X B E 12 . 
The Theater of ^Plants. 
Chap* 2, m3 
the leaven and fait therein, for leaven hath a power to draw and digeif that which is fatre off, FHnj faith that 
Scxtw Pomptim that was troubled extreamely with the Goute, did put his Lcgges up to the knees into a great 
heapeot Wheate,and thereby was ealed often and holpen. Pliny faith alfo that the Comes of Wheate tolled up¬ 
on an Iron pan,and eaten is a pleafant remedy for thole that are chilled with cold : thecyle preffed from Wheate 
bi tweene two thicke plates of Iron or Copper heated,doth heale all dangerous tetters and Ringwormes on the 
face or chin, or other parts of the body, being ufed warme, and hereby lith Galen vrec have knowne many to 
be cured: Matthiolm commendeth the fame oyle to be put into hollow V leers to heale them up, the fame alio is 
tifed forthechappesofthehandsorfeetebyreafon of cold, as alio to make a rugged skinr.e fmooth : the greene 
Comes ot Wheate bring chawed and applyed to the bitten place by a maddeDog helpeth it -• dices of Wheate 
bread foked in ted Role water and applycd to the eyes that are hot, red and inflamed, or that arc blood-fhot 
helpeth them: hot bread applyed for an houre three dayes togetherjto the throate troubled with kernellsor the 
Kings evillhealeth it ptrfeflly: the flower of Wheate mixed with the juice of Henbane doth flay the flux of 
humors to the joynts being layd thereon : the faid meale boyled in Vinegar helpeth the (hrinking of the line wee 
f aith P/my, and mixed with Vinegar and Hony boyled together healeth .all freckles fpots and pimples on the 
face : Wheate flower being mixed withtheyolkeofanEgge, Honyind Turpentine doth draw dcnl'e andheale 
any bile or Plague fore or any other touleVlcer, the Branneof Wheate meale is often boyled in the dtcoftion 
ot a ibeepes head, and it given in Gliders to clenfe and open the body, and to eale the griping paincs of the in- 
crdls.-thefaid Branne deeped infharpe Vinegar and then bound in a Lumen cloth and rubbed on thofe places that 
have the morphew. fcurfe.fcabbe or leprofie will take them away, foasthebody bee well prepared and purged 
before • the dccotffion of the Branne of wheate or Early is found of good ufe to bathe thofe places that are bur¬ 
den by a Rupture: the faid Branne boiled in good Vinegar and applyed to fwollen breads doth helpe them, and 
flayeth all inflammations, it helpeth alio the bitings of Vipers, andaliother venemous creatmes. TheLeavera 
of Wheate meale hath a propcrtic to heate and to draw,and in efpeciall it rareficth the hard skins of the feete and 
bands.as alfo warns and hard knots in the flefh, being applyed with feme fair: Starch moiflned with Rofewater 
and laid to the cods taketh away their itching: the Wafers that are made of the pureft and fineft volatile flower 
being put in water and drunkc doth flay the'Laske and Blooddy flux,. and is profitably ufed both inwardly and 
oucwardly for the Rupture in children ; and boyled with Rofes, dry F igs, and feme Iujubes maketh a fit Lotion 
to wafh lore mouthes or throats, and when the kerndls thereof ate fwollen and fore : the fame alio boyled in 
water unto a thicke gclley and taken, flayeth the fpitting of Blood, and boyled with Mints and Butter it hel¬ 
peth thehoarfeneffe of the throate. 
Chap. II. 
Zeopjrum five Triticofyeltum Lobeli], Ballard Wheate, 
. Nto thofe ltindes of wheate I thinke it mecteto 
adde this kinde yet a part by it lelfe, being as a 
KS£ meane betweene Zeaand Wheate, or Wheate and 
- —‘So Barley, for as Galen faith in 2. Aliment, it grow- 
ech in the coldelt places oiBithynia- as alfo neare unto di¬ 
vers cities in the further parts of Phrygia which Homer alio 
fpcakethof, and as the name fo is the nature thereof, for 
the bread ot it is by lomuchworfe then Wheate, by^how 
much it is better then 'Bryr.a of Thrace, thus much is Galerts 
relation. Dedmaus from Tragus hereunto applyeth the fi¬ 
gure of a Come, which as Tragus faith the Germanes calf 
KcrnmADrir.kelkern, and is the fame that Lagdutrcnfis cal- 
leth Zeapyrum gymnocriten , and Lobel taketh to bee that 
kmde of Graine which is brought from beyond Sea unto us 
and fold at the Apothecaries by the name of Horde, 
um nudum or rrwndnm, French ^ns\cy, Tragus deferibing it 
laith thus, it is in ftalkes, joynts and cares liked unto Zea, 
the Come is not much differing from Wheate, but yet is not 
enclofcd in Huskcs as Zea is, but is cafily rubbed forth, and 
is of a yellowifli colour like Wheate: itisfowen iaith hem 
certaine places of Germany,to lerveboth for bread,& for the 
Kitchin to boyle in brorhes andTifanes.for which purpofes 
ic.fcrveth in the ftcad of Barley ; Lugduncnfis alfo thinketh 
that this is very like if not the fame kind ofWhcatc that Rrt- 
eUitts faith the french call Scourgeon, as if it were faid Sac. 
curfitm or Subfidinm gentium, whofe (Srainc is fmall, lankc 
and of a darke colour. 
The Place, Time, Names and Vertues hereof are fufficient- 
ly exprefled in the dclcription, and therefore there HCCde no 
more to be faid of it. 
Zeepprun five Tritico jpeltvm. 
Ballard vs Scare. 
