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feéi; that which I haue begun according to my fmall skill, efpecially the ice being broken to him: and the wood rough-hewn to his hand. Notwithftanding I thinke it good to fay thus much H10“? in my own defence, That although there be many wants and defects in mee, that were requiﬁte to perfor me fuch a worke 3 yet may my long experience by chance happen vpon fome one thing 0!’ 0‘ ther that may do the Learned good : conﬁdering what a notable experiment I learned of one If?” Benet a Surgeon of Maidﬂone in Kent, (a man as ﬂenderly learned as my felfe) which he pra<9t1_{€ vpon a butchers boy of the {aid towne,as himfelfe reported vnto me. His praétife was this : Being deiirttd to cure the forefaid Lad of an aguewhich did gtieuouﬂy vex him,hee protnifed him 3 795‘ (lrcine 5 and for want ofone for the prefent( for a {hift,as himfelfe confeﬂed vnto me)he tooke 0”‘ of his garden three or four leaues of. this plant of Rubarb,which my felfe had among other ﬁmP_15S giuen hirn,which he fiarnped and Prrained with a draught of ale,and gaue it the lad in the morﬂlﬂg to drinke: it wrought extrcamely downeward and vpward within one houre after,and neuer Ceafe vntil night : in the end,the {irength of the boy ouercame the force of the phy ﬁck,it gaue ouer W0?‘ king,and the Lad loft his Ague 3 ﬁnce which time(as he faith)he hath cured with the fame me 1' cine many of the like maladie , hauing euer great regard to the quantitie, which was the cau{€° the violent working in the ﬁrfi cure. By reafon ofwhich accident, that thing hath bin reuealed to pol’ceritie,which heretofore was not fo much as dreamed of.\/Vhofe blunt attempt may incoufagel fome {harper 'V‘v’ it and greater Iudgement in the faculties of plants, to feeke fartherinto their 113‘ ture than any of the Antients haue done ;and none ﬁtter than the learned Phyﬁtions of the C0 ” ledge of London,where are many ﬁngularly well learned and experienced in naturall things.

L The roots ﬂiced and boiled in the water of Cardma éenedzﬁm, to the confumption of the third

pargadding thereto a little hony,and eight or nine fpoonfulls of the decoétion thereof drunkc be‘ fore the fit , cure the aguein two or three times {'0 taking it at the moﬁ : vnto robuﬁious or firoﬂg bodies twelue fpoonfuls may be giuen. This experiment was praétifed bya worfhipfull Geﬂlle‘ woman Miﬂrelfe r./Irme Wyléralmm vpon diners of her poore neighbours with good fuccefie.

1- The figure that was in the ﬁrft place was ofzapatbrrnz fol. mimu mm, dcfcribcd by me in me third placc of :11; Funding d,,P,¢,_-me f,¢,,md was 9‘ W fatlmr/2 armmn crzﬁnm of Tnbmr- Thethird was of Hydrolaparbum mimic.

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T hath hapned in this as in many other forrein medicines or Simples;which though they be of great and frequent vfe,as Hermodaétyls,Muske,Turbith,8cc.ye: haue we no cert?” _ knowledge of the very place which produces them,nor of their exaé} manner ofgrowiﬂg. ' which hath giuen occaﬁon to diuers to think diuerﬂy,and forne haue bin fo bold as to counteffclt a ﬁgures out of their own fancies,as Mzzttl:z'olm.So that this faying of Ruellim is found very truc;N” ' la medzrzme pm rnrzgpr mcer_m,qu4m qr“; 46 alio quam noﬁra oréepetitur. But we will endeauor to (115 YW m0Y€ CW‘-alﬂtle Ofthrs here tteated,than was known vntill of very late years.

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His kind of Rubarb hath very great leaues fomewhat fnipt or indented about the ed’ 885 like the teﬁth Ofa Saw,notvnlike the leaues of Emda c4mpamz,called by the vulg ‘ _ _ tort Elecampane,but greater : arnongft which rifeth vp a ﬁraighc ﬂame Qf two cub.

h1gh>be‘“1“§',3t the top a fcaly head like thofe of Knap-weed or lam major .- in the midﬂr of W ‘C knap or head thrufteth forth a faire ﬂoure conﬁﬂing of many purple thfeds like thofe ofthe Aft“ choke: which being pafhthere followeth a great quantitie of down wherein is wra ed Ion“ (“ed like vnto the great Centorie, which the whole plant doth very well r)efemble : the rggt is lonté ‘md

;:ﬁ’:;=:]sa§::ﬁ‘t;::%‘L:’g';;‘E“: ffl’; 3: lggrli $0101“ Within 5 which being Qhewed makes the fpitth? “"6 2 This Othﬁrbafiard Rha, which is alfo of Loée/5 defcription hath a mo; Iike tha; of the lair defcribed 5 but the Ieaues are narrower,almoilr like thofe of the chmmon Dock but hoalleo the other fide: the ﬁalk growes vp ﬂraight,and beares fuch heads and ﬂoures as the’ receclenf- . i 3 I haue thought good here t'o_omit the counterfeit ﬁgure of Mmbiolm iuen vs in El‘ A Place by 0”‘ Amhorras am’ ‘hf-’ h‘{'{0m’§,W1_1iChlVaS not much pertinent,and in lieh of them "3 Pm‘ fent you with a perfect figure and defcrrptron of the true R64 Prmticrrm of the Antients which was ﬁrﬁ of late difcouered by the learned Pro/per Alpinmgwho W,-it 3 pecular nae: thepeofagd it is 3 again ﬁgured and defcribed in his \/Vorke dc Pl/mtir examzlr. Our countreyman’ M‘ Ihlm I'a7‘}‘i’?@:

hath alfo fet forth very well both the figure and defcription hereof in his Pmzdzfa terreﬂris. Pm:

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5 Rim Capitatum angrgﬂiﬁligmo ’ The other baﬂard Rubarb.

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1:/iabarbammﬁmzmm.‘ The dry roots of Rubarb.‘

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