Of the Hiltorie of Plants. 
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Knotty Dogs graffe is likevnto the former in ftalke and]eafe,but that they are of a dee- 
per colour ■ alfo the fpike or eare is greener, and about fome two handfulls long, much in fhape 
refemblingan Oate,yetfarfmaller,and is much more dtfperfed than the figure prefc-nts to you. 
The roots of this are fomevvhat knotty and tuberous, but that is chiefely about the Spring of the 
yeare, for afterwards they become lefte and leffevntill the end of Summer. Andthefe bulbes do 
grow confufedly together, not retaining auy certaine fhape or number. 
5| The P lace. 
1 The firft grovves in gardens and arable lands, as an infirmitie or plague ofthe fields, nothing 
pleafing to Husbandmen; foraftcr that the field is plowed , they are conftrained to gather the 
roots togetherrvith harrowes and rakes ; and being Co gathered and laid vpon heapes, theyfet 
them on fire left they fliould grow againe. 
2 The fecond grovves in plowed fields and fuch like places, but not euery whereas the other. 
1 haue found ofthefe in great plenty, both growing, and plucked vp with harrowes, as before is re- 
hearfed, in the fields next to S .luma wall as ye go to Chelfey,and in the fields as ve go from the 
Tower-hill ofLondon toRadcliffe. 
5J The Time. 
Thefe Graffcs feldome come to fhew their eare before Inly. 
c The Names. 
It is called Gramcn Caninam, or Sangttinale, and VnioU. The Countreymen of Brabant name it 
}2>ccn : others, TLcBt grade J of the Grecians, .• ofthe Latines,by the common nam e fir amen. 
It is of fome named «W> in Englift,Couch-grafte,Quitch-Graffe,and Dogs-graffe. 
Gramcn Caninum bnlhcfiim, or nodofum, is called in Englifh, Knobby,or Knotty Couch-gralfe. 
51 TheTiature. 
The nature oi Couch-grafle,elpecially the roots, agreeth with the nature of common Graffe: 
although that Couch-grade be an vnwelcome gueft to fields and gardens, yet his phyfickevertties 
do recompence thofe hurts ; for it openeth the Hoppings ofthe liuerand reines, without any ma- 
nifeft heate. 
1 he learned Phyfitions ofthe Colledgeand Societie ofLondon do hold this bulbous Couch 
graffe in temperature agreeing with the common Couch-gralfe, but invertues more effe&uall. 
5[ The Vert ties. 
Couch-graffe healeth greene wounds. The decoction ofthe root is good for the kidneys and 
bladder : it prouoketh vrine gently, and driueth forth grauell. D/ofcorides and Galen do agree, that 
the root damped and laid vpon greene wounds doth heale them fpeedily. 
Thedeco£lion thereof ferueth againft griping paines of the belly, and difficultie of making 
water. 
M arcellus an old Author maketh mention in his 26 chapter, That feuen and twenty knots of the 
herbe which is called Gramcn, or Grafts, boiled in wine till halfe be confirmed, preffed forth, drai- 
ned, and giuen todrinke to him that is troubled with the ftrangurie,hath fo great vertue, that after 
the Patient hath once begun to make watenvithout paine, it may not be giuen any more. But it 
mud begiuenwith wareronely to fuch as haueaFeuer. Bywhich words it appeareth, That this 
knotted Grade was taken for that which is properly called Grame », or Agrofiis ; and hath bin alfo 
commended againft the done and difeafes ofthe bladder. 
The later Phyfitions doe vie the roots fometimes of this, and fbmetimes ofthe other indiffe- 
rently. 
C3 h a p. i 8. Of Sea ‘DogS'CjraJJc. 
51 7 he Defeription. 
1 He Sea Dogs-graffe is very likevnto the other before named : his leaues are long and 
| (lender, and very thicke compadl together, fet vpon a knotty ftalke fpikedat thetop 
like the former. Alfo the root crarableth and creepeth hither and thither vnder the 
earth, occupying much ground by reafon ofhts great encreafe of roots. 
t This GraffefwhcreofZaWgaue the firft figure and defeription, vnder the name of Gramcn 
gcnicnlatum Caninum mar mum) I coniefture to be that which growes plentifully vpon the banks in 
the fait marifhes by Dartford in Kent, and mod other fait places by the fea ; as alfo in many banks 
and orchards about London, and mod other places farre from the lea. Now Lohels figure being 
not good, and the defeription not extant in any of his Latine Workes • I cannot certainly affirme 
any thing. T et I thinke it fit to giue you an exaift defeription of that I do probably iudge to b 
and 
