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Show eee 1232 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Li ea, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ip 1Bo8. 12.33 Cuap. 517. Cuap. 518. Of the wlie Pulfe called Sefamum. Sefamum; fiue Sifimum kak ees Of Hatchet Fetch. The Defiription. G] The Defiription, Efamum hath a thicke and fat vprighs ftalke a cubitandahalfehigh , gami fhedwith leaues much like the Peach or Almond, but rougher,and cut inwith fomwhat deepe gafhes on their fides :amongft thefe leaues come forth large white or elfe red floures, fome. what fhaped like thofe of Foxgloues, which tume into round long crefted cods, containing white flat oileous feed. Theophraffusaftirmeththar there is a kinde thereof whichis white, bearing only one root. Nokinde‘ofbeaft will cate this.plantwhile itis greene, becaufe of his bitterneffe, butbeing withered and “driéd, the feed:thereof becommeth fweet,and the cattell will feedon the wholeplant, He firft kinde of Hatchet Fetch hath many {mall branches trailing here and therevponthe ground: ypon which grow fmall leaues {pred abroad like the leaues of thé wilde Fetch ; among which comeforthclufters of fmall yellow floures , which fade avayand turne into little flat thin and browne cods, wherein is contained fmall reddith feed ofa bittertafte. 1 The fecond kinde ofhatchet Fetch hath many round tough and flexi ble branches, trailing vpon the: ground : whereupon dogrowleaueslike the former, but morelike the leaues of Liquoite,and hauing the tatte of the Liquoricé root; whichhath giuen occafion to fometodeeme it a kinleofLiquorice: among thefe leaues comeforth pale yellow floures,after which thetefucceed fall cfooked cods, turning their points inwardly one anfwering anotherlike little hornes, containing {mall flac feeds foure cornered,anid fathionedlikea little wedge :the root is tough, of a wooidy fubftance, and doth contanue fruitfull a very long time. TI Hedyfarum maius. $ 2 Hedyfarum Glycyrhixatum, Hatchet Fetch. Liquorice hatchet Feteh. @ The Place. Itgroweth both in Egypt and in India :Sefom, faith Pliny,camé from the Indies; they make an oile ofit. It isa ftranger in England, q The (Time. It is one of the Sommergrains,and is fomnebefore the rifing ofthe feuen {tarres,as Puy writcth; yet Columella faith,that S¢famum multbe fowne after the Autumne Aquitio ial, again the Ides of hak ablacke mold. Wk hh YY OGober: they require for the moft parta rotten foile,which the husbandmen ofCampania docall f Ae Vs AS @ The Names. da The Grecianscal this grain siemper : the Latines al{o Sefamum,and Sifamum,and eenIS minine gender Sefama : we are conftrained for want ofan Englith name to vfe the ee, site knowneto the Apothecarics, e{pecially the plancit felfe ; bur the feed and oyle there found among them in other countries : we may call it Turky Miller. gq The Temperature and Vertues, A Ae cieh is fat and e According tofomeit is hot and dry in the firft degree : the feed thereof,as ee therefore being layd vp it commeth tobe oylievery quickly ; wherfore it {peedily ih ieee feth vp thofethatfeed thereof, and onerthroweththe ftomacke, andis flow, ofdige Ht Roark, deth to the bodya fat nourifhment: therefore it is manifeft that it cannot frengthen st thick, or any part thercof,as alfono other kind offat thing :and theiuice that compe neh Heabut and therefore it cannot {peedily paffe thorowtheveines. Mendo notgrecdily y atid is OF a make cakes thereofwith honey,whichthey call zmas: itis alfo mixed ye went ample hot temperature,for which caufe ir procureth thirft :and in his booke of the uns caplaticke Medicines he faith,that Sefamum is nota little clammy andfat,and thereforeit ts a Sears aid andafoftner, and is moderately hot : the oilewhich commeth thereof is of like remp ; fois the decotion of the herbe alfo. ; ; nae breathaift B Diofcorides writeth,That Sefamumis an enemie to the ftomacke,it caufeth a fining MMEis ahotheekind of Seouidize or hatchet Fetch,whichhath branches, leaues,and roots Hethelap salt before remembred, anddifferethin that, that the floures ofthis plant are mixed, and “Ovaryato fundry colours, being on the vpperpart ofa fleth colour, and onthe lower ofa white %tho ite wo wath a purple Storks bill inthe middle : the leaues are in tafte bitter: the cods tke thofe of Birds foot,and not much vnlike the cods of Orebus. ; tea i Sa dicagain€ bruifes of thecates. inflamm C Se Iewafteth away groffenes ofthe finewes; itis. eMCGIE ert i ae {onfom horned ferpent® tions, burningsand fealdings.pains of the ioynts, and biting o ie ies ‘hich commeth of He2" rs CyFest is likewife anotlher kinde of Secwridaca or hatchet Fetch,whichis dedicated vnto €4pes on by the aforenamed D*, Pezny,whofound it in the North parts of England, hauing bites lime »Hots, and branches like vnto the former : but the flouresofthis are white, and mixed with D this i. at fhoosabiaers do vfe in Flanders ; in which cods are contained el eg: ? led Ceraffes. Being mixed with oile of Rofes it takes awaythe hea the vf for the heate and pauit _Ofthefameforce is the herbe boyled in wine, but itis efpecially goo Eye. : ; : : rhe r the cates E mise Of the herb is madean oile vied ofthe Egyptians,which as Pliny faith is good fo E Ibisaremedic againft the founding and ringirigofthe earcs. Al tcf yePics and bitter alfo in rafte : the cods are like the claw ofa crab, or (as Clufius faith) like off 2 18 of long continuance. + Clx/ixs dothnot fay that D*. Peary found this in the Nort mee24,butin the tetritorie of Gicas no! far etd Daemaee qucogt the bufhes, ahd no Celle, ¢ LI 3 © & This |