leaves of a Shrub, plentiful in Languedoch^ and gather'd in the 
end of Majg and the beginning of fail of a red juyce 
fubjoynes two Ufes, which that Grain hath;, the one for Medi- 
cine , tire other for Dying of Wool „ Waving the firji y notice iliall 
only be taken here of the latter , vide That, for Dyings they 
take the Grain of Kenney when ripe, and fpread it upon Lin- 
nen : And at firft,whilft it abounds mod in moiflure, 'tis turn'd 
twice or thrice a day, to prevent its. Heating. And when there 
appears red powder amongft it, they feparate it, paffing it 
through a Scarce 5 and then again fpread abroad the Grain upon 
Linnen, untill there be perceived,the fame rednefs of the pow- 
der 5 and at the fend 5 this red powder appears about and on the 
furface of the Grain, which is ftill to bepaf$ c d through a Seared* 
till it render no more. 
And in the beginning, when the fmall red Grains are feen to 
move ( as they will do ) they are fprinklcd over with flrong Vi- 
negar, and rnbb’d between on's hands: afterwards, little Balls 
are form'd thereof, which are expos’d to the Sun to dry. 
If this red powder fhould be let alpric, without pouring Vi- 
negar or fome other 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, 
fill down quite dead, deprived of all the bitternefs, the Grains, 
whence they are generated, had before* 
The Grain beingxaltogether emptyed of its,pulp or red pow- 
der, 'tis wafh'd in Wine, and then expos'd to the Sun. Being 
well dryed, ’tis rubb’d in a Sack to render it bright $ and then 
his put up in finall Sacks, putting in the midfr, according to the 
quantity, the Grain has afforded, 10. or 12. pounds (for a 
Quintal) of the duft, which is the red powder, that came out of 
it. And accordingly, as the Grain affords more or Ids of the 
laid powder. Dyers buy more or lefsof it. 
'Tis to be noted. That the firftred powder, which appears, 
iffues out 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 flicking on the Grain, hath been alive in the husk, having 
pierced. its cover 5 though the hole, whence it commonly iflues, 
remains clofe as to the Eye. 
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