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trijling Herby whkJj they do not make a 

 Remedy for almojl all Difeafes, We may 



therefo7^e as well tale one Plant for 

 any Cafe as a?20ther ; and the "whole of 

 their Labours amounts to this^ that the 

 Englifli Herbs are full of Virtues^ hut 

 that they know not what they are. If we 

 add to the Writers on Herbs in our own 

 Country y thofe who fludy them^ we 

 fldallfnd the very fame ufelefs Curiofty^ 

 The Apothecary s Apprentice leann the 



Names of Pla?itSy that he may win 



the Gingerbread Book by way of Pri^e 



hut when he fljould come to the Ufe 

 themy he neglecis thenty and often for^ 



gets the little he had known fo perfeB- 



that they fell him Vipers Buglofs 

 Bugle in the Markets j and he 



knows it is the right ^ hecaufe the Stalk 



is painted* 



*Thofe who fearch into the Nature in 



this Provincey are not: a whit better* 



was introduced in Yorkfhire, to one 



Brewer, who had contrived a Drefs on 



Purpofe for Herbalizingy and had a 



Mafk for his Fuce^ and Pads to his 



Kneesy 



