Of the Hiftroy ofPlants. 
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C h a p. 523 . Of red Fitchling^ zFlfedic^Fitcb^and Qock^s-head: 
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1 '"’I' 1 He fifft kinde of Onobrjchis hath many fmall and tvviggie pliant brancbes,ramping and 
creeping through and about bufhes, or whatfoeuer it groweth neerevnto : theleaues 
and all the reft of the pulfe or plant is very like to the wilde Vetch or Tarerthe floures 
grow at the top of fmall naked (talks, in fhape like the peafe bloome, but of a purple colour layed 
oner with blew ..which turne into fmall round prickly husks, that are nothing elfe but the feed, -4 
2 The fecond kind of Fitchling or Cocks -head, of h is Me fc tip t ion,ha th very many (talks/ 
efpecially when it is growne to an old plant, round, hard, and leaning to the ground like the other 
pulfesjand leaues very like Galcgajn the wilde Vetch, ofa bitter tafteand lothfome lauour : amon<r 
which come forth lmall round items, at the ends whereof dogrow floures /pike failuon, three irw 
ches long, in fhape like thofe ofthe great Lagofus, or medow Trefoile, but longer, of an excellent 
fhining purple colour, but without fmell rafter which there follow fmall coddes,containing little 
hard and blacke feed, in tafte like the Vetch. The root is greatand long, hard, and of a wooddy fub- 
ftance,(prcading it felfe far abroad, and growing very deep into the ground, 
3 The third kinde of Fitchling or Cocks-head hath from a tough final and wooddie root,ma- 
ny twiggie branches growing a cubit high, full of knots,ramptng and creeping on the ground. The 
leaues are like the former, but fmallerand iTiorter: among which come forth final tender ftemmes • 
whereupon dogrow little floures like thofe ofthe Tare, but ofa blew colour rending to purpleithe 
floures being vaded, there come the fmall cods, which containe little blacke feed like a Kidney of 
a blacke colour. 
4 The fourth kinde of Fitchling hath firme green hard /talks a cubit and a halfe high, where- 
upon grow leaues like to the wilde Tare or Galega, but fmaller and foraewbat hairie, bitter and vn- 
pleafant in tafte,and in the end (omewhat fharpe. At the top of the /talks come forth long fpiked 
Mmmmiii z floures P > 
