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The leaues of fweet Clheruill are exceeding good,wholefome and pleafant among other T31 herbs,giuing the talie ofAnii"e feed vnto the reft. , . The rootfailh G4'lm,is hot in the fecond degree,hauing a thinnefle of fubflance joynfid W“h1t' .Di0;’Zarz'o.’es teacheth,That the root drunke in wine is a retnedie againft thebitings Of the ‘few: mous fpiders called in Latine P/14/Mgr}: 3 and that it bringeth downe the menfes and fecflfldlnesc’ and being boiled drunk it is good for fuch as haue the Ptyiick and confumption of the lung-1- The feed; eaten as aiallad whiles they are yet green, with oile, vineger, and pepper, excfld 3%- other fallads by many degreesfrotlr in pleafantnefle of talle,fweetnefl'e offnrellgtnd wholffimnc (3 for the cold and feeble liomacke. h The roots are likewife molt excellent in a fallad,if they be boiled and afterwards drelled 35 ‘.1: ct.rnr:ing Cooke knoweth how better than my felfe : notwithllanding I vie to eats-«theni with 0‘ and vineger,'oein_g firlt boiled 5 which is very good for old people that are dull and Wi[h.°‘“ co " rage : rejoiceth and eornforteth the heartnand increafeth their lull: and ftrength.

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=-~—~~~-~~—\.-_ i,,,i,_, ‘ ' C H A 13. 4.17. Of SZ>cy2fsersrdr .7‘(’eea’/e or wilde C/brrztifl. p

' say The Drféription. and

Crzvdzx or Pcficrz Vemris doth not nrech differ in the quantitie of the (tallies, ‘ewes’ he riotrres,from Cheruill 5but Sczrmlx hath no fuch pleafant fmell as Cheruill -at . OP

, leauesbe lefler,more finely CtI't,at;d ofa brown green colour : the Hours grow at I 1 ‘OP

of the Ptalks in {mall white tufts 3 after which come vp long feeds very like vnto pack-flCCdles’ ‘: deriy fer one by another like the great teeth ofa combe,whereof i; woke the name Pei? ' Venus comhe,or Venus needle : the root white,a finger long. '

I Pec'r'm V meris, flue S cam/Jzix. She pheazrdrs Needle or Venus Clotubet

' "ti 4: 2 Swmdix minor,/711? A”tb£ff_” Small Sh€phCatd5 N“

_ ., . . S V ' I23 :1“. _2 This from a {lender long and whitrfh root fends vp many {may 3.331335 like thoffi élfgng defer1bed,but of a pleating fmell,and tafle fomething like that of the common Cherurll.a _ Cap theie leaues grow vp {lender flalks a little hairy,diuided into lhort green and {lender braftiige . S

tying little em relssgeonlifting offiue,fix,feuen,or eight {mal white fioutes,comp0f€d °

Qi’ the Hifiorie of Plants. toeit ‘ V 6 3pie “" ' " "

longexgvlglr a darite pm-plirh chine in the rniddle:the floures are fucceed ed byuorrather growvpon ~ rune 51 er cods_,wlricl1 become {orne inch long,and refemble thofe ofthe lailz defctibednt fiotrrs putof ’:5r{C1ltfim £1r‘lltil:'1ctl1; who grufes vs the hrfiory ofrts and he recerued it fl'Om.'H£Wi-0Vlr!t;f Be//:1: it much Q1‘Yswlrowrrtesathzttrnthe$pr1ngtrme1trs much vfedgn fallads, and neirredfor that It me C£,M;”¢1§‘:3S to \_7enery1. I he alto thrnlts this plant tobc the Am‘ rrffilf 0fPlmy,and by the _farne.

MGM av /5 tts rt fOH.l1.(.,0.».w7z7Mhath Called it Axazflr-mizrat,’aram,becaufe the fmell and talte 15 be

‘hatof Aniiie and Fennell. 4:

/12 Piece It ' . - QT T ‘a . J . L . $0“ 8th in molt come heids in Engladd,efpec1ally‘among wheat and barleyi It flow ‘ A A _ . if/Jc .r'zmc’, J‘ * 16th in May : the ieed is ripe in Auguit with come. /1» Names T: V. . . _ l T ° ° . . A m J“ Lattnes call it Sc.tm’i,e,haurng borrowed that name of the Grecrans,who call it smug .- we: like \':’tT_"°i1§: the baftard word s,that the Romans did call it ticafrarza, and at/1cal4,of the teed that is amp“/E needle. large/[rm deferrbeth it vnder the name 1‘c‘Et"c2z Vmem .- oforhe-rs,Arm Vmerrr, and gkam‘; age, or Shepheards Needle, wtlde Cherurlhand _Ladres combe :m high 'l3_utcl1_,g45]t),agmg D ‘f v _ is B that herbe (faith Plmy,1;é.22.m;.22.) which Arzfioplmne: obreéiee rnfport rothe dig IAtr.r1‘1)z5/esatllat his mother was wont to fell no right pot—herbe but Scam{z‘x,or Shepheards nee~ re ’nQE:1nrng.as I take it fzfzmgrz, wherwith the Spaniards do pick»: their teeth when they haue eat« meat at all except a few orange-s or inch 21 l1ketr1fle,called alfo Sccmclzx. /7:3 Terr e t r ’ r ‘ Sh _ {T T of rd art. _ . _ p , it is heolzheards needlefaith G4[m,ls an herbe fomewhat binding, and bitter In t8f’£€.=1I1f0rD_UCh that and dry either in the later end of the fecond degrceprrn the beginning of the third. thDi”f?0ridt’5 fa‘ 1» ' ' both a’ a d bTf]le(i1lVWt:lc:l1 ‘t ‘ ~ holfome ot-herb ’ not eereek It .‘xt1s eaten ‘Jr w n or e_ ,an_ _at1 1S anynw A P _ eamvo D sappea 68 5 but If) thefe dayes 1t.1S offmall eifhmatron or value, and taken but fora wrlde Wort, Teth by .»1rz'flap}1zznt5 taunting of Eurzpm’c:,as aforefard.

emmswhen he let the fame downe to be vfed in phyficke;

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C H A P. 418. 0f‘Toot/Balaickpe C/Jerui/I. I 5] The Defcrzfliam

X THC firii ofthefe Tooth-pick Cherui ls beareth leaues like W lid Turneps,a round fialkg furrowed,joynted,blackifh,and hairy,diuided into many bf9flCh€5»0n the tops wherof

grow fpokie tufts,bel'et round about with many fmallleaues. L The floures thereofare Fter commcth the feed, which being oncefripedoe clutter, and are drawne together, ina

T1th.The root is {mall and whitilh,bitter in tail-e,as is all the reii of the plant. '

farm, _ G Spaniih Tooth-pieke hath leaues, floures, and knobby fltalltes like vnto Wilde carrots, at an as I at the leaues are fornwhat finer,eut or ragged rhrcker,and tenderer,but not rough or hairy fund! 8 the lormer, of a bitter tafle, and a reafonable good fmell :among which rife vp bu (hie

W‘ _ _ , . ~ . _ . . ,' . ed Slcleaue and flreke to his fingers,by reafon ofthe glutmousor {hrme matter they are poll

{the [:3 01" fpokie tufts like thofe ofthe wilde Carrot or Birds ne ft, clofely drawne together when

‘ed is

fuel, like {"136 ; at what time alfo the fharpe needles are hardned, fit to make Tooth—pici:es, and 1

0! which pm-pole they do very fitly ferue.

,_ Bothof h _ ql Pl.1C.€'. . ‘ . . I‘ ‘ d in Spain t em grow in Syria, and molt commonly in Cilrcra : the later lrkewrfe 1S tobe {Ohm ‘

C almoit euery where ; and I haue it likewife in my garden in great plentie. Thxey flou ' ‘ q] The Time. ‘ _ T6 in my garden about Augufl:,and delruet their feed in O €tober. _ T-hatwh. . 1} The Names. _ _ I _ d , v 3 In gyria L 1§h_the Grecrans calIDm.m»,the Latines do likewife name Gmgztlmm - all it lSxC;_tl_l(3cj led by t > ‘i’P‘dlIma.-yet_ IS there another Lepidium. It is reported among the ballagd names be cal- “ y 9 {0mans,Bzfircrrm.m.-of whichname fome thew rematnes ammg Fhe "Y"'*3i-33‘; who COVE!- cau the Iat€r3GZ};gzdli!;?3:E"g:r”4gd.. this is named in Engllfh. T00th- plclte Cheruill,

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6 decociticn thereof is good for the bladder, kidneyes, and liner; but as I deeme hee meant . '

a d thick tuft like a final birds nefl:,as be thofe of the wild Carrotgzvlrofe feeds wholfo toucheth,‘