Sylva sylvarvm; or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries (1628)
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Rawley, William, 1588?-1667, Whitfeld, William (autograph), Langford, Emanuel (autograph), Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1775-1851 (bookplate), Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869 (bookplate), Spedding, James, 1808-1881 (autograph) · The 2d ed · leaf 166
it: But the Fen-Afen hold, that the Sewers muft he kept fo,asthe Wdter may not ftay too long in the J^nf^.till xhcWeeds and Sedgehz grownevp; For then the Grw»<rf will be like a Wood, which kec- peth out the Sunne; And fo continucth the Wet j Whereby it will neucr ^r^^c (to purpofe) that yearc.… … ^-X6x^i^^^^><^l?.^<^a6^St^<^ial{9^ NATVRALL HISTORIE. A d>o.: VII. Century.
Natural history
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