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Show The Kitchen Garden. the boyledftalkes, anda little honey and Almondmilke, is very profitable for thortnefle of “breath, andthofe that areentring intoa Confumptionof the lunges; It hath beene formerlyheld to be helpefull in, all difeates : for Crifippus, an ancient Phyfitian, wrote a whole Volume ofthevertues, aps plying irto all cheparts of the body : whichthing needenot feeme won derfull, in thaticis recorded by writers, ‘that the old R omanes haitingex. pelled Phyfitians out of their Common-wealth, did for many hundred of yeares maintainetheir health by the vfe of Cabbages, taking them forcues ry difeafe. PATE ald fOLa So RY WE y my Ue (@ Guar. XXXVIIL NF Sifarum, Skirrets, Fterall the herbes before rehearfed, fitforfallets, or otherwifetobee eaten, At: moft follow {uch rootes asare vfed tothe fame purpofe : and fitft, Skire rets haue many leaues hext theground,compofed of many fmiall {moothgreen leaties,fet each againft other vpona middle ribbe,and euery one {nipt about théedges: the ftalkerifeth vp two or three footehigh,fet with the like leaues;hauing atthe toppe fpoakie tufts of-white flowers, whichturne into fmall feede, fomewhatbiggcr and darker then Parfley {tede : the rootes be many growing togetherat onehead, becing long, flender, &sugged or vneuen,of a whitith colour onthe eutfide, and more white within, hauingin the middle ofthe rote a long {mall hard pith or ftring : thefeheads arevfually takenvp in February and March, or foonerif any fo pleafe, the greater number of them being broken off to bee vied, thereft are planted againe afterthe headsare feparated, and hereby they are encreafed euery yeare by many; butitisnow adayesmore fowen of the feed, whichcome forwards well enoughif the ground be fat and good. The Vfe of *Skirrets. Therootes being boyled,peeled andpithed,are ftewed with buttet;pep- perand falr, and foeaten ; or as ethers vfe them, to roulerhem in fawer, and fry them with butter,after they haue beenc boyled,peeled and pithed: each way,or any way that menpleafe to vfethem,they mayfinde their talte tobeverypleafant,far beyond any Parfnep, asall agree that tafte them. Somedoe vie alfoto cate them as afallet, colde with vinegar, oyle, &e beingfirft boyled and dreffedas before faid. They doc helpe to prouoktv rine, and asis thought,to procure bodily luft,in that they area little windy, — Cuar.XXXIX, Paitinaca fatina latifolia. Parfneps. He common garden Parfnep hath diuerslargewinged leaues lying vponthe ground, ~. that is, many leauesfet one by another on both fides ofa middle ftalk, fomewhatlikeas the Skirret hath, but much larger, and cloferfet: the ftalkem feth vp great aid tall, flueor fix foot high fomtimes,with manyfachleaves thereon feutrallioyntss-tiie top whereofis fpread into divers branches, whereanftand [poe ki¢ rundJes of yellow flowers, whichturnc into brownifh flat feedé:/ the root is long, great and white; very pleafantto bee eaten, andthe more pleafantaf it grow ina fas fandy foyle. Thereis another fortof- garden Parfnep, called the Pine Parfhep, thatis monin euery Garden, and differeth from the former in three notable parts, not-collh [he roe 4snot{o long,burthicker at the head and finaller below , the ftalke is either fo bises I geneifole myn 9 Kaper ~Turaeps, ¢ Napes, ‘ativus, MavewSte Sifarwm.Skireits. 2 Paftinaca latifolia, Pacineps. 3 Papinace vulgare. Common-Raddith. 6 kapbagas niger, Biacke Raddith. 7 Raphanue Vy. |