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Ginger flouriflieth in the hot time of Sommer,and lofeth his leaues in Winter 



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Ginger,as Dhfcerides reporteth,is rightgood with meat in duces, or otherwife in conditur 

 for it is of an heating and digefting c]ualitie,gently loofeth the belly,and is profitable for the : 

 mackcand etfe&ually oppofeth it felfe againft all darknefle of the fight 5 anfwering the qualii 

 and effects of Pepper. Itis tobeconfidered,Thatcanded,greene,or condited Ginger is hot i 

 moift in qualitie,prouoking Venerie : and being dried,it heateth and drieth in the third degre 



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Kjtcorui vtrus^ offcinisfaljo Calamus fum julo. T 



The true ls* corns with his floure. 1 



romaticall Ifaas 









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The true Acer us without his floure 



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fweet fmelling Reed is of adarke dun co!our,full of 



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gummy in eating,and nanging in the teetfc,and or a 

 thickenefle of a little finger,as Lobel a ffitmeth of fome which he had feenc in Venice 



2 Baftard Calamus hath flaggy leaues like into the water Floure de-luce or Flagge, but na • 

 lower, three foor long ; of a frefti greene coloured aromaricke fmell , which they keepe a W 

 timc,although they be dried. Now the flalke which bcares the floure or fruit is much like *J 



