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Show GES 9 de ceteSsea ia hatDar ae Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 2 Triticum ariftis circumvallatum, Bearded Wheat, or Red-Wheat. Hy} Of the Fliftory of Plants? ae 15.1. Gq Thetime. Theyare moft commonly fowen inthe fall of the leafe, orAutumne:fomtimein the Spring. The names. Wheatis called of the Grecians ma), of the Lat tines, Triticum, and the white Wheate Siligo. Tri inflammations, as Ignisfacer; or Saint Authonies Fire, andfuchlike, flaying'the flux of humors td the ioynts, which the Grecians call rb ta. Pafte made offine meale,fuch as Booke-bins ders vfe, helpeth fuch as doe {pit bloud , taken 5 Triticum lucidum, Bright Wheat. warmeone fpoonfull at once. The brahofwheat ticum dothgenerally fignifie any kinde of Corne boiled in fharpe vineger, and rubbed vpon them that be fcuruie and mangie,eafeth the party v ery much. whichis threfhedoutof the eares, and madeclean by fanning or fuch ordinary meanes.The Germans call it yBeulen: in low Dutch,ertoe sin Italian, The leauen made of Wheat hath vertue to heate and draw outward,it refolueth,concoaeth, and openethall fwellings, bunches, tumors, and Grano : the Spaniards,7:rigo : the French men, Bled, o# Fourment : in England wecall the firft, WhiteWheat, and Flaxen Wheat. Triticum Lucidum is called Bright Wheat : Red Wheatis called in Kent, Duck-bill Wheate,and Normandy Wheat. @ Thenature. Wheat(faith Galen) is very much vfed of men, and with greateft profit. Thofé Wheats do nourifh moft whichbe hard,and haue theirwhole fub- felons, being mixed with fale. Thefine floure mixed with the yolke of an egge, honey, and little faffron, doth draw and heale byles and fuch like fores, in children and in old people,very welland quickel y-Takecrums ofwheaten bread one pound andan halfe,bar! ey meale 3 ij. Fennigreeke and Linefeed ofeach an ftance foclofely compaé& as they can fearcely be ounce, the leaues of Mallowes, Violets, Dwale bit afunder ; for fuch doe nourifh very, much’: and Sengreene, and Cotyledon, ava one handfall : the contrary butlittle. boyle themin water and oyle vntill'they be tender: then ftampe them very{mall ina ftone morter, and adde theteto the yolks of three egges; Wheat,as it is amedicine outwardly applied, is hotin the firft degree,yet can it not manifeftlyeither dry ormoiften. Ithath alfo a certaine clam- oyle of Rofes, and oyle ofViolets,ana3 ij, Incor. porate themaltogether;but ifthe inflammation mineffe and ftopping qualitie. The vertues. Raw Wheat,faith Diofcorides, being eaten,bree- grow to an Eryfipelas, then adde thereto the juice of Nightfhade, Plantaine, and Henbane, ana ij. it eafethan Eryfipelas,or Saint Anthonies dethwormes inthe belly: being chewed andapplied, it doth cnre the biting ofmad dogs. 3 Triticum Typhinum) Flat Wheat, 67 fire, andal] inflammations very {peedily. Slices of fine white bread laid to infufe oy fteepe in Rofe water, and fo applied vnto fore A, Triticum multiplicifpica, Double eared Wheat. The oyle ofwheat preffed eyes which haue many hot humors falling into them, dotheafil y defend the humour ,- and ceafe the paine. forth betweehe two plates ofhot irori, healeth the chaps andchin ks K of the hands, feet,and fundament,which come ofcold ,making fmooththe hands,face,or any other part of the body, The fame vfedas a Balfame doth excellently heale wounds, and being put amongfaluesorvas ti guents, it caufeth themto worke more effe ually, efpeci ally in old vicers. Crap. 47. Of Rie @ The defiription. i leafeof Rie whenit firft commeth vps is fomewh at reddith, afterward greene, as be the other graines, It growet The floure ofwheat being boyled with honeyand water, orwith oyle and water, taketh away all inflammations,or hot fwellings. The bran of Wheat boyled in ftrong Vineger, clenfeth away feurfe and dryfcales, and diffol- ueth the beginning ofall hot fivellings, ifit be laid vnto them. And boyled with the decoéioa of Rue, it flaketh the {wellings inwomens brefts. é Thegraines ofwhite Wheat, as Pliny writeth in his two and twentieth booke, and feuenth D chapter, being dried brown,but not burnt,and the pouder thereofmixed with white wineis good for watering eyes, ifit belaid thereto. The dried pouder of red Wheatboyled with vineger, hel peth the fhrinking of finewes. The meale of Wheat mingled with the juice of Henbane, and plaifterwife applied, appeafeth inflam- h vp with rnany ftalks, flenderer than thofe of wheat, andlonger, ‘ with knees or ioynts by certaine diftancées like vnto Wheat : the eares are orderly framed vp in rankes, and compaffed about with fhort beards, not fharpe but blunt, which when it floureth ftandeth vpright, and when it is filled vp withfeedit leaneth and hangeth downwa rd. The feed is long, blackith, flender, and naked, which eafily falleth out of the huskes of it felfe. The roots be many, flender, andfull of fitings, : } | Theplace. Rie groweth veryplentifully inthe moft places of Germanyand Polonia, as appeareth by the Steat quantitie brought into Englandin times ofdearth,and {earcitie of corne, as hapned in the yeare 1596, andat other time s, when therewas a genetall want ofcorne,by reafonofthe aboun_— ofrainethat fell the yeare before; whereby great penitrie enfued,as well ofcattell and all Other victuals, as ofall manner ofgraine.It groweth likewife very wel in moft places of England, €ipecially towards the North. . F 2 aij The |
