Lib. 1. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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thereof Joe neceflarily become Lepers, and are much fubjeft to cankers, for thicke and dry nou- 

 [ fnments are apt to breed melancholy. 



Therefore the Lentill is good food for them that through waterifh humours be apt to fall inco G 

 the dropfie, and it is a moft dangerous food for dry and withered bodies 5 for which caufekbrin- 

 aeth dimneflc of fight,though the fight be perfe^through his excefliue drynefle.whereby the fpi- 

 ncsif the fight be wafted • but it is good for them that are of a quite contrary constitution. 



It is not gdod for thofe that want their termes 5 for it breedeth thicke bloud, and fuch as flowly H 

 pafleth through thevcines. 



But it is Angular good to ftay the menfes, as Galen hvhis bookc of the faculties of nourishments I 

 arfumcth. • 



Iccaufethtroublefome dreams(as Diofcorides doth moreoner write) it hurtcth the head, fincwes K 



and kings. 



It is good to fwallow downe thirty graines of Lentils fhellcd or taken from their husks, againft L 

 theouercafting of the ftomacke. 



Being boy led with parched barly meale and laid to, it affwageth the paine and ach of the g^uit. M 



With hony it filleth vp hollow fores,it breakethafebarcs, clenfeth vlcers : being boy led in wine N 

 it wafteth away wens and hard fwellings of the throat. 



With a quince, and Melilot, and oyle of Rofcs,it helpeth the inflammation of the eics and Kin- ° 

 dament-but in greater inflammations of the fundament, and great deep vlccrs,it is boy led with the 

 ride ofa pomegranatc^dry Rofe leaues,and hony. 



And after the fame maner againft eating fores that are mortified,iffea water be added ; it is a ? fo ^ 

 a remedy againft pufhes, the (hingles, and the hot inflammation called S.Anthoniesfire^n** for 

 kibes, in fuch manner as we haue written ; being boy led in fea water and applied, it helps womens 

 brefts in which the milke is cluttered 3 and cannot fuffer too great abundance of milke. 



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Of Cich or true Or oh us* 



• J* Grobu* rtytxs tierbmoruml 

 ^ The true Orobus. 



■IF The Defer i}> tion. 



His Pulfe,which of moft Herbarifts is taken 

 for the true Orobus,and called of fome, bit- 

 ter Fitches one of thePulfes whofe tender bran- 

 ches traile vpon the ground 5 as Tbeophrajlm faith, 

 and whofe long tender branches fpred far abroad, 

 whereon doe grow leaues like thofe of the field 

 Vetch : among which grow white flourcs; after 

 which come long cods,thatappeare bunched on 

 the outfide againft the place where the feeds do 



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in gardens. 



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a bitter tafte : the root is fraall and fingle. 



^ The Place. 



It profpereth beft in a leane foile, according 

 to Columella : it groweth in woods and copfes in 



s of Spainc and Italy, but here only 



^ The Time. 



This is fowneearly and late,but if it be fowne 

 in the Spring it eafily commeth vp,and is plea- 

 fant 5 and vnpleafant if it be fowne in the fall of 

 the leafe. 



^f The Names. 

 This is called in Greekc,o^c- the fhops of 

 Germany haue kept the name Oro£us:the Itali- 

 ans cal it Machvthc Spaniards,rrr/*%and r *** s: 

 in Englifh it is called bitter Verch, or bitm 

 Fitch, and Orobus,after the Larine name. ^ 



after the French 



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