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Show Pat OFthe I liftoryof Plants. a at Lis, a ia - Lis. 2. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ———— ,{aith Diojcorides that Deare are p referued from bitings of Serpents, by eatin a ) aphobofcum.or wilde Par{nep,wherup n the {eedis given with wineagain the bitings cings of Serpents. Thewomenin Suenia,faith Hieronymus Heroldus,prepare the roots hereoffor theirhusbands, and C know full well wherefore and why,8c. The iuice of the roots drunke with goats milke ftoppeththe laske. The fame drunke withwine D ep ; the firft being that of Lobel, and the fecond that ofTaberamypreny thet hich thould haue beenc it puttethaway windineffe out of the ftomacke,and gripings of the belly, and helpeth the hicket or yeoxing,They ftir vp appetite,and prouoke vrine. Of Skirrets. Sifarum. Cuar. 407. Of (Carrots. g The Defiription. q The Defiription. He leaues ofthe Skirret do likewifeconfit Heleaues of the gatden Cartots are ofa deepe greene colour,compofed of manyfine Feniell-like leaues,very notably cut or iagged;among which rifeth vpa ftalk ftraight and round,foure cubits high,fomwhathairie andhollow,hauing atthe top round fpokedtufts,inwhich do growlittle white floures : in their places commeth the feed,rough and haitieofa fiveet {mell whenit is'rubbed. The rootis long, thicke andfingle, ofa faire yellow colour, pleafant to be eaten,andveryfweet in tafte. Skitrets. of many{mall leaues faftened toonerib,e- ucrie particular onewhereofis fomething nickedin the edges, but they are leffer,greener.and {moothe r than thofe of the Parfnep, The ftalks be fhort,andfeldomea cubit high ; the floures in the fpokedtufts are white, theroots be many in number,growing outof one head anhand bredth long, moft commonly nota finger thick, theyarefweet,white,good tobe eaten,andmok + 2 Paftinacafatina atro-rubens. Red Carrot. 1 Paftinacafativatennifolia, Yellow Carrot. ‘hs hangs pleafant in rafte. @ The Place andtime. This Skirret is planted in Gardens,and efpe: cially by the root, for the greater and thicker ones being taken away,the lefferare putintothe earth againe:whichthingis beft tobe done in March or Aprill, before the ftalks come vpand at this timethe roots which begathered are eaten raw,orboiled. @ The Names. This herbeis called in Latin Sifarnm, andl. foin Grecke aiee , the Latines dolikewifecall it Sifer;and divers of the later Herbarifts,Seruil- lum or Cheruillum, or Seruilla:the Germans ag it Sieclin : 7r2eus,ZamgartenRapunbelen : in the Low-countries, Supebe tpogtelen,that is to fay, Sugar roots,and oftentimes Seville in Spanith,Cherinia:in Italian,$ifaro:in French, Cheray : in Englith,Skirrerand Skimort. this is that Sifer or Skirret which Tiberias te Emperour commandedto be conucied vntohimfiom G eldubaacaftle aboutthe river ofRhene, as Pliny teporteth in /#6.19.cap.5. The Skirret is a medicinable herb,and is thefame thar thetorefaid Emperour did fo much commend,infomuch that he defired the fame to be brought vnto hint euery yeare out of Germanic. It is not,as diuers fuppofe,Scrapio his Secaculofw hichhe hatha ten inhis 89.chapter : for Secacvl is defcribed by the leafe oflulben, that is to fay,of thepeate s h. Matthiolus Silnaticns expo hit: andit bringeth forth ablack peafe, fall ofmoifture,andofa {weet tafte,whichjs called Granu fruit of the bignefle off ie m (ulenl: But the Skisret hath a thetcafe of the peafe, neither doth it bring forth fruit like to the Ciche peafewhereupontt st Milefisthat the Skirret doth yery muchdiffer fromSerapiohis Secacyl : fofarreis it from beewig™ fanic. ; ; © The Nature and Vertues. Theroots of the Skirrer be moderately hot and moift. theybe eafily concocted ; they noutifh et Id areafonable goodinice : but they are fomething windie,by reafonhereof they luft. B Theybeeaten boiled with vineger,faltanda little oile.after the mannerofa fallad, and ofte r : : ing the timesthey befried inoile and butter. and-al fo ter,and dreffedafter 0to 0 5 other fafhions,accordiag thecooke,andthe tafte oftheeatc A Be The 2 There is another kinde hereof like tothe formerinall parts,and differcth from itonly in the Colour of the root, which in this is not yellow, pauer ape red colour, ; The Place. ; they requires req are: they -rbes are: where other 1pot herbes 3% in gardens I Thefe Carrots are fownein the fields,and in vole and well manured foile. @ The Time, Theyare tobe fowne in Aprill, they bring forth their floures andfeed the yeareafter they be OWwne, 3 @ The Names. e by the arrot is properlycalled in Greeke sapuams, i that which we have termed in Latin name 3 rir 2 |
