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Show THE SECOND BOOKE OFTHE HISTORIE OF PLANTS, Caucalisalbis floribus. %The dejeription, Of Candie eAlexanders, Chap.387. Cat controuerfie rifen about the true determinatio ncf Cancalésbicaufe the Latine interpretation ofge Sirnicum Creticum. Candie Alexanders, + The defeription Tofeorides and Phinje hauereckoned Smyyniz corides is greatlyfufpecteds conteining init fel wm among, the kindes of Parfley , whofe judgements while this plant is yoong and much fuperfluous matter 5 not pertinent tothe hiftorie ; but we deeimethat this plantis the tne Caucalis, the notes fet downe declareit tobe not growen vppe toa ftalke , may {tande with very goodreafon, for tharthe yoong leaties next the grounde are like vnto Parfley , but fomewh at thicker and larget:among whichrifeth vpaftalke a cubite high,and fomwhat more, garnifhed with roundleaues, fatre different from thefe next the the flowers, faith he, are reddith; thefeedes cou. red with a rough huske {et about with prickles, which cleaue vnto garments that it toucheth,a do Burs, which roughnes being pilled off,theleed appeereth like vnto hulled Ores,notvnpleafintin grounde, inclofing the ftalke about like Thorow waxe, or Perfaléata; which leaues are ofa yellow colour, and doratherrefembleé the leaues ofFole. foote then Parfley:: at the top of the ftalkes doe growe round fpokie tufts ofa yellowe colour, af. tafte all which dofhewitto bethe fame, Thereis likewife anotherfort that hatha long fingle rootethrummed about she vpperendewith manythrummie threds, ofabrownecolour:fion which rifeth vpdiuers ftalks full ofioints orknees, ter which commeth tounde and blacke feed couered witha fheath orskinniefilme, like ynto Colewoorts , of ‘a fharpé and bittertafte that of AZeum; the leaues are finely cut or iageed, refembling-the leaues of our EnglifhSavittage: the flowers growe at the top of the ftalkes in {pot Myrthe:theroote is white and thicke, ontraryto the opinion of Dodonaws, who faith, it is blacke without, but I {peake that which I haue feene and prooued. tie rundles like Fennell: the feede is mall ike tha ofParfley. : Theplace. % Theplace. Smayraiwe groweth naturally vpon the hils and nountaines of Candie, and in my garden alfoin great plentic: alfo vpon the mountaine Amanus in Cilicia. % The time. Smyrnium fowreth in lune, and the {cede is Thefe plants do growe naturally vpon toe kes and {tonie groundes, we haue the firft and thelaf in our pattures in moft places ofEngland thi with ted fowersis aftranger in-England. ey Theteis likewife one ofthéfefounde in Spainey called Cautalis Hi(panica’, likethe former; it isan annuall plaht,whichperifheth at the firft approchofwinter, the which] haue fowen in m garden,but it perifhed before the {eedewas perfected, ripe in Auguft. % The time. They flower and fourith fromMaie to the end of Augutt. Baftard Parfley.is % The names. ane called in Greeke xevxzals: in Latinealfo Caucalis, of fome Danews fila wilde Carrot,but ynproperly: among the baftard names. ofDemocritm, Bebr: in La ie naceus, Pes Pullg: the Egyptiansname it Sefelis : che countrey men of Hetruria Pesrofelhfame in Englifh baftard Parfley and Hennes foote, % The temperature and vertues. ae A Diofeordes faith,that baftard Parfley is a potherbe whichis eaten citherrawe or Doles” uoketh vrine, B_ ‘ Js nickleld Péinydothreckonit vp alfo among the potherbes : Galen addeth,that itis preferucainpis fallades in winter. C “a abiee ued Thefeedeofbaftard Parfley iseuidencly hot and drie, and that in the feconde , : uoketh vrine,andbringeth downe the defiredficknes : it diffolueth the ftone and dr D__ Ietaketh awaythe itoppingsof the liver, fpleene,and kidneies: it cutteth andecht ‘hd and flegmatike humours ; ic comforteth a colde ftomacke, diffolueth winde,it quicxne® and refrefheth the hart,ifit be taken fafting. E +t ech vatoit om Mathiolasio his Commentaries vpon Diofcorides, the feconde booke, attribute excellent vertues,to provoke yenerie and bodily luftand eredtionof the parts. ° This fetplantis Gmehy e ¢ Hedin ee, Lati :in Greeke i Se e = zs = i ses ici e i S esteens riPaley, Nave called it Hippofelinum ngre/pe: in Englith Canate eae % Alexanders, or Thorowbo- Thenatare. Smyyntin is hor and drie in the th inde en ; Theleanes OESiehtbedaon doo 3 % Thevertuel. ue celia eee a Mand plewech wenniee © diffolue wens, and hard fwellings, drieth vp vicers , and excoriati- A ei Inds togither, eae good againit the {toppings of thefpleene,kidneies,a Oost ndbladder, ated ee Sanders hath forée to digeft and wafte away hard{wellings in other thingsitis like G esine 1 ftone Parfley, and therefore wevic thefeede thereof toprouokethe defired Therooteis ee Eeiol that are ftuffed in the lungs,as Galen writeth. saueateeen Fuaiemicdy es. the herbe and feede,which is good Oe s ee lofitot fande ous cough, and profitable for thofe that cannot take their i , vnlef ¢ ceeight:it hel peth thofe that can hardlyt ke their warer : the f le is go 1d ®ainhtheine Mtthofetha i mitie of the fpleene or milt, the kidneies and bladder:it is likewife a good medicine ABllaue thedropfieas Diefiorides writeth. fii 3 Of ts Sse er There is another fort like vnto the former, : e a uing that the leaues heereofare broader, and flowers are of a reddith colour: therehath the preat . ~ eed Baitard Parfley with white fowers, |