T R tB ft II. 
The Theater of ‘ Plants . 
Chap. 15 1075 
4. Lupintu Gadenfis marinusflore csruleo. The blew Sea Lupine. 
This Sea I upine is fomewhat like unto the (trailer blew Lupine defcnbed in my former Booke, but leffer, or 
betwccne it and the fmalleft blew laft of all defcnbed ; the flower is ol a moft excellent blew colour, with lome 
white loots in them, the feede is final! and round. 
5 LupinM Arabicus. The Arabian Lupine: 
Havino well confldered this Lupine, I finde that 1 have defcribed it among the Cinque toiles, becaule the leaves 
did fo neere refcmble a Cinquefoile, and comming tome by that name, but fince that having tei&ePcn* his de- 
(rriDtion of Mm, Baulchu in the Italian tongue, 1 finde it there detcribed by the name of Lupmo Arabic, or it you 
will PentafUloviretsrino ; unto either of which it may be referred, but feeing it doth more referable a Lupine 
than’a Cinquefoile" 1 have fo entituled it here, yet referte you to the defcription thereof in that place, becaule 
T would not repea tc that there let downe, being, as 1 tooke it growingm my owne Carden, but yet becaule m 
W rhinos it is defcflive, as in the cods &c. and might be bettered, I will from Pona fupply it: the leafe doth 
better rcfemble a Lupine leafe, the flowers are more purple than they (hewed with me jand the middle pomtell in 
thcmalfo is purple,: the pods are long and pointed at the ends, full ol (mall blacke feede and little ; this l thought 
good 10 advtrtife you, th.t they arc but one plant, although it hath two titles. 
s 6. lupinui Indian mediw aruleus. A middle fort of the great blew Lupine. 
This for* of I noine is very like the greitefl blew Lupmc defcribed in my former Booke, both for the tallneffc, 
‘lint,!, and larcenefi'e of the leaves, or a little leffer in all as the flower n alfo, and of as orient a Ifew co¬ 
lour with a’ whitiflt fpot in the middle, which changethto be reddilb before the flower decaieth: thep. ds 
like wife arc woolly, and almofl as large, and fo is the feede alfo, but flill fmaller, and a little dife Toured, with a 
dent or hollownertc in the middle. ^ Blulhflowred Lupines. 
Somewat like unto the lall is this Lupine alfo, but leffer and teffe woolly: the flowers which make the chicfert 
difference, are of a kindeof delaicd reddifh colour, which we ufually call a blufh : the pods alfo are lefle woolly 
andVmaller, and the feede likewile. 
8 . Lttpinm jlore objoleto. 
Wee havehad another fort of Lupine fent us from Bad by this name, but perifhing in an intemperate yeare, we 
can deferibe it no further. 
The Place and Time. 
Thefc Lupines grow naturally wilde, but wee doc nourilb them all in Gardens; and doe flower in the end of 
Inly nr in Awm/l, in which time, or quickly after the feede will bejripe. 
J The Names. 
It is called in Grecke s‘-py-©- Thermos , in Latine LHfintu \Tliny thinking it tooke the name and qaalitie from 
L«P»1 but 1 finde no likelihood in that fuppofltion, and thetefotc torbeare to exprefle it any furthc: ; thetwo 
firfl ate fo called by the Authors that have written of them 1 the third was brought me by Bod out of Africa, and 
the fourth out f Spaint, but were both fo tender, that I onely faved a little feede the firfl yeare I had them, and 
have loft them fince 1 the fife is declared in the defcription : the three laft have not beene remembrep by any 
before : the Arabians call it Tor nuts or Formas jthe Italians Lapina, the Spaniards Sntramofos , the French Lupin , 
the Germane! Figboneu, the Dutch Vijchboenen and Lupine's , from whence came the Fabaficttlnea Germanii by 
Label : and we in Englijh Lupine or flic Beene. 
The Vertues. 
I opines by reafon of their bitterneffe.do open,digeft,diffolve,& denfe.being fteeped fome daies in water, untill 
they have loft their bitternefle.tbey may be eaten, & fo are,as Galen iairh.tor neceflme.but they bretde groffc and 
crude humours, are very hard to digeft, and flow ly pafle through the body, i et doe they not bindc any fluxe ; the 
lame being 10 fteeped, and afterwards dried, beaten, and taken with iome vinegar, taketh away the loathing o£ 
theftomacketomeate’andprovokethf-eappetite.- thedecoftion orinfufionof Imnines taken withhony and 
vinegar killeth the woi mes in the belly,but i( you mixe Rue and Pepper thereto,yoWhall make it the more effe- 
fluall • the meale or pouder taken withhony and vinegar or in drinkedoth the lame: the laid 'decoftion taken 
openeth the obftruffions of the liver and (pleene, provoketh urine and womens courfes, if it betaken with 
mitre and txpelleth the deadchildc : the decoftion of them cleanleth all fcabbes, morphew, cankers, tetters, and 
creeping or running ulcers and fores, and boyled in lye icclenferh the headfrom ulcers, feurfe, Sc. breeding 
therein it alfo clenleth the face, and taketh away the mark.es thac the Poxe doe leave after their healing, and all 
other rnarkes, and blacke and blew fpots in the skinne : and to cleare the face, and make it more amia Tc, many 
women doe ufe the meale of Lupines mingled with the gall of a Goate, lome juyee of Lemonds, and a little 
Alumcr. faccharinum.aaie into a forme ofa foft ointment! the meale thereof being boiled in vinegarand applied, 
taketh away pimples, and fcattereth the nods or kernells that rife in the body, and breaketh carbuncles and 1111- 
poltumes: the burning of the huskes driveth away Gnats,Plies, &c. whatfoever. The wilde Lupines arc itrongef 
and more cffedtuall to allpurpofcs- 
Chap. X V. 
Ciccr[xtivum. Garden Cich Pcafe, or Rammes Ciches. 
IF the Pulfe called Cicer, there are two forts, the Garden and the wilde, but although I gave you the 
! defcription oftwoor three forts of the garden kind, in my former Booke: yet I thinke it noc arniffe 
I -chc r. ccftltpm Virrp »«oainp. ixrifh rhpir nrnnerties mnre amolv. 
aeicripcion on wool cnrcc lulls ui uu. ^aiuwu muuj ,— * — ■. 
to give you the delcriptions of them here againe, with their properties more amply. 
Cicer fattvum five arietinum rubrum nigrum velalbum. 
■- Garden red, blacke or white, Cich Peafe, Rammes Ciches, or Cicers. 
All the forts ofRammcs Ciches, bring forth ftalkes a yard long, whereon doe grow winged leaves that is 
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