2S6 Chap. < 5 i. 
Tbeatrum ^Botamcum. 
Tri B 
_ K.2. 
waved,for aU thefe formes are to be feene.as alfo plaine fmooth and 'pointed,& fometimes a lirtlThTi i— j • , 
middle,and round pointed,of a fad green colour, & fomewhat brownifh fometimes,every one Lnd nTvIr C [ I 
upon a long foote llalke,which is brownifh or greenilh alfo. from among which rife fmall flender ftalk J 
ring a few leaves thereon like the other, but longer and leffer for the molt part • at the tops whereof r bea ~ !J 
n y whmfh flowers.with yellow threds in the middle; handing about a greene head which f § r ° w ™ a -1 
veflell, winch will be fomewhat flat when it is ripe,very like unto fome of the kinds of Thlafbi 0 r Trc * Ce< * 
hard, wherein is contained reddilh feede, tailing fomewhat hot: the roote is made of many whitelh ^ 't",' "■ 
(licke deepely m the mudde, w herein it chiefly delighteth t yet will it well abide in the JaYe j SS ’.™ hlch 
T , - r„ ?•, Ccc jL kar j* m /j° r nt «”*'iff “five Batavmm. The great Dutch or Garden ScurviVraffe 
a id I S D n tC 1 °j? ardcn Sturvigraffe (which is moll knowne and frequent in gardens) hath divers fren, 
ai dalmofl round leaves nfing from the roote, nothing fothickeas the foifier, yet in fo mepHccsa?;'I 
hrong dunged ground, very large, even twice fo bigge as in others, nothing at all dented abou-X’ d anch I 
with any fallible hoi owneffe, perceived in the middle, every one alfo (landing upon a lon« foorch m gCS, f ' 10r 1 
among thefe rife up divers long (lender weake (hikes, higher then the former! a P nd w £h more tL } r 9 
thr rn sol.which turne into fmaller pods, and (mailer brownifh feeds then °r ^ ma * E 
lilrefpfce ! 8 wb te,bllab a "d ^ red d y ; the tad of this is nothing fait at all, but hath an hot aromaticadl tafte°a{moft 
-rlitcf u c nr 5- Small Dutch Scurvigraffe 
This fmall Scurvigraffe growethlike the laft.with many fmall roundiih leaves, fometimes a i;»t- 
the edges,not bigger then the nayle of ones litter finger, every one upon his ownc foore (lalke 1 < ? UI ?Pi ed aC 
the winter if it be lowed before winter, or that it rile from it owne fowing otherwife if fr h r Ch ablde M 
fpnng itaooteth forth divers long (lender flalkes lying on the ground a fo^te long or beater b l° WCn ln tbe 
fuch like fmall round leaves,very thinly fetup to the tops,whereon doe (land many fmall whirr „^ herco " grow 
lall, but much fmaller, according to the proportion of the plant, with fmall feede anWrL^T'^’ llked,e 
roote is very fmall confiding ofa few Fibres, which penfh as foone as it hath oerfeflld ^ r cl ; erei!nt0 = the 
fpnng up agame in the fame place o where it doth (heditfelfe- for doe wtet vou can ° ; a ? d wil1 
any ripe feede,there will be fome (hed before you can gather it W y almoft,if you will gather 
inches long but lying upon the ground like HeenUri* or r“ OT fourc 
another fmall one, as though ic differed from this lad which Therefor nil a « h p r°* r om w fetteth fortli 
ThefirdgrowethallalongthcThamesCde, on both the ifcand A’rat'a n, t , , 
brackilh Sea water is felt, round about the Seacoafts even to ‘Dover as alfo from n ’ from Woehmch where the 3 
to Ponfmomh ,and even to Trifle where it is had in plenty but I have1ST' T ab ° Ut the coafta I 
Northern coads at alhBut the other with round leaves groweth in tli mwfhL growcth on the ! 
Ill" * fo I c 0W . Col,ntr . les alfo in the other places of Lieeelefiire bv thes2 ,l ' a ” dm . L '” c ° ln ' Ji,re fi s well I 
been alfo found growing upon fnglehoroHgh hill in Lancxjhirc,z((utc d me bv a » rrh r 6 t,iereabouts: Tt bath r 
MTmftall, remembred in my former booke for many things found gmud™ ^ G u e n r t,ew oman M«. I 
which were not knowne to be growing in England, and^here^f’ fhee lent me In'f thof i e P arts b F be r meanes, jj 
the truth; Iheare alfo that it groweth nigh unto a Caftle in the Peake of ” C f r a mamfeftation of J 
at the lead from the Sea,and that the late tarle of Rutland m i divers other ner/^’ W p Ich “3° m| lesdidanc ;j 
brought from thence for their owne ufe . it profpereth Wed in Gardens bef no ?" agCS - 0t S ood n0K - had fome 
fliadowed places, and yet it will endure the Sunne alfo: many i„ many upland § r™, r " f °T C and cold 1> 
ufe to fow good quantities thereof, for their owne fpending or to make profit °r i',”' and ’ doe 110 w 1 
fmaller forts have beene brought unto us from Dnjrke, w Le they grow inIn Rand^ cafled = The 
ti. ti n , . The Time. “grin. 
They all flower betimes even in oftentimes^and fo oT&_y,a„d give their ripe feede quickly after. 
It is thought that none of thefe were knowne unto any of the ancient Gree Ice r»r To t-* • ^ 
fome^doe imagine it to be the TMfmU* that nli,y maketh mention ofon his ° s al T cfo,?’ f ° r aIchou g h 
Cj.far 6 ermameushis Souldiers were cured of the difeafe that raided Tirinnor}- rh 3-Chapter, wherewith I 
siamaecc and S cektnh, in plaine Englifo the Scurvey ■ (which is a difefoe tS’ ” by tl,C rh V fiti °H 3 
thofe that are at Sea,then that live upon the land, but yet many have it that never wenr^ m ° re frc 'fl ucn!: “ ^ 
fca,) Which Plmy defenbeth to have a blackilh leafe fomewhat Ion- and a blacke T- e I e F ( aw t,5 e 
Ji ke F betaketh {iomDiofcoriiiei\\\s Britamica, whom GalcnMo fodowerh A ■ °° te ’ &c - which it is very 
vo°u C ma’v bUt h ,r ry - and 3 f ? aU r00te : Ge ^ tatehTt St t.Sc! ' ;feedTv rfo a wild i 
r™nd y W u P5 rc f lve by comparing them cannot be Britamka-M is fo called from the for T r*™’ as 
round as well as hollow ; we call them mod commonly Scurvigraffe and nor fn„n. forme of a fpoone, being 
to difhnguifh them,call the one En'glifo.the other Dutch Scmv grafl t ^ namC - and 
afir ■ *• - “ t **~- ■» w —at 
porpofe, and the hwbe rnmed upinncwdrinSc, ri.te, by id ftlft, orwi.S o,l«S" K'p/S.tbS” 
Elions 
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