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tbereof,and is garnilTied with a raoft tbicke and pleafanc comelineiTe 

 sowing vp together in great tufts,which are very feeraly to behold. 



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here bath been ibrne controuerfie about this third kinde,wbich I amnot willing to profc- 

 ter into : it may very well be Ajtragdm ofCMatthiolus his defcriptioHjOr elfc his Poljgda 

 th exceeding well referable the true Jjlragalus : his fmall (hikes grow a foot high, befet 

 :s UkcCiccr or Galeg^bnt that they are fomewhat leflfcr : among which come forth fmall 

 flours,of an Orenge coiounvery pleafant in fight : the root is tough and flcxible.ofa fin. 



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4 The fourth is called oSMuttnus and other learned Hcrbm^AjtragdlciJesJot that it refetn- 

 bleth the true Aftragalusyvhich groweth a cubit high, and in rtiew refembleth liquoriceithe flours 

 grow at the top of the ftalks,in ftiape like the peafe bloome,of a fairc purple coIour,which tufHf in- 

 to fmall blacke cods when they be ripe : the root is tough and very long, creeping vpon the vpper 

 part of the earth 3 and of a wooddy fubftance. 





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