Quote#Wisdom
The fields are sufficiently full of tares, vetches, clover-grass,…
Quote byEdward Chamberlayne · 1616–1703
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Angliæ Notitia, 1676, 1704, p. 40; Cited by , Elements of Political Science. Edinburgh, 1854. p. 406.
English (original)
The fields are sufficiently full of tares, vetches, clover-grass, hop-clover, sanfoil, ray-grass, trefoil, cinquefoil, hops, wood, flax, hemp, rape-seed, lucern, Dantzick flax, canary seed, mustard seed, &c.
— Edward Chamberlayne
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