Plinies‘Naturall Hiftorte. iF 
A ftem or ftalke:forfirch as bite at the rongues end, haverounder and longer ftems than the other 
that be mild: they have long and hollow gutters alfo: the leaves befices, are morebitter atid t- 
favorie, cornered, more rough, and untoward to be handled. Radifhiced would wilhiely be 
fowneina loofe or light ground,and nathelefle moift enough: itcannot abide ranke miuicke but 
conrenteth itfelfe with rotten chaffe or pugs, and {uch like plaine mullock.Ieliketh and thriveth 
fo well in cold countries, that in Germanie a man hall have their roots asbig as prettiebabes, a 
To haveRadifhrootsin the {pring, the feed would be fowed prefently after:the Ides or 13 day Legh ea 
of Februarie:and a fecondtime againe about the feaft of * Ywleam, whichis indeed the better * 11.Cat- tin’ 
feafon for Seednes, Mary there be that put the feeds into the ground ia March, Aprill, & Sep- cecen aa 
tember. When they arecome up and begin to grow to fome bignefle, itisvery good to intette Jun, i, the 0 
B andcoverwith mould round about the leaves, nowone, and then another but in any cafeto 22 P 
banke the roots well with earth: for looke how much appeareth bare above ground; proovesei- ee ee 
ther tobe hard, orelsfungousand hollow like aKex,and nothing goodto be eaten. -4riflomae alle Lu ftria. 
chvs would have themto be ftript from their leaves in winter, and in any haiid to be banked well 
about, thatthe water ftand nor therein any hollow furrow or hole lowerthan the other ground ; 
promifing us by this meanes, that they will proove faire and big againft- Summer. Some have 
reported, that if aman makea hole inthe ground withas big a ftakeas hee will andiftrew or lay 
icin thebottom with a bed of:chaffe fix fingers deepe, andon it beftow his feed, with muck and: 
mould heaped thereupon, the roots will growfo big astofill up the faid hole full. Howbeit, in 
briefe,Radifhes are beft nourifhed and maintained in fale grounds; and therefore with fuch kind 
C of brackifh waters they ufetobe eich which isthe reafon,tharin Aegyptther are the fweetelt 
and daintieft Radifhes in the world, for that they are bedewedand {prinkled with Nitre. And ve- 
rily itis thought,that they will loofe al] their bitternefle whattcever,tfthey be corned or feafoned 
with falr,yea and becomeas if they were fodden and condite:for be they boiled once,they prove 
fweet atid ferve to be eaten in ftead of Navews. And yet Phyficians givecounielland prefcribe, 
That they fhould be eaten raw in a morning with falt, when a manis fafting, for to gather into: 
the ftomacke the fharpe humors and excrements whicl»charge the belly and entrails sand thus 
taken,they are of opinion; Tharitisa good preparative'to vomit, andto open the paflages well. 
for to void thofefuperfluities. [hey give out alfo, Thatthe juice of Radifhrootsis fingular good + 
and neceffatie for the midriffe, and the precordial] parts about the heart;and namely, that no- 
D thingels but it, was able to cure a Phehificke or ulcer ofthelungs, which had feiled deepe and 
taken to the heart : The experiment and proofe whereof was foundand {een in Abgypt,by occas 
fion that the KK, there; canfed dead bodies tobe cut up,and.anatomies to be made, forto fearch 
out the maladies whereofmen died, It is reported, that the Greekes (as they be otherwife vaine 
in ail cheit a@ions) fo highly preferred the Radifhes before other meats,integard of their good 
nourifhment, that whereas in an oblation our of the Garden-fruits to be offered unto C4 polla 
in his templeat Delphos, they dedicated the Beet in filver,and the Rape or Turnep in lead, they 
_ prefented aRadith in beaten gold .A man may knowhereby, that Manis Curins the great Ge- 
nerall of the Romane armile, was not thatcountreymanborne; whome the Samnite. Einbafla- 
dours (when they brought unto hima great prefent of gold [upon condition to furceafe axmes] 
E which he meantto refufe and not accept at their hands) found rofting of a Rape or Turneproot 
at the chimney fire; according as we find inthe Annals and Chronicles of the Roman hittorte: 
To come againeto our Radithes, Mo/chian the Greeke writer fo highly efteemed this root, that 
he compiled one whole-booke of the Radith,and nothing els. Indeed Radifhes are thoughrex- 
cellent good with meats in winter time: howbeit they alwaics weare and marre their teeth who 
eat of them:and yet] aflure you they will polith Ivorie, which is nothing els but the Elephants 
tooth. * Betweenea Vine and Radifh, there isby nature a fecret enmitic and excceding great *per¢ pine 
hatred, infomuch as if Radifhes be fowedneare unto her, fhe will wryth and turne away fenfibly forgereth 
from them i himfelf agains 
beg “8 ; ; ‘for this is yeri- 
Touching other forts of cartilage or pulpous plants in the garden, wherof Ihave before fpo- fied of the 
F ken, they de all given corua much to pith, and to be of a more woodie fubftance. A man would Colewort, and 
matveile thereforethat they fhould all raftfo {trong and fharpeas they doe, Of which there is pee 
one kind of wild Parfnep growing of itfelfe,which in Grecke1s *called Staphylinas. A fecond * Some call 
fort isfet of a plant with the rootand fowed of feed, cither in the prime of Spring, orelsin Au- ‘rs Mat- 
tumne: howfoever Ayzinws would have them tobee put intothe groundin Februarie, Auguft, is 
ee PS SORTS C ij September, 
