The herball or, Generall historie of plantes (1597)
Gerard, John, 1545-1612 · London : Imprinted by John Norton · leaf 774
he laske and bloodic fiixc,fpctting of blood, which neuer faileth in any bodic, either mail or woman : it Ukc- wife ftoppeth the inordinate cotirfc of the moncthly ficknefle. -i Of Capers. Qhap.^iy. ft The kinds s. HP Here be two fortes o£Capcrs efpccialIy,onc with broad Ieaues fharpe pointed : the… … ft T he defer ip t ion. He Caper is a prickly fhrubbe,thc fhootes or braunches whereof be fulloffharpe prickly thornes, trailing vpon the groundc if they be not fupported or propped vp: where¬ upon doc growc Ieaues like thofe of the Quince tree, but broader and {"harper pointed : among the which…
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