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Show Lins.a) E* Of the Piftrie of Plants. 232 that it maybe turned almoft into duft. It groweth in fields and diuers vineyards or Hop gardens places of England. i ‘ " The foal Toaeieedieoeh by Hackney, in a fandy ground; andsthofe ‘that are brought to : Cheape-fide market fromthat Villageare the beftthat euer Itafted, q The Time. fecond Turnepsarefownein the {prihg, asalfo in the end of Auguft.-They floure and feéd'the adegene. yeare afterthey are fowen ?for thoféwhichfloure the fame yeare thattheyare fowenare rate kinde, called in Ghefhire about the Namptwitch, Madueeps, of their euill qualitie in cau. fing fren{ieand giddineffe ofthe braine-for a feafon, : | 4 Rapumraiice oblonga. ° Longifh rooted Turttep. x Rapym majus. Great Turnep. Of the Hiftory of Plants. Is 183.2. mouldie or kibedheeles, and that-alfo oile‘of rofes boiled in a hollow turnep vnder the hot éms bers doth cure the fame. The young and ‘tender fhootes or fprings of Turneps at theit firft comming forth of the E ground, boiled and eatenas afallade, prouoke vrine. The feedis mixed with counterpoifons andtreacles : and being drunke it isa remedie againft E poifons. ; Sas , i They of the lowe'countries doe ginethe oile whichis pteffed out of the feed,againft the after G throwes ofwomen newly brought to bed, and alfo minifter it to young children againft the wormes, whichit both killeth and driueth forth. The oile wathedwith water dothallaie the feruent heat and ruggednefle ofthe skin, H Cuar.2, Of wilde Turneps. | The Kindes. Here be three forts of wilde Turneps , one our common Rape which beareth the feed where- ofis madetape oile,and feedethfinging birds:the other the commonenemyto corne,which call Charlock, whereofthere be two kindes, one witha yellow, or els purple’ floure, the Other witha white floure : thereis alfo another of the water and marifh grounds. I Rapum fylucftre. Wilde Turneps, 2 Rapiftrum arnerum. Charlocke or Chadlocke; i hig | The Names. The Turnep iscalled in Latine, Rapum : in Greeke , yim: the name commonly vfed in fhops and cuery whete is Rapa. The Lacedemonians call it e5: the Boetians, texas, as Athenaus repor teth: in high’Dutch, uber: in low Dutch, Raper : in French, Navean rod : in Spanith, Naot in Englith, Turnep,and Rape. | The Temperature andVertues. Ay, Thebulbous or knobbed root,whichis properly called Rapuiz or Turnep, and hath given the name to theplant, isMany times eaten raw, efpecially of the poore people in Wales, but mo commonlyboiled. Therawroot iswindy , and engendreth groffe and cold blond; the boyled doth coole leffe, and fo little, thatit cannot be perceiued tocooleatall, yet itis moiftand windy. B _Itauailethnora littleafter what manneritis prepared ; forbeing boyled in water, or ina ct taine broth,,it is more. moift,andfooner defcendeth, and maketh the-body, more foluble; but being roftedor baked it dricth, and ingendrethleffe winde, and yer it: is not altogether without winde. But howfocuerthey bedreffed;they yeeld moreplenty ofnourifhmentthan thofe thatate eatenraw: theydo increafe milke inwomens brefts,and naturall feed, and prouoke vrine. C _ The decoéion of Turnepsis good againft the cough and hoarfenefle ofthe voice,being drunke D_ in the euening with a little fugaror a quantitie ofclarified honey, : : Diofterid:s writeth, That the Turepitfelfe being ftamped;is with good fueceffe appliet vpon moulds onl G. The Defcription: Ikle Turneps or Rapes,hau Aapes,haue long, broad, and roughleaues like i thofe of Turneps, but: os Cdeeply gathedin theedges. The ftalkes are flenderand brittle feigseeierrbake *) O A ocubits high, diuiding themfelues at the top into many armes or branches, .= yeHowst h flowers : which being paft, there doe furcceed fmall long cods whereon dog mene Which con the feed like that of the Turnep, but {maller, fomewhat teddifh,and ofa firiehor Vy and |
