The eighteenth Booke of 



foked in watercheday befofc.Manyfortstherebcof thefeCich peare,cliferentinbignes/oriti, G 

 coloiir,and taft: for there are both blacke and white, and thofe in faOiion iliapcd hke to a Ra ms 

 head,and thereupon they ate fo ealled.There is a fecond kind named Columbiniim^or by others 

 Vencrium.Thefe are whitCjround Jight Jcfle than the former Rams- head Cichcs^ which men do 

 catceremonioufly with' great religion^ when they meane to watch throughly all night long. ' 

 There is a little Cich peale alfojcailed Cicercula^made cornered and otherwifc uneven^ like tin- 

 toa Pcafe.But ihebeft Ciches and moft pleafant are thofe that come ncareft in refcmblance to 

 theErvilc rand generally the red kind and the black arc more firme and fall thanthcwhite.Cich 

 pcafe grow within round cods^wheieas other Pulle be contained in long and flat, according to 

 the tbrme and figure of the feed which they hold : Pcafe by themfelvcs have a long round cod in 

 forme of a Cylinder. . pj 



The Pulfe called Phafeoli3p.Kidney Beanesjufe to be eaten cod and all togethcr.Thefe may be 

 fet or fownc in what ground you liit/rom the ides of 0(aober to the Calends of Novcj^ibcr. ¥'u 

 nally,3ll kinds of Puiie,fofoonc as they begin to ripen^ are to be gathered or plucked lialhly : for 

 If ay never fo little, they Icapc out of their cods and fhed^and being once fallcn^they lie hidden in 

 the ground 5 like as the Lupine alfo. 



Chap. xiil. 



^ Of Rapes or ?iavems : of^mitermum Turnept 



NOw let us proceed and palTc to other matters : & yet in this difcourfcjit were meet to write ] 

 fomewhatas touching Rapes or Navewes. The Latine writers, our countrcymen, have 

 flightly paired by and touched them onely by the way.TheGreekes have treated of them . 

 fomcwhat more diligently, and yet among pot-heai bs and woorts growing in gardens 5 whereas 

 indeed according to good order they would befpokcnoffimmediatlyafiei Corne^orBeanes ac 

 leafl wifeaconfidering there is not a plant of moic or better ufe than is the Rape or Navew. Firft 

 and formoff, they grow not onely for beafts of theearth andthcFoulesof theaire, but alio for 

 inen.For all kinds of Pullcn about aFarmc-houfeinthecountreyjdoefeed upon the feed therc^ 

 of as much as of any thing cifcj efpeciallyif they bee boiled firll in water. As for foure- footed 

 beaftsjthey eat the leaves thereof with great delight^and waxe fat therewith. Laft ol airmen alfo 

 take as great pleafui e and delight in eating the leaves and heads of Rapes or Navewes in their |^ 

 feafojiias they doe of young Coly-Flories, Cabbages, or any tender crops of hearbes whatfoe- 

 ver ;yea,when they are ladedjflaggie, and dead in the barnCjthey are cfteemed better,than being 

 fiefli and greene. As for Rapes or tslavewcs^they will kecpe long and laft all W inter^both within 

 the ground where they grew : and beeing well wintered, they will c ontmue afterwards out of the 

 earth lying abroad even almoff till new come:fo as they yecld men great comfort to withftand all 

 hunger and famine. In PiemontjLumbardiej& thofe countiies beyond the Po,thc people make 

 the mofl account of gaine by gatheringRapeSincxt to wiae vint.ige and corneharveft. It is not 

 choife and daintic,of the ground where it will grow : for lightly it wiiJ profper where nothing els • 

 can be fowed.In foggie miibjhard froftsjand other cold weather jii thriveth palling wel,&' grow- 

 cth to a wonderfuli bignefle. I have fecneoneofrheir roots weigh above fortie pounds.As tou* L 

 ching the handling and dteffing of them for our table, thert beTnany waits and deviles to com- 

 mend and fet diem out.Preferved they may be untiil new come.efpecially condite with tliatp and 

 biting Senvie or Muftard feed. Morcover,our Cookes know how to give them fix ocher colours 

 bcfides their owne which is pure and naturall 5 they have the caft to let even a purp'e hew upon 

 thein.Andtofayatruthjthercis nokindof viands befides that^being thus painted & coloured, 

 hath the like grace. The Greekc writers have devided them by ihclexcjandtherobymade two 

 piincipall kinds thcreof,to wit,thc male and the female. Nay jmore than that,out ot one and the 

 fame fcedjaccording as it is fowed,they can make male or female^whether they pleafe.Foi it chey 

 fow thicke^and chuie thereto a hard and churlifh ground,it will prove of the male kind.AIio_,tl; e 

 fmallet that the feed is,the better is it efteemed . But ofall Rapes male or female, three efpeciall M 

 forts therebc and nomore.Forfomc roots fprcad flat and broadjOthersareknitround like a ball \ 

 the third iort which runneth downe into the ground with a long root in mannerofaRaddifii^ 

 theycall the wild Raps or Navew : this beareth a rough Icafe ancifull of angles or corners; the 

 juice that it yeeldeth is Iharpe^hotCjand biting,whicli being gathered in haiveil time ^rcfervcd, 



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