Plinies Naturall Hiftdrie, 



A milke than it : but that which paflethall^ the pafturage of Cytifus^ preferVeth Shc^pe^Goacs^ 

 and fuch hkeeattell, found and fafe from all difeales whatfoever. Over and bcfidcSj li a nource 

 want milkej \^riHoma€hm prefcribeth her to take Cytifus drie, and feeih it in vgatcr, and 

 lb todrinkeitwith wine: whereby not onely her milke will comeagaine in great plentie, but 

 the babe that fucketh thereof, will bee the ftronger and taller . Heegiveth it alfb to hens and 

 pullein whiles itisgreenCj or fteeped and wet, if it chance tbbeedrie. Dtmocntm and Arrflo- 

 m&chm both doe promife and affure usj that Bees will never mifcarie nor faile, if they may 

 meet with Cytifus to feed upon. And yet there is not a thing of Icfle charge to maintain e than 

 it . Sowne it is commonly in the Spring with Barley, I meanc the feed thereof ^ as they ule to 

 fow leekes or porret feed: orelfc they fet plants and flips thereof from the ilalkc, in Autumne 



B before midwinter. If the feed be fowne, it ought to be fleeped and moiff ened before : yea, and 

 if there fall no (tore of raine after it is in the ground^it had need to be watered. As for the plants 

 when they be acubite long,are replanted in a trench a foot deepe.Oiherwhiles the tender quick- 

 lets areplanted about theiEquinoxes^iowitjin mid March and mid- September Jn three years 

 they come to their full growth. They ufe to cut it downe in the Spring-^^ quinox : when it hath 

 done flouring : a worke that a very lad or old woman may doe, even fuch as can skill of nothing 

 els befides. This Cytifus is in outward hew white : and in one word,if a man would pourtray the 

 likenefle thereof,it relembleth for all the world a fhrub of Trifolic or CiayergraOeiWith narrow- 

 er leaves. Being thus gathered,it is ever given to beafls once in three daics; And in winter, that 

 which is dried ought to be wet before they have it.Ten pound of it is a fufficient foddering for an 

 horie : and for other Imall cattell according to the proportion. But by the way, this is not to be 

 oniittedjthathisgoodtofetGarlickeand low Onions feedbetweene therewesand rankes ©f 

 Cytifus where it groweth,and they will thrive more plenteoufly . This flirub was firft diicovcred 

 and knowne in the Ifland Cy thnus, and from thence tranflated into alitheothcrlflands Cy- 

 clades : and fbone after brought to all the cities of Greece;whereupon followed great incvealco| 

 milke,and plentic of cheefe. I marvell therefore very much,that it is fo geafon rate in Icalicj* 

 and a plant it is that feareth neither heat nor cold 5 no injurie of haile,nor ofi-ence by fnow j and 

 as Hjgims faith,it is not afraid fo much as of the enemie j thcreafon isjbecauie the wood there'- 

 of isnoihingbeautifuli to the eie. 



D Chap, xxv, 



Ofjhfii bs and trees gr owing in our Mediterrman fia^ in the redfeay 

 and the Indian Jea, 



Ven the very fea aiSburdeth ilirubs ahd trees: but thofc of the Mediterranean fea bee farre 

 lelTe than of otiier feas : for the redfea and ail the Levant Ocean is full of woods.That which 

 the Greekes call <i'v«oS)hath no other name in any language. As for Ajga, is a word appro- 

 priate rather to tip9||s or fca-hearbes^called Reik : but this Phycos is a very fliriib,bearing broad 

 leaves of a greene colonr^which (ome call Prafon,others Zoff er. A fccondkind there is of Phy- 

 cos, with an hairie leafe like to Fennell, and growcth upon rockes. Asfot the former called Zo- 

 E fferjit is found among the fhlelves and fhallow waters not farre from the fhore : both the one and 

 the other appeare in the Spring,and.b'e gone in the Autumne.That of this kind which groweth 

 inCandieabouttherockes,isniuchufedof die^s for the purple colour; and namely, on the 

 North part of that Ifland, and amongfpongesjfqf that is moil commendable for this purpofe, 

 A third fort there is like unto ihQ^n^QC^\\c(iCoichmpe^^^ rootfull of joints 



andaflalkelikewife,inmannerof areed* . J : , ■ 



Another fhrub there is in thatfea called Bryorij with leaves of Letticc/avc onely that they be 

 more wrinckled and crumpled together :bu£this;^rowethmore inwardand farther into the fea. 

 Marie in the deepe, groweth both Firre and 6ke tb the height of a cubite. Among thefe braun- 

 chcs,the Cockles and Muskles,and fuch likelhciKfifhcs doc fetde and ilicke unto them. As for 

 g that kind of fea Oke,fomc fay it is of good ufe to die wooll withall : as alfo that it beareth mafl or 

 acornes in the deepe : the knowledge of all which we come unto by thofe that dive into the bot- 

 toiise of the fea, and fuch as have fuffered fhipwracke and efcaped. Moreover (by report) there 

 bp otherexceeding great trees,and namely about Sycione. As for the fea vine,it groweth every 

 where : but the fig-tree there is without leaves,& hath a red barkcJhere be alfo Date trees found 



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