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Rnrh fhcfc plants have beene brou-ht out ot Barbery as I (aid from many places there, as alfo other lies there 
aborut and he^theyhave thrived vC’ell all the heate of the yeare, but as 1 ardw.ll endure no manner of cold, 
and therefore without extraordinary care and kecpmgnotto be kept in our land. 
The time of the well thrivingis formerly expTeffedX it never bote flower with us, or with any that hath 
had it, asfarteas wecanlearne. 
The Names. . . .. , 
The Grcekc name is evoo?S hv and the Latineshave no other name than Eupkorbiumb or it,although ikj calleth 
,1 a d tl eeuime £*phcrbi«M.Iub* that was father to TtohmjM firft ruled both the countries 
K t fa’id by '7 yThavefitff found this plant, and gave it the name after the name of 
Mhiftle Hk^ptot S neidw fc*™venenraSor poylonous,though violent in heate : the ^^fa. hath 
noother ^ame inany Author that hath written of it; onely Dod^us who 6ft gave us the figured boththefe 
plants, thinketh this may be lomc lpccies of Telephium or Orpine. 
1 * The Vert He s. 
Althou°h*neither Diofcorides nor Galen, have made mention of any purging qualitie in vet 
as may allay the violent; heate and ^^aTl^fDeedilv tomife away^and r therefore 
feedes, and fuch things alfoas may make ltfltppery, the more eafi y P X P L ^ plentifull, that 
made into pills with hony, may tedfcdtaaU, and^hatd^quumtitiesof thefcdeorreftorsLe^o praiti u 
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head, ot any parts of the body, where haire doth ufually grow, it being fhed or not appearing p Ue j 
