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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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and brookes, and other moift p !ace 

 ftone walls and rocks : I found it 5t £ 

 fhadowie fandie lane in Betibrnjn the* ' 

 of Southflcet in Kent, vpon the ground »W 

 as there was no [tones or flony ground^ 

 vnto i t,which before that time I did neocrfe 

 it groweth likewife vpon Gone walls « ^ 



MajeftiespalaceofRichmondj&inmofilfc 

 wals of the Weft and North parts of E»y. 



M.Goodyer faith, that in January, 1 6iA,kt 

 faw enough to lade an horfe growing oi& 

 bancks in a lane,as he rode betvrcene Rake ad 

 Headly in Hampshire neere Wollrarr For. 



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It continueth a long time, the eoldnefleef 

 Winter doth it no;harme,itisbarreoijilt 

 other Femes are,whereof it is a kinde. 



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Diofiorides and gVm do write,haue all the faculties belonging to t^fdianttm 



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The decoction made in wine and drunke, helpeth them that are fhort winded, it helpeth 

 coughjipencrh tough flegme,and auoideth it by fpitting. 



The lie wherein it hath beene fodden, or laid to infufe, is good to wafh the head, caufcogw 

 fcurfe and fcales to fall off,and haire to grow in places that are pild and bare. 



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lerue tor nouninracin,« "- v ri .w 

 other for medietas the ^"J^ 

 otherwife called C*4**_M*^ 



wmen is good tor many things 5 the bleiiea inane 4uu, uijjc««..w».«- -_ ! a ine, and 

 Huluer,and diuers others : fomeare poifonfome,as Chmtkonniger ; on ^ lm ° o Vi; ei$an0 tfcf 

 out prickles, as the Thiftle called BearesBreech, or Acanthus fatwusy hereo r w 



prickles >w hich we make the wilde,of the which two we intend to write in tni' cu y 





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n hath broad Ieaues,fmooth,fo«ewhat 1 ^^c^ 



Iny cuts and fine nickes:between ^J^Jof colorwg 

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toe edges,and fet with many cuts and tine nicKes:Dcrvvc C « » -- voward ,c 

 big ftalke brauely deckt with flours,fet in order from the ^^^ 



ler irom tw "» ther I° w ' er ; h 



of forme long, which are armed as it were with two catkins, ^"^Zhhai*, ^ vhiK *' ia 



grow forth the husks, in which is found broad feed : the roots be blacKew ' ..» -- m, 



