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like it not »vel that the feed mould be faid to be Z> ««*»■ ; yet that is to bee vnderftood according 

 to the common phrafe, when acnde things are confounded with thofc that be fharp and fbure-elfe 

 we migbtaccufe him of fuch ignorance as is notamongft the fimplefl women. Moreouer 5 the word 

 oxjs doth not only fignifie the leafc,but the fauorand tartnefle, which by a figure drawn from the 

 fliarpnefle of kniues cdges,is therefore called fharpc : for *it &., fignifieth a fharpe Or foufe iuyce 

 which pierceth the tongue like a iT>arp knife : whereupon alfo Lapathum may be called Oxdti as it 

 is indeed. The leaues of this are thinner,renderer,and more vnftuous than thofe of Lapathum acn- 

 timjotoxdex next to the ftem,borned and crefted like Spinach & Atripkx. The ftalk is much flrea 

 ^.\ reddifb,and full of juice : the root is yellow and fibrous, the feed fharp, cornered and mining" 

 ring inchaftiehusks like the other Docks. °' 



, The fecond k ind of Oxdis or Sorrel hath large leaues like Patience,confufedly growing to 

 gcthcrvpon a great tall ftalke,at the topwhereof grow tufts of achaffiefubftance.Theroot istu 

 berotis,much like the Peonie or rather Filipendula,faftned to the lowerpart of the'ftem with fmal" 

 long firings or laces. 



3 The third kind of Sorrell groweth very fmall,branching hither and thither taking hold (bv 

 new moots) of the ground where it groweth^whereby it difperfeth it felfe farre abroad : the leaues 

 arc little and thm.hauing twofmall leaues like eares faflned thereto,in fhew like the h<*rh C^*,! 

 ri, l be feed in tarte is like the other of his kinde. D W a ' 



4 The fourth k inde of Sorrell hath leaues fomwhat round and cornered,ofa whiter color than 

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