,f. iiia 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
B. 2. 
though the ftalkes and rootes by the which they were nourifhed vtterly rot andperifhawav 
andvvill beginne to fpring vp againe at the beginning of May,feldome foorier, 
«[ The Place. 
Where this plant groweth naturally I know not , in ^Anno \ 6\-j \ receiued two fmall 
. toots thereof from Matter Tranquettill of London, no bigger than hens egges : the one I planted, 
and the other I gauc to a friend, minebrougnt meeapecke of roots, wherewith I ftored Hamp-’ 
fhire. r 
The vcrtues. 
Thefe rootes are drefled diners vvaies- fome boile them in water, and after ftevv them with facke 
and butter, adding a little Ginger : others bake them in pies, putting Marrow, Dates, Ginger, Rai- 
fons of the Sun,Sacke,&c. Others fome other way ,as they are led by their skill in Cookerie. But 
in my iudgement, which way foeuer they be dreft and eaten they ftirre and caufeafilthieloath- 
fomc ftinkingwinde within thebodie, thereby caufingthe belly to bee pained and tormented, 
and are a meat more fit for (wine, than men : yet fome fay they haue vfually eaten them, andhaue 
found no fuch vvindie qualitie in them. i7.0itob.r^2 1 . John Ctodyer. ^ 
I 
Chap. 2 6’u Of Qammomill. 
If 
i r 
i » I 
ilfir.'if 
' I I 
is : 
I chiimamelum. 
, Cammomill. ^ 
'wu> / vva.i ( xrl , ^ 
a Chamxmdum nudum odor Mum. 
Sweet naked Cammomill. 
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