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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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3 Tnis growctn pientiiuny in molt 

 parts of Spaine and France: and it is proba- 



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neere Greenhithe in Kent. 



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The Germans call it $Mtoatl 



is to fay, Cali ros • whereupon it was called 



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Mann a : it feemes to be Mtlij fyhefi 



tm quoddaw genu. 



kinde of Millet 



name it CaprioU and Sanguinaria : fome would 

 haue it to be Graven aculeatum Plinij ; but be- 

 caufe the defcription thereof is very ftiort,no. 

 thing can be certainly affirmed. But they are 

 far deceiued who thinke it to be Coronopm , as 

 fbme very learned haue fet downe : but euerie 

 one in thefe dayes is able tocoatroll thater- 



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miaand Italy 5 theyvfe to eat the fame as a 

 kinde of bread-corne , and alfo make pottage 

 therewith, as we do with Otc-meale • for the 

 which purpofe it is there fowne as corne, and 

 fent into the Low-Countries, and there fold 

 by the pound. In Englifh it may be called 

 Manna GrafiTe or Dew-grafTe % but more fitly. 



Rice-grafle. 



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and Gallt Crm of Apuleius 



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GrafTes are aftringent and drying, in tafte fweet like the common Dogs graffe 





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bread 



Ksipuleius faith, if a plaifter be made of this Gra(Te 3 Hogs greafe, and the L 



in the defcription I told you, this Plant in his tuft or eare is diuided into fundry branches, 

 fome tuft into three,fome foure, and fome fiue clouen parts like Cocks toes. Apuleius reporteth,if 

 you take that care which is diuided only into three parts, it wonderfully helpeth the running or 



thenecke, 



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humors awav from 



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X Manna-grafle or Rice-grafTe is faid to be very good to be put into pultefles 



fvvellings in womens breafts. 



The Cocks- foot Dogs 

 lyaseffe&uall. ± 



grade is very good in all cafes as the other Dogs-Grafles are, and equal 







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HAP. 21. 



Of diners Cjperus (jraffes. 





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firft of thefe hath 



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tfcription 



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as it is 



proper to all the plants of this kindred)arc three fquare,b^aring at their tops fome 



downe as fome others do. 



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_ This hath pretty thicke creeping blacke roots,from whence arife three ftalks, fet with fhor- 

 ter leaues, yet broader than thofeof the laft defcribed ; and from the top of the ftalke come forth 

 three or foure foot- ftalks, whereupon hang longifh rough skaly and yellowifh heads. 



3 The roots of this are blacke, without fmell , and fomewhat larger than thofe of the laft 



defcribed: 





