The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes (1597)
Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Bollifant, Edmund, -1602, printer, Norton, John, -1612, bookseller, Norton, Bonham, 1565-1635, bookseller, Rogers, William, approximately 1545- illustrator, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585. Cruydenboeck · Imprinted at London : By [Edm. Bollifant for Bonham Norton and] Iohn Norton · leaf 349
ches without order, which turnc from white ro ycllowe, in fhape like the garden violet, but greater,^ of a ftrong vnpleafant fauour. The root groweth two or three handfuls deepe in the grounde,wrapped in a barkc, of a darke browne colour j fometimes as bigeeasthecalfe of a mans legge , fometimes… … red, with certaine vaincs and braunches, of an vn- ccrtaine varietic of colour,commonIy whitifh : but when it is old the colour becommeth ill fauored by turning yellowfh or pale, but more, if it be worme eaten : being chewed in the mouth it is fbme- whatgluieand clammieand of a faffron colour ,…
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