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Show Of dhe HllforyatPlanes 1224 a. Lens maior. Great Lentils. ey t 3a “tin OftheHiftroyof Plants. 2 Lens minor, thereofdo neceflarily become Lepers, and are much fubie& to cankers, for thicke and dry nov- Little Lentils, rifhments are apt to breed melancholy. Therefore the Lentill is goodfoodfor them that through waterifh humours be apt to fall into G thedropfie,and it is a moft dangerous foodfor dry and withered bodies ; for which caufe it bringehdimnefle of fight, though the fight be perfec, through his exceffiue drineffe, whereby the {pi- ritsofthe fight be wafted ; but it is good for themthat are of a quitecontrarie conftitution, Jrisnot good for thofe thar want their termes ; forit breedeth thicke bloud, and fuchas flowly “athag palfeth thtoughthe veines, Butitis fingular goodto ftay the menfes, as Galen in his booke of the faculties ofnourifiiments affitmeth. a A kk SAV ay Dey Itcaufeth troublefome dreames (as Diofcorides doth moreoner write) it hurteththe head, finares, and lungs. Itisgood tofallowdownethirty graines of Lentils fhelled or taken from their husks,againft theouercafting of the ftomacke, Being boyled with parched barly meale andlaid to,it affwageth the paine and achof the gout. With honey it filleth vphollowfores, it breaketh afchares, clenfeth vlcers : being boyled in wine itwafteth away wens andhardfwellings of the throat. Witha Quince,and Melilot,and oyleofRofesit helpeth the inflammation of the eyes and fundament:but in greater inflammations ofthe fundament,and great deepvicers,ir is boyled with the tinleofapomegranat, dry Rofe leaues,and honey. And after the fanae maneragainft eating fores that are mortified, if fea water be added;it is alfo atmedie asain{t pufhes, the fhingles,and the hot inflammation called S$. Anthonies fire, and for infich manneras we haue written: being boyledin fea water and applied,it helps womens brits iawhich the milke is cluttered; and cannotfuffer too great aboundance of milke. Cuar. 514: Of (ichortrue Orobus. Onbus recepess Herbariorum @ The Place: Thefe Pulfes do grow in my Barden ; and it is reported vnto me by thofe ofgoodcredit, that # q The Names. aes Theyare called in Greeke ousic, orp’: in Latine, Lens, and Lentienla : in high-Duteb, Linfen: whereon doe grow leaues like thole of the field Vetch :among which grow white floures ; attey q Theemperature and Vertues. ; Jide Lentils, as Ga/e# faith, are ina meane betweene hot and cold, yetare they dry in the spe oa gree: their skin is aftringent or binding, and the meateor fubftance within is of4 nT thyiuyce, hauing a qualitie that is a little auftere or (omething harfh, much more the skin thal of ,but the iuyce of them is quite contrarie to the binding qualitie ; wherefore ifa man fha dil them in faire water, and afterwards feafon the waterwithfalt and pickle, ant cum ipfis oleo com and then takeit, the fame drinke doth loofe the belly. ‘ d the birt The firft decoétion of Lentils doth loofe the belly ;but if they be boy'ed agains ce ang decoétion caft away, then doe they binde, and are good againft the bloudy Hixe 0 fe following : laskes. They do their operation moreeffe@ually in ftopping or binding,if all or anyofrbee Meda be boyled therewith, that is tofay, red Beets, Myrtles, pils of Pomegranats,dried Holey of Sumac’ een Seruice berries, vnripe Peares, Quinces, Piantaine leaves, Galls, or the berries vicers are ives The meale ofLentils mixed with honey doth mundifie and clenfe corrupt into the common ¢5 fores, filling them withfleth againe ; and is moft fingular to be put vfed among our Londo Surgeons for greene wounds. : titie,and tho! E TheLentil having the skin or coat taken off, as it lofeth that ftrong binding aos ¥ accidents that depend on the fame,fo doth it more nourifh than ifit had the skin o sare f F ; THs Pulle,which ofmoft Herbarifts is takeni for the true Orebus,and called offame, bittet Fitch,is one of the Pulfes whofe tefiider branchestraile vpon the ground,as T eophraftus faith, in French, £entille : in Italian, Lemtichia : in Spanith, Lemteia: in Englith, Lentils. 2 ; bout Watford in Middlefex and other places of England the husbandmen dofow them for thei eattell, euen as others doTares. q The Time. They both floure and wax ripein Iuly and Auguft. A @] The Defcription. Thetme Orobus. Ttingendreth thicke and naughtyiuyce, and flowly pafleth thorow the belly, ye arroomuct carton flay the loofneffe as that doth which hath his coat on; and therefore they that vfero and whofe long téfider branches fpred far abroad, which come long cods, that appeate bunched on the outfide againft the place wherethe feeds co lic, which are {mall,round,ruffer ofcolour,and of abitter tafte : fhe root is fmall and fingle. @ The Place, Te profpereth beft ina leane foile , according 0 Columella : it groweth inwoods and copfes in fundry places of Spaine and Italy, but here only in gardens. | The Time. : ‘This is fowne early andlate,but if it be fowne in the {pring it eafily commerh vp, and is pleafant, and vnpleafantifit be fowne inthe fall of the leafe. The Names. ot rin This is eatiektd Grecke ‘oeieee: the hops of Germanie haue kept the name orobus : the Italians cal it Macho:the Spaniards, 1er0,and Ternos: in Englith it is called bitter Vetch, or bitter Fitch, and Orobus, after, rhe Latine name. Of fomeErs,after the French name, ; : Boy a The |
