The T beater of 'Plants. 
Chap. 22- 1135 
:by doehelpethe laskcof the belly, yetis 
y faith the Germxnes lived thereon which is 
Tri bk 12. 
*;■ jivenannda. Naked Qat;s. ( , . 
'The Naked Oates grow in all points like the former,having that the graine being fomewhat fmailer and whi- 
tcrdyeth not fo fail enclofed in thehuskes,but is very cafily robbed out with ones hand. 
The Place and Time. 
They art both fowen in our fields in fundry places, yet the naked Oates nothing fo frequent,and doe love ra¬ 
ther a maid cold ground then either hot or dry, andareufuallythefirfHeede is fowen upon thefe grounds that 
were woods and (locked up, they are Sommet comes,that is,fowen in the Spring and mowen in Autumne. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke arid &■»(*©■, and in l.atine tAvena peradventure fay fome it may come of fplya, 
qnodcibum /f™i/irar,becaufe as P/iiplaiththe people of Germany lived hereof: but I am no Pythagorean to beleeve 
tranfmigmtio animarum, nor ofTheophrafim or of Pliny his beleefe.that Oates are made of Zeals Theophrajlm 
faith, or that Barly is changed into Oates as Pliny faith, but it is vyonderfull that fo great learned men in naturall 
Philofopbie fhould be carried away with fuch llrange and erronious opinionstbut thefe and many more the like 
were too frequent with mod of the old writers, as is plainelyfeene in many places of their workes. For how- 
foever there is a /»/>« natara many times, and in many things and plants, as by over aboundancc or by defeftor 
lacke of the juft parts, yet that any one tranfmutation of one fpecies in plants fhouldbe into another,I never faw 
nor can beleeve any can (lrew,naturally fogrowing other thencafually as before faid, unleffe as God of Hones 
can make bread and of water wine,it come miraculoufly,which if it fhould fo happen fupernaturally it,muft not 
be accounted any law or courfe in nature: but of this enough here, I have fpoken elfe where fomewhat more to 
thiseffedf. All authors that have written of thefe twograines, doe fo little vary theirtitlesof them thatthey 
may eafiiy be knowne: the Arabians call it Chart all ,the Italians Vena, the Spaniards eAv'ena and Aveit, the French 
Avoine^bc Germanes Habern.thz Dntch Haver , and we in Englijh Oates and Haver alio. 
The Verities. 
Oates as Cjalcn faith are fomewhat cold and drying withall, and thereby 
it temperate and nourifheth little,like urn o Barly faith Galen t but Tliny fa 
very true, for to this day they doe fo in many places,and even in fome countries with us alfo, a sLincohteJhire* 
LancaJhire,eVc. they make it not onely their bread corne qr make cakes,&c. thereof, but they make it alfo into 
Mault.and thereof make their drinke, and are thereby fu- 
ftained& live in as good health and ftrerigth of body,as thofe 
that live on Wheate onely, whereby wee may well per- 
ceive that it hath a warming qualitie rather then a cold in 
ncurifhment.howfcevcr it may have a cooling inmedeca- 
ment. Oatemeale in broth is ufually given to binde thofe 
that have a Laske of other flux,and with fome Sugar is to 
good t ffeft given to thole that have a cough or cold. W hole 
Oates freed with bay fait and applyed to the fide,takes away 
the paines of Stitches and winde in the fides or belly, a pul- 
tis made of the meale of Oates and fome oyle of Bayes put 
thereto,helpeth the Itch and the Leprofie, asalfothe Fiftu- 
laesofthe Fundament,anddilfolvethhard Impoftumes, the 
mealcof Oates boyled with Vinegar and applyed taketh 
away frctklesand fpotsin the face or other parts of the 
body. . . 
I firould next unto thefe gralnes (if I thought it fitting to 
make a Chapter as others have done ) lpeake of the burnt 
Corncs of thefe fcverall forts before fpecified, but beca,u(e 
there is nothing in them that is worth the Defcription or 
Place indeede among the reft, being but certaine cares of 
Corne here and there among theieft that are blafted byca- 
lualtie, 1 tbinke them not worthy of more relation then that 
fuch are lometimestobe fecne, or as onr Englijh proverbe 
is to m ke a long harveft of fuch bad Corne,yeti think it not 
amifle to give you the figures of themhere. 
Qftiligi Tritici & Hordei. 
Burnt Wheate and Barley. 
Chap* XXII. 
Orjz.a . Rice. 
pee is numbred among the graines or Comes that 
j| areufed forfuftenance,and therefore muft bee fet 
H|| n cxt to Oates, becaufe it beareth the (cede in a 
fparfed jttba or tuft,yet in a different manner. 
Itrifethup withaftronger ftalkethen Wheate about a 
yard high, with fundry j'oyntsand a large thicke leafeat 
each of them like unto the Reede, at the toppe it beareth a 
fpiked tuft fpread intobranches, whofe blooming is faid to 
be purplifh.with the feede (landing feverally on them, en¬ 
clofed in a' bard browne ftraked huske, and an auneatthe 
