To make that rootes shall haue what forme you will.
TAke greene rootes, but let thē be great and thicke like radishe rootes, or the roote of Bryonix, and such
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TAke greene rootes, but let thē be great and thicke like radishe rootes, or the roote of Bryonix, and such
like, and trim them with a knife as you shall thinke the best facion. Then set them in the ground againe, vntill they haue gathered vpon them a skinne 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in this maner maie a man make conterfete Mandragora, in trimming them with a knife into the shape of a man, and than putting them againe into the grounde with the head dounward, and with a little barley or mill vnder them whiche will cleaue and sticke faste to the hed of the roote and seeme like heare: but you must note that to make these Mandragora, you must take the rootes of Bryonia.