B U 
( J4 ) B U 
It profpcrs very well 
in any Ground, be it ne- 
ver To dry or barren, where 
it is commonly fown, to 
ferve inftcad of dunging. 
It quickly comes up, and 
is very foon ripe : It is 
very common in and about 
Namptwicb in Chejkire , 
where they fow it as 
well for Food for their 
Cartel, Pullen, and fueh 
like, as to the uie afore- 
faid. It groweth likcwile 
in Lancafbirc , and in fomc 
parts of our South Coun- 
try, about London in Mid- 
dlesex y as alfo in Kent and 
EJ]ex. This bafe kind of 
Grain is Sown \n April and 
the beginning of May } and 
is Ripe in the beginning 
of -duguft. Buck-Wheat 
Nouriiheth lefs than 
Wheat, Rie, Barley or 
Oates ; yet more than ei- 
ther Mill or Panicle. 
Bread made of the Meal 
of Buck-wheat is of ea- 
fic Digcftion, and fpcedi- 
ly paffes through the Bel- 
ly , but yieldeth little 
Nourishment. 
I15uglc, in Latin Burgu- 
Li, The Stalk is four- 
square, empty, and hairy ; 
au Hand, or half a Foot 
high. The Leaves are in- 
dented, like the Leaves of 
the greater Water Brook- 
lime; two are plac’d by 
Intervals, oppolite one to 
another ; of a Violet-co- 
lour, or purple, or green : 
They tade at fil'd i'weet, 
afterwards bitter and a- 
ftringent. The Flowers 
come out of the Wings of 
the Leaves, in a fhort hai- 
ry Cup, that is divided in- 
to five parts : They arc of j 
a Sky and changeable Co- 
lour, and of a fweetifli 
Tade. The Root is fmall 
and fibrous , and takes i 
more adringent than the 
Leaves. ’Tis common in 
Woods, and mod Mea- 
dows ; and flowers in : 
Miy. 
The Virtues arc much 
the fame with thole of 
Self-heal. ’Tis Vulnerary, ; 
cither taken tnwardly, cr 
outwardly applied. ’Tis ] 
us’d in thejaundicc, inOb- 
dnudions of the Liver , 
and for Stoppage of U tine. 
An Ointment made of the 
Leaves of Bugle, Scabious 
and Saniclc, bruis’d, and 
