fhoot forth at feveral places long Stalks of (mail 
winged Leaves, that is, having many fmaller Leaves 
on each fide of a middle Rib, without any odd one 
at the end •, for the middle Rib of each Stalk of 
Leaves, ends in a ftnall Clafper. The Flowers are 
fmall, and rife up from between the Leaves and the 
Stalks, two for the mod part at the end of a long 
Foot-ftalk, of a fad purplifh Color, fomewhat like 
to thofe of Vetches after which come fmall fiiorr. 
and fomewhat flat Cods, within which are contain- 
ed two or three flat, round, fmooth Seed, of a pale 
yellowifh Afh-color. 
IV. The fecond , or Lefier Lentil. It his a f, 'mall 
fender fibrous Root , pc rifling every Tear : from 
whence proceed fmall , tender and pliant Branches, 
a Foot and half high , on which do grow winged 
Leaves , like the former , divided or con filling of o 
ther fmaller Leaves, growing ail ope from both fides 
of the. Rib or middle Stalk, narrow, and many in 
number, like to thofe of Tares, or thofe of the Wild 
Vetch , laving that they are nafrower and lefier, and 
ending at the middle Rib with Lome clafping Ten- 
drel, wherewith it takes hold of fuch things as are 
near to it. From among thefe come forth fmall 
brownifh Flowers, mixed with White, which turn 
into fmall flat Cods, containing little fiat brown 
Seed, and fometimes white. Farkinfon fays, that 
this is leffer in Stalks, Leaves and Seed ^ the Flow- 
ers are more pale, and the Seed in the Cods is whi- 
ter, in which confifts the whole Difference. 
V. The third , or Spotted Lentil. This differs 
little or nothing from the lafi, but in the Seed , which 
in this Plant is blackifh , and f pot ted with blacker 
Spots. 
VI. The Places. The two firfl, even beyond Sea, 
are only fown in Fields, as other manured Fulfes 
are, and fo are they in fome Counties of England , 
efpeciallly the fecond or fmaller fort, which is eve- 
ry where the more pleafant and acceptable ; but 
the greater does with very great Difficulty come to 
Maturity with us, if the Seafon or Weather is not 
kindly and dry. Gerard fays, that it had been told 
him by Perfons of good Credit, that Husband-men 
about Watford in Middlefex , and other places in 
England , do fow them for their Cattel, even as o- 
thers do Tares. The third grows wild in Portugal ■, 
with us only in Gardens. 
VII. The Times. They all flower, and their Seed 
grows ripe in July and Augufl , and fometimes 
later. 
VIII. The Vitalities. The Lentil is temperate in 
refpeft to Heat or Cold, and dry in the fecond De- 
gree : Aftringent, Stomatick, Hyfterick and Vulne- 
rary. 
IX. The Specification. The Fruit or Grain flops 
Fluxes, and the Terms in Women, cleanfes and heals 
old Sores, Kibes, Ulcers, Pf c. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
I. A De coition of the Grains , or of the whole Cods 
and Grains , in Wine or Water. 2. A Compound 
Decoftion of the fame. 3. A Meal or Flower. 4. 
Pottage. <>. A Mixture with Honey. 6 . A Cata- 
plafm with Vinegar. 7. A compounded Cataplafm. 
8. A Cataplafm made with Sea-water. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Decoftion of the Cods or Grains in Wine 
or Water. Made with the Cods and Grains, it is 
Aftringent or Binding -, it flops the Terms, Fluxes 
and Vomiting, and ftrengthens the Bowels. If it 
is made with the Grains alone, it is faid to loofen 
the Belly ^ but their fecond DecoUion binds the 
Belly, and flops Fluxes. 
XII. The compound Decoftion > It is made by 
joining a half quantity of Catechu,cf Red Beet Roots , 
Pomgranate Peels, Myrtle Berries , Service Berries, 
Unripe Pears , Quinces. Galls , Sumach Berries , 
Medlars Unripe , Red Rife Leaves , and Plantane 
Leaves , and boiling them all in rough Red Wine. It 
has all the Virtues of the former, and much more 
powerful, good againft: the Overflowing of the 
Terms in Women, and the Bloody-flux, alio Spit- 
ting and Pilling Blood, and any other Flux of Blood, 
whether inward or outward. It allays Inflammati- 
ons, and dries up great and deep Ulcers. 
X 1 IL The Meal or I lower. It ftrengthens the 
Stomach, being taken from half a Dram to a Dram, 
in any convenient Vehicle. Strewed very thick up- 
on old moift or running Sores or Ulcers, it drys up 
the putrid Humidity, and difpofes them to Heal- 
ing. 
XIV. The Pottage. It nourifhes, but is faid to . 
breed a thick and heavy Juice, which pafles flowly 
thro’ the Veflels ^ and therefore is a very bad Food 
lor fuch as have the Leprofy, or are fubjeU to the 
Scab, Cankers, Tettars, Ring-worms, Scirrhus, Me- 
lancholy, &c. all'o for fuch as have dry and wither- 
ed Bodies, are confumptive, or are fallen into a 
Pining, or have a Dimnefs of Sighr. But for fuch 
as have a Droply, or are in danger of a Dropfy, or 
abound with waterifh Humors, it is very good to 
feed upon. 
XV. The Mixture of the Meal made with Honey. 
It cleanfes corrupt and rotten Sores and old Ulcers, 
filling them up with Flefli again -, and is a molt An- 
gular thing to be pur into the common Digeftives 
which are ufed lor green Wounds : and applied to 
Apoftems, it maturates and breaks them. 
XVI. 'The Cataplafm with Vinegar Or four Wine. 
It (being applied) eafes the Pains of the Gout, fbft- 
ens Womens Breaits which are made hard, with 
curdled Milk ; waftes away Wens and other hard 
and fcrophulous Tumors of the Throat. 
XVII. The compounded Cataplafm. It is made 
of the Alcal, zvitb Pulp of raw Quinces , adding a 
little Juice of Melilote and Oil of Rofes. Applied, 
it helps the Haemorrhoids or Piles, giving prefenc 
Fate : all Inflammations of the Fundament, as alfo 
Inflammations of the Eyes. Note, That it will be 
fo much the ftrongef, if Ponder of Pomgranate 
Peels , and cf Red Rofes , be added , with a little 
Honey. 
XVIII. The' Cataplafm made with Sea Water.- 
Made by boiling the Flower in Sea Water , and after- 
wards adding a little Vinegar to it when it is ufed : 
it is good againft Wheals, Pufhes, watery or run- 
ning Sores, Tettars, Ring-worms, Kibes, Anthonies- 
Fire, Womens Breaits fwelled hard with curdled 
Milk, the Gour, Cfc. 
C H A P. CCCCXXVIII. 
Of LENTIL Sea. 
T H E Names. 
caufe, I fuppofe, unknown to the Greeks : 
