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Of the Hiflorie of Plants.- 



Lib. 



2. 



^J T^f P/d^. 



7< "~ ~ •"—'•' V 



Naucw-gentle requireth a loofe and yellow mould cuen as doth the Turnep, and profpers ' 

 fruitful! foile : it is fowne in France,Bauaria,and other places 3 in the fields, for the feeds Jake ^ ' 

 likewife that wilde Colevvort called of the old writers Crambe ; for the plentifull encreafe kA % v 

 feeds bringeth no fmall gain to the husbandmen of that country, becaufe that being prefTed rh 

 yeeld an oile, which is vfed not only in lamps.but alfo in the making of fope 5 for of this oile *\ 

 a lie made of certain aflies, is boiled a fope which is vfed in the Low-Countries euerie wfaer 

 fcoure and waft iinnen cloathes. I haue heard it reported, that it is at this day fowne in Enela *!? 

 for the fame purpofe. & n<l 



This wilde Nauew groweth vpon dice 

 on frefh marfhie banks in mod places. 



townes 



ftoureth,and feedeth 



If 7heTime. 



Stec 



ftWIOCtt : the Brabanders,£)tecftWpetl : in Spanifh, Naps : in Italian, Nauo : the Frenchmen w 



N*j>utfylveflris y or WiM 



A 



Nauew. # : r " ^ > '* 



^f T& Temperature andVertues. 



The Nauew and the Turnep are all one in temperature and vertues, yet fome fuppofe that the 

 Nauew is a little dner,and not fo foonc concotfed, nor pafleth downe fo eafi 1 yand doth withall 



B 



ingender IeiTe winde. In the reft it is anfwerablevnto the Turnep. 



'rinke or broth are good againft poy fon,and are vitally 



* 



to antidotes for the fame purpofe. 



tUtA&^SSSiSi j^*?*«!** «WWbf « »»* fceondpl^ofchcfirft cluptcr of to fecond bo*. W 







h a p. 4; Of Lyons Turnep or Lions leafe. 



Leom&pelalon. 



Lions Leafe. 



\ 



^[ TbeDtfc 



ions 



rather 



niesjeut & diuided into fundry great gaftes : 

 the ftalke is two foot Iongjthick,and full of juice, 

 diuiding it felfe into diuers branches or wings,in 

 the tops whereof there ftand red flours:afteward 

 there appeareth long cods, in which lie the feeds, 

 like vnto tares or wild Chichs. The root is great, 

 bumped like a Turnep,and black without. 



IT The Place. 



It groweth among com in diuers places oflt* 

 ly,in Candy alfo, and in other prouinces toward* 

 the South and Eaft. The right noble Lord Ztd 

 brought a plant hereof from Italy athisreturne 

 into England , the which was planted in his gat- 

 den. Butasfaraslknowitperifhed. 



^ The Time. 



It floureth in winter, as witnefleth PttwW ' 



mus. 



% The Names. 



The Grecians call it A.cm*i7»?^:that is, Lton* 

 folium, or Lyons Leafe. Pliny doth alfo call it 

 Lcontopetalon t i^jpuleius, Leont opodion : yet there 

 is another plant alfo called by the fame nam* 



There be many baftard names giuen vfitoir, * s 



