The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

¶ The Names.

These herbes be called by one name in Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 notwithstanding for distinctions sake they called the garden Succory, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and the wilde Succory, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; Pliny nameth the Succory 〈◊〉〈◊〉: and the bitterer Dioscorides calleth 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: in Latine, Intybum syluestre, Intybum agreste, Inty∣bum 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and Cichorium: in shops it is called Cichorea, which name is not onely allowed of the later Physitions, but also of the Poet Horace in the 31. Ode of his first booke,

Me pascunt 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Me Cichorea, leuesque 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

With vs, saith Pliny in his 20. booke, 8. chapter, they haue called Intybum erraticum, or wilde En∣diue, Ambugia (others reade Ambubeia:) and some there be that name it Rostrum porcinum: and others, as Guilielmus Placentinus, and Petrus Crescentius, terme it Sponsa 〈◊〉〈◊〉: the Germanes call it 〈◊〉〈◊〉, which is as much to say, as the keeper of the waies: the Italians, Cichorea: the Spa∣niards, Almerones: the English-men, Cicorie and Succory: the Bohemians, 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

Endiue is named in Greeke 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in Latine, Intybum sativum: of some, Endiuia: of Auicen and Serapio, Taraxacon: of the Italians, Scariola, which name remaineth in most shops; also Seriola, as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they should fitly call it Seris, but not so well Serriola, with a double r: for Serriola is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sylue, tris, or wilde lettuce: it is called in Spanish, Serraya Enuide: in English, Endiue, and Scariole: and when it hath been in the earth buried as aforesaid, then it is called white Endiue.

‡ 5 This was first set forth by Clusius vnder this name, Chondrillae genus elegans 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉: since, by Pona and Bauhine, by the title we giue you, to wit, Cichorium spinosum. Honorius Bellus writes that in Candy where as it naturally growes, they vulgarly terme it 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 that is, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 spina, the Pitcher Thorne; because the people fetch all their water in stone pots or Pitchers, which they 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with this plant, to keepe mice and other such things from creeping into them: and it growes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 round, that it seems by nature to be prouided sor that purpose. ‡