it is chiefly found, in Gardens , tho it grows well 
and naturally enough here as other Grains do. Ge- 
rard lays, that he had often times found many Ears 
of it among our ordinary barley , when he lived in 
the farther fide of Lincoln-fhire , and they there 
called it Brant Barley. The fecond is Sown in ma- 
ny places of Italy and trance , as in Provence and 
Aar bone , among their Corn, and grows well in a 
moift Ground, but profpers rnoft in a more Fruitful 
dry Soil: Gerard fays, it grows commonly among 
their Barley in Italy, and other hot Countries ^ but 
only with us in Gardens. The third and fourth, by 
the High-ways, and Path-fides, as alfo on Mud 
Walls, and at the Foot of other Walls, and Way- 
fides in Fields , alrnofl every where through the 
whole Kingdom. 
Jihtj %arkij\ 
VIII. T be Times, the firft is a Summer Corn, 
and Sown in March and April , and is ripe in the 
beginning or middle of A uguft. The fecond alfo 
is a Summer Grain, aud is ripe towards the latter 
end of July, or the beginning of Attgufi. The 
two la ft are found coming to ripenefs all the Summer 
Months. 
IX. The Qualities. They are all of them tem- 
E erate in refpeef to heat orcoldnefs-, and dry in the 
rlf Degree. Tire firft and fecond Attenuate, di- 
geit and cleanfe : and the two laft are aperitive, ab- 
lterfive, and Vulnerary ^ and are all appropriated to 
Difeales of the Joynts. 
X. The Specification. They have a peculiar pro- 
perty to cleanfe and dry up Ulcers, and refolve Tu- 
mors in the Joynts. The JFgilops is faid to be a 
Specifick againft the JFgilops or Fiftula in the Cor- 
ner of the Eye. 
XL The Preparations. The firft Kind has much 
the Nature and Virtues of Common Barley, and there- 
fore may have molt of thole Preparations, fo that 
we (hall fay no more of them here. From the 
JFgilops or Fejiuca , you may have, i. An Infujion 
of the Seed in Drink or Wine. 2. A Decottion in 
H ire. 3. A Syrup of the whole Plant. 4. A Pon- 
der of the Seed or Grain. 5. A Juice. 6. AJhes of 
the Stalks. And lrom the Way Barley or Rye-GraJs 
you have, 7. A Cataplafm. 
Tl)e Virtues. 
XII. The Infujion in Ale, Beer , or Wine. The 
Seed Infufed, or Drunk in Pouder in any of thefe 
Liquors, affe&s the Head and Brain much, and 
caufes Drunkennefs. 
XIII. The Decottion in Wine. If it is made 
with the Addition of dryed Damask Rofes, and drunk 
from ij. to iv. ounces ^ as alfo the Mouth and Throat, 
Gargled therewith ^ it is good againft a ftinking 
Breath, I fuppofe caufed by fome filthy Ulcer or 
Ulcers in thofe parts, for that it has a property to 
heal Ulcers. 
XIV. The Syrup. If the whole Herb, Roots, 
and Seed be bruifed, boiled in Water, ftrained, and 
made into Syrup with Honey, to viij. ounces, of 
which if j. of Aloes Succotrina in fine Pouder be ad- 
ded, you have an excellent Medicine againft foul 
Ulcers of the Noftrils, by wetting Tents therein, 
and putting them up the fame, holding them a pretty 
while therein, and often repeating it. 
XV. The Pouder. Mixed with Watter in which 
a little Roch Alum , or Sacchatum Saturni has been 
diffolved, and laid upon the JFgilops or Fif ula in the 
Corner of the Eye^ it cures it-, it alfo cleanfes, 
drys up and heals Ulcers in other parts of the body’ 
being fo ufed, or ftrewed on dry. 
XVI. The Juice. It is mixed with Barley Meal 
and fo dried : and then upon occafion moilfned 
with Rofe Water , and apply ’d Plailter wife, it heals 
(as Gerard lays) the JFgilops , or Fijiula in the Eyes : 
it alfo foftens and affwages hard Tumors, and fweli- 
ings in the Joints. Lobel fays, this has been often 
tried to be effeUual againft the JFgilops , for that it 
has a drying quality without fharpnefs 
XVII. The AJhes of the Stalls or Straw. Made 
into a Lixivium with Water, it is good againft the 
Gout from a flegmatickcaufe, by often bathing there 
with, and to dilfolve hard Tumors or Swellings 
in theFlefti, and difeufs Tumors of the Joints. 
XVIII. The Cataplafm of Way Barley or Rye Grafs. 
Being made of the Green Ears and Grafs by beating 
it in a Morter, and then apply’d to places bald, or 
where the Hair is wanting j Gerard fays, it caufes it 
to come forth and grow again. 
CHAP. XLV. 
Of BARREN-WORT. 
L ' I ' Tl E Names. It is called in the Greek , 
X ’E ynfiJ'iov : In Latin, Epimedium 5 Epipetron , 
Epimenidium : In Englifh , Barren-wort. 
II. The Kinds. It feems to be a lingular Plant 
of the Kind, without any Species, tho Parkinfon 
talks of an Alter um fruticofum, &c. 
III. The Defcription. It ha s a Root fmall and 
reddijh, fpreading much under ground , in Jhaddowy 
rather than Sutlny places', from vJhence fprings up 
fever al hard round Stalks , twenty or twenty four 
Inches high , each Stalk divided for the mojl part into 
three Branches , and each of them bearing three 
Leaves apiece , which are feveral, fomwhat broad and 
round, yet pointed at the ends, hard or dry in feeling, 
and a little Jhar ply dented about the edges, of a light 
green Colour on the upper fide, and whiter under- 
neath : jrom the middle of fome of the Stalks of 
Leaves, Jhoots forth with them, from the frft rifing 
up of them, a fmall long Foot Stalk of Flowers , not 
much higher than the Stalks of Leaves , divided into- 
Branches, containing on each of them , three Flowers 
apiece , 
