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68 There likewise were plums and cherries and grapes, that heal the sick of [all] diseases and do away giddiness and bile from the head; and figs on the branches, parcel red and green, amazing sight and sense, even as saith the poet:

And saith another and saith well:

And saith a third alike well:

And how excellent is the saying of one of them!

And still goodlier that of another: