logS Chap. 27,- Th eatruni 'Botan i cum . T r 1 b e 11 
heibcSj&c. and Virgil feemeth to expreffc the fame of PH*J in thefe verfes,* 
Lappaque Trtbulique, niterque intentiA cult 4, 
lnf<tUxLolium i etJlc->ilcsdemin&nttirAven£. _ . * . 
V or the Come was no way ocher wife hindered or fpoy led, then as other Weeaes Would doe by their plentifull 
crowing,to hinder the growth of the Come,in fucking away the nounihment from the earth that fhould fcedc it, 
but by tearing the Legs of the Reapers ; which faults or plagues role from the earth wherein the feede of them 
lay hid.ready upon occafion to fpring,and not in the Come, which if it were fowen in a ground namely a well 
weeded Garden cleare of fuch weedes, would have none of them among it. 
The Venues. 
The Land Caltrops are of an earthly cold qualitie and thereby aftringent and hindering the breeding ofinflam- 
mationsand lmpoftumes,and againft the flux of humors •* moreover.fceing ofthirme parts it doth muchhelpc to 
breake and wafte the Scone in the Kidneyes .• a Lotion made therewith healeth all fores and Vleers in the mouth, 
and all corruptions that breede in the gummes and chroate : the juice doth clenfc the inflammations and other hoc 
rheumes in the eyes: it likewile curcth the venomc of the Viper and other poyfons, if a dram thereof bee taken 
in wine. The Thracians faith Pliny and Galen that dwell rcarc the River Strimon did feede their Horfes with 
the greene herbe, and lived themlelves of the fruit or kcrnells, making themintoa fweere bread which bound 
the bellv ; Pliny addeth that the roote being gathered by a caftc perfons doth confume Nodes and Kerrclls; the 
feede bound to the fwoilen veines in the Legs,or other parts of the body taketh the fwellings away, and eafeth 
the paines. 
Chap. XXVII. 
GUux leguminofa five CjlyeyrrhizAfylveftrit. Licoris Vetch. 
F this kinde of wild Licoris we have two or three forts to fet forth unto you, and unto thefe I will 
adjoync the other two forts of manured Licoris, which lome good authors have likewife reckoned 
among the Pulfes as I doe here. 
1. Glaux vulgar U leguminofa. The molt common Licoris Vetch. 
This kind of Licoris Vetch fendeth forth many wcake round hard ftalkcs trayling on the ground, 
branched upwards, fetfomewhatthicke with winged leaves made of many, fet on both lides a middle ribbe, 
fomewhat like as the Vetch hath, but much larger and pointed :the flowers come forth at thejoynts.ac the end of 
a long ftalke many together, of a bleake white colour tending to yellow, which turne into crooked cods, con- 
1. Glanx vulgaris leguminopt. 3 • 4 - Cljcyrrhi V i vulgaris fdiquofa & echinata. 
The moft common Licoris Vetch. Codded and rough headed Licoris, 
reining 
