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Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

‘L linwhofe garden I faw it growingfome two yeares ago.The other plentifully betweene Lon»

don and Pancrid ge Chnrch,about_ the ditches and highway fide. 1} The Time. ' ' - They come vp in the Spring,and fometimes fooneigand ripen their feed in Iuly and Auguﬂ. :1‘ be Names. A

1 I take the firﬁrofthefe tobe the Lac'hz‘c4‘_fylueﬂrz3: of ’Dz’ofcaride:.a»nd the Aritients, and that which the Authors of the Aduerﬁzria game vs vnd er the title of L aéfuta dgffqﬂiffﬂdriqlx, ﬁartznﬁsﬁalio, Lac‘Zucaﬂare,0pq'iodare vehementi, oparzfero éwirafé. ': * ~ 5 . - a V .

2 This. is the Emimia offiagm, 1;ag.2 68.. and the Tbzjion of D.4lej”tﬁampim~,pagL;564. Bauézné confounds thiswith the former. :; s . ;:..?*:; . i .

3 This-isithe Laé?m'4]jIlucft‘rz'5pri0r,of Tmgu: .- the Laﬁuca fylzzq/hzisiof M ﬂttbi0llH,F”Cbﬁ%5,Dp‘ a’amm:,andothers:it is the Sen‘: Domcflica ofLo5el. ’ * Yr; it ~ .. " 3 V .- .

~ L 1 ‘ 1”} The Temperature.

V Thefe certainly,efpecially the two ﬁrlhare icnld-,andithat in the later end ofthe third or begin;

niiig ofthefourtli degree(if0pz‘um be cold in the fourth.) ‘ — A (f .21‘ be Vertaerir, 2 vi

Some(laith Diofcoridcs) mix the milkie juice hereof withiopiumis (for his Macowium is our 0155

iOl"rliei’Hiitorie Plaiits.-. in

Q? ‘T/:12 Dcﬁription.

He Plant which is commonly called Ola: zzléxmw-,or the white pot-her'b(which of fonrie

l{}:1C1'Lb1l’l fer out for a kind o:FValerian,bt1t vnproperlyzfor that it doth very poi:ab‘1y yet

found in Vale le :lht;lLe)tftiic)et,)as well in f<:1:*m,as inriieat to be.eaten5Vv.h1Ch property is not to be i rials“? 3-“if e{»E€:‘°“a§ %i;§“°““?*‘P‘“°€ *=mka;nd°fL<=rsu=e>hari mile gmun_d.Ot.hs rl'alflnb1VpO$'l rt‘ AL blﬁqghawltih cfertjin edges a foot high when it grows in rnolic 9 grow acct‘. I (;3fV\1I‘lAC a']3ll ortwg lug ,wit I ry iloynts or knees out of eueryone where- 11!) tendernege lisemﬂt eﬁmes narrqvydﬁg g{ong,not;‘nI i ﬁrpk extras at the brﬁ commingvp,as well tainewhite Home 5 ‘cl in§ating3arlil n pieltop 13 thlﬁ afhesf lanb vplon a road tuftas it were eer.. t at they h row r ti at e iéiarpek ous étt e,w blcl . can eat e y ee. nowne to bee ﬂoiires,fa.i1i.ng like vntoiiirpesmany roger er 1_:(’.”§‘.tLl7, or vm e . it hath in {head of roots -afew‘ {lender threads of :1Mu:2I10€[:;El1:‘lr] klrflcle ofLettuce,which D_oa'omeu4 in his 12:19: editionfetteth forth vnder the name with vs, Lgblgllig ‘_§;‘_'-CflJuntItY “ﬁe? callll lit nelitmaesgn vfg: it gjrtfhelt meat called Wermofe; W ich fhobteth {1Sp_ ant iat ma orig LEIUCS a nger roa ‘,0 a pale grCCIlCOiOLlT5 among - - - p a mall cornered and {lender Rem halfe a foot high, ]O1ﬂl€d with two or three

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zmz)iti the making thereof. . . .. ._ s A M r «_ B He alfo faith,that the juice hereof drunke in Oxycrate in the quarititie of 2 obuli, (which makﬁ fome one l'crup~1e)pnr‘geth-waterilh humors by ﬂZ0Ole;it alfo clenfethrthe little vlcer in the decal- led L.47g€m,on in Greeke, as alfo the myl’rineﬂ'e ordarkeneﬂe ofli ght. . , t i J C Alfo beaten and applied with womans milke it is good againlt burncs and fcaldes. D Lam)?! P1'0Cures ﬂeepe,alTwages paine,m‘oues thecourfes in W0men,and is drunke againﬂ the flingings of Scorpions,and bitings of fpiders. The feed taken in drinke,like as the garden Lettucghindreth generation offeed and veneteoui imaginations. 1 . L A

I(:1£:csh°‘ k“@€S,0ut of which proceed two leaues longer than the ﬁ'rl’r, hearing at the top of the 3; Orfveryfmall white flo_ures.clof_ely conipaét together, with a root like the former. , whole plant beeﬁedggéf. one plant, differing in the bignelfe and broadnelfe of up the leafe and the The‘. h r . _ . (I The Plate. 5 ‘ r us heabes growavilde in the come ﬁelds 5 and ﬁnce it hath growne in vfe among the French C rangers in England,it hath bin fowne in gardens as a fallad herbe. , Th i ‘ 11 The Time. 63’ are found greene almoli all Winter and Summer.

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The Names.

CRAP. .~0 Laml2.rLettuce or arm: allad. r Tb’. ~ . . t , . 39 f 2 C ./h it eDureh-men docal it ngptmocggthat istofay,t/tlbumalau.-of {'0-rrieiris calledmeltcropg

the}? . . _ _ uwhfenchterme it Salfade deC/agmome : it may be called in Greelre, mvm==’i<=vor= in Engiliih, The

2 Laﬁuca Agnina latzﬁzliai It 9 Pot-herbegbut cornmonlyacome fa11ad_

1 Laﬁuca Agmm. Corne fallade.

Lambs Lettuce.

I-"-"3; “~“i"."_.‘;’/' This I‘ b _ T he Temperature arm’ Vern;-ex. . = : ~ - - b E“ Lettiuer \. is cold and fomething rnoill, and not vnlike in facultie and temperature to the gain 1 d er Ce; In (lead whereoﬁin Winter and in the ﬁrlt moneths of the 5 ring it ferues for a fal-

be and is with ' ‘ ' ' leaf . i . r -. * ' ‘~ it is n0neiof,thewmﬁ.p ure eaten with vineger,falt and oile,as other lal ads be , among which

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AP; 4.0. Colewortr. 4

lg 7‘/Se Kiazdés.

”’f‘0’i4'€5 maketh two kindes oFColeworts the tame and Ir -' di ' A ‘ _ k. . l g 5 V . t_ C wil e: butifbgefbrqﬂu; makes migtigndighegeog. the ruffed or curled Cole, the fmooth Cole, and the wilde Cole. Cm‘ moothgreat iroaﬁegff gs, vlfettethﬁdownc alfo three Colewotts : the ﬁrﬁ: heedefcribeth to bee S, W i. A ‘_ . g I _ » and vet _ my , 6 Mich ab_igB:a1l<e: the lecond ruffed : the third wirhlittle f’talks,tend'ei- r t I A L x _ -. i ,.- V ..; chapter}: :1/IILIIC d hitpng. The fame diﬁintﬁion alfo Plmy maketh, in his 1o_ Booke, and the ninth -o. ~ - ere e arch, That the molt antient Rornaries haue diuided it into three kindes : the

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/I/[Z],/I/I - ~ ' In edsthif lecond flTlOOfh,8.l.'ld thC thltd WlllCh IS properly caﬂgd ‘Pippa,’ or Colewot-5. And I

I i=' . ., II I . ,, _. 15 Fllnete n - » . r . . ,_ . ' ,II7 " ‘-.,~, ,,,,,,: "" rm.“ P 6 ti.‘ book‘? he hath alfo added to thefe, other rnoe kindes :- that is to fay, 7‘rzt‘z:mum Ii!‘ _ i . g g rill]/9.5245;/[ . I»-'.-,_'__ '__"' . um! d ’ 5 . .. ,. my §‘.;:,.,,,..,,..:, I The Herbarms ofz) _ 4, mm,an Laczatzrrrzum. V : L ' . ' _ ‘ _ g _ . . . in orme : other headedtzytigixledliatlle likewgfe obferued many forts,di£fering either in colour, omit; greenefome fmooth leaned an: oﬁﬁglressc riaiizlne tofgedthilrﬁrmoﬁ oi‘ that? whi;_lc,_f<f>)€m1e:kofa deepe eex . - . , g . ' in e ortu e ; i ,enng.likewi en: t err -2: es as {Hall preﬂéd in their feuerall del'crip'tior1s._ ’ ‘

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