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COOLING AND SVCCORY 
LIKE HER.BES. 
CLASSIS SEXTA, 
THE SI XT T%1BE, 
CHAP. I. 
Tortulaca , Purflane. 
NTO the cooling Herbeslctmc, I pray adjoyr.e the Intubacc* or Ckhoreacia 
whereunto they may more fitly in my mindebe added, then to any other, not with- 
ftanding the bitrernefle in Pome that argues fomt heate. 
I have fct forth the Garden Purflane in my former Workc, there remaine fome o- 
ther to be lpoken of here, and firft of the wilde Purflane. 
i. PortnUca fylveflris, Wilde Purflane. 
The Wilde Purflane fpreadeth upon the ground lappie reddifli flalkes fet with 
thicke fat fliining grecnc leaves like in all things unto the garden kmae but fmallcr 
at the joynts, with the leaves toward the end oEthe branches, come forth very Email 
ftarre-like ycllowilh greene flowers fcarfe to be dilcerned, and as quickly falling a- 
way as the Garden kinde, and hath fuch like hard huskes wherein the like blacke 
feede is contained : the rootcs are threedcs, and perifli with the firft cold nights that come .* this is fomewhat 
moreaftringentin -tafte ( as for the moft part all wilde herbesarc) then the Garden kinde. 
2. PornfLica cx'gna Camerarij. C-merariw his Email Purflane. 
This fmall Purflane alfo is like the other, but much Emallerthen it, having alwayes two leaves Eet together, of 
a paler ycllowifh greene colour on the thicke round flalkes and branches which (land a little more upright and 
bend downe to the ground againe : the flowers are like the Eormer, and Eois the blacke Eecde, but the buskes 
open themEclves before the Eeede is ripe, and fland uponfmaller and longer footeftalkes, this hath little or no 
tafle but waterifhor herby. 
5. Tortttiaca Cretica, Candy Purflane. 
TheCWrPurflanef which in my judgement might rather he referred to the kindred ofche fmall Houfeleekes, 
as CamerarhttyColHmna and Baahinm doe, but that, I would keepe the name whereby it was lent, for his fake that 
fenr ir ) E a very Email low berbe nor paft two or three i nches high, having many fmall heads of leaves (landing 
round together,fomewhat like the head of a fmall Houleleekc, but each leafe fet further in funder and not do¬ 
ling which are very fmall at the bottomc, and fodainely grow broad and round at the point, yet fo fmall as no 
leafe is bigger than the naile ofones little finger, and of a pale greene colour, which fo abide for the moft pare 
the firft Winter after the fpringing tip, if the extremitie thereof doe not utterly rot it: in the Sommer follow¬ 
ing ir (hooteth forth into branches with fome what longer leaves on them, and at the upper j’oynts and toppes 
fland divers (mall whitifli flowers, and after them appearc long pods a little crooked or bending upwards fee 
together in forme of a ftarre, wherein is very fmall blackifn feede contained ; the roote is fmall and fibrous, and 
perifhetb after feede time. 
The Place. 
The fitfl groweth in Vineyards, Orchards, Gardens, and other rockic and ftony places alfo where it isfo apt 
to abide from it owne lowing, that it will hardly be rid out againe : the fecor.d ( cmtraritis faith in hcrto UUe- 
dico , that he firft befoie any other found it about Lipfwicke : the laft was fent me from Hieronymw Winghe, a 
Canon of Tournaj in Flanders } who it is likely,either received it himfelfe or lome other friend that gave it him 
from Candy. 
The Time. 
The two firft doe abide all the Summer, from the Spring that they rife, which yet is late, untill the cold nights 
doe nippe them, and caufe them to perifh ■ the third, as I laid before, abideth the firft W inter of it be not tco vio¬ 
lent, and feedeth the next Summer after the fpringing. 
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