U5 



Of the Hiflorie of PI 



them . The floures are like thofe of other pulfes,of colour white : the codsa~7 : ~~~~~~~— 



long, containing feme balfe dozen darke yellow or blackifh fmall Peafe • th f C IIlchan d half e 

 a joyntjon fhort foot-ftalkes coraming forth of the bofomcs of the leaues* and °° dS ^ row ° ne « 

 broader fide,which (lands towards the maine ftalke.This growcs with vs o'nl * * K w ^ ted °" their 

 Fena^nd Lokl call it Ochrus ftlaeftrisfiue Ervilia. v xn g ard ens.zw tf _ 



The ftalkes of this grow vp fometimes a cubit high being verv <\^a _» 



«J n,+ „n*rA*rUr with m™„ „„Ol> l.'U* 1^ ?2l. 8 ¥ "7 "CDder. d 



— - MW r o j *-' v - xlJ ft very liender n *j 



ches,and fet vnorderly with many grafle- like long narrow leaues : on the to ? i t0 hm ' 

 branches, vpon pretty long foot-ftalkes grow pretty peafe- fa fhioned floures of a f • ftalkcs anH 



colour : which fallen, there follow cods, long, fmall, and round wherein £ ^ P ' — 

 more round hard blacke fhinmg graines : the root 'is fmall, with diuers rlhrf <: h„ f J"!*' lcn > <* 

 when the feed is perfected, or no ?« vor T h».«> nor nhft«^ ^.- . _:? Drc V u Aether « k 



crimlbu 



csand 

 eafant 



when the feed is perfected, or no as yet I faaue not obferued . This growes wildr * " " 

 frith vs,as in the part tire and medow grounds about Pancridge Church Label and n ^ pl 

 EnmrnQMre, and they both partly iudge it to be the firft Catamnceoi Diofconde] 

 name it is yfually called. It floures in Iunc and Iuly,and the feed is ripe in Auanft 



aces 



ty that 



„ This alio,though it be not frequently found, is no ftranger with vs . for I han* f j 

 thecornefieldsabout Dartfordin Kent and fome other places. It hath long fiend™!* a n 

 ping ftalkcs,diuided into fundry branches, whereon ftand pretty greene three corneriE, "*" 

 atajoynt,infhape and bigneiTe like thofe of the leflerBinde- weed. Outof thcbSS? 



leaues at each joynt comes a clafping tendrd 

 and commonly together with it a foot.ftalk ' 



t 3 Ksfphaca. 



Small yellow Fetch. 



-i 





fome inch or more iong,bearing apretty little 

 peafc-fafhioned yellow flour,which is fuccee 

 ded by a fhort flattifii cod containing fix or fe" 

 uen little;feeds. This floures in Iunejuly and 

 Auguft, and fo ripens the feed. It is by iw 

 and others thought to be the t^iffou of d»/. 



corides, Galen, and Pliny : and the PitineoiTbu. 



fhrafittsjoy Angmlhra. 



I finde mention in Staves Chroniclejn Ann 

 } 55 5>°f a certaine Pulfe or Peafc,as they term 

 it, wherewith the poore people at that time 

 there being a great dearth, were miraculoully 

 helped : he thus mentions it; In the moncthof 

 Auguft (faith he) in Suffolk at a place by the 

 fea fide all of hard ftoneand pifable, called in 

 thofe parts a fhelfe,lyingbetweene thetoivnes 

 of Orford and AIdborough,where nethet grew 

 graiTe,nor any earth was euer feene • it chanced 

 in this barren place fuddnely to fpring vp with- 

 . out any tillage or lowing, great abundance of 

 Peafon, whereof the poore gathered (as men 

 iudged) aboue an hundred quarters, yet remai- 

 ned fome ripe and fome bJoflbming,as many as 

 euer there were beforcto the which place rode 

 the Bifhop of Norwich and the Lord 0*%*- 

 fy,with others in great number,who found no- 

 thing but hard rockie ftone the fpace of three 

 yards vnder the roots of thefe PeafotuirfucB 

 roots were great and long,and very (wcet. 



Cefner a\fo,de A^mtilibm^.^H-^fl' 



king mention.out of D r Caius his letters,oi tee 

 ^ ° .,, ..* .-,. . ./ u «... thit time 



lifh Whale 



Peafe : Pifa (faith he) in limn m(l. . ^ 



MSurnum&ortforditm ^id^axUinUentU ( 



at Lin in NorthfoIke,alfo thus mentions 



nJpeclat,certo quodaminhco Suffoh'*, 

 naUa terra circttmfufi, autmndi « 



thole 

 inter 



. . „ -„_ v _ , liu) rtnUa terra ctrctttnfuia.auwm^ »-/ . 



Jpomtnatajnnt, a de$ magna copia, vt fufficercnt vel miUibus hominum. Thefe Pcale, wd w t 



, r. ..... . ^^ to the poore that yeare, without doubt grew there itor m i 



tfmiml rill T.MAnMtr *rtu iHrrtnuaue lareitor Venter] 



yeares before, but were not obferued till [<jMagifterartis,w<renijqHC Urgitor rcm^ 



hungermade them take notice of them 3 aud quickned their inueotion, which commonly m 

 Die is verv dnlhefoeciallv in fin^inrr ^»» c^a ~c+u:~ m ^«... m 



food of th 



peo- 



My 





