Of theHiftory of Plants. 
C ha p. ?i8. Of Hatchet Fetch. 
TheHefcriftion. 
1 fi r ft kinde Q f Hatchet Fetch hath many fmall branches trailing here and there vp- 
on the ground : vpon which grow fmall leaues fpred abroad like the leaues of the 
wilde Fetch ; among which come forth clutters of fmall yellow floures , which fade 
away; and turne into little flat thin and browne cods, wherein is contained fmall reddifh feed ofa 
bitter tafte. 
2 The fecond kinde of hatchet Fetch hath many round tough and flexible branches, trailing 
vpon the ground: whereupon do grow leaues like the former, but more like rhe leaues of Liquo- 
rice, and hauing the tafte of the Liquorice root; which hath giuen occafion to fome to deeme it a 
kinde of Liquorice : among tlicfe leaues come forth pale yellow floures.after which there fucceed 
fmall crooked cods, turning their points inward!y,one anfwering another like little homes, con- 
taining fmall flat feeds foure cornered, and faihioned like a little wedge : the root is tough; ofa 
wooddy ftibffiance, and doth continue fruitfull a very long time/ 
d 2 11 cd'jf.trum Glyryrhfytmn. 
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i He dyjarum mtutu. 
Hatchet Fetch. 
■ 3 | 1 e * e is r ? n ° c ^ e f kind o CSecundaca or hatchet Fetch, which hath branches, leaues, and roots 
like the laft before rcmembreJ, and differeth in that, that the floures of this plant are mixed, and! 
do vary into funury colours, being On the vpper part ofa flefh colour, and on the lower ofa white' 
oi inowie colour, w ith a purple Storks bill in the middle : the leaues are in tafte bitter: the cods 
ar ( e fmall like thole of Birds foot, and not much vnlike the cods of Orobm. 
4 There is likewife another kinde of Securidnca or hatchet Fetch, which is dedicated vnto C.i 
rolus CluJIas by the aftkenained D'. Penny, who found it in the North parts of England , hauing 
leaues, roots, and branches like vnto the former : but the floures of this arc white, and mixed with 
lome purple, and bitter alfo in tafte : the cods are like the claw ofa crab, or (as Cluftm faith) like 
the knife which fhoo-makers do vfein Flanders ; in which cods are contained fmall reddifh feed i 
this root al fo isoffong continuance. 4 clufms doth not fay that D r . Penny found this in the North 
°, the territorie of Qeneua not far from Pontetremile, amongft the bufhes,and na>' 
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