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Show SECOND BOOKEOOEF (THE HISTORIE OF PLANTS, which L’Obe/calleth wAfparagus Petrams, and Galen Myacanthinus, that doth yerie wellrefemn. ble thofé of the garden, in ftalkes , rootes and branches, fauing that thofe: fine haitie lens which are in the garden Sperage,be foft,blunt,andtender; apdin this wilde Sperage fharpe,harde, and pricking thornes,thoughthey be {mall and {lender : the fr uité heereofis round,ofthe bignes of a Peafejand ofa blacke colour; the rootes are long, thicke,fat,and very many, 4 Thisfourthkindediffereth fromthe laft defcribed, being awilde Sperage of Spaineand Hun. gatie: theplantis altogither fet with moft fharpe thornes, as arethe branches ofWhinnes,Gorfe or Furfen: the fruit is red whenitis ripe ; the rootes are like the others,but greater and tougher, ; 5 Afparagus /ylueftris Spinofus Clasi. . Wilde thorney Sperage. ah Uy Z ie % The defiription, 5 ; Carolus Clufius defcribeth alfo 4 certaine wilde Sperage with tharpe prickles all alongft the ftalks,orderly placed at euerie ioint one,hard, itiffe,and whitifh,the points ofthe thornespointing downwards: from the whichioints alfo do growouta fewelong greene leaues faftned togither,as alfoa little yellowe flower, andoneberrie three cornered,and ofa blacke colourwhere. in is conteined one blacke feede, feldome more: the rootes arelike the other. Manyand fundry. authors haue taken this for a kinde of Sperage called aveps, for theplant Scorpio,bicaule of his fharpe prickles; and therefore itwas called 2epa 2 Scorpione, ofthe {mall beaft called Avepa, whofe taile is verie dangerous, as are the prickles ofthis plant: itis veri¢hatdto difcerne this plant from Corruda, which bath caufed AZathiolus his errour to be the greater, taking Wepa for A/paragusmaritimus: this pl hath many woodie rootes , one foldedouera other: fromwhich arife final! ftalkes, befetmth fharpe thicke leaues, refembling Corruis, Yeu terrible to be touched by reafon ofhisprice) leaués,whichare of a bitter tafte. A Dripisbeing likewife a kind hereof,bath oe finallrootes creeping inthe groundlike ‘a grafle: from which{pring vp branches acu a. high, full ofknotti¢ joints: the leautes arefinall like ynto Iuniper, not much differing trom ont or Wepa: the flowers growatthe top ofthe ftalke in fpokie tufts orrundles,ofa white colour,ci0) thruft togither : the feede beforeit be taken out ofthe huskeislike ynto Rice. % Theplace, 4 «soto a My The fiftbeing our garden Apjaragns gtowethwilde.in Effex ina thedowe sno Oats beyonda village called Thorp, and alfo Singleton, nor farre from Carbie, and oi ataplat neere Moultonin Lincolnfhire: likewife ic growethin great plenti¢ necrevfito Harwich, at called LandamerJading,and at north Motion in Holland, apartof Bic + pare Thewilde Sperages do growin Portingale andBifcaie‘among {tones , one of ‘g.Chaptt Bellonius doth make mention to grow in Candie,inhis firft bookeof fingularities,1°. arecateninlt 1 %& Thetime. Thebare naked tender fhootes of Sperage {pring vp in Aprill,at what time they ladssthey flowerin Iune and: Iulysthe fruite %& is ripe in September. The names. : + jn (hops spat The garden Sperage is called in Grecke éanéeryos: in Latine likewife CApareg icenit guand Speregus; inhigh Dutch Spargensin low Dutchatpargessand Comnn™ ” 955 fy Herbs Coralli, ot Corall woort,ofthe red berries, which beare the colour of corall:in Spanith Aparragos:in Italian A/parago: in Englith Sperage;& likewife Afparagus afterthe Latine faites ita , . [tis named Te Acet “ afepre in hen ; ae if - excellen cie ,bicaufe { Afpara Ried cllencie i is gior the {pringe s hereof , aie ¥ a other plants whatloeuer: for this) ¢ word Afparagus doth ptopetlyfigni fic the firft {pring ‘ or {prout ofeueryé plant, wel 2 : efpecia llywhen 1 itistend a : er, ark si c ; oFand beforeit do gowintoan harde ftalke,as are the buds, tendrels,6r yooug {prings of wilde Vine, ot Hoppes,and {ich like, : ‘ fie ae : Paid Wide sperage is properl; y called in Greeke weave; whichisas much to fay as Monfe prickle, andéamers meeeins, that istolay, Petraeus ‘Afparagis, or Stone Sperage: itis alfo named in Latine Afiragesfylucfiris and Corrudas % The temperature, a ofthe garden Sperage, and alfoof the wilde do clenfe without manifeft heat and rineffe, : % The vertues, Thefirt fprouts or naked tender fhootes heerofbe oftenti mes foddenin fleth broth and eaten, A atboledin faire water, and feafoned with oile,vinezer,fal c,and besfora fallade they are pleafant to the raftén eafily concoé pepper, thenare ferued at menstated,and gently loofen the belly, Theyfomwhat prouoke vrine,g0od forthe kidneies and ees bladder, but they yeeld vatothe bodie B , oe See timtanand the fame moifk, 3 oe : yet not faultie : they are thought to increaf e feede, and ftitre YpuUIt, , Of Horfe taile,or Shauegraffe. Chap.4.42, % The kindes. Tise beti o kindes ofHorfe taile defcribed agchat h foun dmore, I eee Equi os Maite, teat Horfe taile, ofthe ancients,one great,the other little: the : tum nudum, Equife Naked Horfetaile, later SES oo <n2et eeeAS ee THE Stone ormountaine Sperages is one of the wilde ones, fet forth. vnder the title of: Corrude Ses 950 |