8o 



Salr 



Herbal. 



Lib. I. 



Kidney Bean: but the F/owen are hrge and many, 

 end of an Elegant Scarlet Colour ; fir which reafon 

 •* -? commonly called by our Floras, The Scarlet 



VII. H^eYhices. TheyGi 



and with us they are nourifh'd up m Gardens. The 

 firft or Common Garden Kidney Bean (which fome 

 call the French Bean) extend their Branches to a 

 very great length, having Poles or o±er like things 



Bea7\iZS firft Brought to us hj John Tradefcant, 

 and made to Grow in our Gardens, where it now 

 very naturally flourifhes. 



VIII. The Times. They a 



re ripe, about the 



Sfring, 

 before; 



more for the Show and Beauty of the Flowers, than 

 for any PhyfKal ufeO They are alfo Suppurative, 

 Aftringent as to the Bowels , Nephritick, Sperma- 

 ^'"fl'm'S/L^S."' There is nothing Obfer- 

 vable in this, faving that they have been found to 

 ^"xi^nJp%parations. The Shops keep nothing 

 of them ; but you may make therehom, i A Di- 

 alled Water from the green Cods, and whole Tlant. 

 1 A Decoaion of the green Cods, or whole Tlant 

 in Water or Wine 3 . An Effence of the Leaves and 

 Cods. 4. A Volatile Spirit, Oil and Salt, from the 

 clr/d Beans. S- The Ajhes of the Straw and Cods. 

 6 T})e green Cods to be eaten as a Salkt. 



XIII. The DecoSion in Wine or Water is very 

 Diuretick ; and as its Signature Ihews, powerfiilly 

 opens Obftruaions of the Reins, Ureters and Blad- 

 der: It may be Drank a Pint at a time morning, 

 noon, and night a little fweetned with Hony, and' 



XV. The Volatile Spirit, Oil, and Salt. They are 

 Taught in the former Chapter, Sea. 16. and their 

 feveral Virtues, Ufes, and Dofes are the fame, fo 

 that we need fay no more of them in this place.' 

 . XVI. The AJhes of the Straw and Cods, being In- 

 fiafed a Night or two in a Bottle of Ale or \Vine 

 clofe ftopt up; and that Liquor Drank Mornin? 

 Noon and Night, half a Pint at a time, or more' 

 it powerfully provokes Urine, opens obftruQions of 

 the Reins and Ureters, and plentifully brings away 

 Sand, Gravel, Slime, or other Tartarous Matter 

 offending thofe Parts. You may pur xvi, ounces of 

 the AJhes to a Gallon of Ale or Wine. 



XVII. The Green Cods. They have the Virtues of 

 the other Beans, provoke Lull and bffeed Seed: 

 boiled and eaten with fweet Butter and a little Salt, 

 and Juice of Oranges, they loofen the Belly, pro- 

 voke Urine, Itrengthen and pleafethe Stomach, and 

 make good Blood; but they ought to be eaten 

 whileff they a " 



are green and tender (otherwile they 

 fo Toothfom) and the Rib [or String 

 ;. the Cod, being taken away, then 

 Covered, tiU they are foftift, and 

 salt, melted ftefli Butter and Juice 



ing, reftorative, and 



lodreltupwi 



o<iSevil Orahe,..,-. ......... 



)f a pleafant and grate'ful Tafte 

 nferior to the other large Garde 



CHAP. LVII. 



B EAN S Field or Horfe. 



THE Names. It is called in Greek, K»V©- 

 iyeix ■ in Latin, Faba Equina, Faba Minor; 

 and by Dodonaus, Thafelus Minor, Faba agria, vel 

 Rufiica: and in^EngliJh, Field Bean, and Horfe 

 Bean. R<!»(w, Gracis diUi creduntur quia f urn m 



TrrX/«r'"we"'ftialf"take notice bwt of 

 three forts of thefe Beans. The Firji Kind, is our 



'^orfes ^rAHo^s; and*yNam^^as°afolede- 

 . The SecondKind, is that which the Greeks 



Sylvekris, Faba Graca; and in EngliA The 

 Bean. The Third Kind, is the Old Greek 

 called K.V©-Saa«v,.®-: in Latin, Faba Ve- 

 Gracorum , Faba Sylveftris Gracorum anti- 

 n: in Englijh, The Greek Bean of the An- 



The Defcription. The Field or Horfe Bean 

 JhortRoot, going down right , with many fmall 

 firings /fringing from it, which perijhes every 

 Stllks, Zhi^gTow iipnght "like the Garden Bean» 

 den Beanf mthout Ly Tntl 'on the edges, but they 

 are /mailer, more at a Joint, and growing cb/er : 

 the Flowers ftand al/o more at a Joint, lejjer, and 



