Lib. l. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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The Monkes Rubarbe is called in Lacine Rtt mex fativus, and Patientia , or Patience which word 
pis borrowed of the French, who call this herbe Patience : afterwhom the Dutch men name this not ’ 
her be alfo ^attCHtir.of fome , Rhabarbarmn Monachonim,orMonkes Rubarbe : becaufe as it (hould 
leeme fome Monke or other haue vfed the root hereof in Read of Rubarbe. 
Bloudwoort,or bloudy Patience, is called in Latine Lapathum [anguineum : of fome, Sanguis Dra- 
lw»«,of the bloudie colour wherewith the whole plant is poffeft, and is of pot-herbes thechiefe or 
principal!, hauing the propertie of the baflard Rubarbe ; but of lelfe force in his purging quality. 
The Temper ature* 
J Generally all the Dockes are cold, fome little and moderately, and fome more .-they doe all of 
them drie, but not all after one manner : notwithftanding fome are ,of opinion that they are dry al- 
laioft in the third degree. ij 
The Virtues, 
Theleauesof the Garden Docke or Patience may be eaten, and are fomewhatdolde,but more A 
moift,and hauc withalla certame clammineife • by reafon whereof theyeafily and quickely pafTe 
through the belly when they be eaten : and Diofcoridesmhetb, that all the Dockes beein^ boiled 
doe mollifie the bellie:which thing alfo Horace hath noted inhisfecond booke of Sermons the 
fourth Satyre,writing thus, 5 
S i dura morabitur alvus 
Mugil us $ idles p client objlantia conch* > 
El lapathi brails herb*. 
Elecalleth it a ihort herbe, being gathered before the ftalke be growne vp • at which time it is fit- r 
elt to be eaten. r3 a 
Andbeingfodden,itis not fopleafant to beeeaten as either Beetesor Spinage : it ingendreth C 
mot lib loud ofameanethicknefle, and which nouritheth little. v - 
| Theleaues of the iharpe pointed Dockes are cold and drie : but the feed of Patience, and the D 
Vater Docke doe coole, with a certaine thinneffe of fubftance. 
The decodion of the roots of Monkes Rubarbe is drunke againft the bloudy fiix,the laske the F 
wambling of the ftomacke which commethofcholcr: and alfo againft the flinging of fements 
hsDioJcoridcswnteth. ° b 
i It is alfo good againft the fpittingofbfoud^eing taken with Acacia(orhis/*c«^w« w the r 
Iried mice of floes)as Plime wtiteth. * 
l! Mon ^ es Rubarb or Patience isan excellent wholefome pot-herbe • for being put into the pot- G 
: age in io me reafonable quantities, it doth loofen the belly,helpeth the iaunders- the timpany and * 
;uch like difeafes, proceeding of cold caufes. * y 
If you take the roots of Monkes Rubarb, and red Madder, ofeach halfe a pound . Sena foure H 
races, anmfe feed and liconce,ofeach two ounces; Scabioufe and Agrimonie,ofeachonehand- 
1 11 ; nice the roots of the Rubarb, btuife the annife feed and licorice, breake the herbes with your 
nfiifp fu r C le ?, int0 * ^ 0ne P° c ca ^ ct * a fteane, with foure gallons of ftrong ale to fteepe or 
fp a ceofthree daies ; and then drinkc this liquouras your ordinarie drinke for three 
lineRe the r leaft = thou S 1 J tIlc ]on g er yo« take it, fo much the better ; prouiding in a rea- 
cene i m C ' J - nC ° P rc I ,arc< j l that you may haue one vnder another, being alwaies carefull to 
dlC L U ™ r . cth the drop fie, the yellow iaunders, all manner of itch,fcabbes, breaking 
fainl> rli ® inC f the whole body : it purifieth the bloud from all corruption ; preuaileth a- 
o IonL-p T knCfl r, VCT y ", r , MtI y> ancl °Ppt!arions or ftoppings : maketh young wenches 
led the fam” iUlL C 1Cme hke,and bringeth downe their tearmes, the flopping whereof hath cau- 
Rubarb is of a manifeft aftringent nature, infomuch that it-cureth the blou- I 
;y fl x, ra xed with the feed of Sorrelhandgiuen to drinke in red Wine. 
LJrGhnrT n ° L n" erl f other faculties attributed to this planteither of theantientor later K 
y -aV fa ! ^ hat 1 b , cene referred to the other Docks or Monks Rubarb,of which *' 
“afons inrliirp'mTfor IS dotb a PP roc h neereft vnto the true Rubarb. Manie 
. L ■ , . t mike and fay, firft this hath the fhape and proportion of Rubarbe the 
!^!onrerli'rl 0 ^r ^t^withoutany 1 difference. They agree as well in tafle as fraelli 
le be jj a f te r th^’ flme ^ C ° lour , whe " u is chewed, as Rubarb doth ; and laftly it piirgeth 
C - r , amc b ent le manner that the right Rubarb doth,one!y herein it differeth that 
iith the temnprT *ti three times the quantitieof the other. Other diftinflions and differences, 
on collerS: ‘ lnd CUer n° m er clr f l,m 1 ftanc G I leaue to the learned Phy fitions of our Lon- 
• ° e eery u ell able to fearch this matter) as a thing farre aboue my reach, being 
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