A It is eaten boiled,but it yeeldeth little or no nourifhment at all : it is fomethingwindiflz

Oftlie Hiflorie of Plants.

QH A1-’. 49. 0fS12inacl7.'

Spizzac/Birt. ‘l 77”’ D‘fi’iPti””' Spma‘7‘h' Pinach is a kind of B1ite,after fome.1}°(§' - withflanding I rather take it for a klfl 3 . of Orach.It bringeth forth foft and En‘ detsleaucs of a dark green colour,ful of jtiice,ll13‘ll pointed,& in the largeft part or nether end fqufileev .. parted oftentimes witha deepe gath on either 1 ~. next to the item or footftalke: the fialke 1S rouflni - a foot high,hollow withinion the tC.)pS.0ftl~1C bra ches fland little floures in clufiers, in whole placef doth grow a prickely feed. The root confilicth 0 many fmall threds. S 2 There is another fort found in our garden ’ like mm the former iitgoodnefle, as alfo in (MP5: fauing that the leaues are not ('0 great, nor {'0 461:; Iy gafht or indented 5 and the feed hath no pm? at all,wherefore it is called wilde Spinach.

qr The Place. at It is fownein gardens without any great lab? . or indufirie,and forfaketh not any ground, bpccl” but indifferent fcrtill.

qr Tire Time. e=

It may be fowne almolt at any time of the 7311;

but being fowne in the fpring,it quickely gI0“’;s :

vp and comes to perfecftton within two mon€‘. w_

but that which is {own in the fall of the leaf g1'° i 1 eth not fo (bone to perfeétion, yet continuet

fpring.

T152 Names. . ‘ cw. It is called in thefe daies S pz'mzc/iizi : offorne, -9P“”‘f]"”?’ 91*“ -' 0‘ 0th“-"5aH‘f]’4”""”” 01”’ °'_F';.i.ng. m nameth it Spimrcbia : the Arabians and Scrape call it Hz/pm: : the Germanes, sptuet: 10 lilh,S pinage and Spinach : in French,Ej]2z'mu.

Tlae _Temperamre; _ _ _ one of Spinach is euidently cold and moift almoll: in the fccond degfces but Yathcr m01l’€- It 136 1. C5“. the pot-herbs whofe fubftance is waterie and almoft without Iallbafid th§r€f0T€ <1“1Cl<<’-1)’

deth and loofeth the belly. 7% If e arms.

5: =3‘ * fily caufeth a delire to vomit. It is vfed in fallads when it is yong and tender: . an 3 This herb of all other pot.herbs and fa11ad-hetbes makcth the greateit diuerfitie of meats

‘ fallads.

C H A P. 50; Of ‘Pellitorie (yrt/98 wall.

qr ‘Ike Defcrzflion.

. ‘ fo“" Ellitorie of the wall hath round tender {talks fomwhat brown and reddifli C/).f.COl0'l.ll‘32:I[):l1Ccdj

. what mining: the leaues be rqugh like to the leaues of Mercury, nothing rniptfaacfi couerg

es ;the floufes be fma1l,growing clofe to the llems : the feed is black and very ma . s~.1c11a mugh huske which hangeth faft vpon garments : the root is fomewhat retldilh . q 1%‘

L I 13.1. ~ tOf the Hiliorie of Plants. Parzetarze. . _ V _ . ‘I 17,5, Place‘ P°”“°“e °m1F'W31l-j It groweth ncere to old wals in the moifl corners

of Churches and {tone buildings, amongft rubbilh and fuch like places. " ' ‘J TIQE 73-7775.‘; ‘

It commeth vpin May: it feedeth in Iuly and Augufi: the root onely continueth and is to bee fi_;t_fnd~ii_i \{Vinter. V A

.. 5» ‘ 1- T/.-cQ*{gmer.

’ ;g_‘ It is commonly called Parieta rz'4, or by a corrupt {sword Paritm‘zz,becaufeit groweth necrc to walls : and for tlie fame caufe it is named of diuers <Jl»{um-

lir L-“alfo Mara/itm'2‘ ofP/my and Calf»: : of the Gre- ciansainm There is alfo another Helxine fyrnamcd Cgflizmpelar .- fome call it Perdzcium, of Partridges which fometimcs feed hereon: fome I{‘rceqlm2,and

T Vitrariagbecaufe it lerueth to {come Glalles, Pip.

. .*..~.-. :I_ , . s. I kins, and fuch like: it is called in high-Dutch,

‘_.. M . .“ ‘ flagbnbnaclgtz in Spanifh, Term del mm: .- in ‘'‘'7-‘‘4 I p ( N Englifh, Pellitorie of the Wall: in French,Pm‘e: ‘ r . - ~' 5 " ' “‘ Mire.

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w p;_:... v '''.I ._ T 5’//'/.:w/z_.:'4£;;.,,‘ be Temperature.

E. ‘-"'»,;:,,( . Pellitorie of the Wall(as Galen l'aith)hath force ’ to fcoure,and is fomething cold and moifi. T}/e Vemm. ‘ Pellitory of the wallboiled, and the decoétion of it drunken,helpeth fuch as are vexed with an Old

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‘ti .;. . ’°‘*’‘f'-:z-.. ’ o h h 1 d ft , d f d ' it sex :§:srr;.;s‘:%:nt:z:;::,.tosgszrgsrait / :1 r i V N {ame,not1onely _inwardly,l:)t,;t Slifo outwardly appli.

f°m€n.tation orwarme bath' ' hf ocflidggljetcleoftgslgngifchllikea er’ m manner 0 all

p’l’fC07ia’¢’5 faith,That thd ?t%iLv:1:emp:?§§ fviili Cetufe or wliitle leade malceth a good ointment again“ S-4””/0m"es fire and the {h'n IE5 - and mixed with the Cerot of Alcanna or with the male

0%: ?"‘I’l’V=(§‘{l3‘°;lP€th the°gout in %he feet : which Pliny alfo aflirmeth,Lié.22 .c::p. 1 7.

of wax o¥%;l;m(u :1tt1l]1elr1ee2Ic)tp1{t,:ai)i:e<s;J(:f;}t1le1t‘::ef:§‘tt y)v£i:p]cGac[>1::1t!s fuet and wax of Cyprus 3 where in Read 1in;’:’fff0.}r1id_e: addeth3That the jliice hereof is a remedy for old coughs, and taketh away hot fwel- D valfo t e :)£[:|éIsI!(~)<3f_I1tc!l‘sei::iathe tg]l'_oat,if it be tried in a gaf5?Ii{fn‘t€,Or Qtélfiftzlfciafipgled : it rnitigateth .. aarmant.55;;°'“gP°*":—d.:“?“%‘ht*‘:?...:::°:;:.,...‘=:f;',:‘sr..rt.. E

e leaues t°mP°T€d W’ lfoplncefffo t elmccd C’ mannergfa ulteff 'a dl "d to th. :1’ d arts,ate a gem d f it or e o weer a mom s in p e, n ai e p inc ” E

5 Y Or them that be troubled with the ftone,and that can hardly make water.

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C H A P. 51. 0fFréncb Zllercurie. 1] TI/eKz'm!e:.

THere be two kinds of M ‘i - - ' "-1 _ ercury reckon-ed for good,and yetbgoth fometimes wild-e - befides org 1 dc neuer found in gardens,vnlcll'e they be brought thither. ’

qr T/ie Deftription.

, I » .. V l ;I;:_‘al° garden Mercury hath tender {talks full of joints and branches, WIJCTGUPOH doc - megfreeple leaues like Pellitorie of the wall,but f nip: about the edges : among which 0" two hairie bullets round,and ioined together like thofc of Goofc-gtaffe or.

Cleu . . _ _ ' ‘ ersfiach °°“F““mg 1“ It felfe one fmall round feed : the root is tender,ancl full of white hairy;

\' tings.

.3 -2 - - _ . Ihu female is like vnto the former in leaucs,fta1kes,and manner ofgtow i.iig,diffe;i.ng but in

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