NEAT.] NATURAL HISTORY. 213 



[Tewkesbury was famous for Mustard (" ii. King Henry IV.,'" 

 ii. 4, 262, and Paynes Moryson, "Itinerary," part iii. p. 139).} 



SENVEY bruised and ground with vinegar is a wholesome 

 sauce, meet to be eaten w r ith hard and gross meats, either 

 flesh or fish. Batman's addition to Bartholomew^ I.e. 



Myrtle, 



MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ii. 2, 117. 



MYRTLE helpeth against venom, and against stinging of 

 scorpions, if it be drunk ; broth thereof helpeth against 

 the falling of hair. Myrtle fasteneth and restoreth weary 

 members and limbs, and therefore it tokeneth comforters of 



holy church. Bartholomew (Eertkelei), bk. xvii. 101. 



THE decoction of Myrtle made with wine withstandeth 

 drunkenness if it be taken fasting. 



Gerard's " Herbal," s.v. 



IF a wayfaring man that hath a great journey for to go 

 on foot, carry in his hand a stick or rod of the Myrtle- 

 tree, he shall never be weary. 



Holland's P/zny, bk. xv. ch. xxix. 



Neat. 



Neat's tongue. 



MERCHANT OF VENICE, i. I, 112. 



NEAT'S tongue dried. 



Middleton, "Blunt, Master Constable," i. 2, 188. 



[Neat's tongue was boiled with red wine, stuffed with cloves 

 and sugar, and served with red wine and prunes boiled together, 

 and mustard (Dawson, " The Good Huswife's Jewel ").] 



Neat's foot. 



TAMING OF THE SHREW, iv. 3, 17. 



[Neat's foot was fricasseed, and the sauce was barberries or 

 grape (''Good Huswife's Jewel").] 



y. Ox. 



