» lof Plitues N aturall Hiftoria. 
A As forBtonds,[/.wild Ores} whiehahe Greeks take for che feed of accrtainfpikéd or eated 
~ weed, countedivisfor oneof the imperfections growing among.comne, and may bee raunged 
with chekindsof Ores; ferbladeanditalke, iccomimerh neare. to wheat; it beareth inthe haw 
othead.gextain grains hanging downe, which refemble {mal} locutts 5 the feed is good tobe vied 
in thofe cataplafins,into which barley andfuchlike doeenter; the juice or liquor made of it, is 
fingular forthe cough. A weed thereis which we named Orobanclie; fot thar itchokerh Ervile 
and other pulfe:fome'callit Cynomorion, forthe refemmblance thativhathto thecullions and 
pizle Orgenitallmembet of adog.Ierifech up in afinall ftem without any leaves or blade: far- 
tic it'isand red : fomerimes it is eaten alone; otherwhiles itis ferved up tender fodden, between 
twe.difhes,.with orher viands. Moreover, there docengenderin pulfe, cercain little venomous 
3 vermins, who willpricke and fling theinhands who are employed inthe plucking, yea and put 
themindsunger of theirlife: akind they, are of thefe Solituge or Solpuge. The remedies for 
alltiiefe,be the fame which are {et downe againft Spiders,andPhalangia. j 
« Thus muchas touchingallkinds of graine; as far foorth as they concerne Phyficke, But this 
' moreoveristobenoted,that of corne there be certaine drinks made sas namely, Zythus,in /E- 
igypt; Ceeliaand Ceria,in Spaine; Ale and Beere and many, more forts,in Gaule and other pro. 
vinces. Now the froth or barme thatxiferh ftom thefe Ales or Beers, have a propertie to keepe 
_theiskin faireand cleare in. womens faces, Butfor the operation that Ale and Beere hathinthem 
who drinketherof,I meane to pafle them over here; forl thinke it better to proceed ro the trea- 
_ tie of wie: bur firlt Lwill difcipherthe medicinable yertues of trees, and begin with the vine. 
ee ee sens 
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THE HISTORIE*OF N'ATVRE, 
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<1 Hus far forth bave we gone over the upper face of ine earth, and fhemed what medre 
| cinablevertues there bein all kinds of graine, aswellvorne as pulfe : as allo what 
Phyficie wecy be faund in woorts and pot-heavbs : yea anain thofe garden plants, 
| whith by reafon of their faire floures and frvcet odours, ferve mans turne for guir 
_ lands and chaplets, It remsineth now tofpeake of ladie Pomona and ber gifts who 
: SEE certes,commeth not behind dame Ceres with all her riches, And verely this 
nymph and goddefe Pomonanot content thus to proteét maintaine, and noxrifh under the fhade of 
. her trees, thofe fruits of the earth above-named; but difpleafed rather and taking foorne, that (uch 
Lants which grow farther from the cope of beaven, and began long after trees to come up and fhe 
them{clves, fhould feeme to have fo many vertues : hath likewifefurnifhed the fruits hanging upon 
ber trees, with their properties, and thofe of no fmall operation and effect in Phyficke, Andin truth, if 
we confider and weigh the caufe aright, [heeit was that affourded to mankindthe firft food from thofe 
FE her trees tndacing us thereby to lift up our cies cy looke to heaven-ward:yea and fhe giveth the world 
' tounderftend.thatif Ceres and Flora both fhould faile, fhe with ber goods onely were able even fiill 
tofuftaine and feed us fufjicicatl). And to begin with the Vine ,which ought by right to be raunged in 
the higheft ranke of allthofe plants that beare the name of Trees : this bountifull Ladie not fatisfied 
herein, that fhee bad done pleafure unto man in furuilhing him with noble perfumes.odors and delicat 
' , O ointments. 
