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Show ~The Kitchen Garden. The Kitchen Garden, bellof white flowers, which turne into blackefeede : but then the head is fo heanje that the ftalke cannot fuftaine it, but muft be vpheld from falling to the ground, Jef it rot and perifh: the rooteasall know isround, in fome greater, in othersleffer,or Ag in fomered onthe eutfide only, in others quite thorough out,in fome white,and ver fharpe andftrong, in others milder, and more pleafant,and fomefo pleafant that they may be eaten 2s an Apple : Allthefekindes of Onions, contrary to the nature of gi} other bulbousrootes, haue no off-fer, or other roote growingtoit, butareeuery one alone fingleby themfclues ; and therefore it feemeth, the Latines, as Columellare, cordeth, haue giuen it thename nie, and the French it fhould feeme following the Latine,and the Englifh the Fgench,docall it Oigmom and Onien,as an ynite,or as ifthey werebut one and one, and dye cuery yeareafter feed bearing. The red flat kindeis moft vfually with vs the ftrongeft ofthem all, yer I haue hada great red Onion brought mee from beyond Sea, that was.as great almoft as two mens fiftes, flat and red quite thoroughout,andvery pleafant both to {mell vnto,and tocate, The Freiich Leeke, which: is called the Vine Leeke, isthebutt of all Others, © Our commion kinde is of two fortsPone'greater then another. Another fort encreafethaltogethetby therdote, as Garlicke dork, And then Ciues, whichare the {malleft, and encreafe abontidantly onlybytherousr, Some docaccount Scalionsto be rather a kinde of Onions then Leckes. and call them Cepe Afcalonica, or Afcalnitideswhich will Quickly {pend itfelfeif it befifferc d tobe yncut ; butall Authors affirme, that there is no wilde kinde of Onion. vnlefle they would haueittobeCerhyim, whereof Theophrattus indkech tcntion. faving thatithach Mongnéeketand (s thee Scations Hae) and wasahoF (nie eilted- de. Hhjiliides, whieh atitiquityaccounted tobe dedicated to Latona the mothe oPAvolle hecaufe thee thie wasbibye'with childe of Apollo; thelonsed'tor thele Leekes; one othe Vieof Leekes, butdid quickly degenerate;fo that we plainlyfee, thatthe foyleandclimate doth ging great alteration to plants of all forts. Thelong kindewee call St. Omers Onions, and corruptly amongthevulear, S¢, Thomas Onions. The old Werld?as wee finde in Setipture; itt che'time’ofthe children of Iftaels being it’ Egypt, anid Vid doube long before; fed much ¥pon Leckes, { ‘Onions, and Gatlickeboyled with fieh : and the dtitiquity of the Gentiles relate the farié' mannerof feeding’ oftthem , tobe ih'all Conntties the like, Theotherred kinde wecall Strasborough Onions, whofe outfide onelyis red, and are very fharpeandfierce, which howlveticr our dainty age’ now refifeth Wholly)’in al Torts exce pt The white Oniors both long and flat, are like ynto Chalke-ftones lying vponthe ‘the pooreft; yet Mufcouia and Ruffta'vfethem) and the Turkes to chis day gtound, when they ate ripeand fitto be gathered. (as Bellonius writethyobferue to hane'them among their difhesac cheir Fad bles, yea although they be Ba/bas, Cades, or Vaiuodas, thar isto fay, Lords, ludges, or-Gouernours of countries and places, They-are vfed with vs alfo And laftly, there is the Spanifh Onion, both long and flat, very {weete,andeaten by _ manylike an apple, butasLohn Tradefeante faith, who hath beene in Spaine, char the . Spaniards themfelues doe noteate them fo familiarly,as they dee thofe white Onions thatcome outof ourowne Countrey, which they haue there moreplentifully then their fweete Onions. fometimes in Lent to make pottage , and is agreat and generall feedingin Waleswith the vulgar.Gentleinen, Onions boyled or rofted vnder the embers , and mixed with fugarand butter, are good for thofethataré troubled with coughes, fhortnele of The V{eof Onions. breath, and wheefing. Aa Onion madc hollowat the bottome, andfome good Treakle putiato it; withalitde iuyce of Cictrons.(or Lemons in the Onionsarevfed many wayes,as fliced and put into pottage, or boyled ftead thereof) ‘being well. baked together vnderthe embers; afterthe hole and peeled and layde in dithesfor falletsatfupper, or fliced and put into is toppediagaine, and then 'ftrained; forth, and ginen'to. one that hath-the plague,is very:helpefull, foas hee be laid to fiveate vponic, Ciues are vfedas.wellto be fhred among othetiherbes forthe por, asito be put intoaSallét among other herbs, to giueitaiquickerrellith, Leekés atelield'to free the cheft and lungs from much corruption:and water, for a fawcc for muttonoroyfters,or into meate roaftedbeing ftuffed with Parfly, and fo many waies that cannot recount them,eueryoneplea fing themf{elues, according to theit order, manner or delight. The ivice of Onions ismuch vfed te be applyed to any burnings withfire, orwith Gun-pouder, or to anyfcaldings with water or oyle,and is moft familiar for the Country, where vpon {uch fudden occafions they hauenota morefit or fpeedy remedieathand ; The ftrongfmell of Onions, andfo rotten fegnie ; that fticketh faft therein, and hard to be auoided, as al{o for themthat through hoarfenefle haueJoft their voice; if they beeythertaker rawe,or boyled with brothofbarley, or fome fuch other fupping, firand alfo of Garlicke and Leckes, is quite takenaway from offending thehead conducing thereuntg,:And baked viider hot embers is arcmedy againfta oreycs, by the eating of Parfley leaues after them. furfeit of Mufhromes. Thégrteenc blades of Leekes being boylediand applyed warme tothe Hemorrhoides or piles, when they are{wolne andipainfull, gic agreat deaie ofeafe. Crap. XLIIII. techUees te eaten Porrum. Leckes. CuHar. XLV. opite belikewife fundry forts of Leekes,both great and fimall. Leekesare vey like vato Oniens,hauing long green hollow-like leaues,flatrith on the one fidt, » and witha tidge orcreft on the backe fide’: ifthey bee fuffered to grow vicllls then in the fecondor third yeare after the fowing, they will fend forth a round and flenderftalke,euen quite thoroughout, and notfwollen or bigger in the middlelike tht Onion,bearing atthe toppea head of purplith flowers, and blacke feede afterthet very likevnto Onion feede, thatitishardto diftinguifhthem +: the reatis long af ~—=white, with a great buth of flbres hanging atit,which they call the beards. The vafet Leeke hath longer and-flenderer roots then the other, which being sual planted,groweth thickerand grcaters : Th ¢ Alinm, Garlicke, [onc fpokea of divers forts ofGarlicke called Moly, inthe formet'booke #7 fhafl neede inthis place to fhew onely thofe kindes, that this Garden nourftth vps and leanethereft to his fit time and place. Garlicke Hath many long gteetié leaues, like'vnto Onions; but muchlarger, and not ollow at all as Onions ate : the ftalkevifeth'vp to be about three foorehigh ; bearing fuch 2 head at the roppethereof as Onions and Leckes doe, with purplitn flowers, 2nd bi blacke feede like Léckes : the roote is white within, couered ouer with many Mi ee] P ALD |