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Show ieen Aer ss ee 242 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE itmakethit the moreflipperic, which A¢ertialis very well knewe writing inhis rx ‘booke offi gramsin this maner, Prima tibi dabitur, ventri Lactuca mouendo——5 Vtilis G Lettuce being outwardly applied mittigateth all inflammations: it is good for burnin ps and {caldings ifitbe laide thereon withfalt before the blifters do appeere, as Plinjewriteth, HH Theiuice of Lettuce cooleth and quencheththe naturallfeedeifit be too much vied, butpro eurethfleepe. Of Lambes Lettuce,or Cornefallade. 1 Lactuca Agnina. Lambes Lettuce, HISTORIE OF PLANTS. a fooré high, among which fhooteth vpafmal cornered and flender ftemme halfe ft i } ; bez firfk, n then the e idints or knees;out of which procee 1e two leaues longer F orthree with togither ? ofthebraunches tufts of very {mall white flowers clofely compact former, % The place. Thefe herbes do growewildein the corne fieldes sand finceit hath growne in fowen in gardens asfallade h French and Dutchftrangers,in Englandit hath beenc se The time. Theyare found greene almoft winter and fommer, (hap.35. 2 Latinca Aguina latifolia Corne fallade. ‘ we The names. The Dutch men do call it dei ptrges, that is to faic A/bumolws: of fome it is named @ in Greek€rewnas>avov: in Englifh the White potherbe, fo called for that there is a bla hierbe, which is called Alifander ; the Latines Lactuca agnins. % The temperature and vertues. Thisherbeis colde and fomthing moift,andnot vnlike in facultie and temperaturetothe ¢ Lettiice, in fteede whereof in winterandin the firft monthes ofthe {p1 it ferues for< heibe,andis with pleafure eaten with vineger,falt,and oile,as otherfallades be, amor none ofthe woorlt, OfColewoorts. (hap.36. %& The kinds. Dyperitetnaker two kinds of Colewoorts: the tame &the wilde:but Theophraftu: maketh mo 2 ms ueeteof, thernffed oreutled Cole; the fmooth Cole; and the wilde Cole: Cato imitabe 7 wophraktus ferteth downealfo three Colewoorts : the firtt he defcribeth to be fmooth,great mahiegedal: the feconde ruffed thethirde with liccledtalkes, tenderand very dhotkce ‘lea di inion allo Plinie maketh in his 20.booke 9.chaprer where he at t ‘Romaines haue deuided it into three kindes :the firft ruffed; the fecond fmooths andthet +5 thitde whichis properly called« 1, or Colewoort: andinhis 19. booke he hath alfo adaed to thefe other Moe kin ritianum,Sabel- “Wn Lacuturrinne, The Herbatifts ; of9our time . oy asi obferued ? as , : as haue likewife many forts, differing eitherin colouror elfe in jorme; . an ‘ ¢ttother headed withthe leaues drawento hersmoft of4 themwhite;fome ofa deepe greene; ‘ lome {ino othleafed;3 and others curledor ruffed , differing likewife in their ftalkes, as fhallbee exff iffering likewife i tuedin their f{euerall defcriptions, we ih %& The defeription, ge He plant which is commo ly oe oops hath beenefetout fora Mind Called potherbe (which of fom 7 Olws album , or thewhitechat it doth very notablieit _ letian,but vnproperly,for femble the Lettuce as e h as In Meate to be eaten, which property is notto “ad foundein Valerian, and therefor name,Lambes Lettuce)hath e by reaft .and authoritieI place it as akinde of Lettuce with ts manyflend ctweake a ftalkes trailing vpon the grounde, withcert edges,afoote highwhen it gtoweth in m . ie drie peWaeee joints orknees: outof euerie ee on ‘a acouple ofleaues narrowe fercill grounde,otherwifea and long,n0t! hand or two high, e tenderneffe as taftein eating: and onthe topo” | tuft asit Ww i can {carlelie be knowne white Aowers, that be maruellous little," to be flow crs fa Cettaine 7 it ha in fteede of rootes ung that they growe many togitherlikea tuft or 3 fewe ftalkes ftande vpona broade See t The otherkinde ofLettuceeasfleeaeee like vnto haires. > a ; , 4 Album < helowe‘ cour ltrey men call ¥e Cette his laft Edition fetteth forth vnder vee and with ys Lobloll; ic, This plant hath finall Bee? and (eit for their picete called We" 2 t nal tong leaues afinger broade, ofa pale gree : He Garden Colewoort hath many great broad leaues,ofa deepe blacke greene colour, {eae and lines of reddifh and white colours. The ftalke groweth out of : yell owe flowers: and eee leaués, braunched withfundrie armes ; bearing at the te ithep Bs Be i Oe patt there do fucceedelong cods full of pounde feede avin roote hauing many ftringsor threds faftned ther inn chor, elfer fortthen the former with manydeepecuts on bothifides , euen to the tof theheribbe, rj : and very mu ch curled andruffed in the edges; inother thingsit differeth 3 Theredking Monin the ae 44 ac 2 of Colewoortislikewife a Coleivoottof the garden, anddifferethfromthe com- heres “IR his leaues,which tende vnto rednefle , othewife verylike. ad or plobe Beat ccttaing kinde heereof togither into 4 7 a rounde WIapPGS.te : with the leaues5; wrapped : age p*, Whol , (ta1 eheadis white ofcolour efpecially coward winter whenit isripe. The xoore is €: and the the ftalke ofa wo odie fubftaunce, Q2z By afica |