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Aper Reed hath many large ﬂaggie leaves fonrewlzert triangular and frnooth.,not much nlilte thofe of Cats-taile,riﬁngimmediately from a tuft oftoots cotnpaéh of many £lr1ngs,amongr’.’t the which it fhooteth vp two or three naked {lall;es,fqu-are, and tiling fome ﬁx or {euen cubits high ahoue the water:at the top wherof there {lands a tuilt or bundle of chailie threds let in come« ly order, relemblrng a tuft of ﬂoures, but barren and VOl.u or feed. W » . qr . re Place. P4/.,y,,m. Ny10y';,m‘ ' This kinde of Reed growes in the Riuers paper Reed, enout Babylornand neere the city Alcaire, in the 1‘1Ll€l.' Nrlus, and fuch other places of thofe countries. ’ ﬁll The Time,

Thetime offpringing and ﬁourifhing ans‘ fwereth that of the common Reed.

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This kinde of Reed, which I haue Engiim thed Paper Reedror Paper plant,is the fame (zrsl doe reade) that Paper was made of in ./Egypt, heiore the inuention ofpaper made oi linnen clouts was‘ found out. lt is thought by men ofgreat learning and vnclerilandinq in the Scriptures,and fet downe by them for truth, that this plant is the fame Reed men. tioned in the fecond chapter of Exodm ;, whereof’ was made that basket or cradle, which was dawbed-within and without with {lime of that countrey,called Bitumen Iudazk am2,wherein (,9!/[0ﬂ’J' was put being commit- ted to the water, when P/Mr/to/1 gaue com« mandement that all the male children oftht; Hebrewes fhould he drowned.

en‘ The N mare, Vcrmcr, and Vﬁ‘. The roots ofPaper Reed doe nourifh, as T may appeare by the people of/Egypt,which doe vfe to chew them in their mouthes, and {wallow downe the juice , finding therein

g great delight and comfort. The alhes burned alfvvage and confume hard apo&umes,turnors, and coraﬁue v

Ofthe body, but chiefely in the mouth. The burnt Paper made hereof doth performe thofe effetfts more forcibly. ’ The ftalkes hereof haue a ﬁngular vfe and priurledge in opening the channels and hon

ges ofa Fillulagbeing put therein 5 for they doe {well as doth the pith of Elder,

a f on e. * ‘ Efhcgpeople about Nilus do vfe to burne the leaues and flz:_1lkes,bur cfpec The frailes wherein they put Ratﬁns and ﬁgs are fometimes made her

the herbe Spzrtum, defcribed in the next Chapter.

lcers in any part: ow pt-.ﬂEa4 or.a tent made of’

ially the roots. eof 5 but generally with

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qt Tire 1'\"i72a'er, Therehe diners kindes oft}/lat-lV€¢d5:35 H13” be dcclafﬁd 111 their feuerall defcriptions. qr ‘T/5eDtﬁVf]2r,io;r. .

{arc babe 5;,,,mm.r3as Piiﬁy faith, groweth ofrtlelfe, and fendeth forth from the root a mug- titude of}”1enderri,1ﬂrie leaues of a cubrt high: 0‘ h1_g11€1‘,toLrgl1 and pliable, ofawhitiih mlonr. which in time drzrwe narrow together, making the flat leafe to become round,as

rim R¢_,gt,,_ The [tub or Pralke thereof neareth at tile top certarne fezttherdike tufts commieg

forth

grauell, from C0lour,vcr 0Y_more bhngmflg it is the thicltenefle ofa ti

1‘ ‘ 1 . - . peﬁitls bfowne as fmall as Canarte {eed,but round and fomewhnt fharpe at the one end :l:. 0.? this neit

long

EC“ "PPer cruﬂ of the earth,

in pl HOE VP m“_mY fmall ﬁalkes not exc nI1]CIlt1OﬂCCl Mar- I fCrS,refembling the {mall 0 man)’ fmallgraﬂie fibres.

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forth ofa {heath or huske, among the which chafﬁe huskes is contained the feed, long and éhaﬂie;

;l"he rootconﬁlleth of many (‘stings folding one within another,by meanes _whereo-f it commeth so the forme of a tuft or lraflhcke.

I S pzrrtzzm Plinij Cluﬁo. 2 94'/tum alremm ’, Plzmcs Mat-‘Need. Hooded Mat—Weed.

2 The {econd likewi

§g:r,\Rhereupon doe grow many grallie leaues,rough and pliant, hard in handling as are the Ru-

fpokie chaﬂie tuft groweth at the top of the ftalke, comming forth of a hood or ﬁnewie‘

fez Pliny defcribcth to haue a long (lalke not much vnlike to Reed; but

megthsftlch asenclofeth the Homes of Onions, Leekes, Narciffus, and fueh like, before they come OLll'1ﬂg,~Wltl‘l feed and roots like the precedent.

3 Englrﬂr Mar.-weed hath a nu {hie root, deepely creeping and growing in heapes of {and and the which arife {rifle and ﬂu-arpe pointed leaues a foot and a halfe long,ofa whitiih

yrnuch refembling thofe of Camels hay. The ﬂalke groweth to the height ofa cuhit Mherereupcn doth grow a f pike it or eare offome fine or ﬁx incheslong, i’omewhatre1'ern- nger in the midft, and fmaller towards both the ends. The

4 Thher Sheepe nor any other Cartel will retire or eate.

15 0316? Englilh Mat-Weed is like vnto the former, fauincr that the roots of this are

. '0 » not Vnhlre to Dogs Grafl’e,but do not thrnlt deepe into the ground, but creepe onely vnder

ed h _ The tuft or eare is fhorter,and more refetnbling the head of Canary 5 an that oflhe.

hath 3 dLo5el glues a figure of another frnaller Rurhdeaued Sparmm with {mall heads, but hee not

efcribed it in his Latine VVorkes,fo that I can fay nothing certninely ofit.

a To this kindred mull be added the Feathered Gra{l'e,though not partaking with the {OTWEY mce °l:gY0Wth. It hath many {mall leaues of a foots length,round, greene and naarpe P°3”‘C_d.s “Ch in forme vnlilte the ﬁrﬁs defcribed lVl€1[~'vVCC‘.d,bllC much lefle : amongﬁ the_fe leaues rife ceding the height of the leaues, which locate a f pike vnlike the fO!'C=~

Weeds‘, hauing three or foure feeds endin in, or fending vp very fine white Fen» er fort of feathers of the wings of the Bird of Paradzfe.The root confi

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