Lib. i. Of the Hiftory of Plants; uji 
Wehaue laid themeale therofwith OxymeI,or fyrrup ofvineger, both vpon bruifed and wt>un- I 
I ded finewes,and vpon the wounded parts of fuch as haue been bitten or flung, t o take away the fie- 
i rieheat. 
It alfo maketh a good plaifler and pultis for mens flones and womens paps:for thefe parts when K 
) they are inflamed, haue need of moderate cooling, efpecially when the paps are inflamed through 
1 the cluttered and congealed milke contained in them. 
Alfomilkeis dried vp with that pultis. 
The meale thereof (as Diefeondes further addetfl) being tempered with the meale of Fenugreek 
) and hony,doth take away blacke and blew fpots, which come by drie beatings, and wafleth away 
I kernels vnder the eares. 
With Rofe Ieaues, Frankincenfe,and the white of an egge, it keepeth backe the watering of the 
I eies , the pin and the web, and hard fwellings. 
Being tempered with wine it healeth fu flit fions, and flripes of the eies. 
The Beane being chewed without the skin, is applied to the forehead againft rheumes and fal- 
ling downe ofhumours. 
Being boiled in wine it taketh away the inflammation of the flones. 
The skins ofBeans applied to the place where the hairs were flrft plucked vp,wil not fuffer them 
I to grow big, but rather confumeth their nourifhment. 
Being applied with Barly meale parched and old oile,they wafle away the Kings euill. 
Thedeco&ionofthem ferueth to die woollen clothwithall. 
This Beane being diuided into two parts(the skin taken off) by which it was naturally ioined 
| together, and applied, flancheth the bloud which doth too much iffue forth after the biting of the 
I horfeleachpf the one halfe be laicd vpon the place. 
The blacke Beane is not vfed with vs at all, feeing, as we haue faid, it is rare, and fowne onelyina X 
I lew mens gardens, who be delighted in varietie and fludie ofherbes. 
Chap. 508. Of Kfdney ‘Beane. 
«[f The Kindts. 
T H e flocke or kindred of the Kidney Bean are wonderfully many ; the difference efpe daily con- 
fifleth in the colour of the fruit : there be other differences, whero f to write particularly would 
greatly fluffe our volume with fuperfluous mutter, confidering that the fimpleft is able to diflin- 
guifh apart the white Kidney Beane from the blacke, the red from the purple,andlikewifethofeof 
mixt colours from thofe that are onely of one colour: as alfo great ones from little ones. Where- 
fore it may pleafe you to be content with the defeription of fomefew, and the figures of the reft, 
with their feuerall titles in Latine and Englifh, referring their deferiptions vnto a further confide- 
ration, which otherwife would be an endleffc labourer at the leafl needlefle. 
4J The Defeription. 
I ‘T'Hefirflkindeof Phofeolus or garden Smilax hath long and fmall branches growing ve- 
ry high, taking hold with hisclafpingtendrels vpon poles and ftickes, and whatfoeuer 
ftandeth neere vnto him, as doth the hop orvine, which are fo weake and tender, that without fuch 
props or fupporters they are notable to fuflaine themfelues, but will run ramping on the ground 
fruitlefle: vpon the branches do grow broad Ieaues almoft like luie, growing together by three, as 
in the common Trefoile or three leaned Graffe : amongwhichcomethe floures, that do vary and 
differ in their colours, according to the foile where they grow , fometiraes white, fometimes red , 
and oftentimes of a pale colour : afterwards there come out long cods, whereof fome are crooked, 
and fome are ftraight,and in thofe the fruit is contained, ftnaller than the common Beane, fomwhat 
flat, and fafhioned like a Kidney, which are of diners colours, like vnto the floures : whereto for the 
moftpart thefe are like. 
2 Thereis alfo another Dolichus or Kidney Beane,lefler,fhorter, andwith fmallercods, whole 
flouresand fruit are like informetothe former Kidney Beanes, but much leffer, andof a blacke 
colour. 
% There is likewife another ftrange Kidney Beane,' which doth alfowindc it felfeabout poles 
and props neere adioining,that hath likewife three Ieaues hanging vpon one ftem, as haue the other 
Kidney Eeans,but euery one is much narrower and alfo blackenthecods be fhorter, plainer, and flat- 
ter, and containe fewer feeds. 
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