Of the Hiftorie of Pla 



tookc 



b ar dt| 



en Parfl 



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B 



tCtftlgen *. in low Dutch,1gtftitttl $CtttftUe 5 in French, dtt Per fit . M u _ 



54^4.- in lulian,Petrofe//o .• in Engluh,Perfele,Parfely,common Parfley andeard rext l hi ' Htr, ^i 

 is it not the true and right Petrofelimtm which groweth vpon rockes and ftones wh ^ ey " Yct 

 his namc,and whereof the beft is in Macedoniartherefore they are deceiued who th'? " " Xtxk " 

 Parfley doth not differ from ftone Parfley,and that the only difference is, for that C 1 ~ - 

 is of leiTe force than the wild/or wild herbs are more ftrong in operation than thofcof h ^^ 



«fl The Temperature. 

 Garden Parfley is hot and dry, but the feed is more hot and drv which U hnr ; n >u r 

 ee,and dry almoft in the third : the root is alfoof a moderate heate. COnd dc " 



f 7*fc Virtues. 



The Jcaues are pleafant in fauces and broth,in which befides that they giue a pleafcnt , a u 

 alfo fingular good to takeaway ftoppings,and toprouokevrinerwhich thine the rooS - y 

 „j notably performe if they be boiled in broth : they be alfo delightfull to the tafte andai I, 

 to the flomackc. » a 6 rcf «/e 



diflbluetbe 



t> 



be 



ftonc,brcak and waft away wmde,are good for fuch as haue the dropfie,drawdowne menfes br Z 

 away the birth, and after-birth : they be commended alfoagainft the cough, if they bee mixeS 



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with treacles. 



pofe : laftly they refift poifons , and therefore are rr 



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a m* awwwa v>» nav. ivvua \ji any \ji LUL.UJ uuiitu 111 < 



fon 5 but the feed is the flrongeft part of the hcrbe. 



cafl: forth ftrong venom or pot. 



They are alfo good to be put into cly fters againft the ftone or torments of the guts. 





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}97< Of water Tar/Iej, or Smallag 





£leo[elinum,fi 



d 



Smallage. 



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Mallage hath green fmooth and glittering 

 leaues , cut into very many parcels , yet 

 greater & broader thanthofe of common 

 Parfley :the ftalkes be chamfered and diuided 

 into branches,on the tops whereof ftand little 

 white floures ; after which do grow feeds /on- 

 thing lefler than thofe of common Parfley:*? 

 root is faftned with many firings. 



•■ 0$ The Place. 

 This kind of Parfley deligbteth to grow in 

 moift places,and is brought from thence into 

 gardens. * It groweswilde abundantly vpon 

 the bankes in the fait marfhes of Kent and n 



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«r The Time. . . 



It flourifhes wSen the garden Parfley ^ 

 and tbeftalkc likewife commetb vp tnc 

 yeare after it is fown,and then a! for am^ 

 forth feeds which are ripe in Iuly * ^ 



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f The names 



It is called in Gwke^J' ^ 



dapium.'m {hoppes,Api»p* 



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d 



Cppc 



in Spanifhand Italian,^ -'"Jt. parfley,* 

 r/* .-in EnglM), Smallage, M*» r 



water Parfley. 

 ^f The Temperature. . , hnthho^ 



Par Uey is like in temperature and vermes to that of the garden, but it « dui dflCf 



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