L 1 B. 1. 
388 Of the Hiftorie ot Plants. 
f I Lapathumacutum. 
Sharpe pointed Docke. 
2 Lapathum acvturn minimum. 
Small fharpe Docke. 
£ j Lapathum fylueftre fol. minus acufo. 
The rounciifh leaned wilde Docke. 
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c[f Thetime. 
They floure in luneand Inly. 
t|j The N times. 
They are called in Latine Lapathum acuUtm,Ru- 
mex,Lapatium,SiC Lapathium: of apathism: 
inEnglifh,Docke,and fharpe pointed Docke, the 
greater and the lefTer : of tEe Grecians, ; 
in high Dutch, 5©engfltourt?, ^trctiStourtj: 
in Italian, Romhtce : in Spanifh, Roma^a,Paradfla 1 , 
in Low Dutch, Mattel} (which word is deriued of 
Lapathum ) and alfolgiccthtCh I in French,? areille. , 
t The third is Lapathum folio retufofix minus a- 
ctito of Lobtll ; and Hippolapathum fjlucft.oiTabern.f. 
The Nature and Fertnes. 
Thefe herbes are of a mixture betweenecold 
and heat, and almoft drie in che third degree, efpe- 
cially the feedvvhich is very aftringent. 
The ponder of any of the kinds of Docks drunk 
in wine, ftoppeth thelaskeand bloudie flixe,and . 
eafeth the pains of the ftomacke. 
The roots boiled til they be very foft,and ftam- 
ped with barrowes greafe, and made into anoint- ■ 
ment helpeth the itch and all feuruie fcabs and ! 
mangines. And for rhe fame purpofe it fhall bee 
neceflarie toboile them inwater,asafore!aid,and 
the partie to be bathed and rubbed therewith. 
f The firft figure in the former edition was of Hjdtolapathum tnag/wm, be ng the t 
firft in the next chapter •, and the figure oi that we giuc you in the third plate of ' 
this chape. was that in the firft place of the following ciiap.vndcr the foremenuoned 
title- 
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