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threekinds of them: the firft,that ftreccheth out broad leavesat full,and carieth a big flem: hie 
fecond,with a crifped and frizled leafe, the which he calleth*Apiana: the thitdis{mooth,plain, 
and tender in leafe,and hath buta little ftalke ; and thefe are of no reckoning at all with Caro. 
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Moreover, like as Coleworts may be cur at all times of the year for our ule, fo may they be fown - 
and fet all the yeere long :and yet the moft appropriat feafon is after the quinoxin Auumne, 
Tranfplanted they be when they haveonce gotten fiveleaves. The tender crops called Cymaz, 
afcer the firft cutting,they yeeld the Spring next following:noware thefe Cymz nothing els but 
the young delicat tops or daintier tendrils of the maine {tem. And as pleafant and {weet,as thefe 
crops were thoughtro other men,yet _4picivs(that notable glutton)tooke a loathing of them : 
and by his example Drufus Cafar alfo cared not for them, burthoughtthem a bafe andhomely 
meat; for which nice and daintie tooth of his, he was well checked and fhent by histather 7ybe- 
vivsthe Emperour. After this firftcrop orhead is gone, there grow out of the fame Coleworr 
other fine colliflories (if I may fo fay) or tendrils, in Summer, in the fall of the Jeafesand after 
them, in winter:and then afecond Spring of the fore{aid Cymz or tops againft the Spring fol- 
lowing, asthe yeare before: fo as there is no hearb in that regard, fo fruitful, untill in the end 
her owne fertilitie is her death; for in this manner of bearing fhe {pends her heart, herfelfe and 
all. There is a third top-{pring alfo at midfummer about the Sunftead which (ifthe place be any 
thing moift)affourdeth young plants to be fer in fummertime;but in cafe it be over-drie,againtt 
Autumne. If there bee want of moifture and skant of mucke, the better taft Coleworts have :if 
there be plentie and to {pare of both, the more fruitfull and ranke they are. The only muck and 
that which agreeth beft with Coleworts or Cabbages, is Afles dung. 1am contentto ftand the 
longer upon this Garden-wort, becaufe itis in fo great requeltin the kitchin,and among our tio- 
tous gluttons. Would you have fpeciall and principall Colewoorts, both for {weet taft and alfo 
for great and faire cabbage? firft and foremoft, let the feed bec fowne in a ground througlydig- 
ged more than once or twice, and well manured: fecondly,{ee you cut off the tender {pringsand 
young ftalkes that feeme to put out far from the ground ; or fuch as you perceive mounting too 
ranke and over- high from the earth : thirdly beiure to raife other mould in manner of a banke 
up to them, fo as there peepeno more without the ground, than the very top. Thefe kind of 
Coleworts tsfitly called Tritianam, for the threefold hand and travaile about them ; burfurely 
the gaine will pay double for al! thecoft and toile both, Many more kinds there bee of them, to 
wit, that of Cumes, which beareth leaves {preading flatalong the ground, and openingin the 
head. Thofe of Aricia, bee for heigth notallerthan they, butrathermore in number than for 
fubftance thinner and finaller : This kind 1s taken for the beftand moft gainfull , becanfe under 
every maine leafein manner, it purteth forth other young tendrils or buds by themfelves, which 
are goodto bce eaten. The Colewort Pompeianum (fo called of the towne Pompei)) istaller 
than the reft, rifing up with a {mall ftem from the root; howbeit among the leaves it groweth to 
more thicknefle. I hefe leaves braunch out but here andthere, and are in comparifon of others 
narrower ; howbeit much fet by for their fpeciall cendernefie, whereby they are foon fedden and 
drefled : and yet cold weather they cannot endure ; whereas on the other fide, the Coleworts of 
Bruzze or Calabria, like the beft in winter, and bee ncurifhed with the hard feafon: leaves they 
have exceeding greatand large,buttheir ftalks are but ftnall: and as fortaft, they be fharp.and 
fower. The Sabellian Coles, what curled and ruffed leavesthey carrie, itis a wonder tofee:fo 
thicke they are befides,that they rob the very ftem of their nutriment, which thereby is the {mal- 
Jer : howbeit ofall others they be repuced the {weeteft. Long it is not fince there came from out 
of the vale of Aricia (where fometimes there was alake,and a tower {tanding upon it,remaining 
yetatthis day tobe feene) akind of Cabbage-cole, wich a mightie great head and an infinite 
number of leaves,which gather and clofe round togither ;and thefe Coles we in Latine call La- _ 
cuturres, of the place from whence they come. Some Coleworts there be, which ftretch out in- 
to aroundle ;others againe extend in breadth, & be very full of flefhie brawnes. Nonc,cabbage 
more than thefe,fetting afidethe Tritian Coleworts beforenamed ; which are known otherwhiles 
to beare a head a footthicke,and yetnone put foorth their Cymes oxtender buds more than 
they. Moreover,this would be noted, That howfoever all kinds of Colewortseat much {weeter 
for being bitten with the froft, yetif there be not good heed taken in cutting off their head or 
tender crops and buds, fo that the wound come not nearethe heart and pith, (andnamtely, by 
cutting them aflope and byas in manner of a Goats foot) they willtake much harme hereby. 
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