Lib. I. 
1 be Leave, of the Curled Cabbage-Lettice, but much | 
loner, From among thefe Leaves fpnng upjtrong 
and thick Stalks , Jet with the like Leaves but lejs, 
and not fo amply curled or crifped as thoje below, or 
as the Leaves were , before it ran up to Seed, ine 
Flowers grow at the top, of the Stalks , much like the 
former , and are of a like blew color. This (as well 
as the fir ft kind) being whited according to the Jot- 
lowing Direllions , is called White Endive and it 
much ufei in Winter time as a Salle, with great 
V leaf ure and Satisfaction : but this Curled Endive it 
much the tenderer , and far the fairer and better for 
^'{{“vt^P laces. Thefe grow in Gardens only, 
but not only with us, but alfo thro’ all Europe. _ 
VII. The Times. They are lown in the Spring , 
and they flower in June and July , and their seed is 
ripe in Auguft, the whole Plant periling before 
Winter. But when they are Town in July, then they 
will remain till Winter, and fo taken up, may be 
whitened, ( by the former DiteUions) and fo be pre 
ferved for Salleting all the Winter. 
VIII The Qualities. They are cold and dry in the 
fecond Degree; Aperitive, Aftringent andHepatict 
IX. The Specification. They are peculiar agamlt 
burning Fevers, the burning Heat and alfo Stoppage 
of Urine. , c 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
l. A liquid Juice. 2. An EJfence. a,. A Syrup. 
4. A Lecoiiion. $■ A Cataplafm. 6 . A dijiilicd 
Water. 7. A Ponder of the Seed. 8. A Sallet 
XVII. The Ponder of the Seed. It has all the 
Properties and Virtues of the Juice and Eflence ; 
and if we may give Credit to Authors, it is rather 
the more powerful; befides, it is available for Faint- 
ings and Swoonings, and other Paffions of the Heart, 
given in a Glafs of generous White Port Wine or 
Madera, Morning and Evening. Dofe one dram or 
dram and half at a time. 
XVIII. The Sallet. It is Angularly cooling ; and 
being made of the Whited curled Endive, it is very 
tender and delicate, agreeable to the Stomach, cool- 
ing and refreihing the weak and fainting Spirits ; 
and is one of the bell Sailers, to be ufed both in 
Autumn and Winter time. 
CHAP. CCXLV. 
Of ENDIVE Wild. 
T H E Names. It is called in Greek, 2se« m- 
J),b, *) iyeca. in Latin, Endivia fylvefiris , 
Intubum fylvejlre ; and in Englijh, Wild Endive, 
XI. The Kinds. It is twofold, viz. 1. Endivia 
fylvefiris angufiifolia, Nartow-leav’d Wild Endive. 
2, Endivia fylvefiris , vel Campejlris latifolia, Broad- 
leav’d Meadow Wild Endive. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The liquid Juice. It is a Angular Cooler, 
and therefore cools the exceffive Heat of the Sto- 
mach and Liver ; and is proAtable againft Inflam- 
mations of the other Vifcera, and, Heats in any 0- 
ther Parts of the Body : it is of very good Uie to 
be ufed in the hot and burning Fits of Agues, to 
cool the fame, being given three or four lpoontuls 
at a time, mixed with fair Water or diftilled Wa- 
ter of the Plant. , T • 
XII The EJfence. It hastheVirtuesof the Juice; 
befides which,' it cools the Heat and Sharpnefs of 
Urine opens Obftruaions of the Liver, Spleen and 
Urinary Parts, and heals the Excoriations of the 
fame. Dofe three or four fpoonfuls at a time in a 
Glafs of the dittilled Water. 
XIII. The Syrup. It is good in thin Rheums, 
caufes Expeftoration, helps the Strangury, and rakes 
away the Burning and Scalding of the Water. Dole 
two fpoonfuls or more at a time. 
XIV. T be Decoction. It has all the Virtues ol 
the Juice, Effence and Syrup, but nothing near fo 
powerful. It is ufually made in Water, becaufe it 
is more cooling, and more agreeable to the Nature 
of the Plant ; and fo it cools inward Inflammations, 
and heals admirably : it opens Obftruaions of the 
Liver, Spleen, Gall, Reins, Bladder and Womb, and 
is faid to be proAtable againft the Yellow Jaundice. 
XV. The Cataplafm. It being applied, ferves to 
attemperate and cool the Sharpnefs and Heat of the 
Humors, and qualify the (harp and corroding Matter 
which proceeds from ill-natured and fretting Ul- 
cers. It is alfo good againft hot and inflamed Tu- 
mors or Swellings, and peltilentiul Sores ; and ad- 
mirably helps not only the Rednefs and Inflammati- 
ons of the Eyes, but alfo the Dimnefs of Sight : and 
gives prefent eafe in the Gout. 
XVI. The difti.'led Water. It is Anely cooling, 
and a Angular CoUyrium to be ufed to fore, hot, in- 
flamed, led and blood-fhot Eyes, being dropt into 
them four, flve or fix times a day. It ferves alfo 
for a Vehicle to convey fome of the other Piepara- 
III. The Defcriptions. The firfi, or Narrow- 
leav’d Wild Endive, has a pretty thick, tough and fi- 
brous Root, which perifhes every Lear, as that of the 
Garden does. From this Root leveral very long , 
fmooth, green Leaves arife, lying on the Ground, 
narrower than the Garden Endive, and fomething 
more bitter. The Stalk is {tenderer and lower than 
the other, yet growing many times half a yard high, 
being towards its top more full of Branches. On 
he tops of all which it bears fmall blew Flowers, 
like the Common Garden Endive ; which being pafs d 
away, there follows the life Seed alfo. 
IV. The J'econd, or Bioad-leav’d Meadow Endive, 
has 
