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L i b. i. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. t y^ 



€T TheDtfc 



, r-p He leaucs or 



'very many, hauing 



THc leaucs ur me ui««v. "i u-^^«. „y. 1UU&) iwiuLwum ui^au, aim very many, hauins 

 akcclcorcrcft in the backfide, in froell and tafte like to the Onion. Theftalkes,ifthe 

 blades be nor often cut,do in the fecond or third yeare grow vp round, bringing forth 

 on the top flourcs made vp in abound head or ball as doth the Onion. The feeds are like. The 

 bulbc or root is long and flender, efpecialiy of the vnfet Leeke. That of the other Leeke is thicker 

 and greater. 



t 2 Mort Writers dirtinguifh the common Leeke into Porrum upitatum & feci iv urn 

 Ltbtl »iucs thefe two figures wherewith we here prefent you. 



fam 



.•d Se&kmm . the other which is headed, is not cur, but fpared, and remooued in Autumne. $ 



i f The Place. 



It requireth a meane earth, fat, well dunged and digged. It is very common euery wherein 

 other countries, as well as in England J 



% The Time. 



It may be fownc in March or April!, and is to be remooued in September, or Oaober. 



^ The Names. 



The Grecians call iro^w. the Latines,P^»w. The EmperouriVw? had great pleafure in rn'< 

 roor, and rhcrcfore he was called in (come Porrophagus . But Palladia in the mafculine render cal 

 led it Forrus • the Germanes, TLanrti ♦ the Brabander* i&nti««tt» ♦ *»,„ c^«„- . i £ . 



ftattCty : the Brabanders, ^ojKXUe 



French, /V/tt** ; the Englifli-meiijLeeke, or Leekes. 



the 



^ ^^^ 



The Lcekc is hoc and dry, and doth attenuate or make thinne as doth 



f The Vert ties. 





Being boiled it is Jetfe hurtfull, by reafon that it lofeth a great part of his fharpeneffe • and fe* 

 rT^ed " yCddC£h " g °° d JUyCe * BUt bein ^ takcn wi * ">* d herbes toS^^S 

 Being boylcd and eaten with Ptifana or barley creame, it conco&eth and hr;™^ 



A 





pipes of the lungs 



The juycedrunke with hony is prol 

 the leaues (tamped and laid thereupon 



-S«BJ£ffiSS!d&±S £* * ^ f "fiVi-Wrd life th e Mres , 



B 



beaft 



C 



D 



TlTS f ra £? ni bem * e ? drunke ^°P *e fpitting of bloud E 

 The fame ingredients put into Wine keeoe h fmm <x.,.: "" C 



tough humors. »-«»w,« axuerswnte. Itcutteth and attenuated grofTe and 



- * 



F 



ce, iuyce of 



Itgmd , t 



i 



ft 



ahEc- 



f 



no 



dreth naughty bloud, caufeth troublefome and terrible dreamed 

 S&5Safi£*« * ^ hOC3nd ^lericktanTS 



Chap. 96. >N, 



QT C/**f or Chines, ^fnd mlde Lee fa. 



1 



thor: 



, and fome of the Garden, as fhall be declared 

 ■efbrakmdeofwikle Onion : but all tfcAu 

 chat there is not any wilde Onion. 



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