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Show 934 Cuar.33. Theatrum Botanicum, tad): eaeTae eee Trips a foore and fometimes a cubit high, having thicke and knobbed joynts and leavesat them,at the roppes whereof fandeth an umbeil of white flowers,and after them fomewhatlong feede like Chervill feedes the roote is round - - 2. Myrrbis altera minor, 1. Mprrhia major vnigaris five cerefaliam maju. The lefler fvreete Cheryill, The ordinary greater fwveete Chervill, and mberous, fomewhat likeuntothe roote ofthe round Ariftolochia Birthwort, knobbed or bunched forth in {omeplaces, blackifh browne withoutand white within ofthe tafte of a Parfnep roote, but growing femee whatlonger like a Turnep roote,whenit runneth to feede and perifheth yearely, being rayfed ofit owne fowing; The Place and Time. ieHW \\\a way by WZ. WA NY yy —w WA oy Ar Ay The firgroweth in all countries by walls and hedge fides in wafte grounds and untilled places, the fe. ¢ond is found as well abroad alfoasin gardens, and the third in Gardens alonein thefe parts, the fourth and fife in moilt grounds and marfhes and by waters fides in France, the fixt by our Thames fides in many places and the like Rivers fides in ont owne Land, and the laft as Clfiws faith in Hungaria and «uftria, both wilde abroad and in their gardens, they all owerandfeede in J#2y orthere abouts, Cuar33 935 “TheheaterPlants, Frive’. \ NA \ WAZ { > SW “NZS y ON : The Names, Teis called xwvc0r in Greeke me? 7! xovdv,a circum vertendo,quod vertiginem & mmaginem earum rerum gite afpici- tntur,tanguam circumaganiur ac in tenebras inducat 4s qua eam biberunt, ut fufins declarat. Nicander + in Latine Cicuta. The fitltis called Cicuta and Cicuta major by all writers, yet C/ufims calleth it Cicararia: the fecondis the Cicuta minor ofCordus and Camerarius Cicutaria fatua by Lobel, Apium cicutarium by Thalins, Petrofelinum Caninum by Tabermoutanus,Petrofelini vitinm by Tragus, and Apy comes vitium by Gefner in hortis: the third is called Cicutaria latifolia fetidiffima, and Cicutaria maxima Brancionisby Lobel, for as \{aid he judgeth themboth one, and Cicwtaria Adyrrbis by Thalius ; by Mat thiolus,Gefner in hort. Lugdunenfis and thers Sefeli Peloponenfe y which Lobel contradi@teth, but without juft canfe as J fuppofe, as I faid before : the fourth and fiftis called by YZ Lugdsnenfis Cicutaria alba, and Cicutaria rebra,and by Camerarius and Baubinus Cicutaria palufiri fiere albo and fore parpureo, and peradventure may be the Afenm Selefianum of Camerarins alfo as Baubinus iaith, the fixtis called Cicuta palaftrés and aquatica by Cordus, Gefnerand Thali, and Cicutaria paluftris by Lokei and others and taken to be Phellandrium ofPliny by Dodoneus and Lngdunenfis, who make it aifoa kinde of Si#mor Pa. Ligufticum (ylueftre by Thalims, and Silane Pliny by Cefalpinus and others : the laft was firft found out and named Cicutaria Pannonica by Clufins,Camerarius calleth it Bxlboraftannm Comophyllum,.Tabermontanus Myrrbis Cicutaria, andby Baubinusas\ doe allo (icutaria bulbofa, The Arabians call it Sacaram, the Italians Cicuta the Spaniards Ceguda and Canheja,the French Cigue and Cocue, the Germanes Wurtxerling Scirling and Wetterich the Dutch Scharhukdullekernell,and we in E. aglifo Hemlocke and Kexes, The Vertues, : s i Hemlockeis exceeding cold in qualitie and very dangerous, efpecially to be taker inwardly ; For the Athee vians adjudged the moft wife Socrates to dye by taking the juice thereof, for not thinking rightly of their Gods as Ariftus and Melitys acculed him: yet as it was then well knowne fome countries bred it fironger to kill then other, and alchongh fome doe appoint it to be applyed outwardly to the cods of thofe that have venerous dresmes orthelike, orto maidens and womens breafts to repreffe their fwellings and repel! their milke, yet by reafonche places are fotender andfull of vitall {pirits, it often proveththat the remedyis more dangerous then the difeafes it may fafely be applyed to inflammations, tumors and {welling,in any other part of the body, asalfo Saint Anthom mies fire,wheales,and puthes and creeping Vicers that rife of hot fharpe humors by cooling and repelling the heate : the leaves bruifed and layd to the browor forehead is good fortheir eyes that are red and fwollen, and } akinde of frenfie or perturbation of the fenfes, as if they were ftupified or drunke, is to drinke ofthe belt and Satoua the foemen ie into fewer and leffer leaves alfo, and fofter in handling, the ftalkes are lower “ n eal er : the {eede that followethis long but much {maller,and not blacke but tafling vate (ian roote is abufh of manyblackifh oeihe ioaris Wilde {weete Chervill. in t 1€ rt ao low plant,and not much differing from thelaft 2 ikewiféa The wilde {weer Chervill r \ and che umbells, and {par {ed eden and whiter,the flowers ape are white, bucin more thinne but that iris (Omewhathairy Hs vilaNe ai liveth blackifhand and thicke roteis e é :t fmooth and Jong feede thar followeth is fmall; fell into fo deepe afleepe that they feemed dead,which when {ome cametoflay them they flang from themin the aish nies This Kinde of Chervill is ( like in leafe unto the common Hemlocke, ST ep he Fa ane’ r¢ is {potted it, foratthethe{talke thatburgatherwhitifh, Jeceiverh many ee whicl tufts na {mall le“ne¢ forth whichare leaveswhice with the with whereoffometimes joyrts St cor . Zi wee tha * sy seca pe iy aah toppes of the (talkes asinall other nmbelliferous plants faith Co dothfoone eafe the paine and take away the fwelling and redneffe, as alfoto take away apinne and webgtow- inginthe eye, this isa tryed medicine, to take a {mall handfull of the herbe and halfe fo muchbaySalt beaten to= gether and applyed to the contrary wrift of the hand for 24.houres doth within thrice dreffing remove it. Ifthe foote of Hemlocks be roafted under the Embers wrapped in double wer papersuntill it bee {oft and tender, and thenapplyed to the goute in the handsorfingers will quickly helpe this evill, The remedyfor Hemlocke if any fhall by mifchance eate the herbe in ftead ofParfley, or the rootein fteadof a Parfnep whereby happeneth ftrongeft pure wine beforeit Arik to the heart, as Pin advifeth,or Gentian put into wine as others fay but Tragus faith that he holpea womanthat had eaten theroote, by giving hera dranght of good Vinegar, but ifitbe given with wine it procureth death without remedy : Adatthiolws {heweth thar A fles by chance ‘eating of rhe herbe doingit, to their amazement and merriment, Myrrhis fylveftris Neapolitana & etiam Anglicana, ‘andh ait fe » falter to garments then thé wilde Carrot feede doth, and fe oy eh usech Us s the with them but nothing fo much: WIth fete, mised ee bitternefle as Co/umna faith eerie yea rel. nall long aad a hite,not bigger oon aFetes ie A which SS coosHere are three or foure forts of this AZyrrbis to be fhewed youin this Chapter fome whereof are of Th later inyention then others, : . “ 23 d 1, Myrrhis majorfive vulgaris, The ordinary Garden fweete Chervill, Q a This {weete Chervill by reafon ofthe fo neare refemblance unto Hemlockes, { thought good to joynenextthem, which groweth not fohigh, but hath large {pread leaves cut into divers parts, fomewhatrefembling the greaceft Hemlocke but of a frefher greene'colour, talting as fweete as the Annefeede, the ftalke rifeth up a yard highorbetter, being crefted or hollow having thelike Ieaves at the joynts butleffer, and at the toppes ofthe branched ftalkes umbells or tufts of white flowers, after which come large and long erefted blackefhining feede pointed at both ends tafting quicke, yet {weete and pleafant like the leafe or Annefeede : the rooteis great and white growing deepe in theground, and {preading fundry long branchestherein, in iearifoliom tafte and fmell ftronger then the leaves or feede and continuing many yeares, Of thiskinde wee have another Avericg tach greater and larger that was brought from Ammrica, efpecially the leaves, which are foure timesas large as | K : Ace a 4 . . tai to crowwilde in fome fields of Germany,but I donhede ee Myrrhis, Sweete Chervill or fweete Cicely. the former,not differing clfe, Wilde fwecte Chervill of een tp ti Ralke it oe sblervedit oh fter whichthe feede followeth which are fomewhat long’and bp 2 N68 vail Cuarée XXXIIL | tem ae 2. CMyrrbis altera minor, The léffer tweet Chervill The leffer (weete Chervill is fomewhatlike the former but the whole winged oe SeLrernten Myrrbia ‘eth ¢ 2 ditch fides wilde turall of : unto : { usas welfas with them,neare i with a at Geneva and the parts onely kept in co —— Fee ete beatenaoe? to Sgirmriat as hee faith in borte, ne ee parts alfo cokalt Columna found pon fome ofthe hills in Naples, ofthofeoF naturall and at Lobel Cait, - De wallsfides, and fields fometimes Ce places Oy wayfides,in theee an feene it srowineg att Dthave growing V withus in walteee often and we é ior 1 wating, Latine, in ikewi likewife 4 b and Myrrhis and Myrrha It is called in Greekevuiiisas wellas uur 62 nbeHe fome called Afyrrbis bythe name of Smirnifufa and others ae schakiaphes Greek, Pliny faith that s Miepe ae Badly ae ey the likeneffe unto Smyrninm, asbefore the Smyrninm was likened of foe, C ete Cioinart eae HI MALATE andfome Cieut aria from thelikeneffe of the Jeaves,and Myrrbu by moftauthors, yet Anguilara callethit Sefels Peleponen|e, and is aah Pen Fearn the fecond Lobel calby andt laha es of Cafalpinus, mae iase minor; anais Myrrhis[ative —— eee ee parua and Camerarigt eeee Myrrhis altera léth Cee Tagermontange Myrrhis montana > the thitd ig thg Myris Fushfus ang others which (a [ylvefiris |