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Pistica Nardus

PISTICA NARDUS, true Spikenard; pure, and not adulterated. ‘Tis probable, that the true Reading is Spicata nardus, Spike-nard. See SPIKENARD, and the Commentary on St. John. chap. xii. 3.

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