Chap; 525, ‘Englijh Herbs , 
up. The I Vild Kinds are tound in many places 
with us among Rye and Burly ■, and the fourth 
Kind many times plentifully by Hedge-fides. 
VIII. The Times. T\k Manured Kinds aiz Sum- 
mer Grains, Sown in the Spring , and Reaped or 
Cut dowrt in Autumn. The Wild Sorts are ripe in 
July and AuguJ 1 . . 
IX. Kota. The Avena Vefta , are fo called a 
Vefcendo , becaufe in many Countries they are eaten, 
being made into Oat-Meal , of which they make 
Bread, Cakes, Puddings, (Sc. and being Malted, 
are alio by fome Peoplemade into Aleor Drink, very 
good, and exceeding in pleafantnefs that made of 
Burly. The Avena nuda , is like unto the former 
Oat , but differsjn that thefe Naked Oats , as foon 
as they are Thralhed or Rubbed out, without 
help of a Mill, become Oat Meat, and fit for ufe; 
for which reafon, in Norfolk and Suffolk they are 
called Unhulled or Naked Oats. 
X. The Qualities. Oats (according td Galen ) 
are cold and dry, and acording to our Opinion in 
the beginning of the firlt Degree, Abfterfive, 
Allringent and Nutritive. 
XI. The Specification. Authors fay , they Hop 
Fluxes of the Bowels: and yet made into Water 
Gruel, or Milk Porridge, they certainly open, and 
loofen the Belly. 
XII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, r. Oat-Meal. 2. Bread, Cakes, Pudding. 
5. Gruel or Broth. 4. ACream. 5. ACataplafm. 
6 . Malt. 7. Ale or Beer. 8. A Dccoflion. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. T be Oat-Meal. It is hulled in a Mill: 
Eaten in any quanty raw by Young Virgins, it gives 
them the Difeafi iCh/orofis, or that called the Green 
Sicknefs, caufxng a frefh and well colored Maid to 
look white, or of a Tallow Complexion', and al 
moll as pale as Death. Made very hot in a Fry- 
ing-Pan, and put into a Linnen Bag, and applyed 
to the Stomach or Side pained, it gives eafe in the 
Colick, and takes away Pains and Stitches in the 
Side : but this ought to be done with whole Oat- 
Meal, or with Oats unhulled. 
XIV. The Bread, Cakes, or Pudding. They are 
made of the Blower of the Oat- Meal, according to 
the ufual Method. They flop Fluxes of the Bowels, 
nourifh much, and reftore in Confutnptions. But 
Puddings made of the Oat-Meal, whether whole or 
Ground, and filled very full with Beef Suet fin ed 
fmall, and blew Currants, or Raifons of the Sun, 
always loofen the Belly. 
XV. The Gruel or Broth. If made favory with 
Salt, and eaten with a good quantity of frefh But- 
ter, it loofens the Belly, and by continuing there- 
of makes it foluble ; it fweetens the Juices and 
Lympha, and takes away the Acrimony of the 
Humors: the thicker it is made the more it 
nourifiies, but if made to take with Purging Phy- 
fick, it ought to be the thinner. If Milk is added to 
it, tho’ it loofens the Belly, yet it nourifiies much 
more than the Ample Gruel alone. 
XVI. The Cream of Oat-Meal. It is made by 
boiling with Water, the Head being continually 
fcummd off: or it is made with the very fineft cf 
the Blower, fir ft boiled with a little Water, then ad- 
ding Milk to it, it is boiled to a Confiftency. It has 
all the Virtues and goodnefs of the Gruel or Broath, 
but much more delicious or pleafant : Mixt with 
fine Sugar or Sugar Candy, and fo given, it is 
profitable for fuch as have gotten a Cold or 
( lough. 
XVII. The Cataplafm. It is trade by boiling in 
Milk, and till it comes to a Confiftency. It mode- 
rately difcuffes, and that without biting or any 
fitarpnefs: it allays Inflamadons, and ftrengthens 
the part it is applyed to. If. mixt with Oil of Bays 
and applyed, its good againft the Itch and Lepro- 
iie : it diffolves or difcuffes hard Apoltems; and is 
profitable againft a Biftula in Ano , or in the Funda- 
ment. If the Cataplafm is made ef Wine Vinegar, 
it difcuffes hard Tumors, Strengthens weak parts’ 
and takes away Spots , Freckles and Morphew in 
the Face, or other places of the Skin. 
XVIII. I he Malt. A ftrong Decol/ion if it. blade 
into a Syrup with Hony, is good againft an Afthma, 
as alfb for Coughs, Colds, Wheezings, fhortnefs of 
Breath, (fie. Mixt with Turpentine and Tolk of 
an Egg, it Digefts old, running and eating Ulcers, 
and iacilitates their Cure. 
XIX. The Ale or Beer. It has all the Virutes of 
thofe made with Barly Malt, but this is much plea- 
liinter, and is not fo Heady : it quenches Thirft 
more, and inflames lefs, by which means, thofe 
who drink it, Live in good Health and Strength of 
Body: and palfes much better off by Urine, car- 
rying away with it the Recrements of the Reins 
Ureters and Bladder. 
XX. TbeDecoffion of the Oat-Meal. If fuch as 
have a Serpigo , or Impetigo, in their Hands or 
Feet, fliall daily twice or thrice a day for fome con- 
fiderable time , Bathe them here in ; for half an 
Hour at a time or more, it will at length heal thofe 
Chops, Clifts, or -Rifts: but it ought to be done as 
hot, as the Patient can well endure it. So alfo if 
fuch Hands or Feet be held over the Fumes hereof 
it is very profitable forthe fame Purpofe; more 
efpecially if the Decottion is made with White 
Wine Vinegar. 
OLL Y-SEED, fee Gold of Pleafure. Chap, a 24. 
OCULUS* CHRISTI, fee Clary Wild, Chap . 138. 
CHAP. DXXVL 
Of OISTER-GREEN, 
0 R, 
SEA-LUNGWORT, 
0 R, 
SEA-LETTICE. 
I. 'T' El E Names. It is called in Greek, OeUuZ 
X in Latine, Latluca 
Marina, Bucus Marinus LaSuarius: in Englijh 
Oifter-Green, Sea-Lettice, mi Sea-Lungwort. 
II. The Kinds. There are two feveral Species 
of this Plant, viz. I. Lafiuca Marina, Bucus Mac 
rinus Diofcoridis-, Mufcus Marinus altera Matthi- 
oli, Bucus Marinus prior Dodonai, Mufcus Mari- 
nas Tbeophrafti : Bucus Marinus primus Diofcoridis 
(Sf Tbeophrafti Bryon Lattuc<e fo/iis' Plinio & Lo- 
belio 5 Lichen Marinus Gerariy •, Our Common 
5 H 2 Oilier- 
