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brmgcth againe the pfepuce: it hkewifc helpeth the Kernells or knots of the necke and throate called the Kinus 
l A a Klb f es ^ Chdblanes if they be bathed with the Juice, or annoimed with an ointment made 
thereof, and fome of the skinne of the leafe la.d upon them tit is ufed alfo in greene wounds to hay the blood 
and to heale them quickly : The Iefler Ions are held to be cooling and fomewhat more bindmg then the nreatcT 
and thereby availeable for thole diieafes whereunto thofc qualities are proper. b ’ 
Chap. X, 
%Acetofa(iveOxaHi. Sorrell.' 
JOrrell is accounted a Docke, and called the foureDocke, and therefore might have becne bron°ht urw 
j der the generall title of the Dockcs: but becaul'e none ofthe other Dockes are fo coolins, nor planted 
gg m Gardens, I fhall lpeake of thole lorts feverally hereafter, that I have not made mention of either be- 
• rl n - K ™ s Worke, or 111 m y former Booke. The forts ofSorrell are many more found out of late by 
tne indultrious learchers of Natures varieties,than formerly hath beenc knowne, fome growing naturally in our 
° f tlie ordinary Sorrell nurfed in Gardens, which yet 
growethallovvildeinourfidds andmedowes throughout the Land, I have already enrreared of in my former 
Booke, and (lrall not neede to fpeake thereof againe here, but of the other forts, yet of the wood Sorrell, Jfhall 
JrefollesjwhereofLh^arefpec^es^ ‘ **"*^ ** ” ight haV£b££n£ ^ ncd Wlthther£ftof the 
I. Acmfa maxima qtrmmic*. Great Sorrell of Germany. 
°u, ° f growethin the lame manner chat the ordinary Garden fort doth, but the leaves 
n- 1 ar 8 er » a nd iometime a little curled at the edges, the Joynts of the ftalkes arc great and tuberous 
forrh ie avt . Q viZ , nors ’ which being taken from the ftalke and put into the ground, will take rocte,and bring 
1 J—- 1 ,/ r P‘ an . t ’ feede and (ballother things are large anfwerableto the proportion ofthe 
- c* °' i>m 111 irc T^f )fwrjinaketh mention of a greater fort of Sori el! than ordinary-.^: Camerarita 
f r ? c , =lv c< ^ ^ on J but neither of them lpeake of any tuberous Joints they fhould beare, 
io that it is probable, it is but onely the climate and foyle that produceth the tubers. 
..u. *1 Franca five RmannrotmdifolU' Round leafed Sorrell. 
, ■ . , 8 tnl ? ®°J re * confifteth a cheefe difference which are fliort and almoft round in fome, 
, r 1erS C ' C ^. "A. ,, 46 * ome 'yhat round pointed peeces on both (ides, of a paler greene colour 
nt-Hlnar,, 1'°™^’ C £ . ? re w f a ^ r not handing upright, but theflowers and feede differ not from the 
/ ore. t e roote is lmall and threddy creeping about and {hooting up heads of leaves round about: the 
Acetopt vulgaris. 
Oui - ordinary Sorrell. 
i, Acetcfa maxima Gcrmanica, 
Great Sorrell of Germany. 
