Lib. x. Of the Hillorie of Plants. 
The roots condited or preferued with fugar, as hereafter fol]owetb,are exceeding good to be gi- C 
uenvnto old and aged people that are confirmed and withered with age, and which want natural! 
inoifture : they are alfo good for other forts of people that haue no delight or appetite tovenerie, 
nourifhing and reftoring the aged, and amending the defers of nature in che younger. 
^ The manner to eondite Eryngos. 
Refine fugarfit for the purpofe,and take a pound ofit,the white of anegge, and a pintofcleere D 
water,boile them together and fcum it, then let it boile vntill it be come to good ftrong fyrrup,and 
when it is boiled,as itcooleth, adde thereto a faucer full of Rofe-vvater,a fpoone full of Cinnamon 
water, and a graine of Muske, which haue been infufed together the night before, and now {trained; 
into which fyrrup being more than halfecold, put in your roots tofoke and infufe vntill the next 
day ; your roots being ordered in manner hereafter following : 
Tliefe yourroots being wafhedand picked, mull be boiled in fairtfwaterby the fpaceof foure E 
houres, vntill they be foft,then muff they be pilled cleane,as ye pill parfneps,and the pith muft bee 
drawne out at the end of the root ; and if there be any whole pith cannot be drawne out at the end, 
then you muft flit them, and fo takeout the pith: thefeyou muft alfo keepe from much hand- 
ling, that they may be clcane, let them remaine in the fyrrup till the next day, and then fet them 
on the fire in a fatre broad pan vntiirthey be verie hot, but let them not boile at all : let them there 
remaine oner the fire an houre or more, remoouingthemeafily in the pan from one place to ano- 
ther with a vvoodden flice. This done, haue in a readineffe great capor royall papers, whereupon 
you muft ftraw fome Sugar, vpon which lay your roots after that you haue taken them out of the 
pan. Thefe papers you muft put intoa Stoue,or hothoufe to harden ; but if you haue not Rich a 
place,lay them before a good fire. In this manner if you conditc your roots, there is not any that 
can preferibe you a better way. And thus may you condite any other root whatfoeuer, which will 
notonely bee exceeding delicate, but very wholefome, and effefhiall againft thedifeafesaboue 
named. 
A certaine manaffirmeth, faith Aetim, that by the continual vfe of Sea Ho!ly,heneuer afterward F 
voided any ftone,vvhen as before he was very often tormented with thatdifeafe. 
It is drunke, faith Diofcoridesp/vith Carrot feed againft very many infirmities, in the weight of a G 
dramme. 
The iuice oftheleaues prelfed forth with wine is a remedie for thofe thy are troubled with the H 
running of the reines, ^ V ” 
They report that the herbe Sea Holly, ifone Goat take it intoher mouth, it caufeth her firft to I 
Rand ftill,and afterwards the whole flocke, vntill fuch time as the Shepheard take it forth of her 
moitth,as Plutarchmkethi 
Chap. 485. Of b afar A Sea Hollies* 
«[J TheDefcripliottt 
T His Eryngium which Dodoihetv in his laft edition calleth Eryngium plamim ; and Pend 
more fitly and truely ,Eryngium Alpintim cgrulcum, hath ftalkcs a cubite and a halfe high^ 
hauing fpaces betweene euery ioint : the lower Ieaues are greater and broader; and notched about 
theedgesj but thofe aboue arelefler,compaffing or enuifoning each ioint ftar-fafhion, befetivith 
prickles which are foftand tender, not much hurtful to che hands of fuch as touch them ; the knobs 
or heads are alfo prickley,and in colour blew. The root is bunchie or knottie,like that ofHelenium , 
that is, Elecampane, blacke without, and white within, and like the Eringesin fvveetnelfcand 
tafte. 
2 The fecondbaftard Sea Holly, wbofepi&ure is fet forth in Vodonmis his laft Edition verie 
gallantly, being alfo a kind of Thiftle,hath Ieaues like vntorhe former Erynges, but broader next 
the rootes than thole which grow next the ftalkes, fcmewhat long, grceniflijolt, and not prick ley, 
but lightly creuifedor notched about the edges, greater than Quince Ieaues. The ftalks grow more 
than a cubit high ; on the tops whereof there hang downwards fiue or fix knobs or heads, in colour 
and floures like the other ; hauing three or foure whitifh roots ofa foot long. 
3 The third kinde of baftatd Bryngium hath his firft Ieaues ( which grow next the ground) 
great,broad,and foft, growing as it were inarundleabout the root. The ftalke is fm.il 1 and Render, 
diuided into fome branches, which beare many little Ieaues, turning or ftanding many waies, which 
