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Piperitis. 



Piperitis called also Siliquastram after ^the iudgemente of 

 Fuchsius is the Herbe whiche is called in englishe Indishe peper, 

 in duche indisshouer pfefer. If thys herbe be not it that it is take 

 for, the yealowe seedes whiche oughte to be whyte do onely 

 hynder. The herbe groweth in certejme gardines in Englande. 



Pistacia. 



Pistacia are called of the 'poticaries Fistica, they may be called 

 in english Fistikes or Festike nuttes. I neuer sawe the Fistike 

 tre sauing only in Bonony, the leaues were somthyng rounde and 

 ful of red spottes, 



PisuTH. 



Pisura is called in greeke Lecithos, in english a pease, in duch 

 Erbes, or Erwiten, in frenche Pois. They growe communely in 

 the fieldes. 



Pityusa. 



Pityusa is called of some Herbaries Esula minor, and in englishe 

 Spourge, but it oughte to be called litle Spourge, or Lint-spourge, 

 for it hath smal leaues like Flax, or an other herbe called Linaria, 

 whereby the one is ofte taken for the other, but the difference is 

 knowen by thys verse. Esula lactescit, Linaria lac dare nescit. 

 The other kinde of this whiche groweth almoste into the heighte 

 of a smal tree, groweth a myle ^beneth Colon in a watery closse 

 whiche is ofte ouerflowen wyth the Rhene. It maye be called in 

 englishe, Spourge gyant. 



Plantago. 



Plantago is called in greeke Arnoglossos. There are two sortes 

 of Plantaginis, the one is called in englishe alone Plantaine or 

 waybread, or great waybread. The other is called Rybwurte, 

 or Rybgrasse, and of some Herbaries Lancea lata. They are cold 

 and dry in the seconde degree. 



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