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TheNamcj. 
They are called of forne Canna indica, and Arnndt Indict, of others Canna- 
r»r*«,andof fom twits Cancri, becaufe the colour of the flowers, as well as 
the forme of the buds, are fo like vnto a Sea-Crabs cle,or claw. 
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There is not at vfe of thefe in Phy ficke that I know. 
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Mandragtras. Mandrake. 
T He Mandrake is diftinguifbed into two kindes, the male and the female • the 
male hath two forts, theone differing from the other, as (hall be (hewed; but of 
the female Iknow bur one : ['he male is frpr]uentin many gardens,but the fe- 
male, in that it is more tender and rare, is noupfed vp but in a few. 
being full gtowne, are faire, large and greenc, lying round about theroote,and are lar- 
gerand longer theu the greateft leauesof any Letrice,whercunto it is likened by Dio- 
fcorides and others: from the middle, among thefe leaues,riievp many flowers, euery 
one vpon a long (lender dalkc, (landing in a whitilhgreenehuske, confiftingof flue 
pretty large round pointed leaues, of a greenifh white colour, which turneinto fmall 
roundapples, greene at the firft, and of a pale red colour whenthey are ripe, very 
finooth and (hining on the outfide,and of a heady or ftrong (luffing fmell, wherein is 
contained round whitilh flat feede : therootcislongand thicke, blackilh on the out- 
fide, and white within, confiding many times but of onelongroote, andfometimes 
diuided into two branches a little below the head, and fometimes into three or more, 
as nature lifleth to beflow vpon it, as my felfe haue often feenc, by the tranfplanting of 
many, as alfo by breaking and cutting off of many part s of the rootes,but neuer found 
hartneby fo doing, as many idle tales haue beenefet downein writing, anddeliuered 
alfo by report, of much danger to happen to fuch, as fhould diggethem vp orbreake 
them ; ncytherhaue I euerfeeneany forme of man like or woman-like parts, in the 
rootes of any : but as I faid,it hath oftentimes two mainc rootes running down- right 
into the ground, and fometimes three,and fometimes but one, as it likewife often hap- 
pened to Parfneps,Carrots,or the like. But many cunning counterfeit rootes hauebin 
(haped to fuch formes, and publickly expofed to the vie w of all that would fee them, 
and haue been tolerated by the chiefe Magidratesof theCitie, notwithdandingthat 
they haue beene informed that fuch practices were meere deceit, and vnfuffcrable ; 
whether this happened through their ouer-credulirie of the thing, or of the perfons, 
or through an opinion that the information of the truth rofe vpon enuy, I know not, 
I leauethattothefearchcrof all hearts : Butthisyournaybceboldtoreflvpon,and 
adure your felues,that fuch formes as hauebin publickly expofed to be feene,were ne- 
uer fo formed by nature, but only by the art and cunning of knaues and deceiuers. and 
let this be your Galeatam againft all fuch vaine, idle and ridiculous toyes of mensin- 
uentions. 
Manadrgoras mas. The male Mandrake. 
The male Mandrake tbrudeth vpmanyleauestogetheroutof theground, which 
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