ii5>6 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
i b.z. 
upon he didnotonely pifle bloud,but alfo it moft wonderfully gufhed forth, both at his nofe and 
mouth. 
D The dried herbe laied among garments keepeth them from Mothes and other 
vermine. 
Chjp. 500. Of Fenugreek^. 
*f 7 he Dcfcription. 
I ■pEnugreeke hath a long {lender trailing ftalke,greene, hollow within, and diuided into 
j|_ diners fmall branches : whereon do grow leaues like thofe'of the medow Trefoile but 
, -T r S re fl ene on the vpper fide, on the lower fide tending toan a(h colour , 
among which come fmall white Homes, after them likewifc long flender narrow cods,in which do 
lie fmall vneuen feeds, of ayellowilh colour: which being dried, haue a ftrongfmell yet not vn- 
plcafant: the root is fmall, and perifheth when it hath perfe&ed his feed. 
1 Fcenumgr&atm, 
Fenugreeke. 
£ 2 Fawtimgracumfyltieftn. 
Wilde Fenugreeke. 
knees oHoinrf f wiUc h “ cof fc ™ in g co httle vfe, that hath fmall round branches, full of 
and no more f : f , ea r h - I0It u P roc f ecleth 3 fma I tender footftalk, whereon do grow three leaues 
and pliant y flourcs, which turne into little cods: the root is thicke, tough, 
r; . . The Place. 
our gaE 15 WnC in ficIds be >'° nci the feas : in En § Iand "« fow a fmall quantitie thereof in 
it is fowme tbat kta n J * ^-t& ofwhich one is in September, at what time 
ginning ofFebruarienotw.thftanH “ other is in the end of Ianuarie,or the be- 
* b feDMarie,notwithftanding we may not fow it vntillAprill in England. 
IT 7 he 
