kaves of a Shrub, plentifull in Languedoc\, and gather'd in the 
^end of May, and the beginning of Jum^fnWot a red Juyce* 
fubjoyns two Ufes^ which that Grain hath, the one iot Medi- 
cine^ the other for Dying of Waving the /fr/?, notice fliall 
only betaken here of the latter^ vid. That, for Dying^ih^j 
take the Grain of I^ermes^ when ripe^ and fpread it upon Lin- 
nen : And at firft, whilft it abounds moft in moifture, 'tis turned 
twice or thrice a day, to prevent its Heating, And when there ' 
appears red powder amongft it, they leparate it, paffiog it 
through a Searce;and then again fpread abroad the Grain upon 
Linncn, untill there be perceived the fame rednefs of the pow- 
der; and at the end, this red powder appears^^^?/^^ and <7;iche 
furface of the GraiUj which is ftill to be pafs'd through a Scarce^ 
till it render no more. 
And tn the beginning, when the fmall red Grains are feen to 
move (as they will do)they are fprinkledover with ftrong Vi- 
negar, and rubb'd between ones hands : afterwards little balls 
arc form'd thereof, which are exposed to the Sun to dry* 
If this red powder fliould be let alone, without pouring Vi- 
negar or fomeother accid liquor upon it, out of every Grain 
thereof would be form'd a little Fly, which would skip and fly 
up and down for a day or two, and at laft changing its colour, 
/fall down quite dead^ deprived of all thebitternefSjthe Grains, 
whence they are generated, had before. 
The Grain being altogether emptyed of its pulp or red pow- 
der, *tis wafh'd in Wi^e, and then expos'd to the Sun Being 
well dryed, 'tis rubb'd in a Sack to render it bright ;and then 
*cis put up in fmall Sacks, putting in the midft, according to the 
quantity, the Grain has afforded, lo. ori2 pounds ( for a 
^iini:al)o( the: duft, which is the red powder, that came out of 
it. And accordingly, as the Grain affords more or lefs of the 
faid powder^ Dyers buy more or lefs of it. 
'Tis to be noted. That the firft red powder, which appears, 
ilTues our of the Hole of the Grain^that is on the fide^where the 
Grain adhered to the Plant. And that, which about the end ap- 
pears ftjcking on the Grain,hath been ^live in the husk^ having 
pierced its cover; though the hole, whence it commonly iffaes, 
remains clofe as to the Eye, 
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