Of woꝛmwode,
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aſtriction, which a man can perceiue by taſt, is ether very euyll to be foūde, oꝛ els there is none to be founde at all. Wherfoꝛe Pontyke Woꝛmwode ought to be choſen out, foꝛ yͤ inflāmatiōs of yͤ lyuer. But yͭ hath both a leſſe floure ⁊ leſe then the other Woꝛmwodes haue. The ſauour of this is not only not vnpleſant, but alſo reſembleth in ſauour a certain kynd of ſwete ſpice. The other kindes haue a ſtinking ſauour. Wherfoꝛe ye muſt fle theſe kyndes, and vſe pontyke woꝛwode. Thus farr hath Galene ſpokē. By whoſe woꝛdes it is euidēnt yͭ this our cōmō ⁊ great leued woꝛmwod is not pontike woꝛmwod. As foꝛ this great cōmon woꝛmwod it is called in latin Abſinthiū ruſticū, that is bouris oꝛ peſantes woꝛmwode. Some take ⁊ vſe yͤ woꝛmwode yͭ groweth by yͤ ſeaſide foꝛ woꝛmwode pōtyke, But they are far deceiued foꝛ yͤ qualites of it anſwer nothing vnto the qualyties of woꝛmwode pōtyke in Galene, ⁊ this ſame woꝛmwod is yͤ right Abſinthiū marinū oꝛ ſeryphū of Dioſcoꝛides ⁊ Plini, which may be called in Englyſh ſea woꝛmwod, Plini wꝛiteth of the growyng place of this herbe thus lib. triceſimo ſecundo, capite nono. Naſcitur & in mari ipſo Abſinthium, quod aliqui Seriphum uocant, circa Tapoſirim, & cæter. This groweth in the ſea it ſelfe woꝛmwod, which ſome call Seriphū, beſyde Tapoſyꝛis of Egipt. Dioſcoꝛides ſaith that it groweth in the mountayn Taurus. In oure tyme it is plenteouſlye founde in England about Lynne and holly Ilond in Noꝛthumberland, and at Barrowe in Bꝛabant, and at Noꝛden in eaſt Freſlande. Fuchſius is to be excuſed, whyche toke Argentariam Herbarioꝛum, wyth longe ſmalle coddesto be
