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thereon; whofe leaves are fadder, and fomewhat long, and fo like fennel that it dew 
ceiveth many, but harder in handling; and fomewhat amekex and of a ftronger un- 
pleafant fell; the tops of the ftalks have four branches, and fmaller umbels of yele 
low flowers, which turn into fmall feed fomewhat flatter and thinner than fennel 
feed. The root is fomewhat fmall and woody, perifhing every year after | it hath fh borne q 
feed; andis alfo unprofitable, being never put to anyufe. : “a> a AN 
Piacs. Itis molt ufually fown in buat and Brgunds for that Psep andi a 
alfo found wild with usin fome places. - ci ae 
Goveanment and av IRTUES. Misiebe, hath yt duioiss of the silage 
_ thererefore to be fure i it ‘ftreogthens’ the brain, The, dill being boiled, and drank, is” 
be good to eafe fwellings and pains, it alfo ftayeth the belly. and ftomach from cafting ;— 
the decoétion thereof helpeth women that are troubled with the pains and windinels- & 
eer the mother, if they fit therein. It ftayeth the hiccough, being, boiled i in wine, ad fy? 
only fimelled thereto, being tied ina cloth. The feed is of more ule than, the leaves, i 
and more effectual to digett raw and vifcous humours, and is ufed i ‘in medicines, . 
' ‘that ferveto expel wind, m andthe pains proceeding therefrom. The feed being roatted t 
or fried, and ufed i in oils and plaitters, diffolveth, the impofthumes in the fandam At, 
and dtieth up ‘all ‘moilt ulcers, elpecially i in the fecret, parts. The oil made of dill 
effectual to,warm, to diffolve humours and impofthumes ; to eafe pains, and to O- 
cure reft. The decoétion of dill, be it herb or feed, (only if you boil the feed, yOu 
mutt bruife = in white wine, being drank, is an. excellent remedy ae wilde: 
and fomewhat narrow, fmooth, dark gr 
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es for the moit fa tare ee all La 
a many flowers fet together i in the fame manners, or more neatly, — 
id of a more ak a ‘purple colours wh | ; 
| ott: of this bss 
= are both chfoand a 
