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Show Lis.2. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1218 gether, like thofe of the Chaft tree,green on the vpper fide, andon the nether fide white and dow: ny;and in the euening about the ferting of the Sun they hang flagging downwardsas though the were withered:amongthefe there commeth vpa tuft of floures of apale or light bluth colourwhich turne isto great rough cods, whereinisthe fruit, whichis flat and roundlikea cake,ofa whiteco. lour,andbitterin tafte : and where theycleaue vnto the cod} in that part they hauea certainedent like a little nauell. This Lupine hath butoneroot,which is flender and wooddie, hauing hanging on ita few{mall threds like ‘haires. ° 2 TheyellowLupineis like to the gardenonc inftalke andleaues ,yet bothof thefe lefferand fhorter. It hath beautifull foures ofan exceeding faire gold yellow colour, fweetoffmell, made yp into aneare,ofthe colour of the yellowviolet,and {omewhat ofthefmell : the coddesare {inall, hard fomewhat hairy: the feeds be little, flat,round, in tafte cx treme bitter, offundry colours , ill fauored,far leffer than the tame one. f Ofthe HiftoryofPlants. the root boiled with watez anddrunke, prouoketh vrine. ,take away the loth- H The Lupines being made {weet and pleafant,mixed with vineger and drunk I : meat. to fomne(fe of the {tomacke,and caufe a goodappetite Lupines boiled in that {trong leigh which Barbars do vfe,and fome Wormwood, Centorie,and K hayfalt added thereto, ftay the runnitig and {preading ofa Gangrena, and thofe parts that are denature of running ambulatiue : ; begin to mortifie,and and ie ftaieth the singed of theit nourifhment ie 3 and{preading viccrs,being appliedthereto very hor, with ftuphes ofcloth or tow, Cuapr. 510. OfPeafon. 3 Theblew Lupines are longerthan the yellow, and diuidedinto more wirtes and branches:the Jeaues be Jeffer and rhinner : the floures {mall,and leffer than the yellow,ofa blew colour:thefeeds be alfo ofdiuers colours,bitter,and leffer than any of themall, + 4 @ The Kindes, é Thereisalfoanother blew Lupine,whofe leaues,{talks,floures, and cod$ are like,but lar. ger than thofe ofthe firft deferibed: the floures areofcolour blew with fome whiteneffe here and there intermixt. + @ The Place and Time, Theyrequire(faith Theophraftas)a fandyandbadfoile : Mey hardly come vp in tilled places,bet ing of their owne naturewilde :they grow inmy garden,andin other mens gardens about London, Theyare plantedin Aprill, and bring forththeir fruit at twoor three fundrie times,as thoughit did floure often,and bring forth manycrops:the firft in May,the fecond in Iuly,the laft in Septem. ber,but it feldome commeth toripeneffe. Te bediuers forts of Peafon,differing very notably in many tefpedts;fome ofthe garden,and others ofthefield,and yet both counted tame: fome with tough skinnes or membranesin the cotsand others haue noneat all,whofe cods are to be eaten with the Peafe when they be young,as tholeof the young Kidney Beane : others carrying their fruit in the cops of the branches,areefteemedaidtaken for Scottifh Peafon,whichis not very common. There be diuers forts growing wild; as{hallbe declared. 2 Pifum minus. 4 Pifum mains. Gardenand field Peafé. Rownciuall Peale, @ The Names. This pulfeis namedin Greeke sce twee : in Latine,Lapinus,and Lupinus fativus : in high Dutch, Feighonen : in Italian, Lupino dome/tico : in Spanith,Entramocos: in the Brabanderslanguage,tiit) bootert,and Lupines ¢in French, Zpins : in Englith,Garden Lu pine, tame Lupine, and offome after the German-name Fig-beane. | The Temperature and V ertues. Thefeed of the garden Lupineis =2s»ethat is to fay, much andoftenvfed,as Galenfaith inhis books of the Faculties of Nourifhments:for the fame being boiled and afterwardsfteepedinfaire water,vntill fuch timeas it doth altogether lofe his natural] bitternes, and laftly being feafoned witha reafonable quantitie of falt,it is eaten with pickle. The Lupineis ofanhardand earthyfub- flance,wherefore it is neceffarily ofhard digeftion, and containeth inita thicke inice; of which being not perfectly concoéed in the veines,is ingendred a bloud oriuice which is properly called crude,or raw:but when it hath loftall his bitternes by preparing or dreffing ofit(as aforelaid) itis like wirxmine,thatis to fay,to fuch things as are without relifh,whichis perceiued by the tafte; 8 being foprepared, it is,as Galeawriteth in his books ofthe Faculties offimple medicines, one af the emplaiftickes or clammers. BBut whileft the natural bitternefle dothas yet remaine, ithath power toclenfeand to confiume orwaite away; itkillethwormes in the belly,being both applied in mannerofan ointment and giuen with honyto licke on,and alfo drunke with water and vineger. 5 € Moreouer,the decoéion thereof inwardly taken,voideth the wormes ;and likewife ifitbe a J weaK iz drytimes outwardlyvfed asia bath, it is atemedyagainft the morphew,fore heads,the fimall a wilde fcabs,gangrenes,venomous vicers,partly by clenfing, andpartly by confuming and ae XO BI E i without biting being taken with Rewand Pepperghatit maybe the pleafanter, it (coureth the uer and milr, , { D___ Itbringeth downe the menfes, and expelleth the dead childe if it be layed towith anysth ane honie. a forit Moreouer,the-meale of Lupines doth wafte or confume away without anybiting quale Le, doth notonely take away blacke and blew {pots that come ofdry beatings,but alfoit cureth s radas,and Phymata : but then it is tobe boiled either in vineger or oxymell, or elfe in water ae od nheger,and thataccording to the temperature ofthe erieued parties,and the diuerfities ofthe ae fes,Quod ex'v it eft eligendo: and it alfo taketh away blew marks,and what thing foener elfewen® FE _G faid the decoGion could do,all the fame doth the meale likewife performes <1 ce Theycure the feabs in fheepe with the root of blacke Chameleon Thiftle, if they> with the warme decoétion, G The Defcription, teen‘| Thefe Lupines,as Diofcorides doth furthermore write, being boiledin raine watet rillghey yo" acettaine creamc,are goodto clenfeandbeautife the face. ew afhee He great Peafe hathlong ftalks,hollow, brickle,ofa whitifh green alee eancliglans fpread vpon the ul Je grouind,ynleffe theybe heldvp with proppes tener ae es leafe thereofis wide and long,made vp ofmany little leaues which re an ee ite, "Ne y pon one little ftalke orftem,andfet one right againft another: peers int ie spp Pett lon foldethit felfe vpon props and ftaies ftanding next veg &clafping tendrels, wherewithit Kkkkk a RS: |