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Show Freseahaha | HIS'TORIE)OF PLANTS" THE THE FIRST BOOKE OF Triticum Amyleyn> Zeafue Spelta. Spelt corne. CEPyg cA MF KV xy) Ay ; vi Wid Amilcorneor ftarche corne,is fowenin Ger- many,Polonia,Denmarke,8 other thofé eafterne regions , afwellto feede theircattell and pullen with, as alfotomakeftarch , for the which pur- It growethin fatand fertill moift ground, se The time. s Itisaltered and changed into Wheateit felfe, as degenerating from badto better,contrarytoall Ay % Theplace. Starchecorne vw The place. polit doth very fitly ferue, other that do alter or change s efpecially as Theo hraftwe faith, ifit be fowenin one {c vile three yeeres togither,thenatthe third yeere itis¢ hanged, : % The time. Tris fowen in Aucumneor thefall ofthe leafe, andoftentimesin the fpring, and for that, caufe hath \been called Trsmesfre or thtee months graine,\it bringethhis feede to ripenes in the beginning ofAugult, and is fowenin the low countries in thefpring ofthe yeere. % The names. The Grxcians haue called it Ze, andda: the La tins Spelta: in the Germaine toong Spelt; and Sinkel: inlow Dutch Speite: in French E/peaw re: ofmott Italians Pirre Farra: ofthe Het {cians Biada : ofthe Ianders, 4/ga: in Englifh % The names. Spelrcorne. Déofcorsdes maketh mentionoftwo kindes of Spelt, one which he furnamethda, ot fingle:another Ausuxs, which bringeth foorth two conesioined togither in a couple of husks, as be. i} Bicaufe the Germaines haue great vie. of it to makeftarche with) they do call it Uimeicagn, we thinke good tonameit in Latine 4myleum fru- mentum : in Englifh icmay be called Amelcorne fore in the defcription is mentioned . That Spelt after the Germaine word, and maylikewife be which Diofcorides calleth Décoccos,is the very fame that Theophrafius and Galen do name Zea. The moft ancient Latins haue called Zea or Spelta by called Starch corne. Tragus and Fuch/ius tooke it to be Triticum trimestre, ot three moneths Wheate. Columella {peaketh of 2 graine called Far Halicaffrum which is fowenin the {pring : the nameof Far, as Diony/ius Halicarnaffens dot fufficiently teftifie. The old Romanes (faith he)did call facted marriages by the word eafpaua, bicaule the bride and bridegroome did eate of that Fir which the Greciansdo call %e. Thefame thing tingeactd ting, FruapnatFo CAfelepiades affirmeth in Galen, in his ninth bookt ea,evc. ‘ And this Far is alfonamedofthe Latins Ador Adorewm,and Semen adorewt. % The temperature andvertues. Spelt 45 Déofcorides xeporteth nourifheth more than Barley. Gales writeth in his bookesof the Faculties of fimple medicines, that Spelt is inallhis temperature in a meane betweene Wheat and Barly, and may in vertue be referred tothe kindes of Barly or Wheate ; being indifferent to themboth. A Theflower or meale ofSpelt corne, boiled in water with the powder ofred faunders, 2 lirdeoil ofRofes and Lillies vnto the forme ofapultus,and applied hor,taketh away the fwelling oftheless gotten by cold and long ftanding. andforthatcaufe is firnamed T'rimestre, or three moneths Far, whereof is made the beft ftarche, If any be defirous to learne the makingof it, ler willing to fpende then read Dodonews laft Edition, where they thal be fully canght, my felfe riot time about fo vainea thing, and not pertinent to the hiftorie. 6 The natureand vertues. than hath There hath not any peculiar vertues been attributedto this kinde ofAmylcorne,more kinds bafe the ynto isreferred makeftarch,thenature to beenfaid,that is to feede cattell,pullen,and of Wheate or Barly. OfBarly. Chap.44. %& The defiription. off Wheate, Arly hath.an helmeorftrawe , whichis fhorter and more brittle: then that with long, OfStarch Corne. Chap.43. % The defiription, His otherkinde of Spelta or Zea,‘ calledofthe Germaine Herbarifts mylcum Ereeen peers ot Starel off graine fowen to that end, ora three moneths graine 5anes ecoylke wa ynto wheat in ftalke and {eed ede but the 1 with two ranks, withcertaine beards, almoft 06 after the pet manerofBarlyandthe feedéis eete onsa ergeclofet ett | chaflic husks ,and is fowenin the fpring. atl armed and with moe ioints: theleaues are broder , and rougher: the cate is , fometimes twos; rough, andpricking beards or ailes , and fet about withflindry ranckes s the rootes otherwhiles three, or fower atthe moft. The graineis included ina longchaffic huske foftett; and leaft the graines ofall is writeth, Pixie as Barly, togither. thicke grow and beflender fubie&to cafualtie,yeeldethfruite very quickly and profitablie. they differ in the 2 The fecondkindof Barly is like vnto the formetin {talkes,rootes,and blades: {quare eare,the other not, eare. For this hath manyranckes of cornes fet very orderly,which make a in Autumine,the other The north parts of England hathin vietwokindes of barly,the one'is fowen in Aprilland May. 1 Hordenm |