L-TB. 2,. 



Of the Hiftorie of Maiits* 



jil 



f The Defeription. 



i 



T 



hire pot-herb ( 



foundia Valcrian.and therefore by reafon and authoritie I place it as a kind of Lettuce)hath many 

 ficndcr weak ftalks trailing vpon the ground,with certain edges a foot high when it grows in moft 

 fertile ground ; othenvife a hand or twohigh,vvith iundry ioynts or knees : out of cuery one where 

 of grojv a couple of leaues narrow and long,not vnlike to Lettuce at the firft comming vp.as well 

 i.. tendcrnerte as tafte in eating ; and on the topof the ftalkes ftand vpon a broad tuft as it were cer 



Mine white Hourers tnarhn marnel oik lirrip_tvhir»h ran f^t-idf.. i — i t r. ~ 



ilely beeknowne 



ji^a r"7*7 M ~" V — > ' "T r-? 1 *?" 1C1 / y ee Knowne to Dee iiouresjauing 



rhat they grow many together like a tuft or vmbel : it hath in ftead of roots afew (lender thread! 



The other kinde of Lettuce,which 2W«^«, in his Iaft edition fetteth forth vnder the name 

 „ * m elm .- the Low-country men call ,t tBitmot^nd vfe it for their meat called Wermofe 

 tvithvs, Loblollic. Thisplanthath fmall long leaues a finger broad of a M l/cr™ili« 5 



which ftooteth vpa fmall cornered and {lender ftem halfe a fSeh Knr££ T Iour * atI l ong 

 joints otknees.oui of tvhich proceed two leaues longer than the firfl 'fil "V™ ° f J 1 ?' 

 branches tufts of very fmall white flout* clofely compact together ^hlrl^t f l° P f 0{ ** 



tA 



j tT '"""S"" w "ae in cne corne fields ; and fince it hath grown* in „<% „ 

 and D„,ch ft,a„g„ s i„ EngIilnd , it nath bin foi „ „ ^£J^ «g"J »£. 



gth 



Winter and 



«J[ T fie Names 



>\ nite Pot-herbeibutcommonl^Corne fallad. 



„™t„ o ' £\. y . callcd in G 'eeke, *.««**» , in Entr\i(h t£ 



The 



% The Temperature *nd v 



This herbe is cold and fnm„A- ^ T ^ em P er *ture M drertues. 



^^^t^^^J^^ -facultieand temperature to thega,- 



ad herbe.and is with pleafure eaten ££ " r 6 /"* f 00 "* 18 of the S P«ng i c femes for aTal 



« is none of the worft . P eaten mth ^ger/ak and oile,as other fallads le ,. an^ng which 





Chap.^o. O/ColeWi 



H The Kindest 



ied, Wl >h a h; n T»* ll l T^ C .°^orts : the firft hee defer*., 



1 «y ^ucS g rtT lth 'J* ftaIke •' 



ipter : »h«. fc" Sfe I- h . e fatne diftinaion 



fir ftroueh^ ^ r 31th ' Tfaat * 



i?>~ f S f0,00th 



tum^nd Lacuturrium. 



moe 





m 



Tie' 



