o8 .,; Of the Hiftorie of Plants. [Lib*i, 



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or round head, whereof the fimpleft is jnor ignorant. The feed hereof is blacke^contrary toall tfc 

 reft ; vvhich may be as it were a rule whereby ye may know the feed of Cabbage Lettuce fiomth 

 other forts. ollifle n 



6 The Lumbard Lettuce hath many great Jcaues fpred vpon the ground like vnto thbfe of rh 

 garden Endiue.but leffer. The ftalks rife vp to the height of three foot : the floures be yellowing 

 which turne into downc and fiie away with the winde; the feed is white asfnow, ^ 



% 7 be Place. blftr raafil'j . hi 



Lettuce delighteth to grow } as Palladia faith, in a mannured,far } moift, and dunged ground • it 

 rauft be fowen in faire weather in places where there is plenty of water,as Columella faith and nm 

 fpereth beft if it be fowen very thin. nsoJm . > P » 



It is certaincjfeith Pa/ladws,that Lettuce may well be fowen at any time of the yeare.but cfp C : 



" Unighfpenc. 



M IF The Names. .***!**»• 



Lettuce is called inLatine,Ld&ucaf4tiva:G4totTuiucs it*/**',, , the Pythagoriins «,? 

 ge it to be called Lacluca^Lacleofuccofiiiht milky iuice which iflueth forth of th^f 



Winter 



id roots : the Germanes nameit&attfty : the low Dutch, JLatOtttoe 

 A I face : the Enghili.Lettuce": and the Frencb.£rf/tf«* : when the lean 



gliflijCurled or crompled Lettuce. 



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A 



tuce,and Loued Lettuce, 





Creficmius 



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capitata.and Latfuca fe (fills 





tucc. 



Cjf/r/Vi: in Englifl) 



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«J[ The Temperature. 



Lettuce is a cold and moift pot-herbe,yet not in the extream degree of cold 

 together mod eratly jfor otherwife it were not to be eaten* 



% The Venues. 



A Lettuce cooleth theheat of the ftomacke, called the heart-burning ; andhelpeth 



B 



through heat and dnneife grov\ 

 drinefle and heat.But in bodies 

 ther an hinderance thereunto. 



Lettuce maketh a pleafant ft 

 boiled it is fooner disefted.and 



plenty of milke 



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vineger,oile,and ; 

 ginning of fuppe 



vfe 



hyf< 



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9 — ' 



ttucafolebat 

 9 fir as wee hat ilia dapes ? 



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Tell me why Lettuce, which our Grandfires laft did eate, 

 Is now of late become,to be the firft of meat? 



D Notwithstanding it may now and then b 



for being taken before meat it doth many times ftir vp appetite ; and eaten after fupper ickeepe 



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the head 



pour* 



* uc mice wnicn is maaein cue veins oy L,ettuceis montand cold 5 yet not il,nor mucn iflq u ^ 

 tity ; Galen affirmeth that it doth neither binde the belly no Ioofe it,for it hathin it noharftw* 



olty 



found 



■of the 



nktOf 



which fcoureth and prouoketh to the ftoole. 

 J But howfoeuerG4/e»writeth this, and howfoeuer the fame wants thel 

 by expenence,that it maketh the body foluble, efpecially if it be boiled 

 belly it maketh it the more flippery : which Marttall very well knew, wnnu 6 *.* „.„ 

 Epigrams in this manner : Prima tibi Mitur^entri Lactuca moutndo 



Vtilis. , 



G r Tf-" 11 ^?." 1 "? outwardly applied mitigateth all inflammations • it is good for burning 5 *» 

 lcaJding»,ii ie be laid thereon with fait before the blifters do appeare,as plmy writeth. r( ; 



H The mice of Lettuce cooleth and quencheth the naturall feed ifitbetoomuch vfed, MP* 



curetblleepe. 



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