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conclave this difcourfe of Earthquakes > 
with that whk^^ came from the Pen of our 
Royal Msftyr King Charhs theFirfii ,4 
ftorm at^^ea vpants mt us tenour^but an 
Earthquake, Jhakjrtg the very fmndaiion of ally 
the World hath nothhig fnore of horrour. And 
now i come to the plants of the Countrie. 
The plants in New? Ew^/^«i for the va- 
riety, number, beauty, and vcrtucs, may 
ftand in Competition with the plants of aiiy 
Count rey in Europe. Johnfon harh added 
to Gerardh Herbal 300. and Parh^infon mcn- 
fioneth many more i had they been in 
Next? England they might have found icco 
at leaii never heard of nor fccn by any 
Eftgl'ij^mm before : "^Tis true, the Countrie 
hath no Bomnts^ or "fartarlambs^ no glitte- 
rjng coloured 7uleps s but here yoy have 
the American Mary-Gold , the Eartb-nut 
bearing a piincely Flower^ the beautiful 
leaved Pirola ^ the honied Coltbry ^ &c. 
They are generally of ( fomewhat ) a more 
mafculinc vertue than any of the fame 
fyioits iViE^ngl and ^hnt not in fo terrible a 
degree, as to be niifchievous or ineiTe<Siuil 
to DUX, fygli(h hodm, Iili^mcd ky jome 
that no forralgn Vrugg or Simple can ^^e fo 
profer to EnglifhmeH as their owHy for the 
gu amity Opium rphlch T^urkj dofafcly taks 
ill kill four EnglipmeHy and that which mil 
falve 
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