298 The TraBical Kitchen Gardiner. 



SECT. VII. CHAP. LVII. 



Of forrely beet, burr age, buglofs, orach, 

 tanfy, and other pottage and phyjical 

 herbs. 



Of forrei O much hss bccii faid in the fe- 

 (indbeet. coiid feclioii, Concerning forrcl and 

 beet, that I need add no more in this 

 place, of their names, virtues, O'C. but 

 only intimate that our beft cooks ufe 

 them in pottage, foupes, c^r. as an a- 

 greeablc mixture with other herbs. 

 Of hor- Borrage, borrago, the carrago of the 

 raget. antients {quia cordis ajfe6iibtis medetur) 

 fay our learned botanifts, or, as Mr. Eve- 

 lyn has it {gaiidia femper ago) from that 

 chearfulnefs it infufes into the fpiritsj 

 it is hot, and kindly moid, purifying 

 the blood, an exhilarating cordial of a 

 pleafant flavour. The tender leaves, and 

 flovv^ers efpecially, may be eaten raw> 

 but the chief ufe of this mofl excellent 

 herb is well known to be in cool tan- 

 kards, which, like thofe of balm, are 

 of known virtue to revive the hypo- 

 condraiC;, and cheers the hard ftudent. 



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