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Show 174. Cc D e OftheHiftorie of Plants. Lis. Thefe flices ofthe Squill are vfed to make oyle, Wine,orvin eger of Squill, Ofthis vin er of Squillis made an Oxymel.: The vfe whereof is to cut thick ,tough,and clammyhumors 8 5 WS ally to be vfed in vomits. This Onion rofted or bakedis mixed with potion s and other medicines which prouoke vrine and open the toppings ofthe liuer and {pleen e, and is alfo putinto'treacles. It is giuen to thofe that haue the Dropfie, the yellow laundife, and to fuch as are tormented with the STIPINgs Ofthe belly, andis vfedin a licking medicine againftan oldrotten cough, andfor fhortnefle ofbreath, Onepartofthis Onion being mixed with eight parts of falt,and takenin the mornin g fafting tothe quantitie ofa fpoonefull or two, loofeth the belly. P q The inner part of Squillaboyled with oyle andturpenti F ne, is with great profit applied to thé chaps orchil-blanesofthefeet or heeles. It driueth forth long and round wormesif it be giuen with G honey andoyle. £ The Pancratium marinum, ox Bemerocallis Valent ina (faith Clu/rus) when as Lliuedwith Rond, letivs, at Montpellier, was called Scilla 3 and the Apothecaries thereofmadethe trochifcesforthe compofition ofTreacle : afterwards it begant o be called Pancratium flore Lilij. Rondeletins a\fowas wont totell this following {tory concerning the poyfonous and maligne qualitie thereof, ‘There were two Fithermen, whereofthe one lent vato the other (whomhe hated) his knife, poyfoned with the iuyce of this Hemerocallis, for tocut his victuals therewith, and foeat them, the otherhis meate withall ; he fufpecting no treacherycut ab {taining therefrom, and faying that he had ftomacke. Somefew dayesafter,he that no did deadly qualitie ofthis plant: whichthereforeeate the viduals died ; which thewed the ftrongand (as Clifiws faith) cannot be the Scilla Epimenidia Pliny, which was eatable,and without malignitie of £ Of the'littory of Plants, Last. 7 | The Defiription, He leaues ortheblades of the Leekebe long, fomewhat broad, and very many, having akeele or creft in the ba ell andtafte like to the Onion. The blades be not oftencut, do in the fecond or third year growvpro und,brin ing forth onthe top floures made vp ina, roundhead or ball as doth the Onion. The feeds are bulbe orrooris long andflendér, efpecially of and greater. : like. The the vnfet Leeke. That'ofthe other Leekeis thicker : : ¢ 2° Moft Writers diftinguith the commonLeekeinto Porrum capitatum & {cfivum ; and Lobel gives thefe two figures wherewith we here prefent you: Now oth thefe growof the“fame feed, and they differ onelyin culture ; for tharwhich is often enc for the ve ofthe kitchen is cal- ledSeétivum : the other, whichis headed,is not cut, but {pared, and remoued in Agtamne. + | @ The Place, It requiteth a nicaneearth, fat, well dinged and digged. It is very. common euery where in other countries, as well as in England, | The Time. it may be fowne in March or Aprill, andit to be remoued in September or OGober. @| The Names. The Grecians call it :the Latines,Porrum. The Emperour Xero had great pleafure in this root, and therefore he wascalledin fcorne, 21 rvophagus. But Palladius in the mafeuline gender called it Porras - the Germanes, auch 3the Braband > Pogreue ¢ the Spaniards, Pyerro : the French, Porreaw : the Englith-men, Lecke, or Leckes. é @| The Temperature. The Leeke is hot and dry,and dothattenuate or make thinneas doth the Onion, q The Vertues. Cuar.o5; © Porrumcapitatum: Headed, orfet Leeke; Being boyledit is leffe hurtfull, by reafonthatit lofetha Great part ofhis tharpenefle Of Leekes, £2 Lorrumfectivum aut tonfil es Cut, ot vnfet Leeke, being fo vfedit yeeldeth no goodiuyce. But being takenwith coldherbes : and yet his toohot quality i tempered. i Beingboyled and eaten with Ptifanaor barley creame, it conco@eth and bringeth-vp raw hu- mors that lie in the cheft. Someaffirme it to be good inalochor licking medicine,toclenfe the pipes ofthe lungs. is . Theiuyce drunkewith honeyis profitable againft the bitings of venomous beafts,and likewife the leaues ftamped and laid thereupon. Da The fameiuyce, withvineger,frankincenfe, and milke, or oyle of rofes, mitigateththeir paineandis good for the noy{e inthem. =e droppedinto the €ares, ie Twodrams of the feed, with the like weight of myrtill berries drur {top the {pitting ofbloud whichhath continued.a long time... The fame ingredients put into Wine keepe it from fouring, and being alreadic fou te,amend the fame, as diuers write. Ir cutteth and attenuateth groffe and tough humors. £ . ; : 4 + Lobel commends thefollowing Loch as very effectual againft phlegmatick Squinances, and other cold catarrhes whichare like to caufe fuffocation. This is the defcription thereof; Take blanched almonds three ounces, foure figges, foft Bdelliumhalfe an ounce, iuyce of Eiquorice,two ounces, offugar candydiffoluedin a fuflicient quantitie of tuyce of Leekes, and boyled in Balzeo tothe height ofa Syrup,as muchas fhall be requifit to make the reft into the forme of an E- leema. % q The Hurts. ‘ A sig It heateth the body, ingendteth naughty bloud, caufeth troublefome and terrible dreames, offendeth the eyes, dulleth the fight, hurteth thofe tharare by naturehot and cholericke > andis noy{ometothe flomacke, and breedeth windineffe, Cuars 96. Of (ines or Chines, and wilde Leekes, gq The Kindes, Beka bediuers kindes of I s, fomewilde; and fome of the garden, as fhall bedeclared: Th}fecalled Ciues hane beene taken of fome for akinde of wilde Onion: but all the Au-thors th I hauebeene acquainted with, doaccord that there is norany wild Onion. ; . P 2 a The |