JIM 
ChAPi2!i 
Theatrum Botanicum* 
Tribe 12. 
our Ale in mod places of this Land now adayes is not fo well boyled to make it cleaneand cleare drinke, being fo 
muddy fweet & P fulfome,that many loath it,at lead refute it for that caufc.and in efpeciall bccaufe Beere is a cltarec 
drinke and of better rellifh by the boy ling, but chicfely that the hoppes make it more durable without fo W rmg, 
leP'e fulfome and much more wholfome. It remaineth now that I fhould fhew you the properties of Beere ami 
Ale for medecine what difeafes they will helpe and what cures they will performe. The grames, that is, the 
Mault that is left after the drinke is drained therefrom,befides the fodder it yeldeth for all Cattle or Fullanc, are 
offineular "ood ufe for thofethat are troubled with lamerefle in their Legs ° r Feete,through cold or evill hu¬ 
mors fallen^nto them,or by the (hrinking and paines in their finewes or joynts, if they fet their Legs up to the 
knees into a Barrell or Firkin filled with thefegraines while they are hot,or heated agame if they be cold,which 
willbv ufine three or fourc times as occafion tequireth,abate both fwellmgs and painers and redore the joynts and 
finewes to their proper flrength. Strong or good Alefodden fo thicke,that as hony it may be fpread like a falvc, 
and applycJ warme to the necke or throate troubled with the Kings Evill giveth much cafe; and fundry by the 
ule thereof have alfo found much comfort for their finewes and joynts that have had much paine and wcakeneffe 
in them ■ the Yeah of Ale i'erveth our white Bakers of London in dead of Leaven, to caufc their bread to rife as 
I even doth which elfe would be fad and heivie unfit to bee eaten : Of good Ale likewifc diddled with other 
herbes,(cedes,lpice, as of Balme,Angellica,Ane!Tecdcs,&c. and divers other the like ismadean cxcellentgcod 
jiauttite as they call it,or drong Balire water.&c.bntof the dregs of Ale or Beere diddled the vulgar fort of 
A L, vtU is made. The properties of Beere and Ale are very like, and therefore whatfoever is (aid of the one 
may very well be referred to the other, For ol them is made Diet Beere or Ale, by putting in Spices or purging 
things,according as the patients difeafe tequireth,and as the Phydtians can appoint. 
Chap. XXI. 
Avena. Oates. 
wKerc are onely two forts of Oates that may judly challenge any phee among the Graines or 
“ Cornes which are the ordinary fowen field Oates, and the naked Oates, for the wild Oates are 
mod truly reckoned among the Grades. 
1. Avmn z’cfca. Manured Oates. 
The ordinary Oates groweth up with divers tall j'oynted ftalkes and leaves fomewhit refern- 
bling Wheatc, bearing atthetoppesa large fpread tuft of many pointed aglets, hanging downc 
like fmall winged birds from final! thread-like dajkes.withfn every one of which huskes lyeth a fmall and long 
round graine,Lome what like unto Rie,but longer and more pointed: the rootc is lmall and tfiteady. 
1 . Avena-je[ci, Manured Oates, 
2 . Atunawia. Naked Oates. 
