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Show 884 THE°SECOND BOOKE OF: THE Of Shepheards Needle, or wilde Cheruill.,. HISTORIE OF PLANTS , Chap.4.0, whitihh; aftet commeth thefeede, which being once ripe do clufter and are roundthicke tuft like a {mall bitdes neft, asbe thofe of the wilde Carrot. cheth, they will cleaue andfticke to hisfingers , | »y reafon of the g ew atepolefled with,The rooteis fmall and whit Pecten Venerisfine Scandix. Shepheards Needle,or Venuscombe, 2 TheSpanifh Toothpicke hath leaues, , and knobbie ftal fuingthacthe leaues are fomewhat finer,cut oriagged thicker.an % The defeription, Ay Candix,or Pecten Veneris doth notmuchdif. fer in the quantitie ofthe ftalkes, leaues and flowers from Cheruill, but Scamdixhath no fuch pleafant{mell as Cheruill hath: the leaues be greater,morefinely cut,andofa browne green colour :the flowers growat the topoftheftalkes in {mall white tufts, after which come yppe long {eedes, verylike vnto packneedles, ordetlic fet one by: anotherlike the greatteeth of acombe, ricatall,asis the former :of abitterraftejand ate fits ; onable good {mell ; romtidles or {pokie tuftes, like thofe of the wilde Carrot Birdes nett whenthe feed is ripe sat what time alfo the fharpe needles,which are fitomake Toothpicks,and fuch like ,for which purpofe the y do very fi 1 Gingtdiumlatifolium. Broade Toothpicke Cheruill, whereofit tooke the name Peéten Venerts, Venus Combe, or Venus Needle: the rooteiswhite, a fingerJong. * % Theplace. Ir groweth in moft corne fieldes of England, efpecially among wheateandbarly. % The tine. Te fowreth in Maie,thefeedeis ripein Augut with corne., st The names, The Latines callin.scandix,, hauing borowed thatname ofthe Grecians, who callirsens we findeamongthe baftard words thatrheRomais did name. it:Scararia, and cata, of.the leone that is like vnto a needle : Rachius defcribeth it vnder the name Peéfen Veneris, of others Wm Veneris, and AcusPaforts; ot ShiephieardsNee dle,wilde Cheruill, Mock-Gheruill, and Ladies Combe:-in-high,Dutch Mache Barnelsms a faith Pliny in his 22,booke, 22.chapter,thar hetbe which 47sffophames obiectedin fportto me Euripides , that his mother was woont tofell‘not any right potherbe butseandix Of Shephier f needle: meaning as I takeit¥7z/zaga,wherewiththe Spaniards do picke theit teeth whenthey nave eatennomeatatall, except afew Orenges or {uch alike wifle,called allo. Scandix. %& The temperature. neleassrstt 3 Shepheards Needle, as Gale{aithsis a potherbefomewhat bindirigyand:bitterin ae muchthatitis hot anddrie,eitherin the latter ende of; thefecond degree of in thebeginnhs " the thirde. , . % The vertues. erat Diofcoridesfaith thatitis eaten both raw and boiléd,and that itis an holfomeporh Ide woo! Greekes, burin thefe daies it is of fall eftimation orvalue yandtaken butforaw B appeereth by oarsflophanes taunting ofEuripides, as. aforelaid, henest The decoction thereofis good for the,bladder,, kidneéies and liuersbutasLdeeme, Chetuill,whenhe fet the fame downe to be vfed in Phificke,!: Of Toothpicke Cberuills Chap. 4.0% i Tbe defeription. f at oune: ; Theplace. bathofthem foe ouem d Stowe in Syria,and moft commonly in Cilicias the later is to be foundlikewife Moptne almoft oe tty where; and I haueic likewife in my garden in great plenty. %& The time. They flower in my g aden about Auguft,anddelivertheir {cede in OGtober. : % The sames. Thatwh ichAtheG Sig recians calloryfidov,the Latines dolikewifename Givgidinm: andit is called in Pitino ver ed ere another Lepsdivm, of which wewillintreate hereafter. Icis the batts:a i =o be called by the Romanes B:/acutum, ofw hich name { mé amo, 5. ans who.commonly call the later Gixgediam Vifnaga : this is namea ua Toothpic ke Cheruill; = Hefirlt of thefe' Toothpicke! Chertil& bearett leanésilike wilde ‘amere” furrowed, jointed, blackifh and hairie, diuided into many branches 3ont ge ther growe {pokic tuftes, befetround about with many{mall leaues. The flowe ea % The temperature and vertuts. ab inicreafe of Gisgidimm:in Syria, anditis eaten noothe Oy with vs,making a difference between Cerefotinm,which iscalled off me wand Gingidiumwhich is called Toothpicke Cheruill, It is,faithhe,very wholejome o kkL 3 fome¢ |