Chap. 733. Unglifh Herbs * 1251 
r/«r, Gerard , Lota/ and 1 rag us ; ) whereas our 
Gray Mtorf has a Bearded or Awned Ear * to which 
I anfwer, that Lugduncnfis has Defcribed and let 
forth his Zen with a Bearded Ear ; and Mattbiolm 
has given us his Spelta with Awns, or a Bearded 
Ear alfo : ’Tis true that Tbeopbraflus , from whom 
the Zea or Spelta is taken, in his Defcription has 
faid nothing of the Awns or Beard of the Ear ; 
but let us take all the reft of his Defcription, as it 
is in his Hiftoria Plant arum , lib. 8. cap. 9. and 
compare it with Camerarius and Tragus their Zea 
Spica mutica , or any others who maintain the 
fame, and you will find that they are none of 
Tbeopbrafivs's Plant.- That of Tbeophrajlus is thus 
defcribed. Its Roots are many , or bujhy , and Jlrong- 
ly faflned in the Ground , out of which they draw 
much Nourishment, and it rifes up with many firong , 
jointed ', and high Stalks , with Leaves on them moft 
like to Wheat ; the Ear is plentiful in Corn or 
Grain , which are enclofed in many Chaffy Husks , 
being the light eft of others , and not fo eafily beaten 
out , as out of other Wheat ; and is very pleafant 
to every one. Now fetting afide the Awns of the 
Ear , which are here omitted, Our Gray Wheat is 
the molt like it of any thing in the World , and 
if that be not the Zea or Spelta of the Ancients, 
I Can find no other Grain in the World to which 
it will, or can agree. As lor Camerarius and Tra- 
gus, their Zea or Spelta , can be none of this of 
Tbeophrajlus ; for theirs has no fuch Bufhy Root, 
no fuch ftrong nor tall Stalks, nor yet fo many 
growing from one and the fame Root : And as the 
Stalks of theirs are low, and fewer, fo the Ears 
are fmaller, and not orderly fet in Rows •, by all 
which it is evident, that they had no true Know- 
ledge of Zea , or Greek Wheat , which is without 
doubt, what we call Gray Wheat here in England. 
VIII. The Places. All thefe Grains are not on- 
ly Sown almoft in all Counties through all the 
Iilands of Great Britain, but alfo in moft parts 
of the Habitable World. ’Tis true, that not long 
fince they were Strangers in America , but fince our 
Englijh have Planted and Inhabited almoft all the 
Eattern Coaft of Florida , from the North of Nova- 
Scotia , to the South of Carolina , they have been 
made Denizons of thofe Countries, and are now 
become Natives of the fame, and profper with the 
fame increafe and goodnefs, which they have here 
with us. 
IX. The Times. They are Sowed after Harveft 
in Autumn , before Winter, and tho’ they prefently 
Spring up, are fo hardy as as to endure the (harp- 
eft Seafons, and the Ears come to their ripenefs in 
July and Augufl following. 
X. The Qualities. All thefe forts of Wheat 
are temperate in refpeft'of heat or cold, drinefs 
or moifture, are Attringent, Vulnerary and Nu- 
tritive. 
XI. The Specification. They ftop Fluxes of the 
Bowels, Nourifh much, and reftore in deep Con- 
fumptions. 
XII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. Pollen & Siligo, Meal and Flower. 
2. Alica vel Chondrus, Pultage. 3. Bread and 
Cakes. 4. Puddings. $. Athera, Panada, or Pap. 
6 . Far, or Boiled Wheat. 7. Tragus, or Flummery. 
8. Amylum, Starch. 9. Fermentum, Levcn. 
10. Moult. 1 1. Sweetmeat Wafers. 12. A Geliy. 
13. Sanguis, ExtraQum Tritici, Blood of Wheat . 
14. A Cofmetick. 15. A Balfam. 16. A Cataplafm . 
17. An Oil by Exprcjfion. 18. AClyfier. 19. Mum, 
or Strong Drink. 20. A Spirit. 21. Frumety, or 
Frumenty. 
'The Virtues. 
XIII. Pollen &• Siligo, Meal and Flower. Tho 1 
Siligo be the Name of the fineft and beft Wheat, 
and of the White Wheat in particular * yet Siligo with 
them did alfo fignify the pureft and fineft Wheat- 
Flower. Thefe are of ufe to make Bread , Cakes, 
Puddings , Pultage, Panada, Flummery, Starch, 
Lcven, Wafers, Geliy, Cataplafm, &c. Outwardly 
applyed to Simple Wounds newly made, in a 
large quantity, it prefently (tops the Flux of Blood, 
and a Spoonful of them mixed with a Glafs of 
fair Water, and fwallowed down, is good againft 
Heart-burnings, and Acidities of the Stomach. 
XIV. Pultage. It is called Alica, ab Alendo, 
from Nourifhing, and fo all Latin Authors have 
Tranflated Chondrus , which is taken to be the moft 
excellent Pultage ufed in thofe Ancient times: If 
made of Milk only, or Milk and Water, it is pro- 
perly a thick Milk -, if of Water only, it is Pul- 
tage. It is good to ftrengthen the Stomach and 
Bowels ; it nourifhes very well, and flops Fluxes 
of the Belly. 
X V. Bread and Cakes. Thefe are as it were the 
Staff of Life; for with Bread and Water alone, a 
Man may live many Years. If the Pafte be Fer- 
mented with Leven or Tell, the Bread or Cakes, 
will be much more wholefom, and more eafie of 
digeftion ; and with Bread, the Panada or Pap 
for Children, and new Born Infants is made, and 
for them it is better to be made with Water, than 
with Milk, becaufe then it is not Stuffing. If 
eaten dry, or alone, it abforbs the Watery humor 
in the Stomach and Bowels, and is prevalent againft 
Fluxes of the Belly. 
XVI. Puddings. They have the Virtues of Bread, 
are good againft Weakneffes and Fluxes of the 
Bowels, and if made with Milk and Eggs, ftrength- 
en much, and reftore in deep Confumptions, be- 
ing alfo very eafie of Digeftion : If they are made 
of pure White Bread, they will be yet pleafanter, 
lighter of Digeftion, more Nourifhing, and better 
for the Stomach ; by reafon the Bread is a Fer- 
mented Subftance. 
XVII. Panada, or Pap. It is made with Water, 
Milk and Water, and fometimes with Milk alone, 
of the pureft and fineft White Bread, and chiefly 
for Infants and Children, and fuch Elder People as 
have been long Sick, and have fuch weak Stomachs 
as that they can fcarcely digeft any thing. It is 
eafie of digeftion, nourifhes much, and may be 
made very grateful to the Stomach, by the additi- 
on of White Sugar, Wine, Juice of Oranges, as the 
Sick likes beft, and may moft quadrate with the 
nature of the Difeafe. 
XVI II. Far, or Boiled IVbeat. I know Far has 
been thought to be a peculiar Grain, or a mixture 
of feveral kinds of Corn among the Ancients ; 
but what particular Corn, or Corns it (hould be, 
I know no Author has determined. But Archi- 
genes in JEtius, gives us the Artificial matter, viz . 
1 he Wheat is jleeped a while in Water, and being 
taken from thence, is put into a Mortar , where it 
is cleanfed from the Husks, by gentle beating with 
a wooden Pc file, afterwards it is laid in the Sun , 
and then rubbed with the Hands till it is fully 
cleanfed -, which done, it is broken a little grofsly, 
and being dried, is kept for ufe, to be Boiled upon 
occafion in Water. Parkinfon is of opinion, that 
this well refembles our Boiled Wheat, which, af- 
ter it is freed from the Husks as jufl now declared 
it i r boiled in Water till it breaks, and become] 
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