L muT Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 4.9 



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fativus. and Patientia, or Patience, wh 



K« J of the Frcnchjwbo call this herb Patience : after whom the Dutchmen alfp name this poc 

 L'u^MfiMtf iV • of fome RhabarbArum M onachorum s or Monks Rubarb, bccaufe as it feeraes fomc 

 Mu ^"oteha,hvfcdiberoo t b £ ,cofinft r dofRab«b. 



Rl idwortor bloudy Patience iscalled in LmneLapathum[a»gumcum : of lomc, Sanguis Brace- 



it of the bloudy colour wherewith the whole plant is pofleft : it is of pot-herbs the chiefe or prin- 



cipAbauing the propcrtieof the baftard Rubarb,but of left 



f[ The Temperature. 



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dry but not all after one manner ; yet fome are of opinion, that they are dry almoft in the third de- 



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pec 



irj The Venues. 



The leaner of the garden Dock or Patience may be eaten 5 and are fomwhat cold but more moift, A 

 and hauc witlutl a certain clammineiTc^by reafon whereof they cafily and quickely pafle through 

 the belly when they be eaten rand Diofcorides yvxitcth.Thu all the Docks being boiled,do mollific 

 the belly: which thing *\[o Horace hath noted in his fecondbooke of Sermons, Satyr 4. Writing 



thus : 



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Si dura morabitur ah us 



OlttigiluA^ & vUcsfettcnt obfi 

 Et Lap at hi brevis herba. 



lecallcth it a rtiort he rb,bcing gathered before the ftalkebegrbwhe vp, at which time it is fi tteft B 



to be eaten. 



nach:it ineenders moift C 



bloud 



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The leaues of the (harp pointed Docks are cold and dry, but the feed of Patience and the water D 

 Dockc docoole,with acertain thinnefleof fubftance. 



roots of Monks Rubarb is drunk againft th 



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writeth. 



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ilfo good againft the fpitting of bloud ,being taken with AcacU(pt his fitceedaneum the dri- F 

 of floes)as Pliny faith. 



pot-herb,for being put into the pottage in G 



forne reafonable quantitie,it loofens the belly,helps the jaundice,the timpanie,and fuch like dif- 

 cafes proceeding of cold caufes. 



roots 



ces, Anifefcedand L icorice of each two ounces, Scabious and Agrimonieof each one bandfull $ 



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roots 



and put them into a ftone pot called a ftean,with foure gallons of ftrong ale,to fteep or infufe the 



A fa daies > and tncn tohke this liquor as your ordinary drink for three weeks together at 



jne leaft, though the longer you take it,k> much the betterjprouiding in a readineffe another ftean 



prepared,that you may haue one vnder another, being alwaies carefull to keep a good diet:it cu- 



IS ik d . ro P fie > the y eIlow jaundice.all manner of kch,fcabs, breaking out and manginefle of the 



no e body : it punfieth the bloud from all corruption,preuaileth againft the greene ficknes very 



n«.n II a °PP 1,atl0ns °r ftoppings, makes yong wenches look faire and cherry-like,bringin2 



TW ^'V^^^^PP^g thereof hath caufed the fame. & 6 



cAnVhli r ,r Rubarb is manifeftly aftringent.infomuch that it cure; 



Thll h' CCd of u Son ««^ giuen to drink inFed wine, 

 ters hu JIT 1?* ? f, ny other fa c»^ies attributed to this plant,cither of the antient or later wri- K 

 ber i amTre mv r y , f ° 1 ! " hath bin rcferred to the otbcr Docks <* Monks Rubard : of which num. 



-uuremyieltethlSlSthebpft an^ Ar\th -mnrnrh nper^vntnt^PtrnpRiiK,* N/f„„ r_ 



the bloudy flix.mix- I 



pproch 



to^wK 



ofRubarb 



they agree as well in tafte as fmell • it coloureth 



tne 'pittlcofii Vfl iu { *""«■*">' umcioiKjiucy - & icc « wen m tauc as lmeu ; it coloureth 



f er the fam! ££, coIour when it is chewed,as Rubarb doth • and laft ly,it purgeth the belly af- 



«en in thre P ?fmiT anncr as thc ri ^ ht Rubarb docb '> on[ y herein ic ^iffereth.that this muft be gi-" 

 "tureand ot L"° ? q 2 antltie ° hcother * 0tnerdiftinai °nsanddifferences,with thetempe- 

 v <*v well able rl» r? 1 1 ? CCS,! kaUe t0 the leamed Ph y fitions °^om London colledge, who are 

 tr v Schol ler a V*K , , !? mactcr ' as a thin g far aboue my feach,bein2 no Graduat, but a Coon- 

 ^U be well r^ nr, frameofchis hiftoriedoth well declare : but I hope my good meaning 



raKcn >C onfidering I do my beft : and I doubt not but fome of greater learning wil per- 



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