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OftheHifforicofPIant 



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The vroraen in Sucuia,faith Hieren^mm B «v/</*/,preparc the roots hereof for their husbands and C 

 ^00* full well wherefore and why, &c. 



The juvceof the roots drunke with goats milke ftoppeth the Iaske. The fame drunkewith wine D 

 puttcthaway windinefleoutof the ftomacke, and gripings of the belly, and helpeth thehicketor 

 ycoxing. They ftirre vp appetite, and prouoke vrine. 



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Chap. 407. Of Carrots. 



•J The Defcripthn. 



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fine 



Fennell-hke Ieaues.vcry notably cut or jagged- among which rii'eth vp a ftalke ftraiofit 

 and iound,foure cubits highTomewhat hairie and hollow,hauing at the top round loo- 

 ked tufts, in which do grow little white floures : in their places commeth the feed.rough and hai- 

 rdo! a iwect fraell when it is rubbed. The root is long,thicke and fingle, of a faire yellow colour, 

 plcafant to be eaten, and very fweec in tafte. 



I PaflinacdpttivAtenuifih 



YcJlovv Carrot* 



t 2 PaftinacAfativattro-rubens. 



Red Carrot* 





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eaL T ?? e is anotner kine5e hereof like to the former in all parts,and differeth from it only in the 

 «*ouroi the root,which in this is not yellow, but of a blackifh red colour. 



Ufe *l\ Ca " ots are f(Woe in the fields, and in gardens where other pot-herbes arc : they require a 

 * na well manured foile. * 



The • - ^ThcTime. 



rowne? arC t0be f ° wne in A P riU > the y brin S forth their floures and f eed the yeare after they be 



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TheC ^ The Names. 



v-*rtot is properly called in Grecke, ^m»> . for that which we haue termed in Latine by> the 



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Rrrr 



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