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Show 268 Cwar.53. Theatrum Botanicum, Trip m2, the leaves being alittle bruifed, and applyed to the forehead and temples, doe ,eafethe paines of the head, and procureth fleepe ; and applied to the eyes, taketh away the inflammation ofthem ¢ the juice witha little Tutia prepared,put toit and dropped into the cornerofthe eyes,fharpneth the eyefight, andtaketh away the dimneffe Crap. 53+ Lhe Tbeater ofPlantes. T ripe 2. - Brafficaflorida. .Colcflower, n léwort Braffica Laciniata. Tne fine cur Colewor and miftineffe thatis often in them... Theleaves and rootesbeing boyled in lye; and the head wafhed therewith often while:itis warme, comforteth the head and braine, thatis ill affected by taking cold, and helpeth the memory alfo, The Virginia A/arwm hath beenebutlittle experienced by any,that I know, and therefore can fay nos thing thereof,butit is probable to be of the like effets, being fo much more aromaticall.and {weet.. The Baftard Afarumas Matthiolus faith, hatha little clenfing quality, but a greater propertie to attennate,or make thin that whichis thicke,to cut or breake that whichistough, and to open that: which is obftrué : a dram of the pouder hereoftaken in fweete wine, or honyed water doth loofenthe belly,and purgeth fromthence toughand thicke flegme, andblacke or burnt humors: It is to very good purpofe andprofit, given to thofe that have the Yellow Taundife, to thofe that haye the Falling ficknefle, and to thofe that have the Palfie, the herbe eyther takenof it felfe,and eatenas in Sallets,or the decoction thereofmade and drunke: It killeth alfo the wormes ofthe belly.: T conteffe I might haveplaced thefe herbes amongthe otherforts of {weete herbes, buethe purging qualities bes ing 2 iosaoe in procuring vomit and working downewardsby the ftoole, hath rather moved me to inert them here. = Mi SW v SiH \ (iD Ne VAZALUZ, Crap. Lilt, Braffica. Colewort; Pag] Lithe edible forts of Coleworts and Cabbiges with fomeothers ofdelight, I have mentioned in my SS] formerworke fo amply, that whofo will mayfinde them there at large declared, I will onely in this =), place give you fomefigures of them andtheir vertues more amply, becaufe I was then fobriefe, and S xi) them fhow you fome wilde kinds, as alfo the Sea Colewort, whichfor the purging quality is s place, 1. Brafficafativa, Garden Cabbiges and Coleworts. : The Cabbige (asI have fhewed) is of many forts, fome greater others {mall, fome white others red or bé- tween white and red,and all thefe clofe their innermolt leaves {o intricate that they growinto around head, the ontmoft leaves onelyabiding loofe and open. The Colewortis well knowne never to clofe the leaves, butto grow alwayes{preading : the fecond yeare after the fowing they fhoote forth ftalkes, bearing pale ‘yellow flowers,and afterwards fmall long pods with{mall roundfeed in them. raat Befides thofe forts there are others alfo as the Coleflowers andthe C olerape delicate meates: There are likes wife fome garden forts ofColewortsnot fo much fed to be eaten, as pleafant to the fight in regard both of che Basfica sfica fativ sativa, Gard rden Coleworts, : j Brasfica capitata, Cabbiges. 1ZyvezSIGY, :SA yy AS , aS (SS NY. i. \ Wish } } Y ie Ag YS Ni > Ni R LS yh) ¥ hb Q 7 ae a 2698 |