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out any other phyfick, or extraordinary 

 diet, than that of roafted garlick, which 

 he did under the embers, and fo eat it 

 with butter and fait. But then indeed, 

 thofe that fo eat ought as it were to ex- 

 chide and divert: themfelves from the 

 world, and all human fociety, at leafl: 

 for a time. 



Of leeks. Having faid fo much of the proper- 

 their pro- ^-j^g ouions and garlick, I need fay 

 %[T^and little of leeks, efchallots, chibouls, roc- 

 i^ad' cambo, all of them participating, in a 

 great degree, of the virtues and pro- 

 lifick properties that the aforegoing herbs 

 and roots do 5 nor need I expatiate how 

 folemnly the antient Britons wear them 

 on the firfl: of Marchy as enfigns of the 

 refped they pay to the honour of their 

 antient hero ; becaufe they are, when 

 boird, of much greater benefit to the 

 pulmonaria or lungs, in all afthmatical 

 cafes. And it is fomewhcre reported, 

 . that the orators of old, fuch as Cato, 

 Ttilly, and the like, never went to the 

 bar on any long harangue, or folemn 

 debate, till they had eaten good fl:ore 

 of the boil'd leek. But not to dwell 

 too long on the properties, it is time we 

 eome to the feafons and manner of raif- 

 ing thefe ufeful bulbs. Onions 



