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Of the Hiiforie of Plants. 
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perly call is made of parched Barley tempered with water, after Hippocrates and Xcno- 
phon: Cyrus hauing called his fouldiers together, exhorteth them to drinke water vv herein parched 
Barley hath beenefteeped, calling it by the fame name, Mazn. Hefychitis doth interpret tobe 
Barley meale mixed with water and oyle. . . 
Barley meale boy led in water with garden Nightlhade, the leauesoi garden Poppie,the pon- 
der of Feeniwrceke and Linefeed, and a little Hogs greafe, is good agamft all hot and burning 
fwellings, and preuaileth againft the Dropfie, being applied vpon the belly . 
Chap. 51. 
Uordeummdum. 
Naked Barley. 
Of ‘Barley . 
<]]■ The description. 
H i Ordeumnudum%, called Zeopyrum, and Tri- 
tico.Speltum , becaufe it is like to Zen , 
othervvife called Spelta, and is like to that 
which is called French Barley, whereof is made 
that noble drinke for ficke Folkes, called Ptifnna. 
The plant is altogether like into Spelt, (lining 
that the eares are rounder , the eiles or beards 
rougher and longer, and the feed or graine naked 
without huskes, like to wheat, thewhich in it’s 
yellowifh colour it fomewhat refembles. 
The place. 
$ It is fownein fundry places of Germany, 
for the fame vfes as Barley is. 
The names. 
It is called Hordeum Nudum, for that the 
Come is without huske, and refembleth Barley. 
InGreekeit is called zt^es,, becaufe it partici- 
pateth in fimilitude and nature with Zea, that is, 
Spelt, and Fur os, (that is) wheat. % 
The verities. 
This Barley boyled in water cooleth vnnatu- 
rall and hot burning choler. In vehement feuers 
you may adde thereto the feeds of white Poppie 
and Lcttufe,not onely to code, but alfo to pro- 
uoke fleepe. 
Againft the {hortneffeofthehreath, and paines of the breft, maybe added to all the forefaid, 
® figs raifins of the Sunne, liquorice, and Annife feed. 
Being boyled in the WhayofMilke, with the leaues of Sorrell, Marigolds,and Scabious, it 
C quencheth third, and cooleth thehcate of the inflamed Liner , being drunke fir ft in the morning, 
andlafttobedward. 
Chap; 
