7 The fmalleft fort of Sorrell is like vnto the pre- 
cedent, failing that the lowed leanes that ly vpon the 
ground be fomewhat round, and without the little 
eares that the other hath, which fetteth forth the diffe- 
rence. 
| 8 There is alfo keptinfome gardens a verie 
large forrel, hauing leaues thicke,whitifh,andas large 
as anordinarie Docke, yet fliaped like Sorrell, and of 
the fame acidetafte. The dalkes and feed are like 
thofe of the ordinary, yet whiter coloured . £ 
^y The Place. 
t The common Sorrell groweth for the mod part 
in moift medovves and gardens. The fecond by waters 
fides, but not in this kingdome that I know of. The 
fourth alfo is a garden plant with vs, as alfo the fifth : 
but the third and laft grow vpon grauelly and fandie 
barren ground and ditch bankes. f 
«yy The Time. 
They flourifh at that time when as the other kinds 
of Docks do floure. 
«y The Names. 
Garden Sorrell is called in Greeke i&w. and<a*^<f : of Galen , : that is to fay, Acidum la - 
vathum, ox Ac: dies rumex, fbure Docke rand in {hops commonly Acetofa : in the Germane Tongue, 
^.rtXftatnpffer.in low-Dutch, ^U«feele,and S>UttIKlt : the Spaniards, Afederas,Agrelles, and 
A\cdas : in French, Ozeille, and Surelle, Aigrette : in Englilh, Garden Sorrell. 
The fecond is calledofthe later Herbarifts Tuberofa acetofa, and Tuberofum lapathiim : in Englifii 
Bunched or Knobbed Sorrell. 
The third is called in Englifh Sheepes Sorrell : in Dutch, <§>Cl)ap §>UtfceU 
The fourth, Romane Sorrell, or round leaned Sorrell. 
The fifth, Curled Sorrell. 
The fixth and feuenth. Barren Sorrell, or Dwarfe Sheepes Sorrell. 
' t The eighth is called Oxalis, ox Acetofa maxima latifilia. Great broad leaued Sorrell, i 
The Nature. 
The Sorrels are moderately cold and dry. 
qy TheVcrtues. 
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D 
Sorrell doth vndoutedly coole and mightily dry ; but becaufe it is foure it likewife cutteth i 
tough humors. 
The iuyee hereofin Sommer time is aprofitable fauce in many meats, and pleafant to the tafte: : 
it cooleth an hot domacke, moueth appeti te to meate, tempereth the heate of the 1 iuer, and ope- ■ 
neth the doppings thereof. 
The leaues arewith good fucceffc added to decoftions which are vfed in Agues. j 
The leaues of Sorrell taken in good quantitie, ftamped and drained into fome Ale,and a polfet : 
made thereof, cooleth the ficke body, quencheth the third, and allayeth the heate of fuch as are : 
troubled with a pedilent feuer, hot ague, or any great inflammation within. 
The leant s fodden. and eaten in manner of a Spinach tart, or eaten as meate, foftneth and looi- 
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neth the Welly, and doth attemper and coole the blond exceedingly. 
The feed of Sorrell drunke in groffe red wine doppeth the laske and bloudy flix. 
Chap. . 
