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Ot the Hiftorie of Plants. 





IB. 1 



6 Oxalis minor. 



Small Sorrell. 



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leaues, fmall,weake,and tender,of the fame fourc tafte 

 that the leaues are of. The floure,fecd, and root is i ii 

 the other SorreIs,but altogether leiTer. 



7 The fmalleft fort of Sorrel is like vnto the pre- 

 cedent,fauing that the loweft leaues that lie vpon the 

 ground be fomewhat round,and without the little ears 

 that the other hath,which fetteth forth the difference 



t 8 There is alfo kept in fome gardens a verie 

 large SorreI,hauing leaues thicke,whirifh,and as large 

 as an ordinarie Docke, yet fhaped like Sorrell, and of 

 the fame acide tafte.The ftalks and feed are like thofe 

 of the ordinarie,yet whiter coloured. $ 



% The Place. 



t The common Sorrel groweth for the mod part 

 in moift medowes and gardens. The fecond by waters 



fides » but not in this kingdome that I know of. The 

 fourth and fiftalfoare'garden plants with vs • but the 

 third and fixth grow vpongrauclly and fandy barren 

 ground and ditch banks. 



% The Time . 



They flour i rti at that time when as the other kindes 

 of Docks do floure. 



% The Names. 



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Garden Sorrel is called in Greeke,^*,, and «*<•** : ofGalen^ tf*M» : that is to fay, Acidum U- 

 fathnmpt Acidus rnntex^ foure Docke ; and in (hops commonly Acetofa : in the Germane Tongue, 

 jM»* ampffer : in low-Dutch, ifelttCfcelCand £>UtttKfc i the Spaniaxds,Auder#,Agrtll<sM 

 jlzed* : in French,0s?/Y/<r,and Sunlit Aigrette : in Englifli 3 garden Sorrell. 



The fecond iscalled of the later Ucxbarias,Tuberofaacetofa,and Tuberosum lafaihum: inEnglfth, 

 Bunched or knobbed Sorrel. 



The third iscalled in Englifh,Sheeps Sorrell : in Dutch,^e^ap jo>Utfce!* 

 The fourth, Roman SorrcIl,or round ieaued SorrelL 

 The fifr,CurIed Sorrell. 



The fixt and feuenth,Barren Sorrell,and dwarfe Sheeps Sorrell. 



$ The eighth is called Oxalis^ or Acetofa maxima latifcli^gxcat broad leaued Sorrell. t 



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The Sorrels are tooderatly cold and dry. 



*H The Temperature. 



A 



B 



tough humors. 



Thejui 

 it cooleth 



doth vndoubtedly coole and 



% The Vert uts. 



* « h a M a 



hereof in Sommer time is a profitable fauce in many meats,and pleafant to the ukc- 

 hot ftomacke^moueth appetite to meat, tempereth the heat of the Iiue r,ancl opcoew 



C 



D 



the (toppings thereof. 



The leaues are with good fuccefle added to deco& ions which are vfed in agues 



>coole the ficke body 



goodquantitie, ftamped 



pofTct 





E 



The leaues fodden^nd 

 and attemper and coole tl 



great inflammation within 



t^foften and Joofe 



nthebellf 



F 



ftoppeth the laske and bloudy 





Chap 



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