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Lib. 2. Of thejiiftorie of Plants. 





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tftris , hath 



«» « • , ""i»~r i 7 v . ,fc r"." u & l Y, & , vutu cuoleor ^'i 5 the white floures do 

 ftandon the top of the (talks in fpokie rundles, like the tops of Dill, which tutne into fmall feed 



finell, notvnlike tothofe of Fennel] 



fcf : the root is round,knobbed,with certaine eminences or bunchings out- browne without white 

 within,ofa firme and follid fubftanco, and of a tafte like the Chefle-nut, or Chcit-nur whereof it 

 tooke his name. ' 



j There is al fo another Earth-nut that hath ftalkes a foot high, whereon grow jagged leaues 

 like thofeof Enghfh Saxifrage, ofa bright green colour : the floures grow at Sic top of the bran 

 cbLS.infmallfpokietuftsconfiftingoflitdewhiteflomes.-the root is like the other bulbous fa 

 fluon, with fome few firings hanging at the bottomc, ofa good and pleafant tafte i Th is d ifFers 

 from the former , in that the leaues are larger and greener : the root alfo is not fo far within the 

 grouad.and it alfo fends forth fome leaues from the bulb it fclfe , whereas our common kind harh 



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•I The Place. 



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Thcfe herbes do grow m pafturcs and corne fields almoft euery where s there is a field ad ioinino- 



toHi g h-ga.te ) ontherightfideofthemiddIeofthevillage > coucrcdoucrwiththefame • and lite? 

 wife in the next field to the conduit heads by Maribone, neer the way that leads to Padincton b v 



Loiwon.ana in diners other nlacrs. ± I haup nru- «#»r r^UCnr.^A *u* n .„ a . •« i - b . K 



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«[[ the Time 



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f - -— i-^-™>~*£.7.reckoning it vp among thofe kindes 



of meat or fuftenanccs which be good for fuch as haue rotten lungs s offome it is called o/ 



G'immus thought the word was corrupted, and that B*Umcafl* mn fhould be read : but this is as 

 S Z , " Bd { 0Ca fi ano ">Z h'ch «ras detiued of the form ofa bulbed the tad ofa Cbcft-nut: 



thl t" ,/ ' *J?*^!¥liJ? th f Cis an0ther ^'"> bci ng* Wodof TUbjmsU.-di lt«- 



Mm . rh^n 1 ?^ " ' k1 ^ ^^^ndula : in high-Dutch^ctDrmf? : in low Dutch, <**, 

 nam t the people of Sauov caht Faiterottes .- in F.nol.Yh Rarrh n.,-* v.™' . o. n...u T~! 



nuts. 



^j" The Nature. 



The roots of Earth-nuts are moderately hot and dry,and alfo binding i but the feed is both hot- 



t« and drier. 



5f The Venues. 



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The feed openejh and prouoketh vrine,and fo doth the toot likewife. A 



bcrt. r °°* " g °° d f ° r th0fe th " fpit and P iffe bIou£ M f *e "»* be eaten raw,or roftcd in the cm- B 



»hI b h e r^ UtCh pC ° P i e d< ? v j? to cat them boi,ed and buttered, as we do Parfcneps and Carrots C 

 ^cfi 1 ioeaten comfort the ftomacke,atid yeeld nourifhment that is good for the bladder and kid! 



our hfiotfe! Pl3ift ^ r madC ° f tbC feCdS h 5 reof » thereof to write in th is place were impertinent to E^ 



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Ghap. 431. Of Cumin. 



„. ^.TheDefcriftiert. 



« is garden Cumin is a low or bafe herbe ofa foot high : the ftalk diuideth it felf igto diuers 



~ hole l\T he Y^ e ° a d 2 e ?° W Utt,C jag § ed leaucs ^ fineI y *" m» final parcels S 



^nche^and ftT eII,b r at T ^ f^T™ ™? Ie(fer > the f P°ky tufts grow at the top of the 



fl *l and £2 a l k a' 0f i Kd or . P" r P 1 ^ C0 ^J : ^ter which come the feedfof a ftrong or W 



",and biting tafte: the root is flender^hkbperiftieth when it hath ripened his feed. . 



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