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viide kinde Cicoreafalvatie* : the Spaniards p4 Imenera and Cicoria faivaya, the French Cichoree [anvage, by the 
jermuHS rvetwant by the DutchCichorrej, and by us in £ng!ijh Succory,and wilde Succory. 
4 The tfcrtues. , n« 
Garden Succory as it is bitteris more dry and leffe cold then Endive, and thereby more opening alio. An hand, 
iill of the leaves or rootes hereof boyled in wine or water, and a draught thereof drunke falling driveth forth 
i| hollericke and flegmaticke humors : the fame alfo openeth the obftruiftions of the Liver, Gall,and Spleene, and! 
ielpeth the Yellow Iaundies, the heate of the Reines and of the V rine, the Dropfie alio, and thofe that have an 
*vill difpofition in their bodies by long fickneffe,evill dyet.fkc.whlch difeafe the Greekes call Bwfi* Cachexia, a 
decoftion thereof made with wine and drunk is very effecTuall againlt long lingering n gucsiand a dramme of the 
Meede in powder drUnke in wine,before the fit of an Ague doth helpe to drive it away, the diftiiled water of tha 
herbe and flowers performeth the fame properties aforefaid, and is efpeciall good for hot ftamacksjand in Agues 
either pelfilentiall or of long continuance,and for fwoundings and paffions of the heart,for the heate and headach 
in children.and to temper the diftemperature of the blood and Liver :thc laid water, or the juice or .the bruifed 
leaves applycd outwardly allayeth tumors,inflammations, S.Anthomes firejpufhes.wheales and pimples,especially 
ufed with a little Vinegar, as alfo to wafh peftiferous fores: the faid water is very cffetfuall for, lore ey is, that 
are inflamed or have any redneffein them,and tor Nurfes fore breads that are pained bv the aboundance of milke. 
The wild Succory as it is more bitter,fo it is more ftrengthning to the ftomack and Liver. 
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Chi p. XXV. 
Pfeiide-cichmafive Cishoriafylvejlriafloribtu foteiu Ballard or wilde Succory with yellow flowers.’ 
Here are divers other herbes which are accounted kindesof wilde Succory for their neare icfem-, 
blan.ee in forme but not in qualitie thereunto, fome whereof (hall be let forth in this Chapter, efpe- 
cially fuchasbearethetitleofCicWiwwSuccory : Lor the Dens Levr.i,X>andeUan-mi the fWrifi, 
| Gum Spccory that be kinds of Succory alfo fo like unto it, that many have miftaken the one for the 
other fhall follow in their order. 
I. Cichoriumpratenfelatum ajperum. Rough yellow field Succory. 
This rough yellow Spccory hath longer and tougher leaves then thofe of the former wilde Succory, in one 
fort with few or no cuts at all, in others like unto it with deepe cuts and divifions: theftalkes grow to bee three, 
or f oure f oote high, rough and crelled, divided into fundry branches with fmaller leaves on them, and leffe jag¬ 
ged bearing fmail yellow flowers like unco an Hawkcweede, at the ends of every ore, which when they are ripe 
turne into downe.with a fmail lpngyellowifh feede faftned thereat, and are both carried away with the windes 
the roote is hard, rough and unprofitable. 
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