Lib. I. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



ma 



decoction of graffe roots,effe<5tuaItycIenfe the reins,and expel the ftone,as the Author ofth 



Wfi.Lugd.zSum&h. $ 



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f The fi^rc that wak here in rrie fecon d place was cf the Soncb&fjlv*ticmfXl£*u& TbeophrifiiJIcrifo of 7*& rn. You fliall find mention of it among the 5 

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HAP 



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Dock-Crcffes. ^ * 



0/ Doc^Creffes. 



% TheBefcripion. 



f 



Wort 



herbe, hauing roughiih hairy Icaues 

 of an ouerworn green colour,deepely 

 cut or indented vpon both fides like the leaues of 

 fmall Turneps. The ftalkes grow to the height of 

 two or three cubits,and fomtimes higher,diuiding 

 themfelues toward the top into fundry little bran- 

 ches, whereon grow many fmall floures like thofe 

 of liter acium or Hawk-weed • which decaying, are 

 fucceeded by little crefted heads containing a lon- 

 gilli fmall feed fomewhat like Letticc feedJbat of 

 a yellowifh colour .-the plant is alfo milky, the 



woody 



ir 



Dock Creffes grow euery where by hiehwaves; 

 vpon walls made of mud or earth, and in ftony pla? 



T „ m '_ % The Time. 



May 



feed is ripe in September. 



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51 The Names 



Dock- CrefTes are called in Greeke, a^>. • in 



Lampfant&nd Nap 



afhrmeth. That in Pr.,ffi, *i,«, „„n ;. » .. ,, ■ * 



■ 



they call it Pap, 



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arc of nature hot,and fomwhatabfterfiue or denfing. 



Taken in mpaf ac - / , % TheVcrttiCs. i 



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nt. A 





'naarhc 



1 t 



fa the feeond ch Jpt c t of this bookc \ a „d rhc true figure if A* pi* here rfefe^ Wn 







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HAP. I? 





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Of -MerSParfenep and nater-Creft 



v» v-hu enc ttalkc -ffiUun the water or myrie 



ground 



