2 8 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. i. 
4: 3 This grovveth plentifully in moil 
parts of Spaineand France ; and it is probable, 
that this was the grafle that our Author found 
neere Greenhithe in Kent. 
T he Names. 
1 The Germanes call it ^httciSau: That 
is tofay,CWr ros ; vr hereupon it was called Gm- 
men Manna : it feemeth to be Milyfilttefirts Jptt- 
rium quoddam genres, a certaine wilde or baftard 
kinde of Millet. Leomcenus and Kucllins nama 
it Cdpriola, and S anguinaria : foine would haue 
it to be Gramm acula'v.m Plirij, but becaufe the 
defcription thereof is very fl.ort, nothing can 
be certainly affirmed. But they are far decei- 
ued who tbinhe it te < orcxopus, as fome very 
learned liaue fet dovvne : but euery one in thefe 
dayes is able to controM that errour. Lolclcal- 
leth it Gramm e Mann te ejculentnmt , for that in 
Germany and otl t r parts, as l obtmiaand Ita- 
ly, they vie to eate the fame as a kind ofbread- 
corne, and a'.fo make | ortage therewith as wee 
do with Otemeale ; for the which purpofeitis 
there fowenas Corne, and lent into the Low- 
counrrics,and there fold by the pound. In En- 
glifh it may be called Manna-grafle, orDevv- 
gralfe ■, but more fitly Rice-gndfe. 
2 This is iudgcd tobe Ijchamon of Pliny • 
and Gatli crus of pula us . 
The Nature': 
Thefe Grades are aftringent and drying, in 
tafte fvvect like the common Dogs-grafle. 
The Venues. 
Apideius faith, ifaplaiftcr be made of this 
Graffe, Hogsgreafe, and leuen of hottfehold 
bread, it cureth the bitir g of mad dogs. 
B As in the defcription I told you, this plant in his tuft or eare is diuided into fundry branches, 
fome tuft inro three, fome foure, and fome fiue clouen parts like Cocks toes. Apulcites reporteth. 
If ye take that eare which is diuided onely into three parts, it wonderfully he’perh the running or 
dropping of the eyes, and thofe that begin to be bleare eyed, being bout d about the necke,and fo 
vfed for certaine dayes together, it turneth the humors away from theweake part. 
C 4 ^ Manna Graffe, or Rice-grafie is faid to be very good to be put into pultc Ifcs , to difeufle 
hard fwellings in womens brefts. 
D The Cocks-foot Dogs-graffe is very good in all cafes, as the other Dogs-grafles are, and equally 
as effeftuall. 4 
4 C h a p. 21. Of diners Cyperus (jrcfjes. 
^1 The Defcription. 
t 1 ’ j He firft of thefe hath reafbnable ftrong fibrous roots, from whence rile ftiffelong 
| and narrow leaues like thofe of other Cyperus Grades : the ftalkes alfo (as it is 
proper to all the plants of this kindred) are three fquare, bearing at their tops 
fome three brovvnifh cares foft and chaffie like the reft of this kinde, and Handing vpright, and not 
hanging downe as fome others do. 
2 This hath pretty thicke creeping blacke roots, from whence arife three fquare ftalkes fet 
with leaues Ihorter , yet broader than thofe of the laft deferibed ; and from the top of the ftalke 
come forth three or foure foot-ftalkes, whereupon doe hang longifh rough fcaly and yellowtlTr 
heads. 
g The roots of this are blacke, without ftnell , and fomewhat larger than thofe of the laft 
deferibed 
4 3 . Gramen daliiloidts radict re- 
pent e. 
Cocks-foot Grafle with creeping 
