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Lib* 2. 
The Place. 
Nauew-gentle requireth a Ioofc and yellow mould euen as doth the Turnep, and profpereth in 
a fruitfull foile : he is fowen in France, Bauaria, and other places in the fields for the feeds fake, as 
is likewife that wild Colevvort called of the old writers Cramhe : for the plentifull increafe of the 
feeds bringeth no final! gaine to the husbandmen of that countrey, becaufe that being preffed 
they yeeld an oile which is vfed not onely in lampes, but alfo in the making of fope ; for of this 
oile and a lie made of certaine aflies, is boiled a fope which is vfed in the Lowe-countries euery 
where to fcoure and wafh linnen clothes. I haue heard it reported that it is at this day fowen in 
England for the fame purpofe. 
The wilde Naucw grovveth vpon ditch bankes neerevnto villages and good townes, as alfovp- 
on frefh marlhic bankes inmoft places. 
^ The Time. 
The Nauew is fowen, floureth and feedeth at the fame time that the Turnep doth. 
The Names. 
The Nauew is called in Latine Tfipits, and alfo Bunias : in Greeke b .»«■ the Germaines call it 
^tcchtubcn the Brabanders,§>tCCfttOpetl t in Spanifh,Na/;r •• in Italian, Nauo : the Frenchmen, 
Njueau: in Englifh, Nauew-gentle, or FrenchNaueau. The ocher is called Napusfylvcjlru, or 
wild Nauew. 
The Temperature and. Vertues. 
The Nauew and the Turnep are all one in temperature and vertues, yet fome fuppofe that the 
Nauew is a little drier, and not fo foone concofted, nor pafleth downe fo eafily, and doth withall 
ingender leffe winde. Inthereftit isanfvverable to the Turnep. 
t The feeds of thefe taken in drinke ot broth are good againftpoyfon, and arevfually put in- 
to Antidotes for the fame purpofe. 
t Thefigure that w.isinthefirfl placets a kinde of thclong Turnep dciciibed by me in the fccond place of the firft chapter of this fccondbookc. And 
{ hatin chcfccond place was a lcflci kinde of the fame. 
Chap. 4. Of Lyons Turney or Lyons leafe. 
Leontopetalon. 
Lyons leafe. 
^ The Vefcription. 
L Yons Turnep or Lyons leafe, hath broad 
leaues like vnto Co!eworts,or rather like the 
pionyescutand diuided into fundry great 
gaflics : the flalkc is two foot long, thicke, and 
fullof iuyee, diuiding it felfe into diuers bran- 
ches or wings •, in the tops whereof ftand red 
floures : afterward there appeareth long cods in 
which lie the feeds like vnto tares , or wilde 
chichs. The root is great, bumped like a Turnep, 
and blacke without. 
The Place. 
It groweth among corne in diuers places of 
Italy, in Candie alfo, and in other Prouinces to- 
wards the South and Eaft. The right honorable 
Lord Zouch brought a plant hereof from Italy 
at his returne into England, the which was plan- 
ted in his garden. But as farre as I doe know, it 
perilhed. 
«J The Time. 
It floureth in winter, as witneffeth Petrus Bel . 
Ionites. 
The 'Names. 
The Grecians call it that is ^Leonit 
folium , or Lyons leafe : Plinie doth call it alfo 
Leontopetalon . Zpuleitu, Leontopoiion : yet there is 
another plant called by the fame name. There 
bee many baftard Names giuen vnto it, as 
Rapeittm, 
