Note E227 — 40.
Reading edition
"Sampere is a weede growing neare the sea-side, and is very plentifull about the Ile of Man, from whence it is brought to diuers parts of England, preserved in Brine, and is no lesse wholesome than Capers."—Cogan's Haven of Health, p. 64. The Eng. Samphire is a corruption of the Fr. Herbe de Saint Pierre, from its growing on the rocks on the sea-shore. The leaves are used in the form of a pickle as an article of diet.