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Show i Frumentum Afaticum.Come ofAfia. ot plume of this plant is moreloo 2 Miliumnigrum is like vnto the former, fauing that the care colour, ke blac fhining a f bigger,o and thin,and the feed fomewhat %& The place. 75 HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE 74 NYpee 2 Arh Frumentum Turcium. furkie Corne. ‘1 Ly a Andafter coly Ttloueth light andloofemowld, and profpereth beft ina moiftand ra nietime. in my garden, yeerely it of haue a. Campani in e abundanc greateft n mella,it growethi se The time. in warme weather. Itis tobe fowenin Aprill and Mayandnotbefore, for it ioyeth %& The names. Itis named ofthe Grecians xy262s: of fome xy 2eus:8 of Hippocr ate leas Hermols i Ales : in low Dutch dpirgs in Spanifh (Myo : 10 Italian Atiglio: inhigh Dutch ir3 + in French Englifh Mill and Miller. %& The temperature. Itiscoldinthe firit degree as Galen writeth , anddrie inthe third , or in the later ende oftheft cond,andis ofathin fubftance, % The vertues. The meale of Mill mixedwithtar,is laid to the bitings of ferpents and all venemous beatts, Ambrofe his fyrupe, There is a drinke made heereofbearingthe name of firupus Ambrofii,inor agues, There tertian Milan of citie the vfedin thirft, whichprocureth fweateyand quencheth downeinths ceit whereofHenricus Rant/zoniusinhis booke of the gouernment of health ferteth maner : Take faith he ofvnhuskedMill a fufficient quantitie, boile it till it be broken then takefiue ounces ofthe hot decoétion and addethere torwoounces ofthe beft white wine, and fo give ithot yntothe patient being wel! couered with clothes,and then will he fiveate throughly.This 1s likewife ; commendedby Joaznes Hearnewsin his booke ofpractife, Of Turkie corne. Chap.54.. BE (Lf! ie forme of the eares of Turkie Wheate. 4. Frumentum Indicum album. 2 Framenti Indi[pica Yonakedorbare. The care of white Turkie VWVheate. huskesasa in the & The kindes, F Turkie cornes there bediuers forts, notwithftanding of one ftocke orkin red,confiftinge! genes ; thedifference isa eafie to be difcerned: and for the bettt fundrie coloured graines, wherein explanationofthe fame,I hauefet foorthto yourviewcertajne cares of different colouts,il their full and perfectripenes, and fich as they fhewethemfelues to be, when their skin of filme doth openit felfe in the time of gathering. ‘ % The defeription. I Turkie Wheate Orne of Afiabeareth along greatftemor ftalke , couered with great Jeaues like che great oe Reede,but much broader, and ofa darke brownifh colour towards the bortome:# the topof the ftalks growidle or barrentufts like the common Reede.fomtimes ofoneco Jour and fomtimes of anothe?. Thofe eares whicha refruitfull d o grow ypon the fides ofa the fia lks among the leaues whicharethhicke -annotit? See or filmes that amancannot sy skins ick and great,fo couered with themvntill ripenes haue difcouered them. The e . : inei gtaineis offundrie colours, fomtimes red, a” 2is timeswhite, and yellow, as myfelfe hauefeene in mine owne garden,whereit hath come to Bek ea WW] ee that ofthe Reede, full offpungie pith, fet with oe ) Theftalke of Turkie 2 Whee dlictle fm 5 fiue orfixe foote hig 1,dig beneath and nowat he purple colour,and bylittle an ofa then and ; fe lone * 4 soue:the leaues broad are act eaules etwith a d,tong,{ vaines like thofe ofthe Reede.The eares onthe topo : eae e a ftalke : mebeaa fppenda 8» like vnto the feather top of the commonReede, diuided into many plume Po a Sa a ard, empuie andbarrenwithout feede, yet blooming asRie doth. The flowerist! vote or ple th 7 / z Bo big cain dssCliow301 ee ee fay, euenas the fruite will be, The fruit is contained Be 5 Cates which grow out of the iointsof tsofthe the ftalke, Falk. three or fower: from oneftalke, orderly -derly plac Gratin: ie tarher > Jouei anot her,coue redwitj h cotes ;or fil meslike husks and leaues,as if ir were acextain yi outot which doftand long and{ ee le n erbeardes, foft and tender,like thofe laces that ae i Saulorie, but greaterI andlor the bignes of common eltuR ie ceiae Spomthis owne fede ; the fcedes 2° ort ¢ . non ouered ir : if outwardpartround being ofhour faneeiaa Ei hereby they are faftenedto the oe ol Ln Imes whiute,now and then yellow, purple . sakesandpleafant; fweete yery“Dclofélyioined tosithes Siered, ae bat Manyrootes,ftrong andfull offtrings, att cight or tenorders or ranks, ‘This gf z Fragen * |