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_ [Tewkesbury was famous for Mustard (“‘ii. King Henry IV.,” 
ii. 4, 262, and Mynes Moryson, “Itinerary,” part iii. p. 139).] 
Senvey bruised and ground with vinegar is a wholesome 
sauce, meet to be eaten with hard and gross meats, either 
flesh or fish. Batman's addition to Bartholomew, Lc. 
Myrtle. 
Measure For Measure, ii. 2, 117. 
Myrtze 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 (Berthelet), bk. xvii. § 101. 
Tue decoction of Myrtle made with wine withstandeth 
drunkenness if it be taken fasting. 
Gerard’s “ Herbal,” s.v. 
Ir 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 Pliny, bk. xv. ch. xxix. 
Neat. 
Neat’s tongue. 
Mercuant oF VENICE, i. I, I12. 
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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”).] 
V. Ox. 
