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Show ne awat enee 250 EB THE SECOND BOOKE OF eel HISTORIE OF perifheth$3and2 withereth5 away: yea th the vine E “ . . whichis fac I has if it prowe neere vnto jt,oyeforthwi winte be poured ynto itwhilettit is in boiling,it will not be anymore boiled,and the colour theteot Atle. not doth yet their bookes of tillage: Diomyius Vticen/is do write in d Drom) G quite altered; as Cafigusana r nat ro C of Cole. ee afcribe that vertue of driuing away drunkennefleto the leaues, but to the feedes : nae aed: ee : woort, and hotfwellings); being Moreouer the leaues of Colewoorts are good againftall inflamations D o breake carbuncles, to {tamped withbarley meale andJaid vpon them with fale, and.alf deluce andniter,doth E flower TheiuiceofColewoorts, as Diofcorides writeth, being taken with the biting of venemous make thé bellie foluble: and being drunke with wine it is a remedie againft ; beafts, he goutsand The {amebeing appliedwith the powder of Fenugreeke; taketh away the paine of the sibs ; vicers, e andfoul olde eth alfocur G Beingconueied into the nofthrils it purgeth the head:being put yp with barley mealeit bringeth F 1 downe the flowers. aye : “SA remedie againtt pliny writeth, that the iuice mixed with wine and droppedinto the earesisa deafenefle. buming, Thefeedeas Galen faith, driueth foorth woormes,, taketh awayfreckles ofthe face,fun I H_ K i and whatthingsfoeuer that neede to be gently. fcoured or clenfed away. Theyfay that the broth wherein the herbe hath beene.fodden-, is marucilous good for te canuiot finewesandioints,andlikewife for cankers in the eies calledin Greeke Carsinomata, which be healedbyany other meanes, ifthey be wathed therewith. I Hejfirft kindeof Rape Cole hath one tingle | T tengo which rifeth vp a great thicke {talke bigg« Turnep: atthe top whereof fhooteth foorth great br bageCole, The flowers grow at the top onflender ftalkes co which being paft the feede followeth inclofedin little long cod 2/ Thefecond hatha long fibrous roote like vnto the precedent ; the tuberous andlong,thrufting foorth infome feweplaces heere and there, {mall footeltalkes; growe{moothleaues, {lightly indented about the edges; onthe top ofthe long leaneftalkes and flowerslike the former. %& The piace. Theygrowein Italy,Spaine,and {omeplaces of Germanic, from wh formygarden; as alfo from anhoneft and curious friende of mine cal Minories neere London, x Thetime. They flower and fourith when the other Golewoorts do, whereofnodoubt tl mut be carefully fet and fowenas muske Melons and Cucumbers are. % The zames. They are called in Latine Caulorapum, S« Rapocaulés, bearing fortheirftalkes as it were Rapes or Tumeps;patticipating of twoplants, the Colewoortand Turnep; whereofthey tooke their names. : % The temperature and vertues. Thereis nothing fet downe of the faculties ofthefe plants, but are accounted for daintie meate; OfRape Cole. Chap.37. 1 Caulorapum rotunduin Roundrape Cole. 2 Canlorapm longue Longrape Coles contendihe with the Cabbage Cole in goodneffe and pleafant tafte. OfBeetes. (hap.38. % The defcription. He common white Beete hath great broade leaues,fmoothandplaine :from : h rife thicke crefted or chamfered : The flowers growalo I ring togither,in fhapelike lit ing paft, there fuccedethre i pricklie feede.The rooteis thicke,hard andgreat, 2. There is anotherfort like in fhape and proportion tothe former, faning thatthe leaues of this be ftraked heere andthere confuledly, which fetterh foorth the difference, 3. Thereis likewife another fort heereof that was brought: vntosmefrom beyondethe feas by that courteous merchanrmafter Le¢e before remembred, the which hath leaves very great and red ofcolout,asis all thereft ofthe plant, aswell roote as ftalkes and flowers, full ofa perfect purple iuice tending tp redneffe: the middle ribbe en Ali Reckeri, eis tak, Macs hee ofwhichleaues are for the: moft part verie broad and thicke , like the middle part of the Cabbage leafe,which is equall in goodneffe with the leaues of Cabbage being boiled, It grew with me 159 6. tothe heightof viij. cubices,anddid bring foorth his rough and yneeuen feede very plentifully: with which plant nature doth feeme topl |
