Lib. 3. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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There is nor any thing extant of the others, but are thought to be equal! with the white Muske 
Rofe,vvhercof they are taken and holden to be kindes. 
C h a p . 3 . Of the vpilde %ofes, 
«[ T/ie Defeription. 
i 'T'Hc Iwcet Brier doth oftentimes grow higher than all the kindes ofRofes ; the (hoots of 
itarehard, thicke, and wooddie ; the leaues are glittering, and of a beautiful] greeneco- 
lour, of fmell moft pleafant : theRofesarelittle,fiue leaued,moft commonly whitilh, feldom ten- 
ding to purple, oflittlcbr no fmell at alhthe fruit is long, of colour fomewhat red, like a little oliue 
done, and like the little heads or berries ofthe others, but Idler than thofeof the garden : in which 
is contained rough cotton, or hairie downe and feed,folded and wrapped vp in the fame, which is 
fmall and hard ! there be likewife found about the (lender fhoots hereof, round, foft,and hairie 
fpunges, which we call Brier Balls, Inch as grow about the prickles ofthe Dog-rofe, 
1 Sofa foluejlris odoret: The Eglantine, or fweet Brier. 
Q\foSl> L, iyM.0 PoC. 
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2 , ^ e bane in our London gardens another fweet Brier,hauing greater leaues,and much fwee- 
ter. the noures likewife are greater, and fomewhat doubled, exceeding fweet of fmell, wherein it 
diftereth from the former. 
3 TheBrierBulhorHeptree,LsalfocaIlediJ0y4c.j»'# ( j, vvhich is a plant fo common and well 
knovvne,thatit were to fmall purpofe to vfe many words in the defeription thereof:for euen chil- 
dren win!! great delight ear the berries thereof when they be ripe, makechaines and other prettie 
gevvgawesof the fruit: cookes and gentlewomen make Tarts and fuch like difhes for pleafure 
thereof, and therefore this (Trail fuffice for the defeription. r 
4 ThePimpinell rofe is likewife one of the wilde ones ,whofe (talks (hoot forth ofthe around 
ln man y places, of the height of one or two cubits, of a browne coloured armed with (harpe pne- 
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