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the knowledge thereof, and rather to fatisrtc others then my felfe with the place there- 
of • the defeription whereof is as followeth : It hath diuers broad rough hairy leaues 
fpread vpon the ground, fomewhat like vnto the leaues of Borage for the roughnefle, 
but not for the largeneffejthe leaues hereof being fomewhat rent in fome places at the 
edges : from among thefeleaues rife v pone, or two, or more browniih, round , and 
hairy ftalkes,a fpan high or thereabouts, bearing at the toppes three or foure flowers a 
peece confifting of flue large pointed leaues, of a faireblew or light azut colour, with 
fome fin all yellow threads in the middle , Handing in fmall greene cups : the roote is 
long and browniih, hauing many fmall fibres annexed vnto it, 
10. AuricuU yrfl miter flare alio. The great white Beares eare. 
This white Beares care hath many faire whitifh greene leaues, fomewhat paler then 
the leaues ofany of the kindes of Beares eares, and a little fnipt about the ends, as ma- 
nie other are : among thefe leaues rife vp ftalkes foure or fiue inches high , bearing at 
the toppe many flowers like vnto the fmall yellow Beares eare hereafter fet downe,of 
a pale whitifh colour, tending to yellow at the firft opening oft he flower, which after 
two or three dayes change into a faire white colonr, and fo continue all the while it 
flowreth : the roote is like the purple kinde , as all or moll of the reft are , or very 
little differing. 
1 1 . AuricuU yrfl miner flere Me. The leffer white Beares eare. 
The leffer Beares eare hath fmaller leaues, of a little darker green colour : the ftalke 
and flowers are likewife leffer then the former, andhaue no Ihewof yellowneffe at 
all, eyther in budde or flower, but is pure white, differing not in other things from 
the reft. , . . , , 
II. Auricula Vrfl maxima lutet flore eleganti. 
The greateft faire yellow Beares care with eyes. 
This yellow Beares eare hath many faire large thicke leaues, fomewhat mealy or 
hoary vpon the greenneffe, being larger then any other kinde, except the fixth,and the 
next yellow that followeth, fmooth about the edges, and without any endenting at all: 
the ftalke is great, round, and not higher then in other of the former, but bearing ma- 
nie more flowers thereon then in any other kinde, to the number of thirty many times, 
ftandingfo round and dole together, that they feeme tobeaNofegay alone, of the 
fame falhion with the former, but that the leaues are (horter and rounder, yet with a 
notch in the middle like the reft, of a faire yellow colour, neither very pale nor deepe, 
with a white eye or circle in the bottome , about the middle of euery flower , which 
giueth it the greater grace : the feede is of a blackilh browne colour, like vnto others, 
but contained in greater round heads then any other, with a fmall pointell flicking in 
the middle : the roote is greater and thicker then any other, with long firings or fibres 
like vnto the other forts, but greater. 
1 3 . Auricula yrfl maior lutea folio in caao.The greater yellow Beares eare. 
This greater yellow Beares eare hath his leaues larger, and more mealy or hoarie 
then the laft, or any other of thefe kindes : the flowers are not fo many,but longer, and 
not fo thicke thrufting together as the firft, but of a deeper yellow colour,without any 
eye or circle in the middle. 
14. Auricula yrfl maior flore faUido . The great Straw coloured Beares eare. 
This hath almoft as mealy leaues as the laft, but nothing fo large j the flowers are 
of a faire ftrawe colour, with a white circle at the bottome of them , thefethree lift 
haue no (hew er lhadow of any other colour in any part of the edge , as fome others 
that follow haue. 
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