Hd6 Cm a p.5. 
Theatmm Fotantcutn. 
Tribe 12. 
'S'es of Germany, and is a Summer Cornc as many chinke, 
yet faith hlmfclfe Olyra and Far Cltifimm are V/inter 
C ° rneS - The Names. 
O'hief. in Greeke is called Olyra alfo in Ratine, tran- 
flatcth it Siliio C which Pliny larch maketh the fweeteft 
hee altered it to Silito which maketh the hneft 
white bread) yet Tliny doth not fay that it is Siligo, although 
and/f«e/l,t« did ft ; thinke 
faith he can finde no fuch thing \nFhny- who Iaith it is the 
Ari „ c , 0 f t be Gaales being proper to their country. Dodonrm 
olleth k Amy learn frame*,™ from the Germane,Amelkern 
as s faidbefore, and thinkethit alfo to bee the FarHahea- 
ffr*»of Columella,zni not much to differ in any thing from 
{he OrL* Germamca otTragw, who called it alfo Far can- 
J X„ and Traam cereals, , thinking Tr«gm to bee a kind of 
dta«m,ma i when as it is but a kinde of mcate or pul- 
5rl ‘ c{ Atea, Chondrm.&c. are.as fballbee 
n ge hemaftet I have rather called it Soft W hcate after 
the nbnde of Theophrafim who calleth it prMu moll,or, 
then Starch Come alter the Germane name. 
The VertHcs. 
It is lo nearc the propertic of Tifha as Galen faith that it 
is ‘oodneffe next unto W heate.and that the worU Olya , s 
eouali to the b&Tipb* alter the bread made of it is a day or 
two old, but elfe being eaten hot Ttpha is fame better then 
Olyra. PUny Iaith that of Olyra ,s made the ‘weeteft bread ; 
Helltmiiu declareth through all Tnrklf they much delight to 
eate hoc bread or cakes, and fume fop them in wine and fo 
C3 hS now (hewed you all the kinder of Wheate.let me 
i . Irmrvnu (althoughnot without tome trouble to 
myfdfe b " y u{h vS'e g and difeordance among the old 
y - m f of the leverall fons of meates, or pultages.and 
^inkes made °^hcfe J^jU^^ewed'afcir Barley^which the ancients ufed for their g{'^J n ^ < ^ €C ' BeS 
formanyhundmdyeate^ whereof moft if not all ate quite exiled from ufenow adayes, and ■_ 
Chap. VI. 
Of Far. 
„ His word Fan is very variably underltood and applyed by th=.oU writers i for 
kinde of W hcate or Zea as fome take tt.as Oreweth m h , Scream veteres appeUavere, 
reckoning up the d,verities of W heate.f alga 1 of ^ lame Bo oke hce Iaith, 
I CfM siligo,Triiicm»M primes urn, comma*,a, and in t.he tent P ^ & ln other 
i ExArinca dulciffimu, pant,, ,pfa ffnfior ftam F & J J P . r heate as pI m 
themlelves as ( Fritfceum FarHordeauum, and ¥lwy Iaith ex j bJaltcarnaffeur 
Chap. 
