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Of the Hiftorie of Pi 



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cods like a fickle , wherein is contained 



broken 



IB. 



Legmen, Tj, e 



8 This eighth kinde of Cjr//*, which ?Wetteth forth ,\Z I i ^ lKeKock «. 

 refembling theVormerin leaues floures,and coSS^^^'^^of^ 

 three together) are a little (nipt about the edges the Xu p £ t *&" ^ hich are a 4« 

 rather refembling an herb than a Hmib , the root is fmal] Sfin' Ie ' fofter ' and g*°S 



?-r.~r ZZZZZLZ "'" r^r™ •«»« * Kroiie,or -Daitard cy*/** groweth vp 



fraooth and plain, whereon grow 



foot 



root is tough and wooddy 



:e 



IS 





8 CyttfaS. 



The eighth fhrub Trefoile 





Baftard ftirub Trefoile. 





[led 



q\ ThefliCtl 



Thefe plants were firft brought into Italy and Greece from one of the I Acs of Cyc!adcs,ca 

 Cynthoor Cynthufa,and iince found in many places of France,as about Montpelier, Veganui^ 

 and other places : they are ftrangers in England,though they grow very plentifully in Scotia n(M 

 it is reported ; whereof I haue two forts in my garden.that is to fayfiytifcu mmnthafii th ebor "^ 



/w ; and likewife one of the fmalleft,that is to fayjthe third in number, t 

 cth in the garden of M f lohnTradefcant. % 



•pi, 1T ^ T/*w. r I'tit* in 



c c k P fiourefor themoft part in May,Iune, and Iuly, and forae after : the feed is up 



— . ~ . ^T The Names. r'nnei in 



The Grecians and Latines do call this fhrub ««*, of Cynthufa an Ifland before ^^'^ 

 which place they are in great eftimation,for that they do fo wonderfully feed catteH, ^ca 

 milkem their dugs,nouri(h fheepand goats which bring young onesgood for ftoreaod in? 

 Our Author doth call thefe plants in Grecke *** that is to fay in I^^-^ffiuicc, 

 or fruitful! Hay,for that the kindes hereof caufe milke to encreafe, maketh g ^j°" , Icd io t n§- 

 augraentetb ftrength,and multiplied the naturall feed of generation : they may oc ^ 

 liitynilke Trefoile,ofthe ftoreof milke which they increafe. 4 %1 



