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Of the Hiftorie of PI 



the ftalkes are crefted or ftreaked of a purple colour, growing to thlheightof two'T^T"""^ 

 topwhcreo- grow many fmall and hairy white floures,and afrer them come fmall n , i at li * 

 like little cods, foure or fiue growing together : the root is yellow, long, round and lrn!l° W , u L skcs 

 fing it felfc far abroad on the vppercrult of the earth. ■"Wottv.dif,-. 



y.difpcr. 



2 incinwnD«iw««ui«.ii« vv. tJ , "^vmuwicprcceaent,DUttnat it ts altogether!^ u- 



ftalkes are a fpan or a foot long : his leaues be thin and tender ; the root fine and ilender -thr 



D n .,»c rrmwrncptherin fmall bundles or tutrs.oF:»irCTTirvp1!rwiir™ir«i.. ^i«,^n.._L- r, . tne little 



grieuous fauour. 



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Ugh 

 f this 



heightof three cubits : the leaues are very. like thofe of Columbines ; the flouresaie made of 

 ny white threds: it floures in June, and is called ThaliSlrnm majus Hipnicum^Qxtit SpanifhR 



ftard Rubarb. $ 



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Thefe plants doe grow albngft the Ditch fides leading fromKentifli ftreetvnto Saint Tho- 



ic n.XA/arprincr* (the v\\zce nf Rvernf inn^ nn the rialir h-*nA Tli*» r«.mi, ^l/V*..-^- ^v _ i • 



mas a- Watering 



Woolwich 



alfo. 







fT The Time i 



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They floure for the moft part in Iuly and Auguft. 



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^f ThcTiamesZ 



Diuers of the later Herbarift s do call it Pigamum^s though it were nfpw, that is, Rue • whereup- 

 on moft call it Rut a palujlr is \ or Fen Rue : o\hets,Pfeu J o~Rha! irbnrutnpx\& Rhabarharum Momherm % 

 by rcafonofthe yellow colour of fhe foot. But nether of their iudgements is greatly to be eftee 



medof 

 leaues 



: they iudge better that would haue it tobeT^^/V^^WjWhich^/^r/^defcribechtohauc 

 fomething flatter than tho'e of Coriander • and t!ie ftalke like that of Rue : vpon which tho 



leaues do grow. Pena calleth it Thalietrum^ Thdittrum^ aud Rut a fratenps : in Englifh, Baitard Ru- 



barDjOr Englifh Rubarb : which names are taken of the colour,and tafte of the roots. 



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^ 7 he Temper autre 



Thefe herbes are hot and dry of complexion, 



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% The Vertuesl 

 The leaues of Baftard Rubarb with other pot-herbes do fomewhat moue the belly* 



The decoftion of the root doth more effectually. ' , . f 



Diofcortdes faith, That the ieaues being ftampeddoperfe&ycure old vlcers. Cdtn addetfi, twt 



they dry without biting. 







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flj The Defer iff ion 



hath 



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fondrv fmall leaues kt vpon i a 



ofa 



(lender 

 wres 



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wherein 



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ontained. The root 



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great,thicke,and 



m The Placel . . . <rrowetb Ukc-: 



It groweth plentifully in Italy euery where in fat grounds and 4 by nuers fides : it s 1 

 wife in my garden. 



It floureth in 



«r The NAtnes 



The Italians call it € AlegA, and Ruta C Apr aha ; diuers name 



, cowdy «**>%& 



