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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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j. j T^RizaisaCorncwhofe leaucs,flalkes,andearesarelefre than Spelt; the earerefem- 
' || bles our ordinary Barley, the come growing in two rowes, with awnes at the top, 
^ anc l huskes vpon it not eafily to be gotten otf. In colour it much refembles barley; 
yet Tratrus faith it is-of a blackifh red colour. 
2 This %/E.gilops in leaues and ftalkes refembles wheat or barley, and it grorves home two 
handfuls high, hailing a little eare or two at the top of the ftalke , wherein are inclofcd two or 
three feeds a little fmaller than Barley, hauing each of them his awne at his end. Thefe feeds are 
wrapped in a crefted filrae or skinne, out of which the awnes put themfelues forth. 
Matthiohts faith, That he by his owne triall hath found this tobe true, That as Lolium, which is 
our common Darnel, is certainly knownc to be a feed degenerate from wheat, being found for the 
mod part among wheat, or where wheat hath been : fo is Fefiuca a feed or grain degenerating from 
barley, and is found among Barley, or where barley hath beene. 
' % 9\ The place. 
1 Briza is fovven in fonie parts of Germany and France; and my memorie deceiues me if I 
haue not often times found mahy cares thereofamongft ordinarie barley, when as I liued in the 
further fide of Lincolnefihire, and they there called it Brant Barley. 
2 This J&gihps growcs commonly amongft their Barley in Italy and other hot countries. X 
q[ The names. 
1 triXa Monococces, after Lolelitu, is called by Tahernamntanua.Zea 'JMcmcoccos : in Englifh, 
Saint Peters Come, or Brant Barley. 
2 Fefiuca of Narbone in France is called *>>»+ ‘ in Latine,*E gtlops Narbonenfts, according to the 
Gteeke : in Englifh, Hauer-graffe. 
The nature. 
They are of qualitie fomeWhat fharpe, hauing facultie to digeft. 
Thevertucs. 
A The iuice of Fefiuca mixed with Barley mealC dried, and at times of need ifioiftned with Rofe 
water, applied plaifterwife, healeth the difeafe called *£gilops, or Fiftula in the corner of the eye : 
it mollificth and difpetfeth hard lumps, .arid affwageth the fwellings in the joynts. 
Chap. 54.. Of Otes. 
*| The defeription. 
1 A Vm* V efcd , Common Otes, iscalledf'c/c^,ire/ir»^ ) becaufcit isvfedinmanycoim- 
f \ tries to make fundry forts of bread , as in Lancafhire, where it is their chierelt bread 
*■ X come for lannocks, Hauer cakes, Tharffe cakes, and thofe which are called generally 
Oten cakes ; and for the inoft part they call the graine Hauer, whereof they do likewtfe make drink. 
for want ofBarley. . , , , - , 
2 ^Auena Nuda is like vn to the common Otes ; differing m that, that thefe naked Otes imme- 
diately as they be threfhed, without hclpc of a Mill become Otcmcale fit for outvie. In confide- 
ration whereof in Northfolke and Southfolke they are called vnhulled and naked Otes. Some of 
thofe good houfe-wiues that delight not to haue any thing but from hand to mouth, according to 
our Englifh prouerbe, may (whiles their pot doth feeth) go to the barne, and rub forthwith their 
hands fiifficient for that prefent time, not willing to prouide for to morrow, according as the 
Scripture fpeaketh,but let the next day bring with it. 
qj The nature. 
Otes are dry and fomewhat cold of temperature, as Galen faith. 
f The vert ties. 
« CommonOtes put into a linnen bag, with alittle bay fait quilted handfomely for the fame 
purpofe, and made hot in a frying pan, and applied very hot, eafeth the paine in the fide called the 
flitch, or collicke in the belly. 
B I f Otes be boy led in water, and the hands or feet of fuch as haue the Serpigo or Impetigo, that is, 
certaine chaps, chinks, or rifts in the palmes of the hands or feet (a difeafe of great amnitie with 
the pocks) be holden oner the fume or fmoke thereof in fome bowle or other veflell wherein the 
Otes are put, and the Patient eouered with blankets to fiveat, being firft annointed with that oint- 
ment or vnftion vfuallv applied contra MorbnmGtllicum : it doth perfectly cure the fame in fixe 
times fo annointing and (wearing. 
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