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h a p. ^i. Of Lillj in the valley, or May Lilly. 



I Lilium conv Allium, 



Conuall Lillies, 



a Lilium convAlliumfisribusfHAut-mbimih 



Red Conuall Lillies. 



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1 , *p , He Conuall Lilly, or Lilly of the Vally, hath many Ieaues like the fmalleft leaue s of 



I Water Plantaine ; among which rifeth vpa naked ftaJke halfe a foot high, garm/hed 



with many white floures like little bels, with blunt and turned edges 3 of aftrong fr 



uour,yet pleafant enough ; which being paft,there come fmall red berries, much like the berries of 



djparagua, wherein the feed is contained . The root is fmall and {lender, creeping far abroad in tie 



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differetbpin that this kinde hath reddifla floures,and is thought to haue the fweeter finell. 



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The firft sroweth on Hampfted heath, foure miles from London, in great abundance:^ 



to Lee in Eflex,and vpon Bufhie hcath,thirteene miles from London, and many other places. 



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They floure in May , and their fruit is ripe in September. 

 The Latines haue named it Lilium Cwudlium • Gift 



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there is likewife another herbe which they call Muguet, commonly named in Engliln, yv o 



It is called in Englifh,Lilly of the Valley,or the Conuall Lillie, and May Lillies, and in lorn y 



ces Liriconfancie. 



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They arc hot and dry of compl 



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