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34(5 TheCcondBookcof 



f- Being laiD to t^e eies alonco^ mtngleD toitfi CoUjj^feis ma^e l^ 



&5 t^e pnrpofejit ricaret^ tlje Ogijt. 



taaitfjt^ifi gwtt* anD pifcfj tljcp mahe a platttcr, t\}C luliic^ 10 It 

 ter? ft'ngular agatnft t^z bitmjss of all toilD ano mat> faealii?, be^ 

 ing laio thereunto. 



Of LaferpitiumjandLafer. Chap.cxij. 



'*■ ^ The deferiptioft. 



Aferpitium (b^ f tjaf tue ma^ gat!)sr cf Theophraftus an6 



Diofcorides} 10 an ficrbe ttiat otetb reeJ'cl^ • ^is ffalfee 10 



great auD t^tcfee lifee if crula : t^e Icaucs be lifec ^erflc^, f 



of a plealant fcnt : SDlje fe^ue is b;joaD a0 it luere a little Icafe : it 



§atb a great mant? nates grototng out of one j)eaD , toljicb is 



t^itke ano fouereo loitlj a blaclte ffein* 



iprom oat of tfjefe rotes anottal&es being ftarificD ano att, 

 flotxjetb a tertaineftrong liqno2,t]^e iDbie^ tlje^ 02^, anD is bert? 



reqntOte in meoicine , anti it is calleo Lafer^ but it i$ not all of a 

 ro.2t,no; in all places alike : fo: itcbangetl; in ta(l^e,rano;!,an0 fa^ 

 ll^ion, acco juing to tlje places toberas tbe Laferpitium grotoctb* 



I SDlje Cap 0^ liquoj tjat floloetb out of tfje Laferpitium grotui' 



ihg in Cr;jene,is of a plcafant fano?; anD in taffe notberp grie^ 

 nous : fo as in timtB pall , men Oio not onel^ bfe it in (bops fo^ 



pb^ftclie,but alfo in fine cafees,iunhets,anb ot^er meates,as Pli- 



tiietu'itetb, 



2 . 5 2Dbat Uibicb flotoetb out of tbe Laferpitium ,tbat grotoetb 



in speDea,am> ^p.:ia,ts of |i ber^ lotbfome ano ff inhing fauo^* 



^7^c place, 



Lafcrpitiufngrotbetb on tbe bigb ntohntaimi anis udcrts of 

 Ci?2ene ana :aftic3,anD tljis istbe bcG f cbteftlt, an5 it ^ojtectb a 

 ftquo? tobif b is berr gtD0,anU of a pleafenf finclU 3t grol»ctb al^ 

 C3 in ^pjia,^et}ia, jarmenia, ano iL^bia, but t^eiuice 0^ liquor 

 tbereof is not fogaju^ut is of a bcr^ lotbfome, Detettablc>anO a^ 



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.-w/ 



bonimable finell 



^»The names. 



SCbts plant is callctj'in <3m)^t «^^»» ■■ in llatine Lafer, anb La- 

 ferpitium ; offome,as iMttteCTetb Diofcorides,Magudaris,^& 



peciall? 



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