An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

And Secondly, I find the same Author saith of it that, the leaves are somewhat like to Coriander, but that they be more tender, and a strong stinking smell they have with them:¹ and the seeds like to Annis. And so Justice seems to have a very fair pretence sometimes, and may seem to do things that are very good; under very fair pretences men are very injust: the leaves when they come up one would think there should be such a fine fruit, one would think to have Coriander, or Anise, but the truth is, it comes to Hemlock at last.

And Secondly, I find the same Author saith of it that, the leaves are somewhat like to Coriander, but that they be more tender, and a strong stinking smel they have with them:¹ and the seeds like to Annis. And so Justice seems to have a very fair pretence sometimes, and may seem to do things that are very good; under very fair pretences men are very injust: the leaves when they come up one would think there should be such a fine fruit, one would think to have Coriander, or Annis, but the truth is, it comes to Hemlock at last.

1. 1Injustice like to Justice sometimes.Injustice like to Iustice sometimes.

And then the third thing is,¹ that which Hierom reports of it, and it is in his Comment upon my text, he saith that Hemlock grows up very stiff and full of joints, and at the joints (he saith) it puts forth a stalk, and that doth not only sprout upwards and bear fruit, but downwards to have a root, & he saith that every branch, If it hath but a joint in it will serve instead of a seed, yea, every sprig of it will serve instead of seed; yea, he saith, if any pieces falls to the ground, It will grow up, and so grow up as that it will be very hard to rid the ground of it. And truly thus it doth resemble Injustice, if it be let alone but a little, Oh how it multiplies one to another and spreads through the whole Land quickly.