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Show a Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 316 14 nia — hae wre ic . Serna emeneenr are Of theHiftory of Planes: sy Thefinalicut Colewoort hath very large leaues, wonderfully cut, hackt and heweneuen ro themiddle rib, refembling a kindeof curledparfley,that fhall be defcribedin his place,(which is not common norhath not beene knowne nor defcribedvntill this time) very well agreeing with Gq The Temperature. Allthe Colewoosts have a drying and binding facultic,with a certainenitrousor {alt quality; whereby they mightily cleanfe; either inthe inice, or in the broth. The whole fubftance the laft before mentioned, butdifferethin the curious cutting and iagging of the leaues: in ftalke floures and feednotvnlike. or body ofthe Colewoort is ofa binding and drying faculty, becaufe it leaucth in the decoction this falt quality; which lieth in theiuyceatidwatry part thercof:the waterwhereinit is firft boy. led, drawethtoit felfeall the.quality ; for which caufe the decodtion thereofldofeththe belly, 15 Sea Colewoort hathlarge and broad Jeaties as doth alfothe iuyce of it, ifirbe drunke >but if the firft broth in which it was boyled be caf mongwhichrifevp ftalkes twocubits high, ber knewneither the white ones, nor the Cole-florey;for if he had; his cenfure had beene otherwife, + 16 Brafica [ylucftris. Wilde Colewoorts. d Sig very thicke and curled, and fo brittle thar they cannotbe handled without breaking, of anouer. worne greene colour, tending to grayneffe:a. away,then doth the Colewoort dry and bindethe belly. But it yeeldeth to the body{mal! nou. rifhment, and doth not ingetider good, but a groffe and Melancholicke bloud. The white Cabbageis. beftnext vntothe Cole-florey ; yetCato doth chiefly conimiend the ruffer Cole: but he q The Vertues. ring {mall pale floures at the top ; which being paft their follow round knobs whereinis contalned one round feed and no more, blackeof co- Diefcorides teacheth, that the Colewoort being eaten is good forthem that haue dim eyes, A and that aretroubled.with the fhaking palfie. therefore Penaand Lobell called it Braffica mains monofpermos. $ that be troubled with the {pléene. Itis reported,thatthe raw Colewoort being eaten before meate, doth preferue 4 man from C lour, of the bigneffe of a tare andaferch: + And The fame authoraflirmeth,that ifit be boiled and eaten with vineger; it is atemedie for thofe B The wilde Colewoort hathlong bros drunkennefle : thereafonis yeelded,for that there is anaturall enmity betweene it and the vine, Jeaues not vnlike to the tame Colewoort, bit leffer, as is all thereft of the plant, andis ofhis owne nature wilde, andtherefore notfoughtafter asa meate, but is fowen and husbanded upot whichis fuch,as if it grow neete vntoit, forthwith the vine perifheth and withereth away syea, if wine be poured ynto it while itis in boyling,it will not be any more boiled,and the colour thereof quite altered, as Cafius and Dionyfiws Vticenfis doe write in their bookesoftillage : yet doth not Atheneus afcribe that vertue ofdriuing away drunkenneffe to the leaues, but to the feeds of Cole- fake, by which oftentimes great gaineisgottel q The Place The greateft fort of Colewoorts doe Fn Moreoucr, the leaues of Colewoorts aregoodagainft all inflammations, and hot fwellings, D being ftamped wathbarley and meale,and laid vpon them withfalt:and alfo to bréake carbuncles. The iuyce of Colewoorts,as Diofcorides writeth, being taken with floure-déluceand niter,doth E 16 ditch bankes and fuchlike placesforthe fes gardens, and doe loue a foile whichis at and throughly dunged and well manured : theyde beft profper when they be remooued, and evety of themgrowin our Englith gardens, except the wilde,.which groweth in. fields and new digge ditch banks. The fea Colewoort groweth naturally ypo! the baycheand brims ofthe fea,where tee earth to bee feene, but fand and rowling po" ftones, which thofe that dwell neete the fea doecall Bayche: I foundit growing berweeneft c Thanet neere the brinke of the fea, and in manyplaces neere to Colne ftable; and the beIleof the Batis : and elfewhereby t @ The Time. j woort. make the belly foluble: aud being drunke with wine, it isa remedie againft the bitings ofveno- ; ; mousbeafts, The famebeing applyed with the powder of Fennugreeke, taketh away the paine ofthe gour, a : : and alfo cureth old and foulevicers._ Being conueied intothe nofthrils,it purgeth the head: being put vp with batley meale it brin- G : : } : ween" geth downethe floures, Pliny writeth, that the iuyce mixed with wine, and droppedinto the eares, isaremedie againft yy fi 3 6 deafeneffe. be feed,as Galen faith, driueth forth wormes, taketh awayfrecklesofthe face,fun-burning, ] yal woe focuer that need to be gently fcouredor clenfed away. ce ney a t nat the broth wherein the herbe hath beene fodden is martiellous good for the fi- x ewes and loynts,and likewife for Cankers in the cies,claled in Greeke (urcinomata,which cannot be healed byany other meanes, if they be wafhed therewith; e ofthe Petrus Grefientius faith that the Colewoort may bee fowea and remooued at aed often of Sth 2 Apri March, as {pring, the fowenin is It miflike. altogether yeereswhofe opinionI times in May, and fometimesin Auguft, but the fpeciall time is about the beginn! 8 tember. T Thefifecenth and fixtcenth figures were formerly tranfpofed. itis comevpfrom feed ; the which muftbe done, inAprill or May,efpecially thofe x ve rel in Autumne;whichafterwards flourifh in the winter moneths, at what time, they 4 meate. . ba ha Gent hrorledung, wyhen it But the Sauoy- Cole, and the Cole florey, muft be fowne in Aprill, ina bed. and couered with ftraw or fuch like, to keepeit from the cold,and frofty -mornings;Fife anifyou ; ‘ hath gottenfix leaues after this fort, then fhall you remoue himas Se ionefle ; will i be fpent, before2 it co me ry for temperate weatherbefore youfow, the yeare q] The Names. ; ha age alfocalled Euery of the Colewoorts, is calledin’ Greeke by Diofcorides and Galen uaa: 1 = likein © euttose fo named, not only becaufe it driueth away drunkennefle, but alfo oa - apes en Cole lour to the precious ftone calledthe Amethytt : which is meant by the ‘ $y cane ofthe woort. The Apothecaries and the common Herbarifts doe call it Gauls, of the goo" ftalke : inthe Germane tongueit is called Sgole kraut s in French, 45 Choux : 0 Colewoorts. <3 Italian, Hl : ‘ Cypriayand i ediin Latine i called 2 sin Cauliflora Brafiica is Cole-florey Aulifiore 9. chaptete agree with Brafvicapompeiana ofPliny, whereofhewriteth inhis r9, booke,and o- il The Defcription. I Ame qi Th He firft kinde of Rape Cole hath one fingle long root, garnifhed with many threddy {trings:: fromwhich rifeth vp a great thicke ftalke, bigger thana great Cucumberor Steat Peed at the top whereof thootethforth great broadleaues, like vnto thofe of Cabbage ad Turnep: Cole.” The Houres growat the top onflenderftalkes,compaét of foure {mall yellow floures:which being patt the feed followethinclofed in litle long cods, like the feed ofMuftard. ; the fecond hatha long fibrous root like vnto the precedent ; the tubcrous ftalke is very oo oe song, thru fting forth in fomefew places here and there,fmall foot{talkes.whereupon doe mooth leaues fleight! y indented about the edges:on the top ofthe long Turnep ftalke grow ne ened floures like the former. + This fecond differs frony the former onely inthe nglith, aeunienit foemeth® Oyf Ra m.(0le. CHAP: Al. The Colewoort, faith Colwmella, muft be remoued whenit attaineth to fix leantte i. Of the fwoln¢ ftalke, whence theycall it Caulorapumlongum, or Long Rape Cole. + Place. | The os :: : rowin] tal y, Spaine, and *fomeplaces: ofGermanie, from whence I haue receiued feedes ei . ; Nas al{ alfo from an honeft and curious friend of mine called mafter Goodman, atthe oe ‘cere London, Dd @ The |