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in adeco&ionof Graffe roots, effe dually cleanfe thereines,andexpell the ftone,as the Authour 
of the A//. Lugd. affirmes. f: 
-j- The figure that was here in the fccond place was of the Sonehnt filtiltim, °r Li'jsr.otu Tbeopbrttjliflerili* olTabirnamontanm- You fhall findc mention ofit i- 
rnongdchc Soncbi, otSow-cbijlles- 
Chap. 16 . 
Of Doc\e frejjes. 
<([ The Dcfcription. 
f Ocke-Creffes is a wilde Wort ot 
I ) pot herbe bailing roughifh hairy 
leanes ofan ouerivorne greene co- 
lour, deepely cut or indented vpon both fides 
like the leanes of finall Turneps. The ftalkes 
grow to the height of two or three cubits , and 
fometimes higher, diuiding themfelues toward 
the top into fundry little branches, whereon do 
grow many fmall yellow floures like thofe of 
Hierncinm , or Hawke-weed jwhich decaying, are 
fucceeded by little crefted heads containing a 
longifh fmall feed fomewhat like Lettice feed, 
but of a yellowifh colour : the plant is alfo mil- 
kie,the ftalke woody, and the root fmall, fibrous, 
and white. 
«[ The Thee. 
Dock-Creflcs grow euery where by High- 
vvaies, vpon walls made of mud or earth, and^ in 
flony places. 
TheTime. 
It floureth from May to the end of Auguft ; 
th.e feed is ripe in September. 
<[f The Names. 
Docke-Creffes are called in Greeke , 
in Latine, Lampfana^mA Napium } by Voionxus : 
Tabernamontanus calleth this ,Sonchtts [yluaticus : 
Camerarius affirmes, That in Pruffia they call it 
Papillaris. 
The Nature. 
Docke-CrefTes are of nature hot, and fomewhat abftcrfiue or cleanfing. 
ThcVertues. 
Taken in meate,as and Diofcorides afaune, it ingendreth euill iuyee and naughtie non- A 
rifhment. 
t Camerarius affirmeth. That it is vfed with good fuccefle in Pruffia againft vlcerated or fore B 
breafts. ^ 
f Thcfignrc that was here, was of the T^pijlrum aruorum > dzCcribcdin the fecond chapter of thisbookc 3 and the true figure of this plant here deferibed waj 
fag. 13 1 . vndcr the name of Scncbits filuiticus. 
Chap. ly. 
Of IV iter-Tarfenep, and IVdlcr-frejfes. 
1 f 1 Reat Water-Parfenep groweth vpright, aud is deferibed to haue leaues of a pleafant 
y f fauour,fat and fullof iuyee as thofeof Alexanders, but fomewhat le(Ter,refembling 
the Garden Parfenep: the ftalke is round, fmooth, and hollow, like to Kexe or Ca- 
fhes : the root conlifteth of many fmall firings or threds faftned vnto the ftalke within the water 
or 
