IB. 2,. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plant 



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Great and ilrangc cfteds are fuppofed to bee in Mandrakes, to caufe women to be fruitful] and I* 

 bearc children, if they (hall but carry the fame neere to their bodies. Somedo from hence ground 

 Jt.for that Rjbeldetued to haue her fitters Mandrakes (as the text is tranflated) but ifwe look well 



„.~,u,. ~;,*,im(linrf<i which rhrrp vw» fha! I findr. iff mavrat-hpr rl*»<»m ii- nrUnr,. ,'<(".-> v„ „ , 



into the circuro 7 . — .»•«.*,.»*. 1W i, & m „ etf 



brought home amiableand fweet-fmelling floures, (for to fignifieth the Hebrew word, vfed Can- 

 . -. 1 3 . in the fame fence) rather for their beauty and fmell, than for their vertue. Now in the 

 rlou'res of Mandrake there is no ftichdeleaable or amiable fmell as was in thefe amiable floures 

 which Ruben brought home. Befides, we reade not that Rabel concerned hereupon, for Leah Jacobs 

 tvifehaa foure children before God granted that bleffing of fruitfulnefTc vnto Rabel. And Jaft of 

 all, ( hich is my chicfeft reafon) Jacob was angry with Rabel when fhee faid,Giue mee children or 

 els I d ic ; and demanded of hcr,whether he were in the ftead of God or no,who had withheld from 

 her the fruit of her body. And we know the Prophet Dauid faith,Children & the fruit of the womb 

 arc the inheritance that commeth of the Lord, Pftl. 127. 



Scrap/*, 4vicea,md Pautm i&giveta write, That the ktd and fruit of M andraooras taken in drinke M 

 doclcnfe the matrix ormother: and Diofcoridesw rot the fame long before them. ' 



He that would know more hereof.may reade that chapter of D' Turners booke concerning this N 

 mattcr,whcrchc hath written largely and learnedly of this Simple. 





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White Henbane. 



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