too Of ‘I15 HIROM Of I*I3“‘~“ L I B‘ 7‘ M, Of the Hiliorie of Plants.

or *5" . ..eif'”"~ A J ~ ' i i ‘ s, iIonksRuba b‘ ll d’ L ' =- ‘ t- dz’ -t l ' - - :t 3 L.4p.z,.;,-zrm_[m=wmzfmtguzneum. . _ D ’V r isca e in .at1Ilt,RttmExf4tt'UIll,an dfzmtza orPatience which wmo ‘ Bloudwort. ‘J 745‘ D‘f‘’’I’“‘’”»~ - g:g°“"€d _0f tbeFrench,who call this herb Patience .- after whom the ﬁutchmen alfo name this g,v;i-:r:. E THC great watebdock hath Very long Monébattentte : of fome,Rfia6aréarum Mom:/mrzmi, or Monks Rubarb, becaule as itfcemes ioi‘:.':~~:

nd I at [canes mm: and hardﬂot B] C at other hath vfed the root hereof in. liead of Rubarb, Snligefto the garaden pa-mince D-but’ g 3&0 83-1)el![’)Ort or bloudy Patience is called in Latine Lapat/mmﬂmguincum .- of fome,Sangui; D meg-

_ _ loudy colour wherewith thewhole lant is olI'eﬂ:: it is of ot-he bs th "hi f 3 .2 _ year Q 1 . _ P P P 1' e c e e or rin §)e‘i‘g[11tl,OIo)%tce!iiti'[f]1g: tfdiiieehgiighli diiﬁtfe éiogﬁ E3? ‘pallshdtiing the propcrtie of the baitard Rubarb,but of lellé force in his purging qualitie. P more.T he ﬂoure growerh at the top of the 9:8 ~ in The Temperature.

in fP0kY ‘“f‘5=b’°W“ °f°°1°“r' The feed 1S.c9gn<; ‘ dr Cnerall Y all the Docks are colcl,fome little and moderatlysand fome moi‘-e:the)' do all of them taallléeélollfcl):h5§iy{g:‘:;:$i‘;1gE?$wi’] grzseiillt not all alter one manner 5 yet f otne are of opinion, that they are dry almoﬁ in the third~d.e- without and yellowi wit in. ‘ 7-56 I,-mum.‘ -

2 The fmal water_DOCk hath mo“; narrm; 3 The lcaues of the garden Dock or Patiqernce may be eaten,and are fomwhat cold but more moift 1631155 fer VPO“ 3 mlfe ﬁa'lk¢- Th¢ ﬂ0U_f€S 87: [Ed haue wirha ll a certain clamminelfe by reafon whereof they eaﬁly and quickely palie througli from the middle of the ““1k?V§Y"{;‘‘d 1“ fgﬁmy % s 11]: 2:35’ when they be eaten : and Diofchride: writeth,That all the Docks being boiled,do ttiolliﬁe

’ I . - ' - . . _ , . ; . ;il:i(i)cl1‘1te:i11;tl3ﬁ1aIikf)[;2:‘Ca€;3eigecﬁggigs (if gtreeshoun H: 1 thus : Y - which thing alfo Home hath noted in his fecond booke of Sermons , Satyr 4. writing which Docke is of all the kinds molt comiI}°h; ______ st. dun momww aim“ and of Ieaﬂ Vfe> and take? no pleafme 0‘: dcllgﬂd M L/'1/tugilm &' tvilerpe/1entio6_/fantia com‘/m, in any one foile or dwelling place, but is f0" .0 g E, Lafatb} hawk 173,54. alrnoll euery where, as well v on the land 85 $1 Hec 1 ‘ waterie places,but efpecially in gardens among to b “ leth it a {ho Eood and wholfome Pot—herbS, being there be ‘ ° “ten.

A . ter knownethan welcome or deﬁred : wher_Cf°‘: Ou3‘:)‘f’€1ng l'odderi,ir is not {'0 pleafant to be eaten as either Beets or Spinachzit ingenders moiii C I intend not to (‘pend farther time about his Thel 3 mean thicknelI‘c,and nourifheth little. fcription. ‘ ' i

The garden Patience hath vet)’ ftropg ocke clams Ofthe “mp P°i“t¢d D051“ 3“? C0“ and CITY: but fhﬂ f€€d Ofpaticncﬁ am ‘he Wm?‘ U

{talks furrowed or chainfered , of eight or ‘’1F‘: 1) .The dgccdmleiwith a certain thimeﬂé of fubﬂmcm l e

_ _ . foot high when it groweth in fertile ground, {"3 0f th if ‘ ‘ “' about with great large leaues like to thol'e qflhe “rem

rt herb,being gathered before the iialke be growne vp, at which time it is ﬁttell E

€tion of the roots of Monks Rubarb is drunk againﬁ the bloudy fiix,the lask,the wam- E e nomad‘ C0mming of choler, and alfo againﬂ the ﬂinging of fefpents, as Dzofcoride:

« . I - ‘ , . water-Docke, hauing alongﬁ the lialkes toward the top flames of alight purple colour declinin ed .t ‘S “"0 80°C‘ agamﬁ the T pitting of bloud,being taken with Acacia (or his ﬁrccedarmim the dri- F

_ . . . - Juice of ﬂoes) a fa .

to bro vnnelfe. The feed is three fquare,contained in thin ch_aﬂi_e husks like thofe of the comm‘; y M s my aith.

Dockd. The root is very grear,browne without and yellow within,in colour and talie like the I‘ i-0me°£i:f5ORu§;1fb Or Patience is an excellent wholforne pot-herb,for being put into the pottage in G Rubarb. s “ ~ . docks‘ cares pmc has _ e quantitie,it loofens the belly,helps the jaundicc,the timpanic,and luch like dif- Baﬂard Rubarb hath great broad round leaues in fhape like thofe of the garden Bur- ‘her’ . If you Eek ing of cold caufes. A _ _ A

The ftalke and feeds are fo like vnto the precedent that theone cannot be knowne from the 0 like ces’ Anne? edthe roots of Monks Rubarh and red Madder of each halfe a pound,Sena foure oun- fauing that the feeds of this are fomewhat lelTc- The root is exceeding great and thickgveryman. - C t C mote ind Licorice of each two ounces, Scabious and Agrimome Of Cach _0I1e hand full 5 mm the Rb; ofB3gb3,;-yaas well in proportion as colour and tafte,and purgeth afterthe fampuing, am Put the ts _o the Rubarb,bruil‘e the Anife feed and Licorice,breake the herbs with your hands new“; muﬁbe taken in greater quantity,as witnelfeth that famous learned phylition DOW 1 {pace cm} In into a {lone pot called a ﬁean,with fourc gallons of itrong ale,to i-‘keep infule the Mr D‘ Brig/.'2t,and others who haue experimented the {N116-

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_ V . t reedaies,and :11 d ' k h’ 1' - d‘ d ' kf‘ th k " ‘ ih ' S This fift kind of Dock isbeftknownevnto allof the flocke orkindrcd of Dockes:it had‘ i‘ eleaﬂ=th°“ghth cu rm Ct 15 ‘quot as your or may "H or we we smget era:

e longer you take it,fo much the bettegproiiiding in a readineffe another lican you may haue one vnder another, being alwaies carefull to‘ keep a good dietzit cu‘- €h€_ yellow jaundice,all manner of itch,~fcabs, breaking out and mangineife of the Puflﬁeth the blond from all corruption,preuaileth againlt the vgreene ﬁcknes very We the" [C °PP1l8tions or Ftoppings, makes yong wenches look faire and cherry-like,bringing' C feed OfBrms,the {topping whereof hath caufed the fame; . V

- “Mid Rubarb is manifelily al’rringent,infomuch that it cures the bloudy ﬂix,m’ix-

wit I I d The gglfageed o%$orrcll,and giuen to drink in red wine. _

They grow for the molt part in ditches and water—courf€§»V¢‘Y C°mm°“ ‘h°'°’” E“gh‘m éthcm p tergbut gedee "ft 1“ -'m_Y Other faculties attributed to this plant,cith‘er of the anrient or laterwri- two laﬁ faue one do grow in gardens: my fell-C and Others 1“ London and el-fewhﬂe “gens. _ er Ilalliire mm fl’! ;3fal_l it hath bin referred to the other Docks or Monks Rubard : of which num- growing for our vfe in Phyﬁcke and Smgeneg The km: ‘S f°V’“ f°T 3 P9"h°Tb “‘ mo“ 83‘ Induce me {my Ch.“ “"5 ‘S 5116 befhand doth approch neereﬂ: vnto the true Rubarb . Many r'ea'fo'ris or}, wit _ 0 t inke and fay; ﬁrﬁ, this hath the {hape and proportion of Rubarb,the fame color

. Iiin d ‘ - . . _ . , . r ‘I The Tm“ the fPitr.le offygiidhogdigdihoiif anl’ difference, they agree as well in talie as f mell ; it coloureth

_ _ , , . . . 4- AU‘ i rrh r n_ic is chewed as Rubarb doth_;a‘nd lalily it ptirgcﬂ] the belly af- Moﬁof the Docks doe rife vp in the Spring of the yeare, and their feed is ripe in Iune 3“ . \ “€11 ifi thri:::%i:iI1]it]e mam“ {S the right Rubarb,doth 5 only herein it diifei'e’tl‘l,tha‘t this mu“ be gr-" ,,uﬁ_ attire and other Srthe ‘luantltle of the other. Other difiin étions and differenc'es.Wltl1 the tempe- ‘° q] The Names, very we“ able to {fa 2‘!-':‘C‘;11lti[S1lfices,I leaue to the_ learned Phylitions of our London Collcdge, who are “ is inatt

. _ _ M g A M M ,_, 655,12’ try schon .. er as a thing far aboue my rcach,being no Graduat, but a Coun- Thc Diocke {S-¢'a1‘1¢d in Greek: AIin‘3°7 : in Latine,Rumex,and Lapatlmm : yet P/‘zr2_y.1W~ ‘9 wi 1 6'’ as “*9 Whole frame of ,this hiliorie doth well declare : but I hope my good meaning‘

b . . {cams to amibu-re the name ofxﬂmx only tome garden Docke, . rfha - e we“ “‘k°“s°0ﬁﬁd€1’1ﬂg Ido my belt : and I doubt not but fome of greater learning wil per i" K k 2 .fe8t’

~ ~ - d f it ' d her 8: the with lines 4" g Yepared that iiOr‘:ilg<et<Is1<1)xf lae idheritE:16:btiifdrrfiirhtbhlgiivyhidhtritfd hcpofffillrfe h)rittet[ie _lihFl’l:es‘ofethe fan: colour Ofgk‘: ’ Odcioap lie, top whereof come forth fuch fioures and feed as the common Wild D091“? had“ The ’°°‘ ‘5 . Qrea Y ' It

=1)’, d wife red,or of a bloudy colourq ‘*0 an - an

if ‘T56 Place.