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Show The Kitchen Garden. Lhe Kitchen Garden’ , be kek montana The Vie of Dragons, The chiefe vfe whereunto Dragons areapplyed, is, thar according to an old receiued cuftomeand tradition (and northe iudgementof any earned Author) the diftilled wateris giuen with Mithridatumor Treakle to expell noyfomeand peftilentiall vapours from the heart. / ee Cuar. LIX. Rata. Garden Rue,or Herbe Grace. 4 Arden Rue or Herbe Grace groweth vp with hard whitith wooddyftalkes, (> ereon are fet-diuers branches of leaues; being diuided.into many {mall ones, which arefomewhatthickeand round pointed, of a blewith greenecolour: the Sowers {tand at thetopsiofthe ftalkes confifting of foure {mall ycllowleaues,with agreene buttonin the middle,and diuers fmall yellow, threds about it,which growing ripe, containe within them {mall blacke feede: theroote is whiteand wooddy,{prea- inp farre ding ar in,theground, 6 The Vie of Rue: The many good properties whereunto Rue ferueth, hath Lthinke infor. mertimes caufed.the Englifh name of Herbe Graceto be giuenvatoit, For without doubtit isa moft wholefomeherbe,althoughbitter and ftrong,and could our dainty ftomackes brooke thevfe thereof, it would workeadmirable effets being carefully.andskilfully applyed, astimeand occafiondid require.: but not yndifcreetly or hand ouer head, as manyvfeto doethat haue no skill... Some doerippevp a beaderowle ofthe vertues of Rue, as Macer the Poctand others, in. whom youfhall findethem fet downe,to bee good forthe heads eyes,breaft,liuer,heart,fpleene,&c.. In fomeplaces they victo boylethe leanes of Rue,andkeep them in pickle, to eate them as Sampire for thehelpeof weake eyes. Itis very auaileable in glifters or drinkes againft the winde orthe collicke, andto procure vrinethat is ftayed bythe painestherof.Thediftilled wateris often vied for the fame purpolesaforefaid, :; but beware of the too frequent or ouermuch vie thereof, becaufeit heateth exceedingly, and wafteth nature mightily, 22 ———_—_——— eon —— pee Cuar. LX, Carduus Beneditiws. The Bleffed Thiftle, Arduus benedi@usor the bleffed Thiftle,hath many weake branches lying forthe moft partontheground, whereon are {et long tender and narrow leaucs, much cut in or wauedabourthe edges; hairy or roughi n handling, yet without any hard or fharpe thornes orprickles at all, that theten dereft hand may touchthem without harme : but thofethat gtow toward thetoppeso f the ftalkes are fomewhat moreprickly,and the heads which grow onthe topsofthe feuerall branches are fomes whattharpe, fet with ptickles likea Thiftle: the floweris yellow jand the feede lying Within the woolly or flocky doune like to all other thiftles, ».are\blackifhy long a4 round, with afew haires on the. head of them: the rooteis white; and perifheth tucty yeare aiter it hath giuen feede. é bane The Vieof the blefled 'Thiftlé, The diftilled water hereof ismuchv{edto be drunke againft agues ofall : . * {Ta « fortes, eyther peftilentiall of humorall, of long continuance or of leffe ut |