Lib. i. 
Of the Hiitory of Plants. 
175 
®T TbeDefcription. 
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1 T H i k ? K * 0r !!l e bl ‘! dc T 0f , tlK J Lceke f lon & fomcwbat broad, and very many, hauin- 
J. akeeleorcreftin the backfide,infrnell and tafte like to the Onion. The flak s if the 
blades be not often cut, do in tlie fccond or third yeare grow vp round, bringing forth 
on the top Homes made yp in a round head or ball as doth the Onion. The feeds are The 
bulbe or root is long and llender, efpecially of the vnfet Leeke. That of the other Leeke is thicker 
and greater. 
, f, ? Mod Writers diftingiiifh the common Leeke into Pormm cdphatum dr CccHvum ■ and 
Wgiuesthele tyro figures wherewith we here prefent you. Now both thefe grow of the fame 
feed, and they differ onely in culture ; for that which is often cut for the vfe of the kitchen is c 1! 
led 2 ASfnwMj : the other, which is headed, is not cut, but fpared, and remoued in Autumne. ± 
5J The Place. 
d£S£: 3 i“ti§S t,l, " scd *" d ,,is *7 *** 
The Time. 
It may be fowne in March or April!, and it to be remoued in September or O&ober. 
*[ The Names. 
The Grecians call it the Lathes, Pw««. TheEmperourW^bad great- nleaftire in this 
tootand therefore lie was called in fcTLe, P.rrof^us. ButP^inthemlSfjEttS! 
led it Po> /-its .■ the Germanes, Haurt) : '-he Brabanders, S01KUC : the Spaniards Puerra rhe 
French, Porreau : tbcEnglilh-men,Le&e,or Leekes. ^ apanutfs, Pmrro , the 
51 TljcTcmperature. 
The Leeke is hot and dry, and doth attenuate ormake thinneas doth the Onion. 
. 51 The Vertues. 
Being boy led it is le fle hurtfull, by reafon that it lofeth a great part of his fhamerielTe • and vet 
f “p S c ^ “ yCdd " h “' i0ad ” yCL- ' B "‘ “"S ,at “"“ h ““ >» b “ 4?»" 
Being boyled and eaten with Ptifana or barley creame, it concodleth and brineeth vn raw 
asainft thc bitin S s -rvc. rom ou s bcaft s , a „d I 
The fame juy.ee, with vineger, frankinccnfe, and milke, or oyle of rofes drooned 
mitigateth their paine, and is good for the noyfe in them. 5 ^ cares, C 
Tvyo drams of the feed, with the like weight of myrtill berries drunk, (lop the feittine of b r, 
H,’ haC ’ , co “ lni ’ cd a lon g timc - The fame ingredients put into Wine keepc it -from fou ,-ina C 
^g^adiefoure, amend the fame, as diners write. ‘ftcuttethandaUeLSgr^ 
n .a lylcomriicndsth cfo 1 1 oy v i n g Loch as very effectual! againft phlegmatic^ Souinances and r 
otWbold catarrhes which are like to caufe fuffocation. This is the defeription thereof Take 1 
blanchedalmonds three ounces, foute figges, [ok Bdellium halfe an ounce iuvee of 1 Inner-’ ' ^ 
ounces, offugar candy di(Tolued in a fufficient quantitie ofiuyce of Lehkc^'and^^yledTn^? 70 
rothetaghtofa Syrup, as much as rtiallbercqUt to mak/the ref into die fo/me of a n Z 
v , The Hurts. 
offender^ 1 * ^ in S^dreth naughty blond , caufeth troublefome and tcrriblfdieames 
HAP. 
96 . 
Of (fine s or QbiueSj and ivilde Leekes. 
5J The Kindcs. 
^Llere be dmeKkmdcs of Leekes, Lome wilde, and Lome of the garden, as {hall be declared 
d or, SK 2 haUCbe “ e ^ of forae for a kindc of wflde OnioV: bit all the Am 
‘ lauebeene acquainted with, do accord that there is not any wild Onion. 
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