42 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
it, not they; the seeds of them expel wind 
indeed, and so mend what the root mareth. 
CARRAWAY. 
Ir is on account of the seeds principally 
that the Carraway is chiefly cultivated. 
Descript.|] It bears divers stalks of fine 
cut leaves, lying upon the ground, some- 
what like to the leaves of carrots, but not 
bushing so thick, of a little quick taste in 
them, from among which rises up a square 
stalk, not so high as the carrot, at whose 
joints are set the like leaves, but smaller 
and fitter, and at the top small open tufts, 
or umbels of white flowers, which turn into 
small blackish seed, smaller than the 
Anniseed, and of a quicker and better 
taste. the root is whitish, small and long, 
_ Somewhat like unto a parsnip, but with 
more wrinkled bark, and much less, of a 
little hot and quick taste, and stronger 
than the parsnip, and abides after seed- 
time. 
Place.] It is usually sown with us in 
gardens. . 
Time.] They flower in June and July, 
_and seed quickly after. 
Government and virtues.] This is also a 
Mercurial plant. Carraway seed has a 
moderate sharp quality, whereby it breaks 
wind, and provokes urine, which also the 
herb doth. The root is better food than 
__ the parsnips; it is pleasant and comfortable 
_ to the stomach, and helps digestion. The 
_ seed is conducing to all cold griefs of the 
head and stomach, bowels, or mother, as 
also the wind in them, and helps to sharpen 
_ the eye-sight. The powder of the seed put 
_ into a poultice, takes away black and blue 
_ Spots of blows and bruises. The herb iself, 
_ oF with some of the seed bruised and 
fried, laid hot in a bag or double cloth, to 
the wind cholic. 
parsnips, strengthen the stomachs of an- 
cient people exceedingly, and they need not 
to make a whole meal of them neither, and 
are fit to be planted in every garden. 
Carraway confects, once only dipped in 
sugar, and half a spoonful of them eaten in 
the morning fasting, and as many after 
each meal, is a most admirable remedy, for 
those that are troubled with wind. 
CELANDINE. 
Descript.| Turis hath divers tender, 
round, whitish green stalks, with greater 
joints than ordinary in other herbs as it 
were knees, very brittle and easy to break, 
from whence grow branches with large 
tender broad leaves, divided into many 
parts, each of them cut in on the edges, 
set at the jomt on both sides of the 
branches, of a dark blueish green colour, 
on the upper side like columbines, and of 
a more pale blueish green underneath, full 
of yellow sap, when any is broken, of a 
bitter taste, and strong scent. At the 
flowers of four leaves a-piece, after which 
come small long pods, with blackish seed 
therein. The root is somewhat great at the 
head, shooting forth divers long roots and 
small strings, reddish on the out-side, and 
yellow within, full of yellow sap therein. 
Place.| They grow in many places by 
old walls, hedges and way-sides in untilled 
places; and being once planted in a garden, 
especially some shady places, it will remain. 
there. 
Time.| They flower all the Summer 
long, and the seed ripens in the mean time. 
Government and virtues.] This is an herb 
of the Sun, and under the celestial Lion, 
and is one of the best cures for the eyes; 
for, all that know any thing in astrology, 
know that the eyes are subject to the 
luminaries: let it then be gathered when the _ 
') Sun is in Leo, and the Moon in Aries, — 
applying to this time; let Leo arise, then 
