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plifli skins, and is diuidcd into many parts or cloues, which feme both to fet againe for 
incrcafe, and alfo to vfe as neede (hall require , and is of a very ftrong fmcli and raftc, 
aseuery oneknoweth, pafilng either Onions or Leekes, but exceeding wholfome 
withall for them that can take it. 
Mi*m Prfinam, Ramfons. 
Ramfons arc another kinde of Garlicke, and hath two or three faire broad leaues, 
ofafrefh or light greene colour, pointed at the end : the ftalkc grovveth about an 
handiength high, bearing many fmall and pure white ftarre-Iike flowers at thetoppe, 
and afterwards fmall,blacke, and fmooth round feede : therooteisallodiuided into 
many parts, whereby it is much encreafed, and is much milder then the former, both 
in fmcllandtafte. 
The Vfe of Garlicke. 
It being wellboyled in fait broth, is often eaten of them thathaueflrong 
ftomackes, but wil 1 not brooke in a weake and tender (lomacke. 
It is accounted, and focalled in diuers Countries, The poore mans Trca- 
kle,that is, a remedy for all difeafes. It is neuer eaten ra we of any man that I 
know, as other of the rootes aforefaid,but fodden alwaies and fo taken. 
Ramfons are oftentimes eaten with bread and butter,andotherwifealfo 
as cuery mans affe&ion and courfc of life lcadeth him to vfe. 
Chap. XLVI. 
Sdpgatulut fine Ritwxtiam. Rampions. 
G Arden Rampions are of two forts, the one greater, the other IefTcr :the leaues 
of Rampions are in the one fomewhat broad likcaBcete, in the other fome- 
what long and narrow, and a little broader at the end, of a light greene colour, 
lying flat vpontheground all the firft winter, or yeareof the fpringing , andthenexe 
Spring fhooteth forth ftalkes two or three foote high, bearing at the roppe, in the big- 
f er fort , a long {lender fpike of fmall horned or crooked flowers, which open their 
nmmes into foure leaues ; in the letter many fmall purplifli bcls, {landing vpon {cue- 
rail fmall foote- ftalkes, which turne into heads, bearing fmallblackilh feede : the root 
is white, branched into two or three rootes , of the bignefle and length of a mans fin. 
gcr or thumbe. 
The Vfe of Rampions. 
The rootes of both are vfed for Sallets, being boyled, and then eaten 
with oyle and vinegar, alittle fait and pepper. 
Chap. XLVII. 
TngtpogoH. Goatcs beard. 
G Oates beard hath many long and narrow leaues , broader at the bottome,and 
(harper at the end, witharidgedownethebackeof theleafe, and of a pale 
greene colour ; among which rifethvp a ftalkc of two or three foote high, 
fmooth and hollow , bearing thereon many fuch like leaues , but fmallcr and (horror* 
and at thetoppe thereof on euery branch a great double yellow flower, likealmoft 
vnto the flower of a Dandelion , which turnethintoabcad, ftored withdounc, and 
long whitifh feede therein , hauing on the head of euery one fome parr of the dounc, 
and 
