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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Lib. i. 
2 Small medow Grade differeth from the former in varietie of the foile ; for as the firft kind 
groweth in medowes, fo doth this fmall graife clothe the hilly and more dry grounds vntilled,and 
barren by nature •, a Grade more fit for iheepe than for greater eattell. And becaufe the ltindes of 
Grade do differ apparantly in root, tuft, ftalke, leafe, (heath, eare, or creft,we may affure our felues 
that they are endowed with feuerall vertues, formed by the Creator for thevfe of man , although 
they haue been by a common negligence hidden and vnknovrne. And therefore in this our Labor 
we haue placed each of them in their feuerall bed,where the diligent fearcher of Nature may,iffo 
he pleafe, place his learned obferuations. 
X Gramcnpralenfc. a Gramcnpratcnfc minus. 
«j The Place. 
Common Mc-dow-graffc groweth ofit felfe vnfet or vnfowen,euery where, but the fmall medow 
or iffe for the moft part groweth vpon dry and barren grounds, as partly wee haue touched in the 
cription. 
t The Time, 
Concerning the time when Grade fpringeth and feedetb, I fuppofe there is none fo fimple but 
knoweth it, anti that it continueth all the whole ycare, feeding in Iune and Iuly. Neither needeth 
it any propagation or replanting by feed or othervvife ; no not fo much as the watery Grades , but 
that they rccouer themfelues againe, although they haue bcene drowned in water all the Winter 
Jong, as may appeare in the wilde fennes in Lincolnfhirc and fuch like places. 
intcrnod'tjs ferpat erebroque nones fj>atgat radices : for it groweth, goeth, or fpreadeth it felfe vnlet or 
vn fovven, naturally ouer all fields or grounds, cloathing them with a faire and perfect greene. It 
is yearely mowed, in feme places twice, and in feme rare places thrice ; then is it dried and. withe- 
red by the heare of the Sunnc, with often turning it ; and then is it called Fatnum.nefcio anafanore 
cut fat it. In Englifh,Hay: in French, Lehtrhe duprai\. 
The roots and feeds of Grade are of more vfe in phyficke than theherbe, and are accounted of 
all Writers moderately to open obftru6tions,and prouokevrine. 
Medow Grade. 
Small Medow-grafle. 
^y The Names. 
Grade is called in Grceke , <S»*> > ■■ in Latine,<?>w», as it is thought, Igradiendofiiiodrcniculabit 
^y The Nature. 
The 
