Chap. 550. ‘Ennlijh Herbs. 
fibrous , and perifhing yearly . It fpreads on the 
Ground , with fever a l fquare , hairy , and ere fed 
Stalks fometimes a yard, long or more -, /fo 7 ^- 
z><jrd/ Joints of which , many dark green hairy 
pointed Leaves fet on each fide of a middle Rib , 
which end in a Clafper , //fo Lentils, or Vetches, ./if 
the foot of the Leaves , come forth Jingle blowers on 
very fhort foot Stalks , of a dusky, wbitifh purple color , 
a?/V/? deeper purple Veins therein -, and of a deeper 
purple at the bottom of the upper Leaves , »«r/ to 
the Stalks : which when they they are pa ft, there 
come in their places , fhort , thick , and a/moji 
roundifh Cods , covered with a Jhort hairinefs there- 
on-, within which lyes 3 or ground blackifli Peafe, 
almoft //fo blackifh Velvet, as big as thofe of 
the Cicercula, but not cornered. 
XIII. The eighth, or Leffer Wild Chichling 
Peafe. The Root of this perifhes likewife every 
Tear , as the former does. In its Stalks, Leaves, 
flowers , Cods , and Grain, it it much like the for- 
mer, but leffer in all its parts, and nothing hairy. 
The flowers are of a pale white (with us in Eng- 
land) or of a wbitifh yellow Color. The Cods are 
fmooth, fmaller, and not hairy, with fmaller, and 
blackifh colored Peafe within them. 
XIV. The Places. All the Manured or Garden 
Cicers , or Chich Peafe , are Sown with us in Gar- 
dens, or in fields, as other Peafe are, not only in 
England, but in other Foreign Countries, where 
they are Sown for Food, as in Spain, Etc. The 
firft fix forts of the Wild Kinds, grow upon Hills and 
in Woods, and fometimes by Hedge fides in Fields. 
The feventh grows in Spain, and the eighth in 
Portugal, from whence they are brought to us in 
Seed, and areNurft up with us in Gardens. 
XV. T he Times. The Garden Chich Peafe, tho’ 
they are Sown fooner than Peafe, yet they are ga- 
thered at the fame time with them, or a little 
after. The firft fix Wild Cicers , or Chich Peafe , 
Flower in July and uiuguft-, and the Cods or Seed 
are ripe in Augufl or September. The feventh and 
eighth Flower with us in the end of July, and the 
Cods or Peafe are ripe in AuguJI or September. 
But Boel who firft brought them out of thofe places, 
viz. Spain and Portugal, their natural places, fays 
that he gathered their ripe Cods or Peafe in April 
and May. 
XVI. The Vitalities. Garden Cicers or Chich 
Peafe are hot and dry in the firft Degree-, Incifive, 
Ablterfive, Diuretick, Nephritick, Hyfterick, Em- 
menagogick, Chylifick, Analeptick, Galeftogene- 
tick, and Spermatogenetick. The Wild Cicers or 
Chich Peafe are fo much more powerful than thofe 
of the Garden , by how much they exceed them 
in heat and drynefs, perceived by their (harper and 
more bitter Tafte ^ whereby , it is manifelt that 
they much more open obftruftions, provoke Urine, 
break the Stone, and have all thofe other proper- 
ties of Inciding, Opening, Digefting and Diffolv- 
ing, which are attributed to the Garden Kinds, 
and that both more fpeedily and more certainly. 
And Pliny fays, that if they be taken too largely, 
they breed Wind, and loofen the Belly , but not 
without Tome Pain. 
XVII. The Specification. They are peculiar in 
eafing the Strangury , breaking the Stone in the 
Reins, expelling Sand, Gravel and Tartarous Mat- 
ter from the Urinary parts, and provoke the Cour- 
fes in Women. They prevail againft Pleuritick 
Pains and Stitches in the Sides , carry off the 
Dropfy, and Yellow Jaundice by Urine, are Emol- 
lient, and cleanfe the Belly by Stool. The white 
Ram Cicers, or Chich Peafe , are thofe which are 
only ufed as Meat or Food, they are a little 
windy, but are faid to Nourifh more than either 
Peafe or Beans, for which reafon they are of extra- 
ordinary ufe in curing ConJumptions -, Theyincreafe 
Milk in Nurfes, and Seed mightily, both in Men 
and Women, incite Luft powerfully, and cure 
Barrennefs in both Sexes ^ which things all the 
Kinds of Cicers do; and for which reafons they 
are commonly given to Stallion Horfes. The 
White are accounted a Delicacy among the Spaniards, 
and commonly one of their choice Difhes in all 
their Feafts, as we have before hinted. The other 
Garden Cicers, but chiefly the Wild Kinds , are 
molt ufed as Phyfick or Medicine. 
XVIII. The Preparations. Y ou may make there- 
from, 1. A Boiled Mefs, of the White Cicers or 
Chich Peafe. 2. An Ejfence of the Leaves and 
green Cods. 3. A Decoflion of the green Cods. 4. 
A Meal or flower cf the Grain, j. Bread and 
Puddings thereof, if of the white Rams Chich Peafe. 
6. A Cataplafm of the Aleal or flower. 7. Afes 
of the Straw and Cods : From which a fixt Salt 
may be extraUed by Elixiviation. 8. A Dijilled 
Water from the Flowers, or from the green Cods, or 
from the whole Plant. 9. A Volatile Spirit , Oil, 
and Salt of the dryed Cicers, as you make thofe of 
Beans in Chap. 55;. Sell. 16. aforegoing. 10. 
ftrong Broth of the White Cicers, made by Boiling 
till they break, with Knuckles of Veal, Mutton, 
Pork, and Beef, Etc. and then (trained out from 
the Hulls. 
The Virtues. 
XIX. The Virtues and Ufes of all the aforego- 
ing Preparations are the fame with thofe of Beans, 
in Chap. 55;. Sett. 10. ad 18. Chap. 56. Setf. 12. 
ad 17. Chap. 57. Sett. 1 1. ad 1 7. And Chap. 748. 
Sell. 13 ad 20 to all which you are referred for full 
fatisfa&ion, thefe Cicers or Chich Peafe being alto- 
gether of the fame Qualities and Nature. 
XX. Not a. 1. Galen fays that Cicers are 
windy Food, yet that they Nourifh more than 
Beans,- provoke Urine more, as alfo enereafe Seed* 
They are more cleanfing than Peafe or Beans , 
and thereby are faid to break the Stone in the 
Reins. 
XXI. A ota. 2. There is a Cream to be made of 
them, by boiling them in Water, which being freely 
eaten plentifully encreafes Seed in both Sexes, as 
alfo Milk in Nurfes, it provokes Urine, and gen- 
tly keeps the Belly folouble. 
XXII. Not a, 3. The Decoffion of any of the 
Cicers in Water, chiefly of the Wild, made with 
Rofemary , Diofcorides lays is good for the Dropfy 
and Yellow Jaundice. But tho’ the Wild Cicers 
are faid to be the moft powerful for Medicine, 
yet the white Ram Cicers or Chich Peafe, are faid 
more powerfully to enereafe Milk and Seed, and 
provoke LulL- 
i XXII I- Not a. 4. The Broth Compounded. Take 
Cicers 3 Ounces french or Hull'd Barly 2 Ounces ; 
Marfh Mallow Roots 2 Ounces and half -, boil them 
fuffi.de nt ly in Chicken Broth. Of this five or fix 
Ounces may be taken in the Morning faffing, 
againft Pains and Stitches in the Sides, Dropfy, Jaun- 
dice, Gout, Rheumatifm , Etc. and thereby the 
Belly will be gently Purged. 
XXIV. A ota. 5. Diofcorides fay s that Cicers are 
hurtful to fuch as have Ulcers in their Reins or 
Bladder:, but I know no reafon for his fo report- 
ing, unlefs it be from their great abfterfive or 
cleanfing Qualities : however from the Experience 
I have had of the ufe of them 1 am of the clear 
contrary -Opinion. 
XXV. Not a. 
