Batman vppon Bartholome his booke De proprietatibus rerum, newly corrected, enlarged and amended: with such additions as are requisite, vnto euery seuerall booke: taken foorth of the most approued authors, the like heretofore not translated in English. Profitable for all estates, as well for the benefite of the mind as the bodie. 1582.

¶Of Allio. chap. 11.

GArlike is called Allium, and hath that name of Olendo smelling, for it smelleth strongly, as Isid. saith li. 16.

The smell thereof is so strong, y^t it pas∣seth and ouercommeth all other strong smells: and therefore men y^t must néeds passe by stinking places, or make cleane vncleanly rotten places, arme and defend themselues with strong sauce of Gar∣like, as Diosco. saith. Garlike hath ma∣ny vertues and properties both good and euill: for it is compouned of diuers ver∣tues, as he saith. Garlike disturbeth the wombe and the stomacke, and bréedeth thirst, and bréedeth whelkes & wounds in the body, if it be layd thereto: and if cholaricke men eate too much thereof, it maketh the body too hot, & bréedeth Le∣pra, and is cause of madnes and of fren∣sie and grieueth the sight and maketh it dimme. Therefore it noyeth cholaricke men by kinde, for it bréedeth red cholar, and increaseth burnt cholar, and helpeth well steumaticke men and colde. Of Garlike is double maner of kinde, wilde and tame. The wilde is called Scorde∣on, among Phisitions. The floure ther∣of shall be gathered & put in medicines, and it worketh not violentlye, as tame Garlike doth. Of tame Garlike we vse most the heads. In the kinde thereof be many manner vertues found, for therin is vertue to dissolue, and to temper, to consume and waste, to put out venyme, and all venimous things. Therefore it was not without cause called Triacle of churles, among Authours in old time, as Diosc. saith. It helpeth best against the biting and venime of a mad dogge, if it be eaten with salt and nuts, & with rew: stampe these foure togethers, and giue ofte thereof to the Patient, in the quan∣titie of a great nut, and that with wine, and laye the same confection to the sore without, for it helpeth the wound, and draweth out venime and wasteth it, and kéepeth and saueth and deliuereth of pe∣rill, as effectually as Triacle. And Gar∣like hath vertue to open, and to temper, and to diuide and to depart, to cut and wast great humours and thicke, & ther∣fore it helpeth them that haue the stone, and them that may not well pisse, and exciteth menstruall bloud, and cleanseth the wombe, and slayeth long wormes, & other wormes in the wombe, if it be ta∣ken as it were sauce with pepper & iuice of mint and vineger: and Garlike aba∣teth the ache of the guts & of the reynes also, if it be cleansed and stamped, & sod with oyle, and layd as a plaister to the sore place, and it helpeth also against the Morphea, that is the Leprosie of y^e skin, if the place of the Morphea be garsed & froted with Garlyke, and stamped ther∣to as a plaister should. Also it helpeth a∣gainst the biting of an Adder, if it bée stamped and layd thereto with Oyle of Bay, as Dios. saith. Also it helpeth them that haue the dropsie, for it wasteth and dryeth the humour betwéene the skinne and the flesh, and swageth swellyng, & cleanseth and healeth great and fowle bloudie wounds, and soundeth them, if pouder of Garlike burned be laid therto: and Garlicke sodde with Well water, doth away all sore and ach of the place, and swelling also, but it néedeth to be∣ware, that it be not taken in meates, for it grieueth the eyen, and so meane these verses.

Allia, Vina, Venus, Pulius, Ventus, Faba, Fumus:* 1.1

Ista nocent oculis, sed vigilare magis.

The meaning is this, Garlike, Wine, and Venus, Pouder, Winde, & Beanes, and smoke, grieue the eyen, but waking doth more. In lib. de plant. Arist. sayth, that Garlike is like to the Lily, & accor∣deth therwith in disposition of the head, and in the cloues hath vertue seminall, in the cloues of y^e roote, & is the greines of the top of the stalke: and of y^e cloue of the nether head of the garlike, com∣meth a plant of garlyke, and so doth like wise of the séede that groweth in y^e top of the stalke, and of a cloue of the ouer head commeth also both plant and séede. And therefore a cloue of Garlike, set in the earth, bringeth forth a plant, and so likewise doth the séede, and hath manye pilles and leaues stéeple wise, and a hol∣low poorie stalke. Also garlike as the Li∣ly, first hath séede on his stalke, the greines clustered together within a small thin leafe: but the Onyon doeth not cluster his greynes together, but no∣risheth and sendeth them out on small feete.

And Garlike hath hairie rootes, lyke as a Lily, and Saffron and other such: But in this the roots of Garlike & Lilies dif∣fer, for the roote of Garlike spreadeth not in boughes, as the Lily doth: and as the Garlike reneweth his leaues, so it re∣neweth his rootes, and seedeth but once in the second yeare after that it is sow∣en. Therefore garlike hath many cloues spreading, that those cloues may be féed∣ing and nourishing to the second rootes, and to the second leaues, and to the stalk thereof. For when the seconde leaues grow and the stalk, then the cloues ther∣of vanisheth away in the earth: and so it fareth in Onions. In this Garlike & Onions be diuers, for of euery cloue of Garlike set commeth a plant, and so it fareth of the Lily, that of a cloue plan∣ted in the earth, sendeth out a stalk, and that commeth, for in euerie cloue of the Lily and of Garlike is seminall vertue. And it fareth not so in the Onion, for there commeth not of euery cloue of the Onion, an Onion, though it be set, but of the whole head springeth a plant, if it be set: for the seminall vertue is not in euery cloue of the Onion, but in the whole head. And Garlike and the Lily be diuers, for the stalke in y^e spire of gar∣like springeth out of the one ende of the cloue, & the spire of y^e Lily springeth out of the side of the cloue, & not of the end. Huc vs{que} Anst. de plan. secund. nouam translationem.

(* 1.2There be 3. sorts of Garlike, Alli∣um satiuum, Garden garlike, Crow gar∣like, and Beare garlyke, called Ram∣sons.)

Notes

• * 1.1

  Garlike is almost hot & dry in y^e forth degree.
• * 1.2

  Additiō.