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Lib. i. 



Of the Hifloric of Plants. 



I vlttAdonisprtrubro. 0-th*** 



Adonis with red floures. 





^ The Time, 



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<v^i> 



They floure in the Summer moneths, May, 



Iune,and Iuly,andfbmetimes later 



m T fa Names. 



Adonis floure is called in La tine, F/^ Adonk 

 and ^Adomdis : of the Dutchmen, jf£iD}0($ltff i 

 inEnglifbwemay cal it red Mayths, by which 

 name it is called of them that dwell where it 

 groweth naturally,and generally red CamomiJ: 

 in Greeke 3 *©&*¥*? : and Eranthcmum 



don women do call it Rofe-a-rubie. 



Lon 



# 



« The Nature. 



thft 



th 



as the tafte thereof {heweth, it is fomthing hot,* 



much 



^ The Vertwet. 



good 



floure is though 



it was not knowne to haue any other faculty -al- 

 beit experience hath of late taught vs,Tbat the 

 feed ftamped,and the pouder giuen in wine,ale, 

 orbeeretodrinke, dothwondetfully and with 

 gteat effea helpe the coliquc. 



8i.- Of Dock 



H 



t"it!™ C £J™ h{ T, e k , inds Sf D ? ck ?* ^ 0r (*«P* pointed Docke, garden Docke, 



, erbarifts haue 



make mention of. 



foure Dock 



i 



— 



% TheDefcripiioit. 



ig the Latines fignifics to foften^afe^r purge the belly,the fam 



tooke their names for herb 



( 



•111 



e 



knowne to n™lViT S e , , es tor fterDs wl " ch are vfed In P°"age and medicine.very wel 



«S 'where r,™ I ? °™ of clenfin g : of tbcfe Aere be many kinL and differences, great We 

 leafed Dock ^ S^ingjamong whom is that which is now called fharp pointed Dock or (harp- 



•nd hard pointed Tr^v u* and by , !" Unning ftreams . hauin g I° n g "arrow Ieaues Oiarp 



kn ee Sj garnifhed wiT ? 17? "\ °° m ^ Vp r ° und holIow ftalksof a brown colour,hauing joints like 

 colour^ abo u anott, hke , ,eaue \ b « t fmallei ' * «** ™ d whereof grow many flours ofa pale 

 ^ffic husks liESSi ^ r J and after them comes abrownifh three fquarefeed, lapped in browne 

 * There is ^ r • nce ;™e root is greaMong,and yellow within. FF »uorowne 



°« in the fecond J S ?£ '1 J" h crif P* d or curled leaueS ' * bofe fi S ure was b ? ol " A«hor gi- 



r 2 The fecond XiS^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bydr^fMl^mmm. i 



M in mndleX f h • k^P 0111 ^ Dock is likc the firft ' but m ** f™llcr,and Z h bear his 



d 



t 



cr 



3 This 



Tbef, 



SS > and fecds is &* ™*te Ptecedent,but the levies are (hotter & roun 

 «** firft defenbed^berem con fi ft , the chiefe difference betwixt this nd it T" 



•Jocks Ermwa* ic KAfrx«-«Cv:4 :™~«j .. 



,row,as is belor e faid,in medowes and by riuers fides 



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V lht - 







