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500 c r be J\ itcben (jar den. 
Chap. XXXII. 
Etruohir'ot fine Tarchon & Dracunculut bertenfis. Tarragon. 
T Arragon hath long and narrow darkegreene leaues, growing on {lender and 
brittle round ftalkes, two or three lootc high, at the tops whereof grow forth 
long {lender fpikes offmallycllowifli flowers , which feldomegiueany good 
feede, butaduflie or chaffic matter, which flierhaway with the winder the roote is 
white, and creepeth about vndcr ground, whereby it much cncreafeth : the whole 
herbeis of a hot and biting tafte. 
The Vfe of Tarragon. 
It is altogether vfed among other cold herbes, to temper their coldnefle, 
and they to tern per its heare, fo to giue the better rellilh vnto the Sallet ; buc 
many doe not like the tafte chcrcof,and fo refufeit. 
Thcreare fomc Authors that haue heldTarragonnottobeanherbeof 
it ownekinde, butthat it was (lift produced, by putting the feede of Linor 
Flaxe into the roote of an Onion, being opened and fo fet into the ground, 
which when it hath fprung, hath brought forth this herbe Tarragon, which 
abfurd and idle opinion, Matthiolus by certainc experience faith, hath 
. been found falfc. 
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Chap. XXXIII. 
Natturt'tam berttnfe. Garden Creflc*. 
G Arden Crcffesgrowevp to the height of two footeor thereabouts, hauing 
mny f mall, whitifh, broad, endented, torne leaues , fet together vpon a mid- 
dle ribbe next the ground, butthofethat growe higher vpon the (hikes arc 
fmaller and longer': thetopsof cheftalkcsareftored with white flowers, which rurnc_ 
inro fi st pods or pouches, like vnto Shepheard purfe, wherein is contained flat reddifn 
feede : the roote periflicth eucry yeare : the tafte both of leaues and feedes are fomc* 
what ftrong, hot, and bitter. ~~ 
The Vfe of Crcfles. 
The Dutchmen and others vfe to cate CrefTes familiarly with their but- 
ter and bread, as alio fte wed orboyled , either alone or with other herbes, 
whereof they make a Hotch potch, and fo cate it. Wee doe care it mixed 
among LctticcorPurflane,andfometimeswith Tarragon 01 Rocker, with 
oyle and vinegar and a little fait, and in that manner it is very fauoury to 
■% fomc mens ftomackes. 
The vfeof Crelfes phyfically is, it helpeth to expc&oratc tough flegme' 
as alfo for the paines of the breaft i and as it is thought taketh away 
fpots, being laid to with vinegar. Thcfeedeisgiucnof many to children 
for the wormes. 
Chap. 
