342 SHAKESPEARE'S [WHEAT. 
throweth out of his mouth a_ sweet-smelling smoke, and 
putteth off the stinking smell, and defendeth and saveth 
himself and his in that manner wise. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xiii. § 29. 
Wheat. 
TEMPEST, iv. I, 61, 
Wuen Wheat is gathered, some of the straw is burnt to 
help and amend the land; and some is kept to fodder of 
beasts, for it is first meat that is laid tofore beasts. And 
the kind thereof is cold, that it suffereth not snow that 
falleth to shed, and is so hot that it compelleth apples for 
to ripen. Of corrupt dew, that cleaveth to the leaves, 
“cometh corruption in corn, and maketh it as it were red or 
rusty. And among all manner corn Wheat beareth the 
price, and to mankind nothing is more friendly, nothing 
more nourishing. Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xvii. § 65. 
Or Wheat is double kind,—one manner kind is red 
without and sharp at either end, cloven in the side, and 
is most white within, and heavy in weight, and that manner 
of Wheat is best; the other manner Wheat is yellow 
without, and clear and white within, and is light and not 
