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_ The other groweth wild in divers places, as in the marfhes by Rochefter, and elfe. 
hone: and flowereth in July; the feed being ripe about the beginning of or 
‘the fecond year after the fowing; feldom flowering the firft year. 
GOVERNMENT AND Virtues. The garden parfnip is under Venus. Tt is ex- 
ceeding good and wholefome nourifhment, though rather windy ; itis faid to proe 
_-voke venery, notwithftanding which it fatteneth the body much, if frequently ufed. 
It is alfo ferviceable to the ftomach and reins, and provoketh urine. But the wild 
parfnip hath a cutting, attenuating, cleanfing, and opening, quality therein. It 
_ yefifteth and helpeth the bitings of ferpents, eafeth pains and ftitches in the fides, 
and diffolveth wind both in the ftomach and bowels; it alfo provoketh urine. The 
root is often ufed, but the feed much more. 
The wild parfnip being preferable to that of the garden, fhews-nature to _ the - 
bett phyfician. 
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CO W- PARSNIP. 
“Description. THIS groweth with three or four large, fpread, ‘thie isi, 
leaves, lying often on the ground, or elfe raifed a little from it, with long, round, 
hairy, footftalks under them, parted ufually into five divifions, the two couples 
ftanding againft each other, and one at the end, and each leaf being almoft round, 
yet fomewhat deeply cut in on the edges in fome leaves, and not fo deep in others, 
of awhitifh green colour, fmelling fomewhat ftrongly; among which arifeth up a 
round crefted hairy ftalk, two or three feet high, with a few joints and leaves there- 
on, and branched at the top, where ftand Jarge umbels of white, and fometimes 
reddifh, flowers, and, after them, flat, whitifh, thin, winged feed, two always joined 
together. The root is long and white, with two or three long {trings growing down 
ants the Meee fmelling likewife ftrong and unpleafant. 
Lace. It groweth in moift meadows, the borders and corners of fields, and 
ie itches, generally throughout the kingdom, 
s Tail . It flowereth in July, and feeds in Auguft. © 
- GoveRNMENT anD Virtues. Mercury hath the dominion over them. The 
feed thereof, as Galen faith, is of a fharp and cutting quality, and is therefore 4 fit 
medicine for the cough and fhortnefs of breath, the falling ficknefs, and the jaun- 
dice. The root is avighble to all the purpofes aforefaid, and is alfo of great ufeto 
take away the hard skin that groweth on a fiftula, by fcraping it upon the part. 
The feed hereof, beiogideaaley cleanfeth the belly from tough phlegmatic matter s 
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