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The French Leeke, which i> called the Vine Lecke, is the belt of all others. 



( )ur common kinde is ot two torts, one greater then another. 

 :other fort encreafeth .ilt<> Aether by the roote, as Garlicke doth. 



And then Ciues, which are the fmallelt, and encreafe aboundantly only by the root. 



Some doe account Scalions to be rather a kinde of Onions then Leekes, and call 

 them Ct-f>ii A/'calonica, or AJcalonitides, which will quickly fpend it felfe, if it befufFered 

 to be vncut ; but all Authors affirme, that there is no wilde kinde of Onion, vnlefle 

 they would haue it to be Gethyum, whereof Theophrallus maketh mention, faying, 

 that it hath a lout; necke (and fo thefe Scalions haue) and was alfo of fome called Gt- 

 thylliiks, which antiquity accounted to be dedicated to Latona, the mother of Apollo, 

 bec.uife when (he was bigge with childe of Apollo, (he longed for thefe Leckcs. 



The Vfe of Leekes. 



The old World, as wee finde in Scripture, in the time of the children of 

 Ifraels being in Egypt, and no doubt long before, fed much vpon Leekes, 

 Onions, and Garlicke boyled with flefh ; and the antiquity of the Gentiles 

 relate the fame manner of feeding on them, to be in all Countries the like, 

 which howfoeuer our dainty age now refufeth wholly, in all forts except 

 the poorelt ; yet Mufcouia and Ruffia vfe them, and the Turkes to this day, 

 (as Bellonius writeth) oblerue to haue them among their difhes at their ta- 

 bles, yea although they be Bafhas, Cades, or Vaiuodas, that is to fay, Lords, 

 Judges, or Gouernours of countries and places. They are vfed with vs alfo 

 fometimes in Lent to make pottage, and is a great and generall feeding in 

 Wales with the vulgar Gentlemen. 



Onions boyled or rofted vnder the embers, and mixed with fugar and 

 butter, are good for thofe that are troubled with coughes, fhortnefle of 

 breath, and wheefing. An Onion made hollow at the bottome, and fome 

 good Treakle put into it, with a little iuyce of Citrons (or Lemons in the 

 ftead thereof) being well baked together vnder the embers, after the hole 

 is flopped againe, and then (trained forth, and giuen to one that hath the 

 plague, is very helpefull, (b as hee be laid to fweate vpon it. 



Ciues are vied as well to be (hred among other herbes for the pot, as to 

 be put into a Sallet among other herbs, to giue it a quicker relifh. 



Leekes are held to free the cheft and lungs from much corruption and 

 rotten flegme, that fticketh fall therein, and hard to be auoided, as alfo for 

 them that through hoarfenefle haue loft their voice, if they be eyther taken 

 rawe, or boyled with broth of barley, or fome fuch other fupping, fit and 

 conducing thereunto. And baked vnder hot embers is a remedy againft a 

 furfeit of Mufhromes. 



The greene blades of Leekes being boyled and applyed warme to the 

 // < m^rrhfjldcs or piles, when they are fwolne and painfull, giue a great deale 

 of eafe. 



CHAP. XLV. 

 Allium. Garlicke. 



IHaue fpoken of diuers forts of Garlicke called Moly, in the former booke : I (hall 

 neede in this place to (hew onely thofe kindes, that this Garden nourfeth vp, and 

 leaue the relt to his fit time and place. 



Garlicke hath many long greene leaues, like vnto Onions, but much larger, and; not 

 hollow at all as Onions are : the (talke rifeth vp to be about three toote high, bearing 

 fuch a head at the toppe thereof as Onions and Leekes doe, with purplifh flowers, 

 and blacke feede like Leekes : the roote is white within, couered ouer with many pur- 



T 3 plifh 



