308 ‘L Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. L136 2.

‘ boiled it is fooner digeﬁedsand nourifheth more.

H or round head, whereof the fimpleft is not ignorant. The feed hereof is blacl<e,contrary to all the

tell-which may be as it were a rule whereby ye may -know the feed of Cabbage Lettuce from Ill‘: other forts. ‘ ‘

5 The Lumbard Lettuce hath many greatleaues fpred vpon the ground like vnto thofe ofthe l

garden Endiue,but leffer‘. The (‘talks rife vp to the height of three foot : the ﬂoures be yellowilllz which turne into downe and {lie away with the winde : the feed is white as (how. q] The Place. . Lettuce delighteth to growers P4/[adieu faith, in a mannured,fat, moift, and dunged ground 5 1‘ mult be fowen in faire weather in places where there is plenty ofwater,as Co/zmze/In faith, and PW‘ fpereth belt ifit be fowen very thin. — — q} The Time. . It is certaine,faith Pa/l'adz'm_,that Lettuce may well be fowen at any time of the yeare,but ef'p€* cially at euery ﬁrﬁ S pring,and fo foone as Winter is done,till Summer be well nigh fpent. A ~ 91 T he Names.

Garden Lettuce is called in Latine,Laé7umfeztiru4: Galen names it apimps. ,the Pythagorians «vv?‘74"’ L -

fome judge it to be called L4é‘r'uczz,2z L45f€0ft:t€£0,0ftlle milky iuice which ilfueth forth of the wj0l:i"' ded ﬁalks and roots : the Germaties name it nattitl; : the low Dutch, natoume : the Spaniqf dz! Lechzzgaancl Alfzzce .- the Englifh,Lettuc'e": and the French,Laié2ue : when the leaues of thiskin are curled or crumpled,it is named of Plmy,Lar>7ma crzﬂraiz and ofColumell4,La£i‘um Ceciliaﬂmlll En‘ glifh,c_urled or crompled Lettuce. A . _ . _ hit The Cabbage Lettuce is commonly called Laﬁuca capztamand Lazfium f ejfzles : Plmy namet

L,,5;,,;,, Laganim Columell4,Lao'fum Bwtica : Petra: Crefccntim,L4é?uc4 Romami : in Englifh, red Let‘ tuce,and Loucd Lettuce. ‘‘ A ‘ i

There is another or: with reddilh leaues,called of Colume1la,Laé2uca Cyprimin Engli(h,red LC‘? tuee. — The Temperature. ‘ . Lettuce is a cold and moift pot-herbe,yet not in the extream degreeof cold or moillure,btIt 51'» together mod eratlysfor otherwife it were not to be eaten. ‘ L’ - . T he Vertuer.

VA Lettuce cooleththeheat of the ﬁomacke, called the heart-burning ;' and helpeth it when 5”‘

troubled with choler : it quencheth thirPr,caufeth ﬂeepe, maketh plenty of rnilke in nurfes; W 0 through heat and drineife grow barren and drie of millre : for it breedeth milke by tempering ‘ll _ drineffe and heat.But in bodies that be naturally cold,it doth not ingender milke at all, but is 1‘

ther an hinderance thereunto. _ _ _ . . _ . _ be Lettuce maketh a pleafant fallad,being eaten raw with vineger,oile,and alittle falt : but if 15

It is ferued in thefe daies,and in thefe countries in the beginning of ﬂipper, and eaten firft bcfollj

-- any other meat. : wh ieh alfo Martial! teﬂiﬁetli to be done in his time, maruelling why fome

vfc it for a feruice at the end offupper,in thefe verfes.

‘ ’ Claudere qua: aemur Laéizmzﬁlehat amzrum, Die mihz‘,mr hajlnu imohat illrz dupes ? . Tell me why Lettuce, which our Grand ﬁres laft did eate, ' Is now of late become,to be the Hill: of meat? T

D Notwithfianding it may now and then be eaten at bothithofetimes to the health of the b0‘l7h:

for being taken before meat it doth many times ftir vp appetite -.and eaten after {upper it ke€P 5 away drunkenne fl‘e which commeth by the wine 5 and that is by reafon that it ftaieth the vapo“ ' {I031 “fmgvp into the head. _ , y ' V The iuice which is madein the veins by Lettuce is moift and cold,yet not" il,rior much in <1“ “-6 tity : (Jahm aﬂirmeth that it doth neither bindc the belly no loofe i't,for it hath in it no harfhﬂc , * not fltiptlcke quality by which the belly is ﬂaied,neither is there in it any {harp orbiting faww’ which fC0llT€th and ptouolteth to the ﬁoole. - ~ \— ~ ‘ But howfoeuer Gfzlemvriteth this, and howfoeuer the fame wants thefe quialitiesﬁiec iris fougc by expei‘l€nCe,that it maketh the body foluble, efpecially if it be boiledsfor by rnoiﬁcning °f‘0f belly it maketh it the more ﬂippery : which Martial! very well knew, writing in his 1 r. B091“ ' Epigrams in this manner : Prim tihI'5_1t_l5l;ﬁ$7‘.;l'I./E73f71.Lacrf1I6‘/l mmndo tt :4.

G Lettuce becing outwardly applied mitigateth all 1nﬂammatlOl'lS5itiS good £prburning5r“_n '

fcaldings,if it be laid thereon with falt before the blilters do appeare,as Pliny writeth. i . 03

The iuice of Lettuce cooleth and quencheth the naturall feed if it be too much Vfedi but P‘ ’ cureth ﬂeepe. 4 ’ ‘ L ‘.1 ., } s tr:;t‘1s€l""’

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§lgsll;<:)1_'ft:1‘er}l’_ me all dee i ' " . , 1? pmake muchydl l;1r<;e),but hath not altogether fo ﬂrong a fen: of 0 pium as the two former,thouglr

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1 A not mi) ne’:§a‘t’§: 315:; :'t1il;lu£;§::;l:;: ﬁrltzztng wild here with vs in Eng'land,yet I know W due“ oﬂthough two. Ofthem be Confoundegisyet I thinke all three of them haue bin

happmin - . y L ogether and made but on b’ g In th 1 Li H, _ _ e(a t mg often haue been ofthtzefihieodlyﬁihioniams) and "”°“° I had "~““° ""°'~’ dlﬁlnﬁ ones, I (hould my rare

I s The firlt and rarelt of thefe hath ‘long and broad [canes

‘3 ges and a thofe leaues are they that are on the lower part of t

O h NOWW “abut Onely fnipt about the :t

. heeﬂalke almoft to th ‘dd

__ en com 1 F — . _y _ _y _ e mi le ther- i. — it grow . i$,:§g:§sgrr?):}nt$::§:ggﬁzrgwhilch afre deeply diuided with large gafhes : the Ptallr, the height of eight or nine fhot) it is lar eelg a ilnlw (for I ha": fame It grow mil garden to main)’ branches which beare yellow ﬂomgsiroun ha" l'limoth, and towards the top dwided 1-mo ii‘°.°°.°d blacltiflifeeds likeito other lants oimiiiwieaiii e mhe g‘“‘l°“ I:°""°°»afterwhich alfo

~X?.ii§i’Whi°h“‘l‘h“"°‘YA“‘°“3aIi)dgrieuoiis1i§ﬂ1;lldihilfulhioleplantls f““°”°‘“mmrmiI+

-1 f Laiiuca fl‘! ' " ‘ l L’ ‘ _ y major adore 0 . y . . .. . , c greater wilde Lettuce iihelling of opium V Th: ,3;[::f:::§c[::£::af« « ,. ' , _ _ _ ' ' .€i'-:»

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2 . lafl d;1;~:]:isbI:?ﬂ‘tl;l’e°{‘;:llt‘aule_s onely cut about the edges, but not altogether fo largcas thofe of the‘ _ to man Y branches‘ beaagn lcfh cgrﬁimonly is two cubits or better l_iigh,isalio ltnooth,an_d diu_ide_d . f the fame frriell as IE6 llacfi dt(:)iit1:i~Qi[S)“3i;lf feeds as tl1i1e_laf’t defcribedsand this alfohath a tmlkle'_ ath allthe leﬂucs wholelmd not f0m€e‘,v§:)r;tev;:rnCicfOIi1ted‘::In;ely; are magnitudcsaud that 3 This in ﬁalltes,ﬂoures and feeds is like to the laft de{'cribed,hut the lehtfcinare much diffe- ply gafhed or cut in like as the leaues oFSuc"co-ry,or Dandelion. This alfo‘.

f.The Ptalke of this is fometimes 1‘ ' kl d (o elf ' - . F _ . y a ittlepric V y, an a o is the middle e‘:nt(§1E:l<:1fe,both in this and the former. All thefe three haue wooddy roots 1 ey come vp againe of the fcattered feed. . of I 3 y p Q‘ I ~ . Q‘ The Place. thefe was found tn H-ampfhire by M2: Gmlye-r 85 the fe¢d;.h,er«wf ‘.4 C I '

ich die euery yea;

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