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Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
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B. 1 
5 Carolus Cluftus defcribeth alfo a certain 
vvilde Speragewith lnarp prickles ailalongft 
the ftalkes, orderly placed at euery roynt one, 
hard, ftiffe, and whitifh, the points of the 
thornes pointing downward : from the which 
ioynts alfo doe grow out a few long greene 
leaues faftned together, as alfo a little yellow 
floure,andone berry three cornered, and of a 
blacke colour, wherein is contained one black 
feed, feldome more: the roots are like the 
other, 
6 T)rypis being likewife a kinde hereof, 
hath long and fmall roots , creeping in the 
ground like Couch graflqfrom which fpring 
vp branches a cubit high,ful of knotty joints: 
the leaues are Imall like vntoluniper, not 
much differing from Corruda or Nepa .• the 
floures grow at the top of the ftalke in fpokie 
tufts or rundles, of a white colour, clofcly 
thruft together : the feed before it bee taken 
outofthehuske is like vnto Rice ; being ta- 
ken out, like that of Melilot, of a faffron co- 
lour. 
f The Place. 
The firft being our garden Afparagus 
groweth wild in E flex, in a medow adjoining 
to a mill, beyond a village called Thorp . and 
alfo at Singleton not far from Carbie,and in 
the medows neere Moulton in Lincolnfhire. 
Likewife it groweth in great plentie neere vnto Harwich, at a place called Bandamar lading , and 
at North Moulton in Holland, a part of Lincolnfhire. 
The wilde Sperages grow in Portugal and Bifcay among Hones, one of the which Petrus Belle Ki- 
lls doth make mention to grow in Candie, in his firlf booke of Singularities, cap. 1 8. 
f 2 "/jt Time. 
The bare naked tender fhoots of Sperage fpring vp in April], at what time they are eaten in fab 
lad s ; they floure in Iune and Iuly • the fruit is ripe in September. 
The Names. 
The garden Sperage is called in Greekevw®.}., .■ in Latine likewife AJparagus ■ in fhops, Spara- 
gus, and Speragus .• in high-Dutch, gtpargetl : in low-Dutch^CpatgeSS, and CojaktMjt; that is 
to fay, Herba Cor.a/h, or Corall-wort,of the red berries, which beare the colour of Corall : in Spa- 
nilb, A/parragos : in Italian, A (par ago : in Englifh, Sperage, and likewife Afparagus, after the La- 
tine name : in French, AJperges. It is named AJparagits of the excellencie, becaule^rvi^, or the 
fprings hereof are preferred before thofe of other plants whatfoeuer ; for this Latine word Ajpara- 
gus doth properly fignifie the firfl fpring or fproutofeuerie plant, efpecially when it is tender,and 
before it do grow into a hard ftalke,as arethebuds,tendrels,or yong fprings of wild Vine or hops, 
nnd fuch like. 
Wilde Sperage is properly called in Grecke which is as much to fay as Monfe prickle, 
and that is to fay, Petrxus AJparagus,or Stone Sperage: it is alfo named in Latine,//- 
fparagus Jyluefiris, and Corruda. 
TheTempcr attire. 
The roots of the garden Sperage, and alfo of the wilde, doe clenfe without manifeft heate and 
drinefle. 
% The Venues, 
A Tne nrfl: fprouts or naked tender fhoots hereof be oftentimes fodden in flelli broth and eaten, 
or boyied in ifaire water, and feafoned with oyle, vineger, fait, and pepper, then are ferued at mens 
tables lor a fallad ■ they are pleafant to the tafte, eafily concofted, and gently loofe the belly. 
B They fome what prouoke vrine, are good for thekidnies and bladder, but they yeeld vnto the 
body little noLirifhment,and the fame moift, yet not faultie : they are thought to increafe feed, and 
Itirvpluft. ‘ ° 
t The Igti formerly mentioned in this chapter, bit now omitsed, was againc fet forth by our Author amongtt the Furfer, whereyou may findc it. 
X 6 Drypls. 
Sperage Thiftle. 
