"V III. T be Places. They all of them grow every 
where through England, Scotland and Ireland , in 
Gardens , being chiefly nurs’d up to fupply the Mar- 
kets^ and for the ufe of the Kit chin. 
IX. The Times. They all Flower in July , and 
their Seed is ripe in the end of Augufi. 
X. The Realities. They are temperate in refpeft 
to heat or cold, but are faid to be drying in the 
firft Degree, and of a binding Faculty : and yet the 
Broth of the firlt boiling, fome Authors fay, loolens 
the Body ^ the fecond DecoHion ( fay they ) is only 
Aftringent. They abound with a certain Nitrous or 
Salt Quality, whereby they mightily cleanfe the 
Bowels, whether in their Juice or Broth : but the 
fubltance of the Coleiwrt is of a drying and binding 
Faculty, becaufe in boiling it looles its Saline 
Particles, and leaves them in the Deco&ion or 
Broth. 
XI. The Specification. They are peculiar again!! 
Afthma’s, breathing Obftrutted, and fhortnefs of 
Breath ^ for being of a cleanfing quality, by taking 
away the fuperfiuity of matter in the Lungs, and 
other Bowels, they fo open the Paflages, as to 
leave the parts for refpiration free and clear. 
XII. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
I. A liquid Juice. 2. An EJJence. 5. A Syrup made 
with Honey. 4. ALohoch. 5. A Decoffion. 6. A 
Collynum. 7. ACataplafm. 8. AJhes of the Stalks. 
9. The Seed. 10. A Sallet. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The liquid Juice. Pliny fays, that if it is 
mixed with Wine, and dropt into the Ears, it is 
beneficial againft Deafnefs. Dio/corides fays’, that 
if it is mixed with Juice of Flowers de luce and 
Nitre, that it will make the Body foluble. The 
Juice having fome Nitre dilfolved in it, and ufed 
as an Errhine, up the Noftrils, it purges the Head 
and Brain, of Cold, Moift, and Pituitous Hu- 
mors. 
XIV. The EJJence. Being mixed with Wine, and 
fo drunk, it helps fuch as are bitten by Vipers or 
Adders, or any other Venomous Serpent. It is alfo 
good for thofe who have been Poiioned by eating 
Venomous Mufhiooms. Dofe three or four onnees 
twice a day. 
XV. The Syrup made of the Juice with Honey 
It is good againft Coughs, Colds, Hoarfnefs, Ihort- 
nefs of Breath, and lofs of Voice : and being often 
uled, it caufes eafie Expeftoration ; heals the Lungs 
and forenefs of the Stomach, and fo is good for 
fuch as are entring into a Confumption. Dole two 
ounces two or three times a day, in Tent, Mal- 
laga, (Sfc . 
XVI. The Lohoch, or Elettuary. If it is made 
of the Pulp of the Stalks with Honey, it is good 
for fuclt as are Ihort winded, and are purfie, breath 
difficultly, and have a vehement Cough. You muft 
take the middle fleftiy Ribs, boil them in Milk till 
they are foft, then take out their Pulp, and fo mix 
it with Honey to a Lohoch or Eleftuary. 
XVII. The DecoSion. It encreafes Milk in Nur- 
fes ; and being drunk, ftrengthens the Nerves and 
Joints. And Gerard, fays, that if thofe fores in the 
Eyes called Carcinomata , be wafhed therewith, it 
heals them, though they could be healed by no 
other means. The firtt Decoflion loofens the Bel- 
ly, but the fecond binds it : The firft is faid to pro- 
voke the Terms, and caufe Conception, but the fe- 
cond hinders it. If the Decoftion is made in Cock 
Broth, by boiling the Coleworts with the Cock, it 
will be a lingular help for fuch as are troubled with 
Wind, and Griping Pains in the Stomach and Bel- 
ly. The fame Broth, is alfo very good for thofe 
who are troubled with Obftruftions of the Liver 
and Spleen ; and for fuch as have Stones, Gravel, 
Sand, or other Tartarous Matter in the Reins, Ure- 
ters, or Bladder. Taken before meat, it is a very 
good thing to keep one from Surfeiting, as alfo 
from Drunkennefs, though they drink much Wine, 
by reftraining and keeping down the Vapors, which 
otherwife would afeend up, and intoxicate the 
Brain ; and this it will the more effeUually do, if 
it is made pleafantly or gratefully ifiaip with Juice 
of Lintons. Swoln and Gouty Hands, Knees, Legs, 
and Feet, ( into which grofs Humors are protruded 
or fallen ) being bathed with Decoftion of Cole- 
worts Warm, eafes the Pain, difeuffes the Humor 
and takes away the Swelling. The DecoSion ( as 
alfo the Juice and EJJence ) cleanfes, dries, and 
heals Scabbinefs, old Ulcers, and filthy running 
Sores, being often wafhed therewith. And Galen 
fays, it cleanfes fo ftrongly, that it will even Cure 
the Leprofie. 
XVIII. The Collyrium. It is made of the Juice 
Effence or Decoftion, by diffolving Honey in the 
fame, three ounces of Honey to every Pint. This 
being often dropt into the Eyes, it clears the fight 
by removing any Cloudinds, Film, or Pearl : it is 
helpful againft Inflammations aud Blood-Ihot, and 
alfo cures fore and running Eyes. 
XIX. The Cataplafm. Made of the Juice or Effence 
with Pouder of Fenugreek, and applied, it eafes the 
Pains of the Gout, and difcuffes the Tumor : it al- 
fo heals filthy running Sores, and old putrid Ul- 
cers. If it is made of the Leaves beaten to a Pul- 
tice, it prevails againft all forts of Inflammations, 
and hot Tumors. If it is made of the Herb or 
Juice, made into a Body with Barley Meal or Flow- 
er, and a little Common Salt, it is faid to break 
Carbuncles, or at leaft fome kind of Tumors, which 
much refemble them. If it is made up into’ a Pef- 
fary, 
