aS | The nineteenth Booke of. 
will chey come up againe and in greater plemtie zwhich is the caufe;thatthey likeand-profper G 
beftin plots fet with Canes and Reeds: forfuch defire to be burnt betimés in the yeeresiMoreo- 
ver,he giveth another precept, That they muft not be farcled, nor have the earthopened land 
hollow aboutthem, before their buds or topsbeiabove groundto be eene, forfeare leat in the 
farcling,the roots take harm therby, either byrafingor {haking thenyuntill they beloofe.Brom 
which time forward, ifaman would gatherany ofthe faid buds oryong fprings, for falad orother 
ufe they ought tobe plucked and flipped from the roor;for otherwife,ifthey be broken’@eknapt _ 
off inthe mids, the root will prefently put forth manyamprofirable fprouts,which will fuck away 
all the hearrand kill icin the end! Slive and pluckeivyou may in manner aforefaidy wotillit fpin- 
dleand tun to feed y which commonly beginnethtobeiripeinthe Spring, and then it muft bee 
fet on fire, as is beforefaidsandthen once againe, fo.foone as:new buds and tendrons-appeare 
above ground from the root, theyaniuft befarcled;baredjand‘dunged afrefh. Nowafterit hath 
PZrownein this manner nineyceres, fogs bythis time itis waxen old,cheroors muft betaken up, 
and then replanted againe in a peece of ground well digged and as throughly dunged.. Then (I 
fay) ought the {mall roots called:Spongiz in Latin; to be fet again, afoot diftant one fromano- 
ther, Furthermore;Cazo ordaineth expreflely by name, That fheeps dung fhould be uled forthat 
purpofe, becaufe any: other wouldbreed {tore of weeds, And vertly there wasneverknowneany _ 
other thing praGifed oraffiied afterwards, to more gaine and benefit about thisGarden-hearb, 
unléffe it werethis, Tharabourthe Ides or mids of Pebruarie, fome have let the feeds of Spe- 
rage lie well foked in.dung,andthen fowed the fame by heapsin little trenches or'holes made 
forthe purpofe:after which,when the roots are woven andknit one within anotherintoa knor, J 
the fpurns thooting from them they plant after the Equinox in Autumne following, footafun- 
der: by which means they will continye bearing plenteoufly for ten yeares togither.Fortobreed 
and maintain thefegarden Sperages, there is no better foile than the gardens of Ravenva,from 
whencewehavethefaireft of all other, As for the hearb namedin Latin C orruda, have writ- 
teu heretofore of itsand I underftandthereby,the wild Sperage,which the Greekes‘call Ormi- 
num and Myacanthon: howbeit there be, who give it other names. Finally, I read of certaine _ 
Sperages which will engender and grow of Rams hornes beaten or ftamped, andthen putinto. 
the ground. | Osheos | 
he B man would thinke thatI had difcourfed alreadie of all fuch Garden-hearbs as were of any 
price and regard :bur that chereremainethone thing yet behind, whereof the greateft gaine of -K 
all other is raifed, and yet me thinks I cannot write thereof, but bee abafhed toraunge it among. 
the good hearbs of the Garden ; andthat forfooth is our Thiftle: howbeit this is certain (tothe 
fhame beit fpoken of our wanton and wafting gluttons) thatthe Thiftles about Carthage the 
great, and Corduba' efpecially, coftus ordinarily fix thoufand thoufand Sefterces to {peake 
within compafle.See how vaine and prodigall we be,to bring into ourkitchin and ferveup at our 
table, the monftruofities of other nations, andcannot forbeare fo muchas thefe Thiftles,which 
the very afles and other four-footedbeafts,have wit enough to avoid and refufe forpricking theie 
Jipsand wuzzles. Well, fince they be grown into fo great requeft, Imuft not over-pafle the gar- 
dinage to them belonging, and namely, how they be ordered two manner of waics; to wit, re- 
planted of young fer or roots in Aurunine, and fowed of feed beforethe Nonesof March. As L 
forthe plants betorefaid,they oughtto be flipped from it, and fet before the Ides or mids of No- 
vember in any hand: or els if che ground be cold, we muft {tay uatill Februarie,and then be do- 
ing with them abourthe rifing of the Wefterne wind Favonius. Manured ywis it oughtto bee 
and.dunged (Lwould notels) fofaite and goodly anhearb itis; and fo forfoorh (andit pleafe 
you) they profperthe better and come ontrimly, They are condite alfo and preferved in vine- 
gre (or els all were mard) in delicat life honey, feafoned alfoand befpiced (1 mayfay toyou)with 
ihe coftly root ofthe plant Lafer-woort, yea and with Cumin ; becaufe wee would not be aday 
without Thiftles, but have chem as:an ordinarie diflvall the yeere long. : 
Asforthe reftof Garden hearbs behind, theyneedno long difcourfe, bura light running 
over them may ferve well enough. Firft and foremoft men fay, That the beft fowing of Bafill,is M 
*11.Cal. May, abehe feaft * Palilia: bucfome are of mind,that Autumneis as good : and they that would have | 
‘, tof Sprill. i¢ done in winter, give order to infufe and foke the feed firft in vinegre. Rocket alioand Garden © 
Crefles, are not daintie to grow, but be it winter or fimmer, they will foon come up and profper 
atall times, But Rocket of the twaine, ftands more at defiance with winter, and {corns all his frow- 
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Thisis meant 
of Artichokes, 
