The eighteenth Booke of 



BnttocomeagainciintobUrFriimentie Alicajraadcitisof the graine Zeajwhich befofe i^ce G 

 tcarmedbyihegenerallnameof Seed.This come for to make Frumentie^ is to bee pound in a 

 wodden morier, when it (hould be ckanfed from the huske : for if a man beat it in one of Hone, 

 the hardnelTe thereof would brufc and breakeif. The beft wayof cleanfing and husking it, is 

 with a peftill/uch as bondflaves and prifoners do ufe to ftampe vgithalljand to worke by taske for 

 theirpunifhmcnt :in the forepart thereof it hath a circle ot yron,madc in fafhion. of around 

 Boxe -.wherewith after the corne is drawne naked out of the huskcjthe very fameinftrumentfer- 

 Vethagainetoftampeand brufethc white marrow and flower thereof within. And thus by this 

 meanes there be three forts made of Alicaor Frumeniieaforefaid.Thcfineftjwhichisthebcfl : 

 the meane.which is the fecond ; and the gteatefl: or grofleit^which the Greekes call Aph^rema. 



When all this is done, yet have they not that whitcncffe of their owne/or which they are fo H 

 inuchcfteemcd ; as namely, thofc that come now adaics from Alexandria, which are taken to 

 be the beft and to excell all other. And therefore there is chalke(a wonderfull thing to be fpoken) 

 mingled afterwards and incorporate therewith, and fo by that itieanes the Frumentie becom- 

 ineth white and tender withall Now this chalke or plaftre is found between Puteoli and Naples, 

 in a little hill which thereupon iscalled Leuco.giEonj[/.white earth.] And in truth when Auguflm 

 Cdfar ^Utc Emperor of Rome,erected a colonic at Capuajand peopled it with Romanc cittizens, 

 hcaffigned untotheNeapolitanes(byvcrtueof a decree, now extant)an yearly rent orpenfion 

 of twentie thoufanddeniers to bee paicd out of his ownc treafiite, iii regard of the chalke which 

 camefrom the hill aforefaid,being within their terrirorie and fiegnorie. He rendereth alfo a rea- 

 fon inducing him thus to doCjEecaufe the inhabitants of Capua^alleadged^that they could not I 

 make good Alica or Frumentie without that jninerall of chalke. In the fame hill there is alfo 

 found a Brimftone mine, and out of the veines thereof, fountaines fpringing, called Oraxi, the 

 water whereof is fingular good to cleare the eies,to cure and healegrecne wounds, andtofaifen 

 the teeth that are loofc in ones head. 



As touching a baflard kind of Frumcntic,it is made verily for the mofl part of a Spelt or Zea 

 in Affricke,which there doth degenerate & grow out of kind.The cares that it carieth,are broa- 

 der and blacker than the other, and theftrawisbutpiort. They ufetocleanfc and huske it by 

 damping or braying it together with fand : and for all that dcvife, much adoe they have to fetch 

 off the h nls and huskes wherein the graine lieth enclofed i now when it is thus cleanfed and na- 

 kcd,it is not paft halfe as mucii in meafure as it was before. Which donc,there is a fourth part of ^ 

 plaftre ilrewed and mingled among : and when all is together, they fift it downe through a mcale 

 fieve.That which remaineth behind andpafleth not through,is the groffeff part thereof, andis 

 called in Latin Exceptitia. That which was thus fearced,is driven again through a narrower and 

 finer fieve,and ihefe groats that tarie in the raunger,they call Secundaria.ln like manner do they 

 a third time, fearcing it through fo fine a fievc,that nothing can pafle but the very finall fand and 

 gouder : and this lall kind of Frumentie gurts they name Cribraria . Another way there is be- 

 fidesinall places pradifed,tofophifficaic and counterfeit the right Frumentie groats indeed : 

 They chufe out of our common Wheat,the fairefi/ulleft ^and whitefl graines,which being halfe 

 fodden in an earthen pot, they lay out afterwards in the Sunnc,untill they be as drie as they were 

 at firfl : which done, they lightly fprinckle fome water over, and then brufe them in a quearne L 

 mill. Fairer Frumentie groats be made of Zea than of Wheat, and called it is Granum or Gra- 

 patum,although in Alica that be counted a fault.To conclude,they that will not ufe chalkCjdoe 

 blaunch and make their Frumentie white by feething milke with it^and mingling all together. 



Chap. xir. 



^OfPulfe, 



ITfolIowcth now to write of the nature of Pulfe, among which,Beancs doc challenge the firfl 

 ranke and principal! place : for thereof men havcafTaied tomake bread.ThemealeofBeanes ^ 

 is called in Latine Lomentum. There is a not a Pulfe weigheth more than it, and Beane meale i 

 maketh every thing heavier wherein itis.Now adaicsthey uletb fell it for provender to feed hor* 

 fcs. And indeed Beanes are drefled and ufed many waies,not onely to ferve all kind of fourc foo- 

 ted beafis, but alfo for manefpecially . Forinmoff countries it is mingled with Frumentie 

 corne ; andnamely withPanickemoff of all,whole and entier as it is: but the more delicate and 



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