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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib., 



iff The Place. 



Rockc Sampicr growes on the rocky clifts at Douer, Winchclfcy,by Rie,about Southampton 

 thcIfleofWight,and mod rocks about the Weft and North parts of England. * ^ 



The fecond groweth neere the fea vpon the fands and Baych betweene Wnitftable and the Ifl e 

 of Tenet,by Sandwich,and by the fea neere Weft-chefter. - 



The third growes in the myrie marfli in the Ifle of Shepey, as you go from the Kings Fcrrey co 



Shcrlandhoufc. 



^f *&* Time. 



Rocke Sampler flourifheth in May and Iune, and tnuft be gathered to be kept in pickle in the 



beginning of Auguft. 



^f The Names. < 



Rock Sampler is called in Greeke *i*t»* : in Latine CrithmumfnA of diuers Sati .• inforaefliopy 



Cr eta marina : of Petrm Crefantiu* y Cretamum^nd Rtncttm marinum : in high-Dutch, 4©CPtfe|cbe| ♦ 

 which is in Latine Fwniculum marinum fix fea Fennell : in ItzXiz^FenocchiomarinOyHerbadiSanht. 

 tro • and hereupon diuers name it Sampetra : in Spanifh 3 Prr^// de la mer^Hinoio marinoj 'enol mam ? 



in EngliffySampier/ock Sampier 3 and of fome,Creftmarine :and thefe be the names of the Sam- 

 pier generally eaten in fallads. 



The other two be alfo Crithma or Sampiers,but moft of the later Writers would draw them to 

 fome other plant 5 for one calls the fecond Pafiinaca marwa y or fea Parfnep • and the third, Aflat, 

 ticus marinus ; and Label names it Chryfantbemum littoreum : but wee had rather entcrtaine tbera 1% 

 xJMatthiolHs doth,among the kindes of Crithmum or Sampier. 





^J The Temperature. 



Sampier doth dry,warm,and fcoure,as Galen faith. 



% TheVertues. 



A The leaues,feeds,and roots,as Ditfiirides faith, boiled in wine and drunk, prouolce vrineandiro- 



mens {ickneflTe,and preuaile againft the jaundice. 

 B The leaues kept in pickle,and eaten in fallads with oile and vinegerjis a pleafant fauce for meat, 



wholfome for the (toppings of the Iiuer,milt, kidnies,and bladder: it prouoketh vrine gently : it 



openeth the ftoppings of the intrals>and ftirreth vp an appetite to meat. 

 C It is the pleafanteft fauce,moft familiar,and beft agreeing with mansbody,botb for digeftionof 



iueats,breaking of the ftone.and voiding of grauell in the reins' and bladder. 



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Chap. itf. 



Of giajfe Saltwort. 



cfc 



* /^1 Laflewort hath many groffe thicke and round ftalks a foot 

 \JTprigs,fetwith many knots or join ts^without any leaues at 



id thi* 



2 There 



root 



■it 



a 



, ki f n ^ eo / Sampier, Ithath a little tender ftalkc a cubit high, diuidedinto 



among the antientHe^ 



perw inkle 



is fmall and tbreddy. 



root 



t 3 There is hkewife another kinde of Kali, whereof Lobcl maketh mention vndert&e 

 of Kaltmimswbichislike tothelaft before remernbred,but altogether lefle, t hauiijg m*J 

 der weake branches lying commonly fpred vpon the ground, and fet with many fmaI1 . r0 ","Ltbit 

 /harp pointed leaues of a wbitifc green colourtthe feed is fmall and fliining,not much vnf ^ 

 of Sorrell : the root is (lender with many fibres : the whole plant hath a faltifli tafte like as 



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