The eigliteenth Booke of 



aftef the third floiifing : but in cafe it be gravelly orfandie, it willferve to doc it after the fecond. G 

 Chalkie grounds onely and myrie it hateth, and therein it will not grow . As bitter as otherwife 

 itisjyctif itbelkepedandfokedinhotewaterjitismansmeatalfo. MoreoverjOne Modius or 

 pecke of Lupines is fufficient fortofatisfieandteedan bxe or a cow at a time; and this kind of 

 provender will make beaftsftrong and healthful]. Morcoverj the meale of Lupines applied to 

 the bellies of young children that have the wormes, is a {ingul.arrcmedie.For the good keeping 

 of Lupines, all men agree that they fhould bee laid op in fonie chimney orfmokie place cipe- 

 cially J for if they lie in a moift roome^therc beccrtaine little worms that will nibble off and ^^c 

 thetipornavell that it hath, and by thatmeanesmarreit forever (proutingagainc . Finally ^if 

 Lupines be eaten downe by beaftsjwhilc they be grecncin the leafe, the ground where they grew 

 muftprefentlybeploughedup, . ^ 



Chap. XV. 



^ Of Fetches and Ervihi, 



V Etches alfo doc manure and fat the ground where they be ibwcd 5 neither be they charge- 

 able or ftand the husbandman in much : they be fown with one tilth 3 otherwifc there needs 

 no harrowingnorwecding:thcrc is required no mucking; only they would be covered with 

 mould and the clods broken. For fowing of Vetches j there be three fundric times : fiift, about 

 the leiring of the ftarrc Artflurusj that by the moneth of December it may get a good head for 

 to be eaten with beaftssand it is generally holden, that beeing lowed in this feafon, it will bring 

 the beft feed 3 forfay it be eaten downe then, itwill carrie the burden neverthelclTe : the fecond I 

 Secdncs is inlanuarie : the laftin March jand beeing then put into the ground, it will run up 

 nioft to bbde,and yeeld the beft forage for cattcll. Of all feeds that are caft into the earth, it lo- 

 veth drought moil: it can brooke alfo lliadic places well enough. The chaffethatcommethof 

 the feed thereof, is excellent good, and better than any other, in cafe it were ripe when it was 

 gathered. It robbeth vines of their nourifliment, if iibeefowednearc thofe trees whereto vines 

 are wedded ; infomuch as a man may fee evidently how they languifh. 



As touching Ervile, it asketh no great hand or travaile about it :yct thus much morcattcn*' 

 dance it requireth than Vetchesjfor that it muftbc weeded and grubbed about the roots.Bc- 

 fides,this kind of pulfe is of great uie in Phyficke; ioiAugufliu Ca/ar was cured of a difeafc that 

 he hadjand recovered his health by the meanes of Ervile, as himfelfc reporteth in fome of his K 

 letters now extant. Moreover, five Modi) or pecks of Ervile fowne, is fufficient to maintain and 

 find a yoke of oxen. As for that which is fowne in March ^ it is hurtfull forage (men fay) for kinc 

 and oxen :as alfo that which they fow in AutumnCjmake th beaff s heavie and fluffed in the head : 

 but that which is put into the ground in the beginning of the Spring,is harmeleffe. 



Chap. XVi. 



^ Of Foenigreeke : of Rie : of Dredge : of the provender corneor BoUmong Ocjmum r 

 0/ SfmijliTrefoile or hornedCUver-grAfe^caUedtn Latim Medica : 



of the Jhrub Trifoile^named Cytifus, Ii 



FOr the fowing of Silicia or SiIiqua,otherwife called Foenigreckc, there needs no more but 

 lofcarrifieorfcrape it lightly up with a furrow not above foure fingers breadth deepe^for 

 the lefle cofl and husbandrie that is beflowed about it^and the worfc that it is ufed, the bet- 

 ter it profpereth and yeeldeth greater cncreafe : a ff raunge thing to be fpoken and feldomc veri* 

 fied, 7 hat Negligence fwtild be any tvaies profitable 5 and yet herein it proovcth true. That which is 

 called * Secale and Farrago in Latine, [/. Rie] needeth no more adoe but to be harrowed and the 

 clods welfbroken. There is a kind of Secale or Rie, which the people called Taurines dwelling 

 under the Alpes, doe call Afia : it is fimply worfl of all other , and good for nothing but oncIy to 

 drive away hunger :plentifuli enough thiscorne is andyeeldeihgoodencreafCjbuttheftrawis jj^ 

 {lender .-blacke it is and of an unpleafant colour, howbeit exceeding weightie and ponderous : 

 they ufc to mingle the red wheat Far therewith, and make thereof a Mafcelline, to allay thebit- 

 icrneffe thereof 5 and yet for all that, the bread wl;jieh it makethis moff unfavorieto the mouth 

 and ill for the ibmack. It will come up in any ground whaifoevcrjand bringforih a hundred fold 



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