. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. i»o SHAKESPEARE'S [ whale swallows the water, and rejects it, and repels that very foul stench, and so saves and defends him and his. Hortus Sanitatis, bk. ii. § 84, and bk. iv. § 50. Libbard. Lily. Love's Labour's Lost, v. 2, 551, V. Leopard. The root thereof drunk with wine healeth biting of serpents, and helpeth against the malice and venom of frogs. Bartholomew (Berthelet\ bk. xvii. % 91. i^^'s If the root be curiously opened, and the


. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. i»o SHAKESPEARE'S [ whale swallows the water, and rejects it, and repels that very foul stench, and so saves and defends him and his. Hortus Sanitatis, bk. ii. § 84, and bk. iv. § 50. Libbard. Lily. Love's Labour's Lost, v. 2, 551, V. Leopard. The root thereof drunk with wine healeth biting of serpents, and helpeth against the malice and venom of frogs. Bartholomew (Berthelet\ bk. xvii. % 91. i^^'s If the root be curiously opened, and therein be put some red, blue or yellow colour that hath no caustic or burning quality, it will cause the flower to be of the same colour. Gerard's "Herbal," The leaves of the herb applied are good against the stinging of serpents. The roots boiled in wine causeth the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seager, H. W. (Herbert West), b. 1848. London, E. Stock


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