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.-..uiu ipigcu winu in i-ai..ii. f ««w/f w ; dim mat n Dnn£ethdownprVi»r»«.,r »' »' mc kj. 



and being boiled and drunk it is good for fuch as haue the PtyfiSd «S • "*" ? nd feco ^ 

 The feeds earen as a fallad whiles they are yet green with ^iWni T ,0n of th < W 



other fallads by many degrees,both in pleafantnefTe of rafte/vveerneSwM^L' exceed « 

 for the cold and feeble ftomacke. '<-iiweetncileoF fmel^nd who!f cmDC J 



The roots are likevvife moa excellent in a fallad.if thevbeboiM ,*A ,f, j . 

 cunning Cooke knoweth bow better than my felfc : t£toto^J^*** I * 



and vmeger.being firft boiled . which is very good for old people that are dull a Lu Wlth ° l!e 



rage t k rejoiceth and comforteth the heart,ana increafeth ^taftSdfa^f 1 WtthcBt * 





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0/ She f beards ^(eedle or wide Cheruil 



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Candtx or Peci en Veneris doth not much differ in the quantitie of the ftalkes, ta.aod 

 ^ rtoures frorn Cheruill . but Sundtx hath no fuch pleaftnt fmell as Cheruill bath. & 



of rT,„ a a ii ea " e r C , cfl [ e r' mor f e fine J.y cUr £ n ? of a brown 8«en colour : the flours grow at the » 

 of the ftalk s in fmall white tufts , after which corhe vp long feeds very like vnto pSck-nedbJ 



derly fet one by another like the great teeth of a combe,whereof ii 

 Venus combe,or Venus needle : the root is white,a finger long. 



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Shepheards Needle or Venus Combe. 



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Scmdix minor ^fiue dnthifc, 



Small Shepheards Needle. 















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J 2 This fforh a flender long and whitifti root fends vp many fmailcaue 

 defcribed,but of a pleafing fmell^nd tafte fomething like that of the c° mn !^ n( , er branc^> c* 



thefe leaues grow vp flender ftalks a little bairy,diuided into ftort green and u ^ z iC **> 

 ryingIittlevmbeIs > c6nfiftingoffiue J fix,fcUen J orcightfroaIwhiteflou'res } coinp , pl cct. 



