°?4 Of the Hift^krfpj^ T 



Creator in his fccrcc wifedomc did ordaine thofc furrows,euen frotrTth ' ~~— - 



to the ground where it is faftned to the roor,for no other puroofe hut t^ eXt j eme P. oint of thebfc 



which falls fWnflF .vnmrhprnnr.lrnnwfna rf.««..Vl.J /P Ur P° IetH « ^deand ead P >»,..J C * 



water 

 ant (rooH 



which falls farreoff, vntotherootjknowing that withoutfuch ftore of w ^ leade < 

 withered the fruitpine away and come to nothing. er lhe wnoIe pi 



^f Th Time: 



They are planted for the moft part about the Kalends of Nouemhw ™ r~ t. . 

 plant muft beefet and dunged with good ftore of afhes fcrSSoTd • J 60119 ' T1 * 

 planting thereof. Euery yeare the flips muft be tome or'flipped offfrom rffi ? u £ ht bc/ * k 

 thefe are to be fez in April,which will beare fruit about 

 common experience teacheth. 



^2£SSKSfei!S^^£^5Sfl5Stf^»ft?s^---*» « *** to be * 



^f The Names. 



foo^aod 



.^troWIDojti 



■ 



Diefc 



tine commonly not onely Spnofa cinara, or prickly Artichoktbut alio 

 Italians, C^ mACtrJim : of the Spaniards, CW« : of the Freixi 

 ^ w and moft writers take it to be Setljmus Diofcoridu • but toW 



, .. . £ ■ V^^^n^^^^witnaftalkefullofleaues^ndapricklviii 



but neither uCmi the Artichoke which is without prickles 3 nor the Artichoke with pricS 

 iucb kinde of faerbc } for though the head haue prickles, yet the ftalke is not full of leaues bat I 

 many timeswithoutleaues,orelfehathnotpaftaIeafeor two. Cynara doth better agree ivithttat 

 which Tbeophraftus and Pliny call u**. Cactns, and yet it doth not bring forth ftalkes from thetoot 

 creeping alongft the ground : it hath broad leaues fet with prickles ; the middle ribs oi the leaoes. 



down 



*/?*/ and /i^f 



report otCacJns. That which they write of the ftalkes, fent forth immediately from the root vpa 

 the ground,which are good to be eatery s peraduenture the ribs of the Ieaues:euery fide taken a*ay 

 (as they be ferued vpatthe table)may be likea ftalke,excepteuen in S icilu, where they gre* only 

 in Theophrajlm time. It bringeth forth both certaine ftalkes that lie on the ground, and another at 

 fo ftanding ftraight vpj but afterwards being remoued and brought into Italy or Eng!and,itb» 

 geth forth no more but one vpright : for the (bile and cly me do much preuaile in altering of plants, 

 as not onely Theopbrajlus teacheth, but alfo euen experience it felfe declareth : and of Cactus, Tfo- 

 fbrajlas writeth thus j x&w (Cactus) growcth onely in Sicilia: it bringeth forth prefently from the 

 root ftalkes lying along vpon the ground, with a broad and prickly leafe s the ftalkes being piIW 

 are fit to be eaten, being fomewhat bitter, which may bepreferued in brine: it bringeth forth alfo 

 another ftalke 3 which is likevvife good to be eaten. # 



^J The Temperature and Vertues* . 



A The nailes, that is, the white and thicke parts which are in the botome of the on nrari toitf^ 



eaten both raw 



peradded,and 

 luft 



look 



B 

 C 



v with pepper and fait, and commonly boy led with the broth of fat » e ' 1, » wl J^ 

 1 are accounted a dainty difh, being pleafant to the tafte,and g 00 ^ /! ^:^^ 

 '<h the middle ribs of the leaues being made white and tender by g ood "J r J^^ 



o — , —~ brought to the table as a great feruice together with other junkets : rney ^^ 



with pepper and faltas be the raw Artichokes: yet both of them are of ill ;uyce ; for tne ewJrc j 

 containeth plen.ty of cholericke juyce,and hath an hard fubftancc,(nforauchasoftnisi ^ & 

 melancholy juyce,and of that a thin and cholericke bloud,as Galen teacheth in b" boo ^ 

 culties of nouriftimen ts. But it i s beft to eate the Artichoke boyled : the ribbes or tec ^ 

 altogether of an hard fubftance : they yeeld to the body a raw and melancholy ;uyce, 



in them great ftore of winde. 



/ - u, uu ,u.. m1 . WU ikui tuv »™turall feed either in man or woman. ,«,<,« prooofc 



Some write.that if the buds of yong Artichokes be firft fteeped in wine,and earei , ; 



inr anrl ftirr» «,« »1 — !..n. _r^t_ _ i_ _ j5: 'rifben tit 



,«infl the ranke fmell of * «■£* VL.,/0 



vnnc,and ftirre vp the luft of the body. 



root is good 



iwu is idjkcii »way me lame root 

 :ng vrine,whereby the ranke an 



Cha p 



