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L I B. i. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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'5 Triticum lucidun*. 
Bright Wheat. 
inflammations, as Ignis facer, or Saint Anthonies 
Fire, and fuch like, flaying the flux of humors to 
the ioynts, which the Grecians call Rhenmatifma- 
ta. Pafte made of fine meale,fuch as JBookebin* 
ders vie, helpeth fiich as doe fpit blond , taken 
warme one fpoonfull at once. The branof wheat 
boiled in fharpe vineger, and rubbed vpon them 
that be feuruie and mangie,cafeth the party very 
much. 
The leauen made of Wheat hath vertue to 
heate anddravv outward, it refolueth,concoQ:ctb, 
and openeth all fwellings, bunches, tumors, and 
felons, being mixed with fait. 
The fine floure mixed with the yolke of an 
egge, honey, and a little fatfron, doth draw and 
heale byles and fuch like fores , in children and 
in old people,very well and quiekely.Take crums 
ofwheaten bread one pound and an halfe, barley 
rneale ? ij. Fennigreeke and Linefeed of each an 
eunce,the leaues of Mallowes, Violets, Dwale, 
Sengreene, and Cotyledon, ana one handfull : 
boyle them in water and oyle vntill they be ten- 
der : then flampe them very fmall in a ftone mor- 
ter,andadde thereto the yolks of three egges, 
oyle of Rofes, and oyle of Violets, ana 5 ij. Incor- 
porate them aItogether ; but if the inflammation 
grow to an Eryfipelas , then adde thereto the 
juice of Nightfhade, Plantainc, and Henbane, 
3 ij. it eafethan Etyfipelas,or Saint Anthonies 
fire, and all inflammations very fpeedily. 
Slices of fine white bread laid to infule or 
fleepe in Rofe water, and fo applied vnto fore 
eyes which haue many hot humors falling into 
them, doth eafily defend the humour, and ceafe 
. the paine. 
rTn w ^ cat proffed forth betweene two plates of hot iron, healeth the chaps and chinks 
part of ^h b d Ct,an ^ t " un ^ arncnt,w '“ c ^ come of cold, making fmooth the hands,face,or any other 
The fame vfed as a Ballame doth excellently heale wounds, and being put among falucs 
guentSj it caufeth them to worke more effectually, efpecially in old vlcers. 
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Chap. 47. Of %c. 
%The defeription. 
T HeleafeofRiewhenit firftcommethvp, is fomewhat reddifli,aftenvard greene, as be the 
other graines. It growethvp with many flalks,flenderer than thofe of wheat, and longer, 
_ with knees or ioynts by cettaine diftances like vnto Wheat : the cares are orderly framed 
vp in rankes, and compafled about with fhort beards, not fharpe but blunt, which when it floureth 
ltandethvpright,andwhenitisfilledvpwithfceditleaneth and hangeth downward. The feed 
is long, blackifh, flender, and naked, which eafily falleth out of the huskes of it felfe. The roots 
be many, flender, and full of firings. 
_ The place. 
lue groweth very plentifully inthemoft places of Germany and Polonia,as appeareth by the 
great quantitie brought into England in times df dearth, and fcarcitie of come, as hapned in the 
yeare 15 96, and at other times, when therevvasagenerallwantofcorne,by reafonoftheabourn 
anceofraine that fell the yeare before; whereby great penurie enfued, as well of cartel I and ali 
otherynfluals,as of all manner ofgraine.lt groweth likewife very wel in moft places of England, 
Specially towards the Norrh, 
Fa The 
