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Show Trix 12, Theatram Botanicum. Sb An aRl Theheater of Plants. 12. TRBeE —_— Cuap, Olyra. Soe Wheate. Tae of Germany,andjsa Summer Cotne as many thinke, yet faith him(clfe. @4ra and Far. Clufinum are ‘Winter His alfo is diverfly underftood by the ancients, for firft iris taken for a kinde of Wheate as Pingfaith, cap. 1 0-Si.18.cap. 9. Siliginem proprie dixerim Tritici delicias conveniens trattibus bumidiand againe Y Ligo nungua mature/ost pariter,cre.ahd Colemella faith that after Robus whichis chiefely to be fowen4 | the fecond fort faith he ts Sé/ige,;which is the chiefeft for breadzand in anothérplace nameth Séfigo and Hordenmthat they can endure veris tepores Secondly it is takén for a faulcie or degenerate W heate,as Thirdly it istaken for the Columella faith, Omnetriticum folo wlignofo poff tertiam{ationem Vertitnrin Siliginem. finelt fower of Wheate both by Pliny in divers places,by Cel/is and Iuvenal. By Pliny thus, Ju{tum eft égrane place € Prifana autem Campania quam vocant castratam, é modie redireSextariosquatnor Siligina. And in andtHer Siliginn fextarios quingue, Celfis faith Ex tritico firmiffina Siligo deinde Simila infirmior ex polline, infirmiffimus then Simila, as Cibacibarius pawis ; where note that ‘Pollen is here taken by him to be a courfer fort of flower ; riws panit is faid to be the wortt,and Ivenall in his Satyrs faith, Sed camen & nivens mollique Siligine falhus g “Fidure,and Tragis cerealis,thinkin a kinde'6f meate or pulgeaine of it felfe, when asit is but rys,OCs are,as fhall bee Servatur domino. , Chond tage made of Corne,as Alica called it Soft Wheate after fhewed hereafter. I haverather h ic’ pradiltis mollior, the minde of Theophraftus who calletnames Cwdv. VIIL ne then Starch Corne after the Germa Vertwes, OF Crimnon, ‘nik aed The Galen faith that it foneare the propertic of Tiphaas is is te,and that the worft Olyra is Seas next es Whea fit isa day or meale of Zea, and of white apaine Diofcorides faich 1:b.2,¢. 83, and 84, chat Crinmon is the courfer fomereade, burothers) hardly ‘Wheate,is alfo of Olyra. Tt (faith he) nourifheth much, but itis (hardly made firlt parched, digefted,andit bindeth very powerfully, efpecially if the Z¢¢ whereofit is madebe ht all Tnrkie they much delig Belloniys declareth through for thole tobe made iRe finde much diverfitie tecorded ofCrimson,firlt that as Galen faith it was wont anciéntly and Sigil or Simi= of Wheate, as Alsca or Chondrus was of Zea: then that (rimon ofthe Greeians, pultages Jaco ofthe Latines is the courfer meale of che husked grainecalled Far whereofthey made their ‘ bread madeo equal! tothe beft Tiphaafter the is farre better then twa old, but elfe being eaten hot Tipha the fwecetelt bread ; Olyra. Pliny fakh that of Olyra is made to ll fe ao writers) of the fevera eate e kindes o Cuar. a 5 i : tars Cuar. VI. Ot Far, ayjee ne:ae and applyed by the old writers S x 2aa peltor aoid His word Far is very vatiably underftood it,as Paon a aes: ce sate kinde of Wheate ot Zeaas fome take gati/fima (faith he ar poe scape re no up the diverlities of Wheate,/#l uni, and inthe tenth Chapter of the eae vlinyid comm terris mis pheri i nd ca rsS ¢ pon t [pi lor quam Far G majore{pica, eadem q eae dulciffineus pans, ipfa s Pa a it, Secondly for the pultage made Q eetl me [defire with what brevitie I canto fhew ne m ex tantu num lum Roma Popu faith, e Book eenth eight faid the of ter P — Ba Chap nis eaten Thirdly it is taken ee ot " o tempore nullys fuit Alice ufus.aesmae e feria s 0 ape pee aos a salen Veprins tradiditquorrat Bilis the for e think I as : Ce 9]; faith ex oa asqomethinke, iti her Dionifivs Hordeaceum, and Pliny aa F fens led Far Far oror Adoreum, H Halicarnaf 01 ; Far Adorenm; Far Triticetm, Far of thac Wheate called hath t © bee meale fine cate he did e k a t Nan s coupl i it ed marri the i fe becau e ecauf “sexta, *t", i marrii ages 92pr* ei call theit coer es did 1d Roman ~ T it lly B A eee ,a ie nd writers havetaken i)te ytthethca | wares te igenes n Mei : trom a isina ae of our moderne be fhewace diftere hc Far ol of this ed ions: ns: but as fhal eir preparatio aoe tay ia the Son pce mannerof thei : mann s inthi f hereo oy is"evely ey f rof the preparation ed from the huske tethdowne the manne hence is caft intoa Morter where it is clenf te soe : ; lleo a l bra is t donei being e irbee fally clenfed,which toule rae u - Be ed San pees! oontieband untill e peeces, and being dryedis kept ie Arches more pleafant er at make erainema ; bee brokeninto foureorfiv of there and te Whea e cares of boyled. Soci alforake the green s icewed ele, Wheat efemble our boyled Wheate, wing ’ other. This pultage doth /<ry wellr our London markets by thé name of Di fellin to while itis hot, and{o bring it pottage. ntie Furme called ge potta h maket and being boyled in milke Bu IX. Of Chondyus or Alicds =<) Ovdy@- of the Graccians feemeth to take the name quafigranaxs for the excellencié, and Halica or Ak. e nts uled for oo nae e dafter Barley) which the ancie ; om =. Sri. fall be fhewe t ifnorall are quite exiled from ufenow adayes, an r many hundred yeares, whereofmotent TOT fora drink VII, OF Silige. et si, asl The TAs : Gaza tfanLatine, ain al O/yra called eis Greek sea in faith maketh the fweetelt dacedhie Silige ( which Pliny which maketh the finelt Silige it.to ed alter hee bread and notfay that it ts Siligo, although doth P4ny yet ) bread white s us did fo thinke, for Lugdunenfe Hermolans ,Budeus and Reselli in Pliny ; who faith it isthe faith he can finde no fach thing t Co their country, Dedoweus “Arinea of the Gasles being prope Ametkern xtum from the Germanes. calleth ic Amylenm frome to bee the Far Halicaalfo ethit think and e, as is {aid befor differ in any thing from ftrnm of Columellaand not much to who called it alfo Far cans, Tragu of nica Germa Oriza “the 774g7 to bee a kindof’ Cornes. fop them in wine and fo eate hot bread or cakes, and fome che kindes of Wheate, let me “ae nowfhewed youall without fome trouble to not ough (alth you me enfor alittle difcordance among the old and tie varie much but felfe, my e paleagesyA Cuap. 7;839;10. | ca of the Latins,ab alendo from nourifhing,forall authors have fo tranflared Chondrus,(althoughe4gi- 4 neta maketh Chondrus & Alica to be twofeverall forts,but he is contradicted byall Latine writers; )& , is diverfly alfo underftood by the old writers ; firft forakind of graine,as P/iny in reckoning up the primo alimentoa kindes of former Cornes nameth A4iller, Panick, Lentils, Cicers, Alica, and Galen rum {aith Alica exgenere tritici eft and Panlis eZgineta faith Chondrus is like unto Wheate but more glutinous; but more ufually forthe molt excellent meate or pultage that waé nfed in thofe times : Diefeorides faith Halicais made of Zea called dicoccos, Galen, Paulas -Lgineta and £tius fhew in many places of their workes that it was made alfo of Wheate and other forts of Corne: bat that Far and Halica were different forts of meate is fhewed {ufficiently by Pmyand others, for Pliny faith 116.18. cap. 8. Alind effe Zeame qua fit Alica, alind vero Far, and inthe Chapter betore, the old Romanes lived onely of Far made of Wheate 300. yearess andin the 22, Booke and 25. Chapter he daith that Halica was.a meate lately knowne, and as he thinketh not in ufeWefore the, time of Pompeins magnus. The manner of makingit Pliny ferteth downe 4ib, 1 8.cdp, 11, Alica faith hee is made of Zeafirft Reeped in watery then beaten ina wooddén morter, for a {tone morter would breake it too muchs the belt is made by the painefull labour of thofe that were bound rotheir peftell (yet the chiefe men had one ofIron) the huske being beaten offit was ag «inebeatenin the fame manner,that the naked graine might be broken, and is ofthreeforts, the fmalleft, thecond and the greateft,yet faith he it had nor the whitenefle that commended it untill Chalke were put to it,which gave it colour and tenderneffc,and afterwards a fourth part of Gyp/um(where= of ir feemeth that Plizy himfelfe feemeth to wonderthey fhould'added )buc iris likely they were wafhed away beforethey wereufed as Galen (héweth, that their brothes mult bee heedefully obferved to bee made of Alica being wafhed. Déofcorides, Galen and Pliny doe much commendthe good nourifhment it maketh ; for faith P4ny,noman doubteth but that it is exteeding profirable, whether icbee taken wafhed with Mede or boyledin broths (which Galen calleth Choxdroptifana) or\portage, and thatif the old Gracians had knowneir, they would not have writte {omffchin praife ofPrifana. Diofcorides faith it nourifheth more then Rice. & bindeth more alfo, and is mee profitable to the (tomacke: being boyled in Vinegar and applyed it helpeth the Leprofie,taketh away the ruggednefie ofthe nailes, and is helpefull in the beginning of a Fiftula in the eye,the decoction thereof eafeth their paines that havea Laskeor the blooddyflux. Cuap. X OFAthera. % Of Jofeorides faith chat eAthera is made of Zea finely ground, butis made into a kinde, of fupping liké liquid pappe,and givento Infants, andis alfo ufed in pulteffes to be applyed oucwardly.Butchere be forte anthors that affirme it was madealfo of Wheate,O/yra and Amyl#,and thereupon have fetitdownthat the Booke Binders Palte is this Ashera, Dddddz Char 1127 |
