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>tvh.cn they fhould be carefully clear 'd 

 from Weeds i and, in very dry 

 Weather, they muft be refrefh'd 

 with Water, which will greatly 

 promote their Growth: In this 

 Bed they (hould remain till the 

 Latter-end of Auguji (obierving al- 

 w^ays to keep them clear from 

 Weeds) at which Time they (hould 

 be taken up very carefully, and 

 tranfplanted into the Places where 

 they are to remain, which fhould 

 be a light deep Soil, for their 

 Roots do always run downward 

 very deep j fo that, if the Soil be 

 wet, they are often rotted in Win- 

 ter j and, if it be too near the 

 Gravel or Chnlk, they feldom thrive 

 well i but, if the Soil be good, and 

 they are not difturb'd, the Plants 

 vrill grow to a large Size in a few 

 Years, and will produce great 

 Quantities of Flowers and Fruit, 

 and they will abide a great many 

 Years. 



I have been inform'd, by ibme 

 Perfons of Credit, that one of 

 thefe Roots will remain found a- 

 bove fifty Years, and be as vigo- 

 rous as a young Plant ; but they 

 fhould never be remov'd after their 

 Roots hav€ arrived to any coniider- 

 able Size, which would break their 

 lower Fibres, and fo ftunt the 

 Plants, as that they will not reco- 

 ver their former Strength in two 

 or three Years. 



As to ihe feigned Resemblance 

 of a Human Form, which the 

 Roots of this Plant are faid to car- 

 ry, *tis ail Impofture, owing to the 

 Cunning of Quacks and Mounte- 

 banks, who deceive the Populace 

 and the Ignorant, with fiftitious 

 Images fhap'd from the fre(h Roots 

 of Briony and other Plants: And 

 what is reported as to the Manner 

 of rooting up this Plant, by tying 

 a Do^ thercjto, to prevent the cer- 



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tain Death of the Perfbn who 

 (hould dare to attempt it, and the 

 Groans it emits upon the Force 

 offer'd, ^c. *tis all a fulfome Fa- 

 ble i for I have taken up feveral 

 large Roots of this Plant, fbme of 

 which have been tranfplanted into 

 other Places, but could never ob- 

 ferve any particular Difference in 

 this from any other deep-rooting 

 Plant. 



MAPLE } vide Acer. 

 MARACOCK ; vide Granadilla. 

 MARJORAM i vide Majorana. 

 MARLE, is a Kind of Clay, 

 which is become fatter, and of a 

 more inriching Quality by a better 

 Fermentation, and by its having 

 lain £o deep in the Earth as not to 

 have fpent or weakened its fertili- 

 zing Quality by any Produdl. 



Marie is fuppos'd to be much of 

 the Nature of Chalky and is bf!- 

 liev'd to be fertile from its ialt and 

 oily Quality, and that it contrads 

 its Salts from the Air, and for that 

 Reafbn is the better the longer it 

 is expos'd to it. 



Maries are of diflPerent Qualities 

 in different Counties of England. 

 There are reckon'd to be four Sorts 

 of Maries in SuJfeXy a Grey, a 

 Blue, a Yellow, and a Red : Of 

 thefe the Blue is accounted the 

 beft, the Yellow the next,, and the 

 Grey the next to that i and as for 

 the Red, that is the leafl durable.- 



The Marie in Sujfex is moft like 

 Fuller's-Earth, and therefore muft 

 certainly be the fatteft ; whereas 

 that in the North-Country runs 

 much upon the Loam. 



In Chejloire they reckon fix Sorts 

 of M(irle : 



I. The CotpJJmt Marie, which is 

 of a brownilii Colour, with blue 

 Veins in it, and little Lumps of 

 Chalk or Lime-ftvone: It is com- 

 monly found under Clay or low 



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