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e names it indeed--Fabrorum prandia, for its being so vulgar. But eaten with Oyl and Vinegar, as usually, it is no despicable Sallet. There is a Beet growing near the Sea, which is the most delicate of all. The Roots of the Red Beet, pared into thin Slices and Circles, are by the French and Italians contriv'd into curious Figures to adorn their Sallets.
_6_. Blite, _Blitum_; English Mercury, or (as our Country House wives call it) _All-good_, the gentle Turiones, and Tops may be eaten as Sparagus, or sodden in Pottage: There is both a white and red, much us'd in Spain and _Italy_; but besides its humidity and detersive Nature, 'tis Insipid enough.
7. Borrage, Borrago (_Gaudia semper ago_) hot and kindly moist, purifying the Blood, is an exhilarating Cordial, of a pleasant Flavour: The tender Leaves, and Flowers especially, may be eaten in Composition; but above all, the Sprigs in Wine, like those of Baum, are of known Vertue to revive the Hypochondriac, and chear the hard Student. See Bugloss.
8. Brooklime, _Anagallis aquatica_; moderately hot and moist, prevalent in the Scorbute, and Stone.
9. Bugloss, _Buglossum_; in mature much like Borrage, yet something more astringent. The Flowers of both, with the intire Plant, greatly restorative, being Conserv'd: And for the rest, so much commended by _Averroes_; that for its effects, cherishing the Spirits, justly call'd _Euphrosynum_; Nay, some will have it the Nepenthes of _Homer_: But indeed, what we now call Bugloss, was not that of the Ancients, but rather Borrage, for the like Virtue named Corrago.
Burnet, See Pimpinella.
10. Buds, _Gemmæ, Turiones_; the first Rudiments and Tops of most _Sallet_-Plants, preferrable to all other less tender Parts; such as _Ashen-Keys, Broom-buds_