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Show Dene At eae eTNatat Aeliaeae . E THE FIRST BOOKE OF TH 134 HISTORIE OF PLANTS, 1 Cepaalba. White Onions, Red Onions. vnfet leeke, whichis ‘cropped orcut for the potlikea leecke: this Theophraftus nameth yi§vor: ofthis —_— Pliny alfo writeth in his 19, booke and6. chapter. There be withvs twoprincipall forts, (thatis to fay of Onions)the oneferuing for a fauce, orto feafon meate with > which fome call Gethyon , and another Pallacana: whichin Englith we call hollowe Leekes : the Germaines Dnion stuibels the Italians Cipolla : the Spaniards Cebolla,Ceba,and Cebvla. % The temperature. AllOnions be fharpe,andmooueteares by the finell. They be hot and drie 4s Galen faith , inthe oipsienoncotinine fourth degree,but not fo extreme hotas gartlicke. Theiuice is of a thin waterie andairie {ubftance; thereft is ofthicke parts, %& The vertues. : NR The Onions dofret, atterinate or makethin , and caufe dtines : being boiled they dolofe their 4 fharpnes,efpecially if the water be twife orthrife changed,and yet for all that they do not lofe their attenuating qualitie. They alfo breake and confume winde, prouoke vrine,and be morefoluble boiled than rawe, and B being rawe they nourifh not at all, and buta little though they beboiled. They benaughtforthofe that are cholericke : but good for fuch as arereplete withrawe and G flegmatike humours t and for womenthat haue their termes ftaied vponacold caufe, by reafon they open the conduits that are {topped. Gale writeth that they prouoke the Hemorthoides to bleede iftheybe laid ynto them,either by D themfelues or {tamped with vineger, KON Teeaeei e 13 There is an Onion whichis without an heador bulbe,and hathas it were a lofigneécké,as bath the 2 Cepa rubra. Theiuice of Onions fniffed vp into the nofe,purgeth the head and draweth foorth rawe flegma- E tike humours: Being {tamped with falt,rewe and honie,and applied,is good againft the biting of amad dogge. F Being rofted in the embers andapplied, ripeneth and breaketh coldeapoftumes,biles andfuich G like. ——_ if % The defcription. fate HeOnionhath narrowleaues and hollowiwithin : theftalke is fingle,round, biggeti aeke asee middle, On the top whereof groweth around head coueredwith a thin skin or fe ; beingbroken,there appeetelittle white flowers, made vp in forme of a ball sand alee blacke feede three cornered,wrapped in thin whiteskins. In fteede of the toote there isa i i round headcompa& of manycoates, whichoftentimes becommeth great in maner ofa nd l manytimes long like an egge. To bebriefe, itig couered with veryfine skins, for the moft pat whitith colour. ‘oti 2 Thered Onion differeth not from the former,butin fowrenes and rednesof the root¢ sino re{pects thereis nodifference at all. Theiuiceof Onions mixed with the decoétion of Penniriall and annointed vponthe goutie H memberwitha feather,ora cloth wet therein and applied,eafeth the fame very much. ‘The suice annointed vpona pilde or balde headin the funne, bringeth againe the haire very fpee- J dily. The inice taketh awaythe heateoffcalding with wateror oile, as alfo burning with fire and gun-K powder, asis fet foorth by a very skilfull Chirurgion named mafter 77iliam Clowes, one ofthe Queenes Chirurgions. Onions fliced auddippedintheinice of forell, and giuen vntotheficke ofa tertian ague to cate; L doth take awaythefit in once or twice fo taking it. %: The hurts. The Onion beingeaten,yea thoughitbe boiled caufeth headach ; hurteththe eies, and maketh a man dimfighted,dulleth the fences sengendreth windines,and prouoketh ouermuchfleepe, efpeci« ally being eaten rawe. %& The place. The Onionrequireth a fat ground well digged and dunged,as Palladins faith. Icis; chertithedel wif rie Of Sea Onion. where in kitchen gardens, Itisnowand then in beds fowen alone, and manic times mxe wif other herbs,as with Lettuce, Parfheps, & Cariéts. palladiwsliketh well chat it fhouldbe ORE Sauorey, bicaufe faith Pliny, it profpereth the better andis more holfome. %& The time. Itis fowenin Marc hor Aprill,and fomtimes in September, cee <n emmaetn ee 7 seb % The names. det the Onionis called in Greek xesuuéysin Latine Cepa,& manytimes Cepe in the neuter gem eth fhops keep that name,The old writers haue givten vito this many furnames of the places ¥ . f growfor {ome are named Cypria,Sardie,Cretica,Samothracre Afialoni aof atowne in Iu aie ‘ wile called Pompetana:in Englifh Onions. Moreouer.there icone named Marifea, which 06 rm try men call 7jo,laith Colymella sand thereuponit Fomine that the French mencallit own ; : Ruellius thinkerlisand petaduenture the lowe Dutch men nameit Aitewitty/of the French wor ‘ti Tupred :theybecalled Setanie iftheybe very little and fweete ylandbe. thought to be tholé"" Palladizs nameth Cepullesas thoughhecalled them parne Cepasonl ittle, Onions. The Chap.85. % The defcription, He great fea Onion which Clufivs hath fet foorthin his Spanithhiftorie, hath very great and broadleaues , as Déofcorides faith, longer then thofe ofthelillie, burnarrower, The bulbe or headed rooteis verygreat sconfifting ofmany coates or {ealy filmes, ofa reddifh colour. The floweris fomtimes yellow,fomti mes purple,and fomtimes ofalight blew. 2 The fea Onion of Valentia , or rather the fea Datfodill,hath many long andfatleaues, and nars row, like thofe of Narcifliis sbut finoother & weaker,lying vpon the ground: amongp whichrifeth vp a ftalke a foote high bare & naked , bearing at the top a tuftof white flowers, in fhape like vnto our common yellow Daffodill. The feede is inc lofed in thicke knobby huskes,blacke, flat, thicke, and very foft, in fhape like vnto the feedes of _4violochia lonea i or l6ng Birth woort. The rooteis great, white,long andbulbus, I 4 1 Pancratinm |