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The Venues. 
„ , , . . , , . Tn i r „,-j„ into bread butithatb as little ncunfhment tlerem as Mtllet.or 
Canary feede is tn fume places and Ifiand made » brcadbn « te thc l.fler.which elfe would be 
rather leffer.and.therefore to mend it fom“O 1 '**®’ 1 ; profitably ufed to cafe the tormenting pair.es 
too brittle and dry. Thejuyceo t ... Hifeaf-a ot the bladder, and thefcummeaHo is of the like property as 
gZ faiTt'ftisasI 1 (aid* the V neereftlbftitute for Millet in any cataplafme or fomentation, that is tried to drye 
a id repreffe the fluxibility of humours. 
6ramiuu Pbalaroides qnatuor fpecies. 
The foure forts of baftard Canar) Graflc. 
Chap- XV. 
<y rumen Phalamdes. Baflard Canary Graffe. 
thi-baftard kinde we have divers forts to offer toycur view and confideraticn, as they (hall bee 
fotne of them are mod like unto the true ftoi, bcanng butonefptkeor 
i head on a ftalke,which Wall be declared in this Chapter: and there are fome other ktndes that bears 
i many (mail heads in a tuft, called Thalari, prateufi ,: andI we m Engl.fit Quakers, andQuaking- 
■ crane,which (hall be (hewed in the next.becatife of their differing forme and ufe. 
1. Grama Phalaro'uies ma\u*. The gl cater baftard Canary graffe. 
This -rearer fort is verv like thc true Phalari,, both in ftalke leafe and head,but that firft this is found growing 
Wilde by the way fid J in the Medowcs ofour owne Country : and then the flalkes are (ingle,with fewer leaves 
onthlinVand ^ythehead create is (mailer,.hoary, fofter, " 
snd theroote like wife isfmaller and fibrous perifhing yearely. 
2. Gramen Pbalaroides minus. 
The letter Baftard Canary gratte. 
This is in all things like the former, but that the eare or 
head is fmaJler and longer,and the leaves doe fo compaflethc 
ftalke at the bottome, that it feemeth to runne through it, as 
through a truncke. 
3. Gmmcn Pbalaroides fpica molli Germanic tun. 
Baftard Canary gratte of Germany t 
Thc ftalke of this is of a cubits height, fomewhat bigger 
then the laft, with a joynt or two thereon,and fhort leaves at 
them, compafting it at the lower end : the head is ftaorter and 
fmaller then the laft> of a fhining aftic colour, and fof tin han¬ 
dling. . 
4. gr amen Pbalaroides fpica hirfutiore . 
More hairy baftard Canary gratte. 
This is fomewhat like the laft,but hath more ftore of leaves 
and (hikes, rifingfrom the roote which is living: and thc 
ipiked head is longer, narrower,and fet with fhort haires. 
The Place and Time. 
Thc firft as l faid,groweth in our fields, as well as in other 
Countries. The iecond in Sp*i#*.The third in Germany about 
Times. And the laft by the pathes going through many fields 
in this country, and flourifh in Inly. 
The Thames. 
io/'e/calleth the firft fort her e,Grame» PhalareidisfecunJum, 
but in Gerard, Gramcn Alopecnroides majus: Batshintts calleth 
it Gramcn P halaroides maju* five Italic:*™, the other two are 
called by Bauhinut according to their titles, and faith withall, 
that the learned about Vlines where it is frequent, doe call it 
Grocer don fix om the colour ol it. Thc laft is riot mentioned by 
any before that I know- 
The Vertues. . 
Thefe being very like unto thc true ThalarU, may come as neere in vettuetothe foimer, as theydoem!«ce 
but yet wee have no certainty thereof. 
Chap. XVI. 
Phalaris prateufis five Gramcntrcmulum. Quakers, or Maidenhaire graflc. 
J^Fcaufe, as I faid thefe kindes ofSraffes doe differ in their forms from the other, it was fitted to fepa- 
'I 0 ))>A rate them,and joy tie the molt likely in a Chapter together. 
IITyVvv Phalari* pratenfs major, five Cjramen tremulum maximum. 
JlXJMi, The greateft Quaking grade,or Lovely graffe. . . . 
This greater kinde hath many narrow Graflclikeleavesjfcoth below and upon the joyme j - 
