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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
the fioures are very little and white, pearking on the tops of the fprigs : the feeds are final], round, 
a little hol!ow*in the middeft in manerofa nauell, fct for the molt part by couples : the roots /len- 
der and full of firings : the whole plant is rough, and his ruggedndfe taketh hold of mens veil ures 
and woollen garments as they paffe by : being drawne along the tongue it fetcheth blond : Diofco- 
ndcs reports, that the (heepheardsinfleadofa Cullender dovfeittotake haires outofmilke,if 
any remaine therein. 
2 The great Goofe-gralfe of Pliny is one of the Moone-worts of Lobcl, it hath a very rough 
tender flail e, whereupon are fet broad leaues fomewhatlong,Iike thofe of Scorpion graffe, or 
fon Galeni, Galens Moone- woort, very rough and hairy, which grow not about the joints, but three 
or foure together on one fide of the ftalke : the fioures grow at the top of the branches, of a blew 
colour : after which commeth rough cleaning feeds,that do fticke to mens garments which touch 
it : the root is fmall and Angle. 
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r sparine. i Aparine mnior Plinij.- 
5 [ The Vince. 
Goofe-grafle groweth necrc the borders of fields, and oftentimes in the fields themfelues mixed 
with the cornealfo by common waies,ditches, hedges, and among thornes : Theophraflns and Galen 
write, that it groweth among Lentles, and with hard embracing it doth choke it, and by that 
meanes is burdenfome and troublefome vnto it. 
The Time. 
It is found plentifully euery 'where in fummer time. 
€J The Names. 
It is named in Grceke«*«f :>* ■. Apparinc : inLatine, Lapp aminor Jawt not properly : Pliny affirmeth 
it to be Lappaginis fpcciem : of fome, Philanthropes, as though hefhould fay, a mans friend, becaufe it 
taketh hold ofmens garments^of diuers alfo for the fame cau k,Philadelphos ■ in Italian^ 'perenelU : 
in S panifh, ZVt/ir a,or amor ai Hortaiano : in high Dutch,3j$,lg{l}fctaUt t in Trench, Rcblcpu Grateron . 
an low Du tch, iileefetupt ; in Englifh, Goo fe-fhare,Goofe- grade, Cleuer, or Clauer. 
51 TheTemperature. 
It is, as Galen faith,mod.erateIy hotand dry, and fomewhat of thin parts. 
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