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Show Of theHiftorie’ of Plants’ iyo Lisit @ The Place, ~The Onionrequireth a farstoundwell digged and dunged,as Paladins faith, It is cherithed euery where in kitchen gardens : it is nowandthen in beds fowne alone, and many times mixed with other herbes, as with Lettuce, Parfeneps, and, Carrets.’ Palladéns liketh well that it thouldbe fownewith Sayory, becaufe,faith P/iy, it profpe reth the better, and is more wholefome, £4 Afcalonitides. ra The Time. Scallions. ; It is fowne in,March or Aprill, and fomtimes in September. Ofthe Hiftorie. of Plants, The inyce of Oniohs mixed with the decogtion of Pennitiall, and-annoirted y member witha featherjor acloath wet therein, and applied,eafeth the fame ve The iuice annointed vpon a pild or bald head in the funne, bringing againe th dily. Theiuyce taketh away the héaté offealding with water or oyle, as alfo bur gun-pouder,asis fet forth by a very skilfull Chirurgionnamed Matter will Queens Chirurgions ; and before himby _4mbrofe Parey, in his Treatife c fhot. i nade bygun Onionsfliced, and dippedin the iuyce of Sorrell, and giuen vntothe ficke of a rettian Ague,to gq The Names, The Onionts called in Grecke, Keir in Latine, Cepa, and many times Cepe in the neuter gender:the fhops keepe thatname.» The old Writers hauegiuenvato this many: fyr-names of theplaces where they grow, for fome are mmed Cipria, Sardie,Cretice, Samothracia y Afcalte mie, of a towne in Iudea,otherwife called Pom péeiana : in Englifh} Onions, .Moreouer,thereis eate, take awaythefit in once or twice fo taking them. i q TheHurts. The Onionbeingeaten, yea thoughit be boyled, caufeth head-ache, hurteth the eyes,and makethamandimmefighted, dulleth the fences, ingendreth windineffé,and protoketh onermuch fleepe, efpecially being eaten raw. Cuar. 94. one named cMarifia,which the Countrey-men call Ynio faith Columella ; andghereuponit commeththat the French men call it Ovcnon, as Roellius thinketh : and peraduenture the Low Dutch men nameit Auenittt, of rhe French word corrupted; theyare called Setavi« wpich are verylittle andiweet ; and thefe are thought Of Squils, or Sea-Outons. $2 Stills Hifpanicavalgaris. The commonSpanish Squill. tobe thofewhieh ‘Palladins namieth Cepulle , as thoughhe called\ them parwe Cepz, orlittle O- nions. There is an Onionwhichis without an head orbulbe, and hath as it were a long necke , and {pendsit felfe wholly in the leaues, and it 15 of ten ctopped or cut for the pot like the Leekes, This Theophraflusnames tive: of this Pliny allo writeth, in his nineteenth booke, andfixt chapter. There is with vs two principal] forts of Onions, the one feruing fora fauce, or to feafon meatewith,which fomecall Gethyon,andothers Pallacana : and the otheris the headed or commonOnion, whichthe Germanescall Quionswl bel sthe Italians, Cipolla : the Spaniards, Cebslla, Ceba, and Cebola. The Defeription. The Temperature. All Onionsare fharpe, and moueteares by the {mell. They be hot and dry, as Galen faith,in the He ordinarie S quill or fea Onion hath a ptettylarge root, compofedoffundtie white coats filled withacertain vifcous humiditie;,and at the bortome thereof growforth fundry white andthicke fibres, The ledues are like thofe ofLillies, broad, thicke, and very gréene, lying {pred vpon the ground,andturned: vpon thefides. The ftalke groweth fourth degree, but not fo extreme hot as Garlick. The iuyce is ofa thin waterie and airy fubftance: the reft is of thicke parts. q@ The Vertues. The Onions dobite, attenuate, or make thinne, and caufe drineffe : being boyledthey doe lole their fharpenefle,efpeciallyif the water be twice or thrice changed, andyet forall that they doc not lofe their attenuating qualitie. B © : theyalfo breake winde, prouoke vrine,and be more foluble boyled than raw;and rawtheyn0urifh notatall, and buta little thoughtheybe boyled. Theybenaught for thofe that are cholericke, but good forfuch as are replete with raw and flegmaticke humors ; and for womenthat hane their termes ftayed ypon a cold caufe, by reafon they openthe paflages thatare topped. ; ; Galenwriteth, That they prouoke the Hemorrhoides to bleed ifthey be laid vnto them, eithet by themfelues, or fLamped with vineger. E The inyce of Onionsfniffed vp into the nofe,purgeth the head, and draweth forth raw flegm* ticke humors. ¢ mad ip e Stampedwithfalt, rew, and honey, and fo applied, they are good againft the biting 01.4 Og. G cee Rofted inthcembers, and applied, they ripen and breake cold Apoftumes, Bilcs, andfuck like, , i! The Ri fomecubitor morehigh,ftraight, naked without Jeaues, beautified at the top with manyftarte-fafhionedfloures, very like thofe ofthe bigger Ornithogatum. Thefeedis containedin chaffie thtcecornered{eed-veflels, being it felfe alfo black, fmooth, and chaffie. It floures in Auguft and September, and thefeed isripe in O@ober.: The teaues {pring vp in Notiember and December,after that thefeedis ripe,and ftalke decayed. + 2 The great Sea Onion, which Clu/ivs hath fet forth inhis Spanith hiftorie, hath verygreat and broad leaues,as Déofcorid:s faith, longer han thofe ofthe Lilly, but narrower. The balbe’or headed rootis very great, confifting of manycoatsorfealy filmes ofa reddifhcolour, The floure is fometimesyellow, fometimes purple, and fometimes ofalight blew. + Clufive faith it is like that of the former, I thinke he meanes borliin fhapeand colour. + 3. The fea-Onionof Valentia, or ratherthe fea Daffodill, hath many longand fat leaues and rowlike thofe of Narciffus, but {moorlicrand weaker,lying vpon the ground 3among whic! hyp ftalke a foot high, bare and naked,bearing at the topa tuft ofwhite flouresin {haped |
