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«y The place. 
i This kinde of Fox-taile Graffe growcth in England, onely in gardens. 
The time. 
1 This fpringeth vp in May, of the feed that was fcattered the yere before, and beareth his taile 
vv ith his feed in Iunc. 
2 This beares his head in Inly. 
«ff The names. 
1 There hath notbeene more faidof the antient or later writers, as touching the name, than 
is fetdowne, by which they called it in Greeke Alopecuros ■ that is in La tine, Caudavutpis : in En- 
glilh, Fox-taile. . 
2 This by Lobell is called e. Alopecuros altera maxima dnglicapaludoja ; that is, The large Enghfh 
Marfh Fox-taile. 
The temperature and njertues . 
I finde not any thing extant worthy the memorie, either of his nature or vertues. 
Chap. 66. Of fobs Te ares. 
Lachrima lob. 
lobs Teares. 
Thedefcription. 
r obs T cares hath many knotty ftalks, proceeding 
from a tuft of thru ddy roots , two foot high, 
fet with great broad leaues Likevnto thofe of 
reed , amongft which leaues come forth many 
fntall branches like ftraw of corne : on the end 
whereof doth grow a gray fhining feed or graine 
hard robreake,andlike infhape to the feeds of 
Gromell, but greater, and of the fame colour, 
whereof I hold it a kxnde , euery of which grains 
arc bored through the middeft like a bead , and 
out of the hole comraethafmall idle or barren 
chaffie eare like vnto that of Darneil. 
<e\ The place. 
It is brousbt from Italy and the countries ad- 
joyning, into thefe countries, where it doth grow 
very well, bur feldome commeth to ripeneffc ; yet 
my felfe bad ripe feed thereof in my garden, the 
Sommer being very hot. 
ej Thetime. 
It is fowen early in the Spring,or elfe thewin- 
tervYill ouertake it before it come to ripenefle. 
The names. 
Diners haue thought it to be Lithefiermi fie- 
««,orakinde of Gromell, which the feed doth 
very notably referable, and doth not much differ 
from Viofcorides his Gromell. Some thinke it 
r limes Lithoftermum • and therefore it may verie 
aptly be called in Latine, Arundtt Lithojpermos, 
that is in Engliih, Gromell reed,as Gtfrcr faith. 
It is generally called Lachrima iob , and Lachrima 
jobs : of fome it is called Diofliros : in Engliih it is called lobs Teares, or lobs Drops/or that euery 
graine refembleth the drop or teare that falleth from the eye. 
The nature and vertues. 
There is no mention made of this herbe forthevfeofphyficke : onely in France and thofe pla- 
ces (where it is plentifully growing) they do make beads, bracelets, and chaines thereof, as we do 
with pomander and fuch like. 
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