£jtis to grow cloje uni round in the midd/e , und as 
it clojes , the Leaves grow white inwards ; yet there 
arc fame kinds , which will never he Jo clofe as thefe , 
hut will remain ba/J open , which are not accounted 
to be Jo good as the other. In the middle of this 
Head , the next Tear after the Sowing ( in other 
c ountries cfpcaally. and fometimes in ours ) if the 
Winter is wild , you way J'ee in divers Gardens a 
great thick Stalk to J hoot forth , which is divided in 
the top into many Ramifications , or Branches, bearing 
thereon divers J'mall blowers, fometimes white, but 
moji commonly yellow , made of four^ .caves, which 
being paj}, turn into long, round, and pointed Cods, 
containin^pherein J'mall round Seed, like to Turnep 
Seed. A ow here is to be noted, that by reafon of the 
hard Profit , and Cold of our Countrey, J'ome of our 
Gardiners, for the preventing the danger of the faid 
Winter Profit, do ufe to take up fitch Cabbages ( as 
they intend to referve for Seed. ) with their Roots ; 
and tying a Cloth or fome fuch thing font the Roots , 
do hang them up in their Houfes, that thereby they 
may be defended againji the Cold ; and then fet them 
again after the Profit are pajl. 
IV. Tie Red Cabbage is in all things like unto 
the White , excepting in the color, this being deeply 
Red ; as alfo in the magnitude, the Red being for 
the mofi part lefs than the White ; and though it is 
many times found large, yet it is fcarcely ever found 
fo large as the large ones of the White. In this alfo 
the color of the Leaves is very variable, in fome it 
is Green firiped with Red-, in others it is more Red ; 
and again in fome, it is a very deep Red, and fome- 
times declining to purple. 
V. The Places. They are found growing with 
us only in Gardens, being nourifhed, and .brought 
to perihelion chietiy by the care and industry of 
Gardiners. . • * sj. 
VI. The Times. They Flower for tkeAnoft 
in June or July, and the Seed is ripe in Aujy 
VII. The Qualities. They are Temperatelh re- 
fpcct of heat or coldnels; and moift in the firft De- 
gree ; They are alfo Opening, Abfterfive, Diuretick 
and Emollient : Alfo Pectoral, Hepatick, Nephri- 
tick, and Hyfterick ; Galaftogenedck and Altera- 
tive. 
VIII. The Specification. It is in vain to be pa 
cular, for the old Romans having expelled Phyficians 
out of their Territories for Six Hundred Tears , did 
maintain their Health by ufing and applying 'Cab- 
bages and Co/eworts as their only Medicine, or Re- 
medy, in every Dileafe. And therefore- as they 
thought them to lie eiteaual againlt all Dii'eafes of 
the Body, whether inward or outward, fo Chryfipus 
wrote a Volume of their Virtues, applying them to 
every part of the Body. 
IX. The Preparations. You may make therefrom, 
I. A liquid Juice. 2. A DecoBion. 5. A Syrup. 
4. An EleUttary. y AJhes. 6 . The whole Sub- 
fiance. 7. A Col/yrium. S. The Seed. 
The Virtues, 
X. The liquid Juice. Drunk in Wine to three or 
four ounces, it is good againft the bitings of Vi- 
pers, or other Venomous Creatures : mixed with 
Honey, and taken, it is good againft Hoarfnefs, or 
lofs of the Voice, and helps to reftore fuch as are 
in Confumptions : mixed with Wine or Vinegar ■ 
and drank, it is good againft the Venom of Mu(h- 
rooms : Galen applied it to the Temples of fuch as 
had the Head-ach, arifing from Drunkennefs ; it 
cleanfeth fo ftrongly, that it is laid to cure the Le- 
profie. 
XI. The DecoBion The firft Decoftion is (aid to 
open the Body, but the fecond does Aftiinge or Bind, 
for that the Nitrous quality is quite confumed or 
fpent. If it is made in Water, with an old Cock 
beaten to peices boiled in it, it prevails againft Con- 
lumptions, and helps fuch as are troubled with Gri- 
pings, and pains in their Stomachs and Bowels, it 
is alfo good for fuch as are troubled with Obliru- 
9 :ions of Liver or Spleen, and the Stone or Gravel 
in Reins or Bladder. It reftrains the Vapors ari- 
fing from Wine, and fuddenly makes them fober 
again. It takes away the Swelling and Pain of 
Gouty KneeJ, being bathed warm therewith, dif- 
perfing the Humors. It alfo cleasfes and heals old 
and filthy Ulcers or Sores, and Scabbinefs, being 
often wafhed therewith, as alfo Pullules and Wheals 
which break out in the Skin. 
XII. The Syrup. Made of the Juice, has the Vir- 
tues of the fame, but in a 'more peculiar manner it 
is good againft Coughs, Colds, Wheafings, ftortnefs 
of Breath, Confumptions, and other Diieafes of the 
Breft and Lungs : ^ropt into the Eyes, it confumes 
Films, Clouds, or other things which obfufeate the 
Sight, and heals Sores and Ulcers in the Eyes. 
XIII. The EleBuary. It is made of the Pulp of 
the great middle Ribs of the great Leaves, boiled 
foff in Almond Milk, or Cows Milk, and complcat- 
ed with Honey. It is profitably ufed for fuch as 
are Hoarfe or Wheeze, or are Purfie or Short-wind- 
ed ; being taken three, four or five times a day as 
much as a Wallnut. 
XIV. The AJhes. They ate made of the Stalks, 
and ate of fuch a drying Quality, that as Parkin- 
fon faith, they become almoft Cauftick : being mix- 
ed with Oil Olive, and Beef Suet, in a fmall pro- 
protion, they are found to be effeUual to anoint 
the Sides of fuch as have had vehement and inve- 
terate Pains there; as alfo it is good for Pains in 
any other place, caufed by the accels of Melancho- 
lick and Flatulent Humors, helping mightily to dif 
culs and ftatter them ; and therefore muff be very 
profitable againft the Gout. 
XV. The whole Subfiance. It is ufualiy boiled in 
Water, or in Mutton 'or Beef Broth, till it is fofi ; 
and fo with Butter, Vinegar, and Pepper,, it is eaten 
as a Sailer, and for Food : and fo eaten it nourifiies, 
cleanfes the Bowels, creates Seed, alfo Milk in 
Nuries, 
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