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i >fa palegrecne colour and fonaewhat mealy withall every one upon a very long footc flalke, and of a more 
jrharpe fo wre tafle than our Sorrell •. at the toppft of the dalkes and branches (land the flowers in a long fpike, like 
v»r ordinary Sorrell, but greater and of a greenifh red colour: after which come round yet cornered skinnie 
lowollen huskes hanging downewards } of a reddifh colour, llriped with redder veines,very beautifull, wherein 
> ire contained two or three cornered browne and fhining feedetthe roote is fmall and threddie, pcrifhlng for the 
11 mod part every yeare. \ 
n. Acetofa Camhre-Britanicx Montana, Mountaine Wdjh Sorrell. 
IT The Welfb Sorrell growethup with fmalldalkesbranched forthdiverfly with round leaves fet thereon, as alfo 
/growing at the bottomc of them every one upon a longfootedalke, in fhape fomewhat like the Wall Penny- 
i worte, but that they are cut in at the lower part with ends on both fides, the flowers hereof are whitifb, and not 
red like others but the huskes with feede that come afterwards are reddifli, and containe browne fliining three 
ijfquare feed like the refl.the roote is ftiall and threddy,abiding many yeares. 
15. Acetofa minor Lanceolata, 5 heepes Sorrell. 
r This is a fmall Sorrell well knowne to many ( growing in many medowes with us ) not to differre from other 
r, fmall Sorrells, but in the leafe which is fomewhat (mall and long broadefl in the middle, and pointed at the fur- 
sther end, with two fmall cares at the lower end of apalegreene colour fomewhat whitifh. 
I T 4. Aectofaminima. The fmalleft Sorrell. 
The fmallcd Sorrell that groweth mod ufnally on dric barren grounds is all together like the lad, but (mailer 
in each degree. 
1 j, Acetofa anguftifolia elatior. Tall narrow leafed Sorrell. 
This Sorrell may by the figure foone declare the variation, whole ftalkc is (lender and tall } and the leaves nar~ 
( row and long, yet formed like a Sorrell,a9 both flowers and feede. 
The Place, 
' The mod of thefe Sorrells beare in their titles or deferiptions the places where they have beene found. 
The Time. 
All of them flower and feede in t May and line, except the Indian fort, which flowreth not untill Inly for the 
1 mod part, and the feede is ripe in Attgnfi. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke 55 **ir Oxalit of the (harpetafte, many oftheLatine Writers keepe that name, in Latine 
alfo Acetofa, and of iome Acedula of the (oureneffe thereof, others call it Rttmex hortenfis, and Galen calleth ic 
Oxalapathnm,idefi,Lapathum acidum, (oure Docke.yct with Diofeorides ,0 xya/epathttm is Lnpathttm 
Acutnm, that kindeof Docke whofe forme ofleafe is more lharpe and pointed than others, and not for the 
fharpetade to caule that name,the Sheepes Sorrell, is called Lapatiolttm and Acetofella by divers. Clnfim maketh 
mention of the fird great fort, and Label, Dodonsm and others of the fecond, Lobe! gave fird of all others know¬ 
ledge of the third, and Columna of the fourth; 'Batthiuut of the fift,fixt,and fcventh.Ctlumna of the eight ,Trofper 
Alpinm in his Booke of .Ey/vi** plants of he nimhjof the tenth and lad none hath made any mention before 
now Beflerus in horto Tyflctenfi lpeaketh of the eleventh, by the name of Acetofa vejicaria peregrina, which Ban- 
binns calleth Acetofa Americana folijs longiffimu pediculis donatii ; but of the twelfth fort (if it be not the fame 
with the fecond,whcreunto it is very like) no author ever made mention before now, and (carce is it knowne 
to any but the Gentleman of Anekfey called Mr. Morris Lloid of Prislicrwortb that found it on a mountains in 
Wales, and (hewed it to I)r. 'Bor.ham in his life :the thirteenth iscalledby CMatthiohu Tenuifilia-^ndfo by Loni- 
ccrm ,Gefner,Tragus,Sc almod all other writers of herbes in our later age,and called Oxalis vtrvectna of Lobe! and 
Ovina of others,and arvenfis lanceolataby Bauhinm • the fourteenth is remembred by Montamis, Cjerard, and 
1 Baabima. All of them defervedly have the name of Sorrell ,bccaufehowfoever they are fomewhat different in 
leafe or roote, yet they all agree in the fourenefle,although fome more or leffe than others. The Arabians, asSr- 
rapio laith, call it Httmaalh • the Italians Acetefa, the Spaniards Areederas Azfderilha and Agrethas : the French 
Azedle or Ofeille, Saltette, Sttrellc and Aigrette j the Gcrmanes Sawrampjfer ; the Dutch Sttrckcle and Surincfe * 
and we in Snglifh Sorrell. 
The Vertner. 
Sorrell is cooling and drying in the fecond degree, and is prevalent in all hot difeafes to cooleany inflamma^ 
tion and heate of bloud in agues pedilentiall or chollericke or other fickneffes and fainting, rifing from heate, and 
to refrelh the overfpent fpirits with the violence of furious or fiery fits of agues, Sec. to quench third, and to 
procure an appetite in faintingor decaied domackes; for it reGdeththe putrefaftion of the bloud, killeth wormes, 
and is as a cordiall to the heart which the feede doth more effectually, being more drying and binding, and 
thereby alio dayeth the hot duxes ofthe mendrues. or of humours in thebloudy flixe, or fluxe of the domackes 
the rootes alfo in a decoftion or in powder, is tffedhiall for the faid pur poles: both rootes and-feede, as well as 
theherbeis held powcrfull to refid the poifon of the Scorpion, lothac he that fliall eate thereof fliall feele no 
paine being dung : the decoflion of the rootes is taken to helpe the j’aundife, and to expell graved, and the done 
in the raines or kidneyes: the decoTion ofthe dowers made with wine and drunke helpeth the blacke jaundife, 
as alfo the inward ulcers of the body or bowclls. A Syrupemade with the j’uyccof Sorrell and Tumiterric is a 
loveraine helpe to kill the force of thofe fliarpe humours that caule the itch : the j'uyce thereof with a little Vine¬ 
gar, ferveth well to ufe outwardly for the fame caufe. and isallb profitable for frettings and gallings ofthe skin 
in any part, and (or tetters, ring wormes, Sec. it helpeth alfo to difeufle the fcrophules or kernells in the throate, 
and the j’uyce gargled in the mouth helpeth the fores therein : the leaves wrapped up in a Coicwort leafe, and 
roaded under the embers, and applied to an hard empodume, botch, bile, or plague fore, both ripeneth and brea- 
keth it: the j'uyce of Sorrell dropped into the cares of fuchas are hard of hearing helpeth oftentimes : thediftil- 
led water of the herbe is of much good ufe for all the purpofes aforefaid. The lefler wilde Sorrell, and fo all the 
other are Qf the fame qualitie, and are no leffe effeftuall in all the difeafes before Ipokcn of. 
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