Of Foxetaile.
The description (la descripción).
Foxetaile hath many grassie leaues or blades, rough, and hairie, like vnto those of Barly, but lesser and shorter. The stalke is likewise soft and hairie: whereupon doth growe a small spike or eare, soft, and very downie, bristled with very small haires in shape like vnto a Foxetaile, whereof it tooke his name, which dieth at the approch of winter, and recouereth it selfe the next yeere by falling of his seed.
The place (el lugar).
This kind of Foxetaile groweth in my garden, but not wilde in England, and is maintained in gardens, for it is a pretie toye for wantons.
The time (la época).
It springeth vp in May of the seed that was scattered the yeere before, and beareth his taile with his seede in Iune.
The names (los nombres).
There hath not beene more said of the ancient or later writers, as touching the name, than is set downe, by which they called it Alopecurus: in English Foxetaile.
The vertues (las virtudes).
I find not any thing extant woorthie the memorie, either of his nature or vertues.
Texto en la ortografía original de Gerard, en inglés de 1597 (la s larga se imprime como s), transcrito por la Source Library (CC BY-SA 4.0). Un capítulo puede continuar en páginas aún no transcritas. Gerard escribía dentro de la medicina galénica; nada de esto es un consejo.