. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. NATURAL HISTORY. 197 unto to pull it up, which will give a great shriek at the digging up; otherwise if a man should do it, he should surely die in short space after. Gerard's "Herbal," [Full directions are given by Lupton (" Notable Things," bk. iii. § 43) " to make the counterfeit Mandrake, which hath been sold by deceivers for much money," from the "great double root of Briony"—hair to
. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. NATURAL HISTORY. 197 unto to pull it up, which will give a great shriek at the digging up; otherwise if a man should do it, he should surely die in short space after. Gerard's "Herbal," [Full directions are given by Lupton (" Notable Things," bk. iii. § 43) " to make the counterfeit Mandrake, which hath been sold by deceivers for much money," from the "great double root of Briony"—hair to be imitated by millet-seeds— and the whole to be buried "until it have gotten upon it a certain little ;] A Mandrake's voice, whose tunes are cries So piercing that the hearer dies. Dekker, "Double P. ; Without the death of some living thing it cannot be drawn out of the earth to man's use. Therefore they did. 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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