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is as a gibbet to hang them ; or from the Greeke word ^ix^rodjpiritum contintndo reSSiratimeminhUeM nr 
the other two forts, there is not any that hath mentioned any ufe they are put to in Phyficke, or other' 
Chap. X X. 
lAffttragm, Asperngtu or Sperage. 
. Have in my former Booke fet forth thofe forts of garden Sperage or Afpara"Us urhnfr t,. j 
are mod ulually eaten with us,as a falletherbe of great efteemefwhereofTlhali rotneede^cfmakc 
I fommore 00 "’ pr ° CCede “ d ^ y °“ the reft ° f that kinde 'whereof there are three or foure 
1 rr Adparagut marinw crajfiore folio, Seaor wild Afparagus with thicker leaves 
This kinde of fea or wild Asparagus _rifeth up with many, but (hotter ftalkes then the garden kindes doe (Iron ' 
r! r y th'thft. branching forth in the fame manner, and having fuch like winged leaves, but (Wter" 
thicker harder, and ofablewilhgreene colour; the bloffomes are like the other, and fo are the berries nr 
that follow, but greater than they, and not of fo frefh a red colour: the roote fpreadeth in the "round 6ede 
TV * r 3- Afparagus Jylvediri, acutis. Wilde Afparagus with (harpe leaves.” 
This Alparagus with (harpe leaves, rifeth up from a head of rootes.whofe firings are thicker and inorT. .1, 
any ofthe former kindes, with three or foure ftalkes, which are (hotter, ftroneer and whither S 3 " 
diverfly fpread and branched into many wings,whereon are fet at feverall diftances, manv fmall flnnrr h j tker i 
fharpe pointed leaves, five or fixe (landing at a joint together: at thefe j'oints likewife with the leave m” 1 an , d 
the fiowers.many fet upon a long ftalke, which are yellow, confiding of fixe leaves apeece fmellinpaifT 6 ° rt ^ 
a AUrd Violet; after which coSte fmall berries, greene at the firft, and of a black S colon "tte 35 
ripe, wherein is contained a hard blacke feede. when the J' are 
4- Afparagus petrawfivcCorntdstaculiau. Prickly rocke Afparagus. 
This kinde or thorny Afparagus, that groweth in ftony and rockie places, hath very thicke and fknrh * *. 
nrmgr, many jomted together at the head, from whence rife fundry branched greene ftalkes haWnn tb 
foure (harpe greene thornes, more likely than leaves, they are fo hard, fmall. Ion", and (harne’nrfimcd T ° r 
gether alfalong the ftalkes and branches; whereat come forth, fmall moffie yellowifhgreene^wer ,\ d '7°' 
them ftore of berries, greater than in the former, and of a blackiih greene colour, whenthev neZl’ 
^eentnapulpe,where,nlteth ufually but one blacke hard feede, ^r at 
*• 3 - Atparagus marinm traffic & folijiactltii. 
Afpaiaguj with thickc,andwirh prickl, leaves. 
»r dparaguiperrtus five Corrnda acaleaJa. 
Prickly ruckc Afparagus, 
j. Asparagus 
