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BEfore that auarice caused marchantes to fetche out of the easte and south partes of the worlde, the traffyke of spyce and son∣dry droughes, to contente the vnsaciablenesse of wanton appetites, Colewortes for the vertues supposed to be in them, were of such estimation, that they were iudged to be a sufficient medy∣cyne agaynst all diseases, as it maye appere in the booke of wyse Cato, wherein he wryteth of
husbandrye. But now I wyll no more remem∣ber, than shall be requyred, in that whiche shall be vsed as meate and not pure medicyne. The iuyce therof hathe vertue to pourge: the holle leaues beynge halfe sodden, and the water pou∣red out, and they beynge put eftsones into hotte water, and sodden vntyll they be tender, so ea∣ten they do bynde the bealy. Some do suppose, yf they be eaten raw with vineger, before meat, it shall preserue the stomacke from surfettynge, and the heed from drunkennesse: all be it moche vsynge of them dulleth the syght, except the eies be very moyst. Fynally the iuyce that it maketh in the body is not so commendable, as that whi¦che is ingendred of lettyse. It is hote in the first degree, and drye in the seconde.