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WwWi;i—W:i“he gfcut Qolewort hath very large leaues,wonderfully_cut,haclr_t, ani:l.hoivenneir:*::I:]I()"[ the middle rib,refeinblmg a kind of curled Parlly that lhal be defcribed in his NL£i\{fb1:lfOre coinmonuior hath bin knowne or defcribed rintill this time) very wel agreeing witr the (me e

. ' ' ‘ ' ' ‘ - . - r l ,-n -. , ‘it an ' rnentioned,but differeth in the curious cutting and iagging ol the leaues . in ﬁail...,F.oi.r.. ﬁx: 155 ‘ not \’l1lIl.~:C.

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1 16 Bm,6’z‘m_{yl«vejZris. is_ Sea Colewort hath large and broad leaues VI; ‘Wilde Coleworts. ry thick and curled, and fo brittle that they cannot handled without breaking, of an oueiworne green C0‘ - lour tending to grayneile : among which rife vp Mn‘; two cubits high,bearing fmall pale ﬂoures at the t_0P_5 which being palhthere follow round knobs where!“ 15 contained one round feed and no more , blacke of ‘O’ lour, of the biigbeife of a rare or vetch. it ‘And there’ fore Pena and Label call it Braﬁzca marina manajbcrm0’- i6 The wilde Colewort hath long broad leaues not vnlike to the tame Colewort, but leffer, as If the reel’: of the plant, and is of his own.e nature W11 C’ and therefore not fought after as a meat , but is fowl” and husbanded vpon ditch banks and fuch like p1_3Ce.:f for the feeds lake, by which oftentimes greatlgainél gotten. The Place.

The greatefl fort of Colewoorts grow in gard€“5: and do loue a loile which is fat,being throughly dun ged and manured : they doe bell: profper Being Ema’ tied, and euery of them grow in our Englilh gard‘€{‘5:. except the wilde, which growes in ﬁelds and new (515 ged ditch banlrs. , p h

The fear Colewort grows naturally vpon the b3l'°n and brims of the fearwhere there is no earth to be leg,’ but {and and rolling pibble llones , which thofctl} dwell neere the lea do call Bayche.I found it gf0W‘h between Whitllable and the lfle of Tenet neere ‘e_ brinlte of the fea,and in many places neere to Cold‘ f’ter,and elfewhere by the fea ﬁde.

1]‘ The Time.

Perms: Crtﬂeiiiizts faith,Tliat the C olewort may be fowne and remoued at any time of the Y?‘”:,’ whole opinion I altogether miﬂilre. It is fowne in the Spring,as in March,Aprill,and oftenflm in May, and fometimes in Auguft ; but the fpeciall time is about thehbeginning of Septembcrbc

The Colewort,faith Colzmzella, mul’t be rennoued when it attaineth to fix leaues after it iS_¢‘:,u, v p from feed ; the which mull be done in Aprill Or May,el‘pecially thofe which were fownc 1“ tllmfleswhich afterwards ﬂourifh in the VVinter moneths_,at what time they are ﬁtteﬁ for me“ ﬁg,

But the Sauoy Cole and the Cole ﬂorey mull: be fowne in April], in a bed of hot horfe-‘Wing and couered with flraw or fuch. like , to keepe it from the cold and frofiy mornings ; and 113 Cr,‘ gotten ﬁx leaues in {rich fort,you ﬂiall rcmoue it as aforefaid, otherwife if you tarry for rem? weather before you fow,the yeare will be fpent before it come to ripenelle.

I; The Names. I i. . r r. . . . V . . r 1163 Euery of the Colewoorts is called in_ Greeke by Dzofrmder and Galm, »r==‘r»e- : it is a1_f°"::)ca- l'y.q'»9vgn5 ‘. lb narne_d not onely becaufe it driueth away_dru_nl-zennelle, but alfo for that it is like 1W ;, lour to the pretious (‘tone called the Amethyll: ;Wl]1Ch is meant by the firl-’r and garden C018,, 113 The Apotl-iecaries and the common Herbarills do call it Cauli:,of the goodnelfe of the R311‘ the Germane Tongue it is called £001? Btallt} In French, Dc: Chow: : in Englilh, Coletvortcg to Coleuﬂorey is called in Latine _Craffzm Cyprza and CM/iﬂﬂm: in Italian, Czmlzﬁore .- it 166”

agree with Bm,[r‘z‘c.»z Pampaz'.i:;ai of Pl¢i2}’,VVll€l'€Of he write_th,lz'ét .1 9.m,v. 8..

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Allthe Coleworts haue a drying and binding facultie, with a certaine nitrous or falt quality, N03?’ lifleybmightily clenfe,either in juice or in.brotl1.Th_e whole fubltance _or body of_ the C 0.16-A new izoha ' inding and drying faculty,becaufe it leaueth in the deco zftion his falt quality ,_which t C ua1t_tC}l;lCC and watry part thereof; the water wherein it is firlt boiled, draweth _tO.lt lelleall it béldnl 1): 5. gr which caufe the de_co6’ci_on thereof loofeth the belly,as doth alfo the iuice ofit, if dry and ed. utifthe ﬁrftbroth in which it was boiled be call away, then doth_the Colewort

at a zflin the belly.But_it yeeldeth to the body fmalnoiirilhrnengand doth not iugender good, Cm £3] ehand melancholicke bloud.Thewhire Cabbage is belt next vnto the Cole-flotey; yet 0 x V c iefely commend the rullet Cole: ‘but he knew neither the white ones, not the Cole-

Kygfor if he had,his cenfure had bin otherwife.

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Dzofcorzdes teacheth,that the Colewoort beeing eaten is good for them that haue dim eies, and A at are troubled with the {baking pallie. » t he fame Author aflirmeth,that if it be boiled and eaten with vine-get, it is a remedy for thofe B‘; at be troubled with the fpleene.

mt]: reported, that the raw C olewort beeing eaten before m€att_3,.dOtl) preferue a man from C W i henne e: the reafon is yeelded, for that there is a naturall enmitie betweene it and the vine, Wincbls fuch,as if it grow neere vnto it,l'orth_witl_1 the vine perilheth and withereth away : yea, if qu. 6 poured vntoit while it is in boiling, it will not be any more hoiled,and the colour thereof

1.6 altered,as Caffzzar and Dioﬂyﬂur Vticenjir do write in their bookes of tillage : yet doth not (/1-

w(:’r’:m afcribe that vertue ofdriuing away drunkenneffe to the leaucs, but to the feeds ofCole—

_ oMoreouer,the leaues ofColeworts are good againfl all inﬂammations,and hot fwellings ,bee- D t» ﬁ‘m_1ped with barley meale, and laied vpon them with falt: and alfo to breake carbuncles. mak E NYCC of Coleworts,as Diofcoridcs writeth,beeing taken with Floure-de-lys and nitre, doth Du: Rody foluble : and being drunke with wine, it is a remedy againfr the bitings of veno- S.

he fame bein ' ' - ' . g applied with the ponder of Fennugreehe taketh away the panic of the gout and 1: “"0 Ctireth old and foule _vlcers. ’ ’

gethmng Conueied into the nof’chrils,it purgeth the head : being put vp with barley meale it brin- G d0Wne the ﬂoures.

eafC”r:}e’fVy_ritCth,that the iuice mixed with wine, and dropped into the cares, is a remedy againfl; H why? l_‘eed,as Galen l'aith,driueth forth wormes,tal<eth away freckles of the face, fun.burning,and 1 thing foeuer that need to be gently fcoured or clenfed away. _ and i ‘EY lay that the _broth wherein the herbe hath bin fodden is maruellous good for the iinewes K I d 01nts,and liltewife for cankers in the eies,called in Greeke Carcinomam, which cannot be heat 3' “Y Other meanes, if they be wafhed therewith.

T Th ° ﬁﬁcentli and ﬁxteeutli figures were Formerly rranfpofcd.

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qr :z”l:cDefm'1>tion.

1 Tide ﬁrltlcinde of Rape Cole hathone lingle long root, gar-nillied with many tlireddy ' ‘ ﬁrings : from which rifeth vp a great thick 1’call<,bigger than a great Cucumber or great ba C T‘“'“°P ‘at 1116 top whereof fhooteth forth great broad leaues, like vnto thofe of Cab- whgieh 0l_e.The ﬂoures grow at the top on {lender ftalkcs, compaé} of foure fmall yellow ﬂoures : ° being palhthe feed followetli inclofed in little long cods,lil<e the feed of Mullard. an; I, The lecond hath a long ﬁbrous root like vnto the precedent;the tuberous ftallc is very great {mo °”g»‘lmJfhng_forth in fome few places here and there, fome foot-f’call:s,whereupon do‘? grow ean0t(:1 leaues, (leightly indented about the edges : on the top of the long Turnep_ ﬂan“? STOW Ofthe falks and ﬂoures like the former- 1: This fecond differs from the former onely in the length 3 “mine ﬁalkeawhence they call it Caulorayum lzmgim2,0r long Rape Cole. 1 The O . I _ {[ ‘1‘bePlace. . - p for m Ygldw 1“ ‘3{}Y;Spaine,and fome places ol'Gerrnanie,. _from whence I haue receiued leed_s node: gar CD535 al 0 from an honelt and curious friend of mine called mailer Go9d.rmm,at the Mia tleere London.

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