We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading beauties whose roots, being buried in dishonor, rise again in glory.
John EvelynHere we supped . . ., having amongst other dainties, a dish of truffles, an earth nut found by an hogg trained to it.
John EvelynI am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.
John Evelyn