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dren. In good faith Chereas the Athenian and Glancias efpecially, who.feemethto be moftcuri- _ 
} ousindefcribing the nature and propertiesof thefe Thiftles or Artichokes, give out no lefle, 
’ Toconclude, if one chew them in histmouth,hee fhal] fitid:that they will caufe a {weet breaths 
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, OES The compofition of aT eacle, which was the or dinarie And familiar medicine 
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PD Vebefore that wee goe out of the garden, andleave the hearbes there prowing, I thinkeic 
'P }eoodto ferdowneoneconfedtion made'of thein;thotight to be'amolt excellent and fove- 
~ raigne Antidote orptefervative ag aint the poyloui of all venomous beafts whatlocver:and 
which for the excellencie thereof wasengraven in {tone upon the foteftont ofthe temple dedi- 
cated to Ai/cu/apizs,in this manner following: Take of wild running Thyme,the weight oftwo de- 
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niers; of Opopanax and*Meu,of each the'like quantitie;the feeds of Dill, Fennell, Ameos,atid *Meinon milf 
~__ Perfeleyjof each the weight of fix deniers; of Exvill flouretwelve deniers .ordrams Let thefe #* Sale 
bee beaten into ponder, and finely fearced?and when they bee incorporat in the beft wine that 
may bee had, they ought tobet reduced into the forme of Trofches, every one weighing a vi- 
Gtoriat orhalfe denier. When occafion istouferhis compofition,diffolve one of thefe Trofches 
inthreecyaths of wine, and drink it. Thisis that famous Treacle or countrepoyfon,which great 
C Antiochus the king was wont(by report)to take againft all venomes or poyfonswhatfoever. 
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a] 4to in his Treatife of Gardens, ordained as a neceflary point, That theyfhould 
#\| be planted and enriched with fuch hearbes as might bring foorth flowers for 
|; Coronets and Guirlands. And in very truch, their diverfitie is fach, that un- 
@)|| poflible it is to decipher and exprefle them accordingly. Wherby we may fee 
<2, g}, that more eafie it was for dame Nature to depaint and adorne the earth with 
——4 fundrie pi@tures,tobeautifie the fields(I fay)with all manner of colors, by her 
handie work (efpecially where fhe hath met with a ground to her mind,and when fhe is ina mer- 
rie humor and difpofed to play and difport her felfe) than for any man in the world to utter the 
fame byword of mouth.VVherein certes her admirable providence{he hath fhewed, principally 
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