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Show Z T rises, Theatrum Botanicum, tis Cientaria fimilts Cicute herbathat grew in the fields, and was not hurtful which fylveftris,and Gefie (yl. feminibus afperis, Baubinwcalleth Afyrrhis fylucftris feminibas levibus, becaufe hee calleth the laft A¢yrrbis wt AEquicolorum,and Thave added to the title Anglicanum becaule it is{o which Col#maa called Myr bisfyl Rerffell, the Dutch wilde The Italians call it Adirrbida, the French Perfil d’afne, the Germans Wilder like Kervell and we in &eglifs fweere Chervill,great Chervill and fweet Cicely. The Vertues. Galenfaith that AZyrrbis is horin the fecend degtee with fome tenuitie of parts : bothleaves, feede, and rootés is are fo fine and pleafant in Sallets as no etheris comparableto it, and give a better rellifh to arty other herbe themtalte very put with i: the feedes whiletheyate frefh and greene fliced and put among other herbes make doth muchpleale pleafant: the roote beyled andeaten with oyle and Vinegar,or withoutoyle ifany miflike oyle, Tifficke or Conthe and warme acold of old ftomacke oppreffed with flegme or winde, or thofe that havé Spider Phavenemous the of fumption of the Lungs : the rocte dranke with wine is aremedy again(t the biting langigm,as allo the Plague of Peftilence + the fame alfo provoketh womens courfes, and expellech the afterbirth s it alfo procureth anappetite to meate and helpsth to expell winde : the juice is good to heale the Vicers ofthe head and face : the candid rootes of this Chervill are held as effeuall as Angelica to preferve the {pirits from ins ; fection in the time of a Plague,as alfo ro warme and comfort a cold weake ftomacke. tafte. and aromatically,and ofan hot-{harpe biting could not whole plant and every part of iti{melieth: fomewhat ftrongly s in his Epitome upon Mattbiolus exhibiteth;t Having another figure of Leviftitum which Camerariu and nothng Gem. but infert ithere, that the difference from the other may be feene, our rootes being great and thicke, Dedonews noteth nicum. andare yellowifh with us,.which fo fibrous, and in the flowers which they fay are white, alfo, fo that either they obferved itnot well when it was in flower, or theirs doth differeth from onrs therein, evenasit is notedin the Pasax Heracleum, The Place and Time. ‘ Trgroweth no where wilde in Ewrope that Ican here of, but is obely planted in Gardens where it will crow hugeandgreat if it befuffered : it fowreth in the end of Iuly,and fecdeth in Avgujt. : th The Names. “x It is callednfually in Latine Levifticum ( for Greekenameit hath none ) and not Ligu/ticum, being farré diff. of the name, as ring plants, although fome have taken them to bebothone, deceived chiefely by the vicinitie or valnamely, Cordus, Gefner, Tragus, Camerarius and Tabermontanus, whoall call ie Ligu/ticum,either/ativum A¢atthiolus; Anguilara gare , Fuchfus calleth it LibySticum and Smyrninm allo, for whichheis reprehended byLobe] calleth it Lafer- tookeit to be Laférpitiam and Dodonew (aithit is likely to bea kindof La/erpitinm, ‘and ifthis pitinns Germanicum, but Lagdunenfis makethit to be Hppofelinum, after AZatthiolys his opinion, whofaith, Levisticam, and Lobel doe call it be not Diofcorides his Hippofelinum,he knoweth no other : AZatehiolus, Dodoneus fertilis Theophrafti., Banbinus fetteth it among the Libanotides, and called it Ligufticum vulgare; and Libanotis ForthetrueLigufticum called Siler montannm, and in fhoppes Sifelios, Ihave fhewed you here before, The Lave, and wee in Italian call it Leveftico, the French Leve/che, the Germanes Libftockel, the Dutch Laverfe and in Enghjb Lovage. Guar, XXXII. Levifticum vulgare. Cwar.35> The Theater-of Plantss Terie 8. Ordinary Lovage. The Vertuese : ¢om€ now to fpeake > Aving finifhed the tWo formetrankes or order of umbelliferous plants, I am Angellica : and beof the third and laft fort which is of fuch as have broader leaves like Panax or caufe I could not well place the Lovage amongthe Selina or Apia although it be moft like unto leafed ore > them,and not to be accounted one ofthem, let n.¢ fetit in the forefront of this broad divi%, der,whofe defcriptionisthus, It hath many long andgreat falkes of large winged leaves, every leafe bee ded into manyparts, fomewhat like unto Smallage, but much larger and greater, edges broadeft forwards and {malleft at the talke, of a fad greene colour, fmooth and fhining, ing cut about the fix foote high, yea eight foore fromamong whichrifeap fundry {trong andtall hollow greene {talkes five or and withthe leaves high in my Garden, full ofjoynts and fuch like but leffer leavesfet at them then grow below, and after come forth toward the toppes long branches, bearing at their toppes large umbells of yellow flowers, groweth themflat brownithfeede bigger by much then Dill,and leffer then Parfnepsandthicker alfo s the roote great and deepe,{preading muchand enduring long,of a brownish colour on the ontfide and whitifh within: the Levifficum valgare Germanicum, The Lovage of Germany. : ; Lovage is hot and drie inthe beginning of the third degree, andisofthinné partsalfo,.and thereby doth opeu of cut and digeft humours, and doth mightily provoketh womens courfes and utine,as muchas any of the kindes doth tvonderfully warmea Parfley : thedried roote in powdertaken to the weight of halfe a dramme in wine, ineafethall n, cold {tomatke, helping digeftion, and confuming all {uperfluous moifture and raw humonrstherei roote hereward gripings andpaines, diffolveth winde, and refilteth poyfon andinfection effeCtually : the greene of bruifedin aftone morter, and fteeped for twelve houresin faire water, then ftrainedand drunke firft inthe morning and laft at night rwo or three {poonefulls ata time, affwageth any droughtor great defire to drinke more than a caroule of cold drinke, found trueby often experience, although the roote is well knowne to bs hot : Land to drinke the it isa knowne remedy, and ofmuchand continuall experience in divers fhires of this decoétionof the herbe for any fort of ague,whetherit be quotidian, tertian or quartaine, and tohelpe the paines and corments in the body and bowells comming of cold : the {cede is effectual to all the properties aforefaid, except the laft, and worketh more powerfully : the Germanesand other Nations in times pa(t,ufed both the rootes and(eede in ftead ofPepperto feafon their meates'and brothes, and found them.as comfortable and warming ro garthe Romacke : the diftilled waterof the herbehelpeth the quinfic inché rhroate, ifthe mouthand throate be gled and wafhed therewith, and helpeth the plurefie, ifit be drunke three or foure times; the Grid water alfo or dropped into the eyes taketh away the redneffe or the dimmeneffe of the eyes, it likewile taketh away {pots freckles in the face : the leaves ofLovage bruifed and fried with a little hogges larde, and laid hot on any botch or bile will quickely breake it ; the greene rootes may be keptin pickle made withfalr and vinegar fora long time, but preferved with Sugar is more pleafant. Cuarp. XXXY. Laferpitinm. Laferworts MH Ecanfe Lovage wascalled Laferpitinm Germanicum, I thought good alittlé to declare the trné with diversit is now Laferpitinm or Lafer ofthe ancients, both to fhew whatit was, and whatwhich A/pinus hath fer and that “ taken tobe; and withall to joyne both the French \inde \ pe out forthe true. Laferpitiam Gallicum, French Laferwort. : : Fennell giant, of a The French Laferwort hath a great long roote, bigger than. that ofFerula jayce, and {melling fweete, from erayith or ath colour onthe ourfide, and white within, full of a fat or thicke ftalkes of wingedleaves like ife up great ftalkes as thicke and high as the Ferula, whereon are fet divers about the edges,and flace, bat thicker, harder, and ofa darker greenc colour, fomewhatdeepely dented of, SSeee f umbells nore deepely jagged than others: at the toppes of rhe branches and ftalkes ftandlarge nto Ferula,and after themlarge flat winged {eede like unto Angelica, of the colourofBoxe, and {melling fweete. 2, Laferpitium Alpino. Alpinus his Laferwort, < hollow, and ofthe bignefle Theftalke of this Laferwort, faith A/pinw groweth to be ofthree cubits in height, large winged leaves fet thereon, fome what like the great Selinum, or {weere having ftalke, Ferula ofa great at the ter than thofe of wilde Angelica, yeeldinga milke being broken ; the umbells of flowers road flat feede,as Theephraftus faith of his : the roote is great, and as thickeas onesarme, yeelenit is broken, which is white at the firft, but groweth yellow being drie: the proportions spon fome of the ancient copines of Jupiter Ammon,as Alpinys faith. 3. Laferpitiun antiquorum, The true Lafewort ofthe ancients. Diofcorides defcriberhthe true Lajerpitiam in this manner : ir groweth, faith he in Syria, Armenia (Media and with abroad feede : the Lybia witha Ferulous ftalke ( which they call A44/petum) and leaves like to Apivm, and tobe beft, that is L afer ot juyce is taken fromthe roote and from the ftalke by fcarifying them + that is preferred i and fweete rafte, which beling fomewhar red, cran{parent, like unto Mytrhe and not greene, ofa {trong HenEG Lil |