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tftat it voaicet^ bio olJDp,if it be to miiclje tfeb atiD in to great a quantities ' 

 Jt cleanfetb olDe tjlcer^ anb rotten fojes? tijat are barbe to Ijeale, anb lapbc 2^ 



to loitb bineger, it tafeetb avuapfotule uibitefpotteiei anb moipljetu* 



'Cbefruite anb leaner of Capers l^aae tl?e Ipfee iscttue a$ ti^e rooter , but € 



not fo (trong, a0 <5alen faptb^ 



Clje fecbe of Caper^sf bopltb in bineger , anb kept toarme in tlje moutb> f 

 ftpagetb tootle acbe* 



Cbe iupce of tbe leaueis?, fiotucr^ anb poung fruite of Caperis: , feilletb tlie <5 

 tjpojime^ of tbeeare;2f luben it is^bioppeb in* 



Cbe Capers? pieferueb in fait o> picltel,agJ tbei? be b:ougljt into tl}i0Coun- 

 trie,being xyadjeb^bopleb^anb eaten luitb bincger^aremeate anb mebicine:fo3t, 

 it ftirretb bp appetite,openetb tbe ftoppinge^ of tbeliuer anb milt, confnmctl) 

 anb \3oaftetb tbe coibe fiemeis tbat i^ gatbcreb about tbe ftomacfee • ^ ct t^e? 

 no uri(ti e b erp title o^inotbingatall^a^ <i3alenfaitb» 



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1^ € <^6ofeberie bn5;e isi a 

 tboobbi(l)e pjicblep plante 

 tjrotoing to^b^igbtoftUJO 

 tbjee,oi foure foote, U)itb 

 mmv U3bitiil)ebiancl)e0, fet 

 full of fbarpe pncfele$ , anb 

 fmotl^e leaned of a lif bt greeite colour, 

 fomeiDbat large anb ro unb, cut in,?k fnipt 

 about almoftlifee to btneleaue)3f»3mongfl" 



tbeleaue^ grovwe fmalfto\i3er0,anb after 

 tbemrounbeberie;sf,tbe to^icbe are firfl 

 greenepbut voben t^iep toaice ripe,tbep are 



romeujbat pellotoe ojtrebbiH^e anb cleare 

 tbtougb (^ining,of a ptofant tafte fome 

 viibatftoeete*'Cberootei;3?aettber,bai^be, 



tooobbil^ejanb full of b^earie ftrtnge;0f» 



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%\\t <l5oofeberie i^ planteb conuttonlp 

 almoft in ewerp garben of tbijBf C oiitrie a 

 longeft tbe^ebgeisf ^ bojtberjs of tbe fame* 



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Cbe xBoofeberpbulb fpnngetb brtime^sf, 

 anbujamb greene in ^arcbe, pea anb 

 fometime^ in f ebzuarie,it flotojtetb inM 

 piil, anb bjiingetl^fooitbbi)5fruitin^ap 



tbe tohicb tflf mucbe bfeb in meateisf . Cbe 



V Lia Crifpa 



fruite i$ ripe at tl^e zntiz of ^une 



1& The Names 



tlDbeiSoofeberiei^calleb of tbelatenDjiter;^ in iLatine,Gromilaria.<Bcfnere 



t^infeetbittObe«x«vfl«Kt«v*flec,SpinaCcanothosofCbeopbiaftUS:* 



Cbe fruite 15 calleb in 5£Latine,Vua crifpa:of fome GrofTukiof ^attbiolujsi, 

 Vila fpina,tJobicbemap be Cngli(^eb,Cbome grape: in frencbe,^^/ cm/fe/iesm 

 ftigb 5oattcbe,i^reuf?beer)anb &rufelbeer:inbafe atimaigne^tefeelbefien , oi 



i&roefbefien^anb of fome alfo l^noefelen 



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