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i The firſt part of the thinges that 
and mighty, it appeareth that the ptetes be of a great rot, 
without any hart. f 
Che conditions, oʒ elections that it muſt haut, toʒ to ba 
Theelettios gnod and perfertis: that it be ſreſhe? which may be knolwn 
ofthe Me- tfthat it be not woꝛme taten, noz black and that it be ſame⸗ 
abaacan. 
T bat it be 
Seefh. 
What white: but the very white is not fo good, ans ifit bes 
fome what ruffet,fo that it be the vttermoſt part of the root, 
fo2 that the inner parte is ſome what white In the taſting 
ez chewing or it, it is without ſauour, oʒ any manner of bys 
ting taſt. a 
It impoꝛteth to make his woꝛke the better it ſo be that 
it be frech, to that the frether it is, che better it is, and the 
greater the paces are, the better theꝝ are tonſerued. And it 
is true, that that which is bꝛought in pouder, is nat fo god, 
to; that it dootꝭ putrific,t looſe much of the vertue, and ope⸗ 
ation. As alfo we doo fw, if we make ponder, and kæpe it, 
nat make ſo good woorke , as when the roote is 
ground, and then forthivith taken. The root being old doth 
turne black, and it wil be warme eaten with holes, and bee 
tome bery light. It will kæpe well rouled in Sere cloth. 
ii 3 in the moneth of Oaaber, and it neuer loſeth 
3 E. 
Che contplerion thereof is hatte in the firft degree, and 
T be comple. axe in the ſecande fa that it hath ſubtill partes, with fome 
sion thereof. Bending, whereby it feemeth that his wooꝛke being deen, 
f it leauettz the interiour 
Members Urengthned, without 
dedilation and weakened, which the other Purgatiue 
medicines do leaue them in: but rather thoſe that boo purge. 
themſe lues there with, das remayne after they be purged, 
mate Grong and harde, then befoze they wert purger. 
It bath na neee of reciũcation, foꝛ that wee dos nat ſes 
in this roote an notable burte,oucly the Uline is vnto it a 
coprebozation fo; the woazke, fo2 being taken with Mine, 
it maketh a better woorke, then with any other Licaur o 
that it dot nat cault tamite, and it e 
