A 



B 



JC 



V 



E 



\ 



I2 -3 



z 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



L 



IB* Z 





C h a p. 51 7. 0/ *fe oilj Tttlfe called Sefamum. 





Scfamum,Jive Sifamum. 



The oily Graine. 



f The Defcripm. 





t 





Sdhmum hath a thickc and fat vpright 

 ftalk a cubit and a half high camiriS 

 with leaues much like thf^K 

 mond,but rougher.and cut in with fomvvhat dec D 

 gaihes on their fides : amongft thefe leaues coS 

 forth arge white or elfered floures.fornwhat fta- 

 ped like thofe of Fox-gloues , which tumei.ro 

 round long ere fted cods containing white flat oi 

 lous feed. Thcophraftus affirmeth that there is a 

 kind therof which is white.bearing only ©ne roor. 



No 



a 



dried the feed thereof becommeth fweet,and Car- 

 tell will feed on the whole plant. 







*ft The Place. 



S'fi 



faith Pliny 1 came from the Indies : they make an 

 oile of it. It is a Granger in England. 





of the 



^J The Time. 



^it 



fore the rifing of the feuen ftars, as Pliny writeth : 

 yet Columella faith that Sefamum muft be (owne af- 

 ter the Autumne ^quino£lial,againft the Ides of 

 October : they require for the moft part a rotten 

 foile^which the husbandmen of Campania do cal 



n 



ablackemold. 





f 



minineg 



* 



1 



Sefamum and Sifamvin, a 

 1 Enslifhname tovfeth 



knowne to the Apothecaries , efpecially the plant it felfe • but the feed and oile thereof is to bee 

 found among them in other countries : we may call it Turky Millet. 



1 ^1 T he Nature and Vertues. , 



According to fome it is hot and dry in the firft degree : the feed thereofas Gdtn faitb,is fat,and 



h 



the body a fat nouriftiment : therefore it is manifeft that it cannot ftrengthen the ftomake 01 'any 

 part thereof,as alfo no other kind of fat thing ; and the juice that comes thereof is thick,and there- 

 fore cannot eafily pafTe thorow the veines. Men doe not greedily feed of it alone, but make ca -c 

 thereof with hony, which they call *mpww : it is alfo mixed with bread,and is of an hot tc ®.Pf r '. f 

 which caufe it procureth thirft. And in his booke of the faculties of fimple medicines he 6 1 "* 



.^r,.*,*™ ;„ «^*^h^ia-t^-«- ac j^i r z^ z i-n.:-ui~A~CrxfmpT. andisD»o° c * 



alfo. 



temperature 



Diofcorides writeth,That Sefamtm is an enemy to the ftomacke 

 mam ftickingbetweene the teeth after it is chewed. 



{linking breath if ** 



■ 



iifft bruifes of the cares 9 l^% 



1 1 w*«cm away groinelle ot the finues : it is a remedie agairilt bruiies or cue c«y, •— ^ 

 on$,burmngs,and fcaldings, pains of the joints,and biting of the poifonfom horned icrpcu 

 Ceraflcs. Beinffmixtwirh niT^^fr^* ;•. #.«t,i£. *»,*,. »iwi u-+a _^>Vi«rnmmin2of heate. 



Cerafl 



Of 

 the eies. 



of 



fpe 



o 



O f the herb is madcan oile vfed of the Egyptians,whicb,as rlinj faicb,is good for tne 

 It is a remedie aga*inft the founding and ringing oftheeares. ( 



eares 



A 





