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into f\raw,an^ to fpindle upward poinivvife^Imeane all that bee of the Winter kind. ButMillet G 

 and Panicke run up into an hollow if em full of knots and joints •. and Sefama by it leife into a kex 

 orholiowftemmcinraanneroffei»elland fuchlikc. The fruit or feed of all graine thaiisfownc 

 or fet.is contained either within eares,as wee fee in (bearded) Wheat and Barley, and the fame - 

 is defended (as it were) withapallaifadeof eales.difpofed fquareinfourerankes^orjisenclofed 

 within long cods and huskes^as the Pulfe kind >or elfe limhin little cups,as Sef^me and Poppie. 

 Millet and Panicke onely put forth their fruit grape- wife and openly, without any partitions and 

 dcfenfes, fo as their feed is expofed to the little birds of the aire : for no otherwife are they defcn- 

 ded,than withinfmall skins and thin huls. And as for Panicke.it j;aketh the name of certain pa- 

 nicles or chats hanging from the top thereofjV^hereby the head bcndeth and leaneth downward, 

 as if it were weakc and wearie of the burden.The ftem or ff alke therof groweth faialler and fmal- f| 

 ler.and pointed upward linfomuch^as by little and little it runneth up in manner of alittle fprio 

 or fion^and there you fball fee a number of feeds or graines cluffered together thickc^infomuch 

 as they are fometimes bunched with an head a good foot long. As touching the Millet^the head 

 thereof bearing feed roundabout, is bent likewife and curbed, befet alfo with fringes (as it were) 

 of hairie fillets.But to returnc to Panicke againe,there be fundric forts thereof: for fome of it is 

 found with a tuft or bunch/rom wliich depend certain fmall cluffered chats or panicles, and the 

 lamealfo hath two knaps or heads,and this is called Mammofum : as one \youldfay,the Panicke 

 with bigs or dug^Moreovcrjyou fhall have Panicke feed of fundrie colours, white^biacke, and 

 red,yea,and purpIe.Of Myll or Myllet,there be diverfe forts of bread made in many places 5 but 

 of Panicke it is not fo common : howbeit, there is no graine more ponderous and wcightie than I 

 it,or which in thefeetbing or baking fwelleth and rifeth more 5 for, out of one Modius or pccke 

 thereof, there is ordinarily made iixtie pound of dough for bread.Moreover,cake butthree fcx- 

 tares or quarts of it being ft ceped,and it will yeeld a meafure called Modius of ihicke grewell or 

 Tmki/h batter,calied in Latine Puis. It is not fully tenne yeares/ince there was a kind of ^Millet brought 



' out of India intoItalje,and the fame was of colour blackc,thc feed or graine in quantitiebig and 



faire,and forftcmlike unto areed.Itrifeth up in height feven foot: the ftalkes are mightie and 

 great,fome call them Lohx or Phobse.Of all forts of Corne it is moft fruiif ull & yeeldeth grea- 



^ teftencreafe : for of one graine a man iBall have three fextars or quarts againe.But it loveth,ye3 



andoughttobefowneina moiftfoile. 



Moreover, fome kinds of fpikcd corne begin to fpindlc and gather eare at the third joint : o- ^ 

 thers at the fourth: but there it lieth as yet hidden and enclofed. Now as touching thefe joints. 

 Wheat beare th ufually foure. Beere Barley fixe, andthe common Sprit Barley eight, which is 

 well to be confidered : for no corne ufeth to fpier before it befully knotted or jointed in manner 

 abovefaid. And fo foone as the faid fpire fheweth fome hope of an eare,within foure or five daies 

 • after at the moff jthey begin to bloumc :and in as many daies fpace,or litde more,they will have/ 

 done,and iBed their flowres. And yet I muff needcsfayjthat ail forts of Barley area feven-nighe 

 at the utmoff info doing . Farro imhythat in foure times nine daies this kinde of corne com- 

 meth to perfedion: but it ought to ffay nine moneths before it be ripeandreadiefor to be 

 rcapedjor mowed downe . Asfor Bcancs,after they be fet or caf^ into the ground, firft they put 

 forth leafe,and afterward ftalke, that fhooteth up even without any partition of joynts or knots t 

 betweene. Allother pulfe,befidestheBeane,haveamorefblideandwoodiefubflancein their 

 ftraw.Of which,thc Cich peafe,theErvile,3ndLentiIs,do fpread forth in branches. And fome 

 of them runnc fo low,that they creepe along the ground, unleffe they be boiyie up and fuppor- 

 ted with fome props,as for example,Peafe : which helpe, if they mifle, they proue the worfe for 

 it . Of all manner of pulfe,thc Beane alone and Lupine beare but one fingle if alke a peece : th^ 

 ted do branch into very fiiiall fprigs or tendrels. Howbeit none of them,but their flalke or ftraw 

 is fifluloiis and hollowjin manner of reedcs .Some pulfe put out leaves prefently fr<>mi the roote : 

 others againefrpm the top or head only : Wheate andBarley both the one andtk other: and 

 whatcome foever ftandeth upon a ftalke.beareth one leafe in the heid or top thereof. But the 

 leaves of Barley are rough, whereas in other corne they be finootb. ContranwifeaBeanes^Chi- ^1 

 ches.andPeafc,havemany leaves. In Spiked corne,the leafe relembleth that which groweth to * 

 rcedes: in Bcanes they be roi]nd,and fo likewile in the nioif kinds of pulfe.Howbeir,in Peafe and 

 Ervile wefee they be fomewhat longer. The leaves of Fafels or Kidney beanes are ribbed and full 

 i. Tuiki(h of veines : oi^ Sefama md Jrio, t!>ey be red and rdfemble bloud. The L upincs onely and the 



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