Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
The Dcfcriftion. 
1 HP He Great w ater D oclte hath ve- 
ry long and great leaues, ftitfc, 
and hard, not vnlike to the Garden Pati- ■ 
ence,but much kmger.Thc Ha Ike rifetlivp i, 
to a great height, oftentimes to the height : 
of hue foot or more. The fioui e grovveth at : 
thetopof the ftalke in fpokie tufts, brown i 
of colour. The feed is contained in chaffie ;i 
hitskcs, three fquare,ofa {hiring pale co 4 , 
lour. The root is very great, thicke,brovv£q : 
without,and yellowifh within. 
2 The fmall water Docke hath fhovt 
narrow leaues-, fet vpon a ftiffe ftalke. The 
floures grow fromthe middle of the ftalke 
vpward in fpokie rundles, fetinfpaccsby r i 
cettaine di fiance s round about the ftalke, , 
as are the floures of Horckound : Which t: 
Docke is of all the kine’es n oft common i 
and of leffe vfc, and taktth no pleafure or ■; 
delight in any one foile or c'vrcllingp’ace, 
but is found almoft cucry where, as well 
vpon the land as in waterie places, but ef- ■ 
pecially in gardens among good and hole- , 
fome pot-herbes, being there better known 
than welcome or de fired: wherefore I in- : i 
tendnot to fpend further time about his* 
defeription . 
3 The Garden Patience hath very ftrong ftalks, furrowed or chamfered, of eight or nine foot : 
high when it groweth in fertile ground, fet about with great large leaues like to tliofe of the water 
Docke, hauing alongftthe ftaikes toward the top floures of a light purple colour declining to - 
brownenefle.The feed is three fquare, contained in thin chaffie huskes, like thole of the common 
Docke. The root is verie great, browne without,and yellow within, in colour and tafte like the true ■ 
Rubarb. 
4 Baftard Rubarb hath great broad round leaues, in fhape like thofe of the great Bur-docke. 
The ftalke and feeds are lo like vnto the precedent, that the one cannot be knowne from the other, 
fauing that the feeds of this are fomevvhat leffer. The root is exceeding great and thicke,very like : 
vnto the Rha of Barbarie, as well in proportion as in colour and tafte i andpurgeth artcr the fame 
manner, but muft be taken in greater quantifiers witnefleth that famous learned Phy ft tion now fi- 
lling, M r . DoBtor Bright, and others, who haue experimented the fame. 
5 This fifthkinde of Dockeisbeft knowne vnto all, of the ftocke or kindred of Dockes ; it : 
hath long thin leaues, fometimes red in euery part thereof, and often flopped here and there with i 
linesandlftrakesotadarkered colour; among which rife vp ftiffe brittle ftaikes oi the fame co- ■ 
lour : on the top whereof come forth fuch floures and feed as the commonwildedocke hath. 1 he 
root is likevvife red, or afa bloudie colour. 
The Flue. ^ 
They do <rrow for the mod part in ditches and water-counts, very common through England . , 
The two laftfaue one do grow in gardens; my felfe and others in London and elfwhere haue them 
growing for our vfe in Phy ficke and chirurgerie. The laft is fbvvne for a pot-herbe in mod gardens, , 
TheTime. 
Moft of the dockes do rife vp in the Spring of the yeare, and their feed is ripe in Iune and Alt- 
guft. 
€y The Names. 
The docke is called in Greekev*=mJ>.:inLatine,/b;iK«,andLrfp.ff£«?»;yetiVi*)iinhis 19 Booke, 
Chapter, fcemeth to attribute the name of Rumcx onely to the garden docke. ^ 
