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Of the Hifforie of Plants. 



^j The Temperature and Venues . 



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GaUn inhis firft bookc of the Faculties of nourishments faith,That men doalr 



3m the bitter Vetch/or it hath a very vnpleafant tafte, and naughty iuvc* K„l^ e - crabft air* 



from 

 inmoft 



"ghtyjuycejbutK 



: other countries doe eat thereof, being made fweet by fteeping in water n - n Afia * a * 



ina compelled through neceflfity of great famine.as Hippocrates alfo hath I tWnhAi ^m 



,m.cJ° ! n ten ' doe often. 



men being compe 



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times feed thereof = and we alfo dreifing them after the manner of Lupines vfe tta h ■ often ' 

 with hony , as a medicine that purgeth thicke and grofle humors out of the cheft and I ^ Vetches 

 Moreouer, among the bitter Vetches the white are not fo medicinable but tW gS L 

 ;re to a yellow,or to the colour ol Okar j and thofc that haue been twice boy led or f d 



foked in warer,lofe their bitter and vnpleafant rafte, and withall their clenfine and'eutr" y "' 

 fo that there is onely left in them an earthy fubftance, which femes for noulifhmenr H § q ^ al 



are 



times 



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withoutany manifeft bitternefle. 



nourifhment^hatdryeth 



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And in his booke of the Faculties of fimplc medicines he faith, That bitter Vetch is d • 



Jater end of the fecond degree, and hot in the firft : moreouer, by how much it is bitter bv'fn" 1 u 



it elenfeth, cutteth, and remooueth ftoppings : but if it be ouermuch vfed it bringeth'forth Ed 



Diofiorides writeth, that bitter Vetch caufeth head-ache and heauy dulneffe, that it troubles the 

 belly, and driueth forth bloud by vrine ; notwithftanding being boy led it femes to fatten Kine 



There is made of the feed a meale fit to be vfed in medicine, after this maner : the full and white 

 grainesarechofenout.and being mixed together they are ftceped in water, and fuffered to lie till 

 they be plumpe, and afterwards are parched till the skinne be broken; then are they ground and 

 fearfed or fhaken through a meale ileue,and the mealc referued. ' 



This loofeth the belly, prouoketh vrine, maketh one well coloured : being ouermuch eaten or 

 drunke it draweth bloud by the ftoole,with gripings,and alfo by vrine. 



With hony it elenfeth vlcers,taketh away freckles, fun-burnes, blacke fpots in the skinne, and 



maketh the whole body faire and cleane. 



it fofteneth the 

 and fores of the 



Itftaieth running vlcers or hard fwellings, and gangrensor mortified fores j 



hardnelTe ofwomens breafts,it taketh away and breakerh eating vlcers,carbuncles, 



head : being tempered with wine and applied it healeth the bitings of dogs, and alfoof venomous 

 beafts. , 



With vineger it is good againft the ftransury,and mitigateth paine that commeth thereof. 

 It is good for them that are nor nourilhcd after their meat, being parched and taken with toy 

 in the quantitie of a nut. 



The deco&ion of the fame helpeth the itch in the whole body, and taketh away kibes, if they be 

 wafhed or bathed therewith. 



Cicer boy led in fountaine water with forae Orebus doth aflwage the fwclling of the yard and pri- 

 uie parts of man or woman 5 if they be wafhed or bathed in the deco&ion thereofjand the fubftance 

 hereof may alfo be applied plaifterwife. 



It is alfo vfed for bathing and wafhing of vlcers and running fores,and is applied vnto thefcurfe 



or the head with great profit. 



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h a p . 5 1 5. Of the Vetch or Fetch. 



^ The Defcriftion* 



He Vetch hath (lender and foure fquared ftalkes almoft three foot long : the kjoesk 



long, with clafping tendrels at the end made vp of many little leaues growi"™ 

 rib or middle ftem ; euery onewhereof is greater, broader, and thicker than 

 Lentill : the floures are like to the floures of the garden Beane, but of a blacke purple coioa . 

 cods be broad,fmall,and in euery one are contained fiue or fix graines,not round,but flat ujtc 

 of the Lentill )0 f colour blacke,and of an vnpleafant tafte. '* 



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There is another of this kinde which hath a creeping and liuing root/rom w 



deth forth ere fted 



growing vpon one rib, whichendTin a winding ; tendrel 



hicb it ftn- 



Am & dozen 



ound 



(harper towards the top, which ends not flat, but fomewhat round. 



^iiocf-nm-,^^1,-.- r r.% n_n._ /r^.* f^v^ Ailt^c crOlV tWO 



pretty 



tops 



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x vaiv.-iauuuuLu UJCWlin purpiC IlOUrC!*, WllIUi mi. iuvwwv — - 



ewhat Iefler j which when they grow ripe become blacke, and 



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