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OftheHiftorieofPl 



t 6 Drypis. 



Sperage Thiftloi 



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Camus CluRus defrnl 



Sperage with fcarp p,S VuX* ^ »* 



whiufli, the points of the thorns ' • fe »* 

 ward; from tL which io^TffiSr 

 few long greene leaues fattened together 1 ? ' 

 little yellow floureand one be 3 ?J£f 

 of a b acke coIour,wherein is eoiSSffi 

 feed,feIdom more : the roots are like the o C r 



roots 





Couch-grafle , from whici, fpringVp^ „ . 

 cubit higb,ful of knotty joints:*? lea, "X; 

 Jike lumper, not much differing from ccnJZ 

 lief a : the floures grow at the tOD of the rt 



i F usy tufts or roundles, of a white colour clofrfr 

 thruft together : the feed before it is takeoouttf 

 thehuske is like vntoRice j being taken out, Ife 

 that of MeliIot,of a faffron colour. 



f The Place. 



The firft being our garden Afparagw, gro»e4 

 wilde in Eflex.in a medow neere to a railljbeyood 

 a village called Thorp $ and alfoat Singleton not 



I 



medowes ncerc Mod. 



plenty neere Harwich, at a place called Paodamar 

 lading, and at North Moulton in Holland a pan 



ofLincolnfhire. 



grow 





-maketh mention to grow in Candy Ji6.i» Cap 



ay amongft ftones j one of whicb,/V/w ScHm 



% The Time. 



The 

 g us and 



^J The Names. 



September 



what time they 



4 



ar 



name 



rage is called in Greeke 'w wr : in Latine likewife 4jpM%us : m w 



n high-Dutch 3 £>pargeii: in low-Dutclij^fparge^and^alffUPf 

 C oral- wort,of the red berries, which beare the colour of O rfll! ■ ir 

 lian, jtjparag* : in Englifli, Sperage, and likewife Afparaj 

 'frcrgts. 1 1 is named Afparagus/rf the excellency,becauie aft 



to 



Smfo 



properly fignifie the firft fpring or fprout 



Latine word JM" 



doth 



do grow into an hard ftalk,as are the bud 

 like. 



Wild Spei 



and iCaadfpt mtf 



jparagusfjheft, 



t of euery plant,efpecially when it is tencfcr,aad bctoic > 

 s,tendreIs,or yong fprings of wild Vine or hops, ana .uu 



Moufe-pnckk; 



AJf 



in 



Latice * 





roots 



The temp 



anddrinefle 



A 



The firft fproutsor naked tender {hoots hereof be oftentimes 



? a 01 l ed m c watcr > and f eafoned with oile,vineger,falt,and pepper, tben 



are 



feroed vp 



B 



merit to the body,and the fame moift,yet not faulty : they 



afily conco#ed,and gently loofe the belly. Va \ c tff^^ 

 good for the kidnies and bladder,but they y«*w ' d ft 

 n. r...i u „ *u„„crhr to mcreale ireu 



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