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THere be diuers sortes of Onyons, some white, some red, some long, some rounde, some great, and some small: but al of one sauour and propertie, sa∣uing that the one is a litle stronger then the other. Yet they differ not in leaues, flowers, and seede.
THe Onyon hath leaues or blades almost like garlike, holow within. The stemmes be round, vpon whiche grow rounde bawles or heades, couered with little fine or tēder white skinnes, out of which breake many white flowers lyke starres, whiche turne into smal pellettes or but∣tons, in whiche are contayned two or three blacke cornered seedes. The roote is rounde or long, made of many foldes, pylles, or coueringes, growing one vpon another, wherof the vpmost pilles or scales are thinnest. In the neather part of the roote is a bearde of hearie rootes, or stringes lyke a tassel.
They are sowen in euery garden of this Countrie, but they loue a soft and gentle grounde.
They are commonly sowen in Februarie and March, and are ful growen in August, & are then pluckt out of the ground to be kept. And if they be plāted againe in December, Ianua∣ry, or February, then they wil blow in Iune, and bring foorth in Iuly and August.
The Onyon is called in Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: in Latine, Cepa, and Cepe: in high Douche, Zwibel: in base Almaigne, seede Ayeuyn.
The Onyon is almost hoate in the fourth degree, and ra∣ther of grosse, then subtil partes.
[ A] The Onyon engendreth windynesse, and causeth appetite, and it doth scat∣ter, and make thinne grosse and clammie humours, without nourishing: espe∣cially to be eaten raw. But being boyled twise or thrise it is nothing so sharpe, and it nourisheth somewhat, but not muche.
[ B] Onyons eaten in meate, open the belly gently, and prouoke vrine plenti∣fully.
[ C] They open the Hemorrhoides, so called in Greeke, layd to the fundement or siege with oyle or vineger, and so doth the iuyce or the whole Onyon mingled with rosted apples, and layde vpon the fundement with cotten.
[ D] Onyons sodden and layde to with Raysens and figges, do ripe and breake wennes and suche lyke colde swellinges.
[ E] The iuyce of them dropped into the eyes, cleareth the dimnesse of the sight, and at the beginning remoueth the spottes, cloudes, and hawes of the eyes.
[ F] The same iuyce dropped into the eares, is good agaynst deafenesse, and the humming noyse or ringing of the same, and is good to clense the eares from all filthinesse, and corrupt matter of the same.
[ G] The same powred or snift vp into the nosethrilles, causeth one to sneese, and purgeth the brayne.
[ H] Being put vnder in a pessarie, it bringeth out the flowers and secondine.
[ I] It is laide to ye bitings of dogges, with hony Rue & salt, with good successe.
[ K] It cureth the noughtie scabbe and itche, & the white spottes of all the body, and also the scurffe and scales of the head: and filleth agayne with heare the pylde places of the head, being layde thereto in the Sonne.
[ L] The same layde to with Capons grease, is good against the blisters of the feete, and against the chafing and gaulling of the shoe.
The often vse of Onyons, causeth headache, and ouermuche sleepe, and is hurtfull to the eyes.