22 
211 Calend. 
lanuar, 
#14 Calend. 
Fanuar,i.Be- 
tweene the 18 
and 21 of Des 
tember, 
T he nineteenth Booke of 
once, they would be farcled and the mould raifed from about them: for the ofcenertheybe thus. 
ferved and laid bare,the fairer heads they will bring. When they beginto growbig an@come to 
their full maturitie,the ftalkes chatcheyrun up unto, muft be troden downe andmoulded over : 
and this isto prevent ,that they fhould not be over-ranke in blade.In cold countriesitis thought 
better and more profitable to ferthem during the Spring,than at the fall of the leafe. Moreover, 
if you would have Garlicke,Onions,and {uch like,nor tofmell ftrongand ftinke fo astheydo,the: 
common opinion and rule is,that they fhould not be fer or fowne, but when the Moone is under 
the earth,nor yet be gathered and taken up but in her conjun@ionwith the Sunne,which is the! 
chaunge. But Menander,a Greeke writer, faith ,Thatthere needs none of ail thefeceremonies 
for the matter: for if aman would not have his breath ftinke with eating of Garlicke,lerhim do 
no more(quoth hee)but take a Beet root rofted in the embers, and earitafter, itfhal] extinguifh 
thathote and ftrong favour,andcaufe the breath to continue fweet. There bee who thinke,that 
the ficceft time of ferting both the common Garlicke,and alfo the greater kindnamed VIpicum, 
is betweene the two fer and ordinariefeafts *Compitalia and*Saturnalia.As for the vulgar Gar~ 
licke,it commeth up alfo of feed,butflowly and lace it will be firft ere it attaine to the fullproofe: 
for the firit yeare ic gerceth a headnothicker than Leekes; the nextyeare afier, itbeginneth to 
divide into clovess and in the third itis confummate and growne to perfection: and {uch unfet 
Garlick,fome are of opinion,to be fairer and better than the reft. owbeit,Garlick indeed fhould 
not be fuffered to boll and run up to feed,and therefore the blade thereof ought to be wreathed, 
that itmay gather more and {tronger in the head,and that the cloves afterwardsanight bee fet in 
‘ {teed of {eed,for increafe. Now if aman havea defire that both Garlicke and Onions may be kept 
long for his provifion, their heads muft be dipped andwell plungedin {alt water,warme : bythis 
meanes indeed laft they will longer without {purting,and be better for any ufe we fhall putthem 
to, fave onely to be ferand replanted into the ground ; for barren will they be, and never profper. 
And yet divers there are,who thinke it fufficientat the firft ro hang them in the fmoke over quick 
and burning coales:as being perfuaded, that this will ferve well ynough tokeepethem from 
growing : forcertaineitis,that both Garlick and Onions will put forth blade above ground, and 
when they have fo done,cometo nought themfelves,as having fpent all their {ubftance and ver- 
tue. Someare of this mind, thatthe beft preferving of Garlicke as well as of Onions, is within, 
chaffe. 0 bie Ooi 
There is a kind of Garlicke growing wild in the fields of the owne accord, which they callin 
Orrather An- 7 ating Alum [Crow Gatlicke,] which beeing boiled that it fhould not grow,they commonly. 
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gunn. 
throw forth in corne fields for the threwd and unhappie Foules which lieupon the lands,andeat 
up the feed new fowne: for prefently as any of thofe birds taft thereof,they will befo drunkenand, 
aftonied therewith chat aman may cafily take them with his hand : yea,and if one ftay alittle,he 
fhall fee them fall afleepe therewith. Finally there is another kind of favage or wild Garlicke cal- 
led Vifinum,{7,Beere Garlick | the head wherof is very {mall ,the blade ox leaves great and large, 
-and the favor or fent mild and gentle,in comparifon of thereft, | 
Cuap. vit. 
2% In how many daies every hearbe that is fowed will come up and appeare above ground, — 
The nature of feeds. The manner of [owing any of them.Which they beswbere- 
of there is but one fingle kind : and which have many forts. 
Mong all the hearbs fowne ina garden, thefe come up fooneft,to wit,Bafill, Beets, Navews 
or Turnéps, and Rocket : for by the third day the feed will breake and {purt. Dill feed will 
chit within foure daies,Le@uce in five,Radifh in fixe, Cucumbers and Gourds in afeven- 
night,but the Cucumber firft. Crefles and Muftard feed in fivedaies, Beets in fix by Summer 
time, & by Winter in ten. Orachin eight daies,Onions in nineteen or twentieat the fartheft,Chi- 
bols in ten ortwelveat the moft. Coriander feed is more ftubborne, and will not fhewfofoone. 
Saverie and Origan feed lieth thirtie daies ere it come: but of all others Parfeley {eed is lareft ere 
itfpring; for when itcommeth up foonelt, it is fortie daies firft: but for the moft part it lieth fit 
tie daies beforeitappeare. Something there is alfo in the age of the feed : for the newer thatthe 
feed is either of Leeks,or Chibols,Cucumbers and Gourds,the more haftit maketh to be above 
ground: contrariwife, Perfely,Bects,garden Crefles,Saverie,Origan,and Coriander,grow foo- 
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