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Lablaca fylueftris 2.Lattaca fjlvc/tris taciniata, Sires eresa tears purpu Wild pitch pupletiwern TRipe 6, The heater of Plants, epeeee “os - 4 Pept ih C HaA*®; Ads 815 ames Rerrotce tierra ea and Columna, Sonchus montanus purpHrews (eget Tabermentanus maketh it his third Sonchos, and taketh it to bethe Libanptis fterilisofTbcophraftns which-Gerard, fetteth forch under thetitle of Erglymumfyluctre, and Bavhinu calleth it Latinca montanapurpuro cérwlea major, becaute he maketh that tobe theminor hereofwhich I call Lampfana daha Ttaljans-cali this wild kind Latuga[atvatica,the Spaniards Lechagafalvaja and A/~ falfafalvaja,the vrench Laittwefaywage, the Germans Wilder Lestick, the Dutch’ wilde Lattowwe) anidavec in : Englifs Wilde Léttices? = “© PS eAG The Vertnes , i Lettige igneare the {affie propertie’of cooling hat, the Garden kinde is, althoughthesbitternetf Thewilde oppie|Opistm & the fikeswhote bicthertinrmaketh it the more openingsbut riotheatingeven as itis in Succary,P ternefle doth rather open away forfhe qualitiesto worke the better, nocold qualitie being powerfull ofit felfe, and therefore as Succoty,Poppie,or Opium it is more availeable to procurefleepe then the Garden kinde, andto eafe them that are given to much watching, whith by theifeedé, the juice or theldiftilled water drunke or ont= wardly applyéd performeth well, theritke of the-wilde Letti¢e gathered and-dryed in the Sunne andgivenin Vinegatdiftilled is fayd to purge the water of the Dropfie, to provoke womenscourfés, and to helpe the fting or poyfon of the Scorpion and Spider Bhalangipmthe diftitied waterofthe whole -herbe isifingular good to quenchthe thir in any burhingof peftilentiall fevérsthefaid juice diffolyed in white wine andalittle hony mixed therewith being droppedinto the eyes doth wonderfully ftrengthen the fight,and cleareth them from miftes, clouds filmesor skins growing ovet chem. And aB fomeare ofopinion that itmay be ufed in ftead of the Garden kinde for any che phylicall ptirpof€s before mentioned, Downe with {mooth grayith feede amongit flying away with thé winde + the rootis thicke and {ét with nodés in diversplaces not growing downewards, but {preading forwards, and having longfibres fhooting fromis which peri(h not. The Place, The twofirlt grow in divers places of ourowne Land as well as beyondSea, the firft in thé bordersof fields and by the hedgesandlanesfides of Backinghamfuire,the other ona high banke by the footeway going dowmne Grayes- Inne-lane unto Bradford bridge and in many otherplaces, thelaft is found uponhills and mountaimes im divers parts of Germany mentioned both by Ge/ner, zine and others, and in Waples alfo as Columna faith. e Time, They doe all flower about Iuly,and their feedé ripeneth and is blowne away while it is in flower and hack young buds onit‘ The Names. It is called in Greeke OcSyn Thridacine, and SeliuE dyela by Diofcorides derived as it is thought mes=!Sea que uti folioficulueo latlis non expertia funt, tomefaith Pliny, lib .19. cap, 8. called it Endochion, in Latine Latluca agrefis and fylvefiria 4 lattes copia,becaufe it giveth more {tore of milke then any of the Endivesor Succory doe, or becaufeit caufeth milke in women, There is a controverfie among our moderne writers what plant fhould be the true Laluca /ylueftris of Dio/corides ,Tbeophraftus and Galen,fome allowing ofone that others difprove, for that which AZatchiolus fetteth forth, Lobel findeth fault withall, calling it Seris domeftica. The firlt is calledby Tragus Endivia major, as hee calleththe other Exdivia vuleariz, yethee calleth the fame plantsin another place ofhis booke Lattuca /ylueftris prior andaltera,his later fort being the firlt here, and his Prime the other, Baxhinusin my minde hath erred in mifletting Tragus his Exdivia major,both making ira GardenLestice, calling it L«€uca Endiviefolio, anda Lattuca fylveftrisalfo, buthow canit be both’a Gardenand a wilde Lettice, the one not having any bitterneffe therein norprickles on the leaves,and the other having both, Lobel calleth it Lattuca (yluestres Scariole bortenfisfolio latiuce floreOpyodore, Lugdunenfis fetteth it downe in the Chapter of Lettice for Laétuca/ylveftris vera Dalechampy, and inthe 14. Chapter ofthe fame Booke calleth chés fit Thefion Dalechampij, whereofPliny outof Theopbrafius maketh mention, Camerarius calleth it Lattuca fylve- firts Anglicaodore Opij, The fecondis called La&tuca fylvefivis by Matthiolus, Fuchjius Dodoneus, Cafalpwats Thalivs and others, Brunfelfius and Trages.as I {aydcall it Endiviawslgaris, becaufe generally in all Germane Apothecaries fhopsit was fo accounted and ufed, taken from the Italians, whole Phifitions not knowing any other permitted the errour, Lobel calleth it: Servis domeftica altera latiucina Diofcoridesand Ericivs Cordys Scarriole and Serriola according to the received opinion thereof in their time tobe Endive. Thelaft is called by Ge/uer i= Exortis Ldétucafylueftrislore purpureoand Sonchus arborefcens puniceo flores balias Lattice fylucftrisigodes — |