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nasuorte. Cresses growe no where, but in gardines. It is drye and 

 hote in the fourth degree after Averrois. 



Nerion. 



Nerion otherwyse called Rhododendro, and Rhododaphne, is 

 named in duch Olader, in frenche Rosage. I neuer sawe it but 

 in Italy. It maye be called in englishe Rose bay tree or rose 

 Laurel. This tree is named of some oleander. 



Nux castanea. 



Nux castanea is called in greeke Castanon, in englishe a 

 Chesnut tree, in duch Castene, in frech, Vng Chastagne. Ches- 

 nuttes growe in diuerse places of Englande. The maniest that 

 I haue sene was in Kent. 



JVympkea. 



^Nymphea is also named in greeke nymphaia, & madonais 

 & is called in english water Roses, & some wyth the Potecaries 

 cal it nenufar. The duch me cal thys herbe Seeblumen. Boeth 

 the kyndes of water Roses growe in standyng waters, 



Ocymum. 



Ocymum is called in englishe Basyl, in duche BasiUen, in 

 frenche du basilike, the Poticaries cal it Basilicon. It groweth 

 in Englande onely in gardines. It is hote in the seconde degree. 



Oenanthe. 



Oenanthe is called boeth of the Herbaries and of al our 

 countrey men Filipendula, in duch Rotensteynbrech. Some say 

 that the same herbe is called Phellandryon in Plinie. Filipendula 

 groweth in great plentie beside Syon & Shene in the middowes. 



Olea. 



Olea or oliua is called in greeke Elaia, in englishe an Olyue 



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