Lib. i . 
Or the Hiftorie of Plants. 
79 
fy Thevertucs. 
The feed of Darnell, Pigeons dung, oile Oliue, and ponder of Linefeed, boiled to the forme of A 
a plaifter, confume wennes,hard lutnpes, and fuch like excrCfcenfes in any part of the body 
The new bread wherein Darnel is, eaten hot, caufeth drunkennelfe : m like manner doth beere B 
or ale wherein the feed is fallen, or put into the Malt; 
Darnell taken with red wine ftayeth the flux of the belly, and the ouermuch flowing- ofwdmens C 
termes. 
Diofcorides faith, That Darnell meale doth flay and keepe backe eating fores, Gangrenes and D 
putrified vlcers ; and being boyled with Radifh roots, lalt, brimftone,and vineger,it cureth fprea- 
ding fcabs, and dangerous tetters, called in Greeke,*a>m, and leprous or naughty feurfe. 
The feed of Darnell ginen in white or Rhenilhwine, prouoketh the flowers or menfes. 
A fume made thereof with parched barly meale,myrrb,faft'ron,and frankinfence, made in form 
of a pulte(fe,and applied vpon the belly, helps conception, and caufeth eafie deliuerance of child- 
bearing. 
Red Darnell (as Diofcorides miteth) being drunkc in fowre or harfli red Wine , ftdppeth the G 
laske, and the ouermuch fiowingofthe flowers or menfes, and is a remedie for thofe that piife in 
bed. 
The danger. 
Darnell hurteth the eyes,and maketh them dim, if it happen in corne either for bread or drinke: 
which thing Quid in his firft booke Faftorum hath mentioned, in this verfe : 
And hereupon it feemeth that the old prouerbe came, That fuch as ate dimme lighted ihould be 
faid, Lolto vitfitare. 
Et careant loltjs oculos vitiantibus agri. 
Oryza. 
Rice. 
The defertptim. 
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corne, but a certaine mane or plume, as Mill, 
or Miller, or rather like Panick. The leaues,as Pliny 
vvriteth, are fat and full of fubftance, like to the 
blades of leeks, but broader : but(ifneither the loile 
nor climate did alter the fame) the plants of Rice 
that did grow in my garden had Icaues foft and graf- 
lie like barly. The Moure did not fhew it felfe with 
me, by reafon of the iniurie of our vnfeafonable yere 
1596. T lieophrafius concludeth, that it hath ajloute 
of a purple colour. But, faith my Author, Rice hath 
leaues like vnto Dogs graffe or Barley, a fmall ftraw 
or item full ofioynts like corne tat the top where- 
of grovveth a bufh or tuft farre Vnlike to barley or 
Darnell, garnifhed with round knobs like fmall 
goofeberries, wherein the Iced or graine is contai- 
ned : euery fuch round knob hath one fmall rough 
aile, taile, or beard like vnto barley hanging there- 
at. Anflobtdus, as Strabo reporteth, fheweth , That 
Rice grovves in water in Badiria, and neere Babylon, 
and is two yards high, and hath many cares, and brin- 
geth forth plenty of feed. It is reaped at the fettincr. 
of the feuen ftarres, and purged as Spelt and Ote? 
medic, or hulled as French Barley. 
R ice is like vnto Darnell in (hcw^asThcophra. 
fiua faith : it bringeth not forth an eare, like 
corne, but a certaine mane or plume, as Mill. 
1 5 96. T heophrajius concludeth, that it hath a_floute 
It eroweth in the territories of the Badtrians , in 
the lower partof Syria, 
t alfo in the fortunate 
The place. 
. . l <tiiu Jii uic lurtuiidic 
it is brought vnto \s j purged and prepared as we fee > after the 
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