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Nauew-gentle requireth a loose and yellow mould euen as doth the Turnep, and prospereth in a fruitfull soile: he is sowen in France, Bauaria, and other places in the fields for the seeds sake, as is likewise that wild Colewort called of the old writers Crambe: for the plentifull increase of the seeds bringeth no small gaine to the husbandmen of that countrey, because that being pressed they yeeld an oile which is vsed not onely in lampes, but also in the making of sope; for of this oile and a lie made of certaine ashes, is boiled a sope which is vsed in the Lowe-countries euery where to scoure and wash linnen clothes. I haue heard it reported that it is at this day sowen in England for the same purpose.
The wilde Nauew groweth vpon ditch bankes neere vnto villages and good townes, as alsovp∣on fresh marshie bankes in most places.