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‘ it both purgeth away naughty and COUUPF hUm0f3s9-Rd micwifc Wi‘h311fl°PP€th ‘hf bellyo 1 o Elke It not wel that the feed {hould be faid to be Drimw 3 yet that is to bee vnderfiood according The fame being dried after the famemanner, doth alfo (lay the ouermuch flowing oi the -l‘/ C?‘ «O the common phrafe, when acride things are confounded with thofc that be (harp and foure:ell'e nethly Sickene{fe,and Ptoppeth blond 1_Iiany part of the b0§1)_' , cfpecially that which COHWE,“ We might accufe him of fuch ignorance as is notarnongll; the lirnplePtwornen.Moreouer,the word thorow the bladder gbllt it lhould bee giuen in a little quafltltlci and mixed with fome other bin- 3:”): doth not only fignifie the leafe,but the fairer and tartnelie, which by a figure drawn from the ding tliiing. - _ . _ . ~ d ya_"P!1Cf_{e of kniues edges,is therefore called iharpe : for «Eu? new fignifieth a {harpe or foure ,iu.yee faith,That Rubarb isan harrnleffe medicine,and good at all times, and for all agfiss 3“ ‘} inch pierceth the tongue like a {harp knife : whereupon alfo Lapatbttm may be called 0.m":;r,as it
L at/lefties _ likewif e for children and women with childe. 15 indeed. The leaiies of this are thinner,renclerer,arid more vnétuous than thofe of Laymz-/mm m;.~
M 3: My friend M" Sampfim Iolmfon Fellow of Magdizlen Colledge in Oxford aflures me, Thfift the L””3,bf0adet next to the fkem ,horncd and creftetl like Spinach Sc Atriplcx. The flalk is much firea- Phyfitions of Vienna in Aufiriavfe fcarce any other at this day than the Rubarb of the Afltléflilfn Sdfiddlfhsand full of juice : the root is yellow and fibrous,the feed i’h.arp,cornered and (hining, which growes in Hungary not far from thence :and they prefer it before the dried Rubarb broug it glowing in eharfic lrusks like the other Docks. " - out of Perfia and the Bali lndies,becaufe it hath not fo flrong abinding faeultie as it,neither C10‘ 2 The lecond kind of omit’: or Sorrel hath large leaues like Patience,confufedly growing to- it heare fo much,only it mull be vfed in fomewhat a larger quantitie. ll: fiethervpon a great tall llalke,at the to pwhereof grow tufts of a chaflie fubllance.The’root 15 nt-
. i °‘°“5:{‘riiicli like the Peonie or rather Filipendiila,lhl’tncd to the lower part of the Rem with final Qflg firings or laces.
‘ 3 The third kind of';S"orrell groweth very fmalhbranching hither and thither,tal<ing hold (by
, 1 _ y s new lhoots) OF the ground where it groweth,whereby it difperfeth it felfe farre abroad : the leaues C H A P. are little and thiixhauing two finall leaues like eares fafined thereto,in {hew like the herb Sagitm-
; ml -‘ the feed in talie is like the other of his kinde. S Of S0778”. : rh 4 The _fourth kindeof Sorrell hath leaues fomwhat round and cornered,ofa whiter color than ' E (‘iigm-’1S“€,and hauing two fhort cares anexed vnto the fame. The feed and root in talie is , like ~ er orrels,
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gagdengllls kl‘-ld Ofcurled Sorrell is a flcraiiger in England,and hath very long leaues in (MP5? mg
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‘if I/"3 D‘f“"I”“’”* ‘ roots g:::”1‘i<1>(ng, E1116 leaues,fet here and there with the like leaues,but lcffer. The floures, feeds, arid db; 6 t 9 C030 511011 Sorrell or foure Docke.
Tiloiigli Diafw;-ides hath not expreffed the 0x.ilia’e: by that name ’, yet none ought to dfgme 1.0 5 The fmall Sorrell that growcth vpon dry barren fandy ditch banks,hath fmall giafiiy WU‘-’
but that they were taken and accounted as the fourth lrinde ofLa_1m,:6um: for although like me“/hat forked or croifed oiier like the croffe hilt ofa Rapier. The llalks rife vp a7m0fi§=§{* ll“ M leaiiesj.