hatfield in Hartfordfhire. 



• ^ The Tim. 



They be fowne in the Spring time, like as be alfo other pulfes, „ M ..„ , ie „ FC U1 OUII1 „ 

 l>tolpcr beft m vvarme weather,and eafily take harme by cold,efpecially when they floure. 



% The Names. ' t 



The great Peafe is called in Laiincfifim Rmanum.oxPifum majm : in Englifhjlomanc Peafc.or 

 tlie greater Peafe alio garden Peafc;ot fome,Branch Peafe,French Peafc,and Rounfiuals. Thtophr*. 

 /*/ and other old Writers do call it m Greeke^w, in Ladnc.alfo p,f um : in low Dutch, ttnomfclic 

 Cttoltcn : m French da Pits. The little Pcafe is called of the Apothecaries cuery where i'//** and 



^>/»w;»af.ltlSCailedinEn2llfll.IittlePe3fr»nrfhpmmm^nD M ft. ' J 



v' 



ir 



fooner throug 



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A 



ZTZ tbAt ^^"^^^^^nding they differfrom them in thefe twothings both becaulc 

 &e V 7 SE&Z^fttf * fe t" ^ h * uc «« a clenfing faculty and ther. 



that be 



mitten ofthefeand of Bcanes. 



ou 



qua 



windy and without winders <?</*» in his booke of the Faculties of Nourishments hath 



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5 1 f* 0/V& to;«£ c/- (jar den Cich 



Defer if t 



ranched 



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leau 



^ H , • j 7 -"«^^j^'«*i^iicuiiiiuiuuicwuai:nairy, leaning on the one 



alain ft ±h eS T v ^ many httl< V° neS S r0vvin & v P on onc ftem <* «*, and (ft one right 

 Si r :ofwhicheucryoneis fmall, broad and nicked on the edges, IelTer than fhe 



«Uch com e ^ EST*? lS* ^ be fm ? ,, » of COl ° Ur either whit ^ or of a refddlfh purplerafter 

 & t*o£S rh P J a' K °c ^ P"^ "5 ? iC , Were with winde lik e liccIe bladders, in wlfich doc 



**s asses ssss ^^---.-Aii-^-'W? 



^ens'bTtnouo^ K « fwrcnia oar tondon 



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