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The roots of the Skirret be moderately hot and moist; they be easily concocted; they nourish [ A] meanly, and yeeld a reasonable good iuice: but they are something windie, by reason whereof they also prouoke lust.
They be eaten boiled, with vineger, salt, and a little oile, after the manner of a sallad, and often∣times [ B] they be fried in oile and butter, and also dressed after other fashions, according to the skil of the cooke, and the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the eater.
The women in Sueuia, saith Hieronymus Heroldus, prepare the roots hereof for their husbands, and [ C] know full well wherefore and why, &c.
The iuice of the roots drunke with goats milke stoppeth the laske. The same drunke with wine [ D] putteth away windinesse out of the stomacke, and gripings of the belly, and helpeth the hicket or yeoxing. They stir vp appetite, and prouoke vrine.