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fomthio^ bittcr 3 and of an aromaticall or fpicy fmelhtheroot is thicke, blacke wi thousand white 

 w itbin,anJ like to a little Radifli, and is good to be eaten, out of which being broken or cut, there 

 iffiics fort!i j juice that quickly waxeth thick, hauinginitafliarpbitterneflrejlikeintafttoMyrrh: 

 •hich tbin^ alio Thcophraftus hath notcd,thcre iflueth o u t of it,faith he a juice like Myrrhe. 



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Mppofelinnni. 



Alexanders. 



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moft places of England. 



^J The Time. 



The feed waxeth ripe the fecond yearc^in 

 the Moneth of Auguft. 



^f The Names. 



It is called in Greeke, of the grcatneflfc 

 wherein it cxcelleth the other Parfleycs* 











•**>or Horfe Parfley^of Gaza.Equapium : it 

 is alfo named olusatrum^ox the blacke pot- 

 herbe^and of diuers Sjlueftre Apinm^ or wild 

 Parfley$of Galen and certain others, ^>f, by 

 reafonbf the juice thatiiTueth forth therof, 

 that is, as weehaue faid, likevmo Myrrhe, 

 which is called in Greeke wpn*xhcrc is alfo 

 another Smyr mum of mount Araan, of which 

 we do write in the404.chaptcr:theApothc- 



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Petrofel 





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<BtOf?Cpffft!j:thc Low-country-mcn^e* 



tetfelieban ^ace&omoti : in Spanifh, Pe- 



rexilMacedonico : the French, and English- 

 men, Alexandre, A lexander s . 



tff The Temperature. 



The feedeand root of Alexanders, are no 

 leffe hot & dry than are thofe of the garden 

 Parfley, they clenfeand make rhinne,being 

 hot and dry in the third degree. 



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i tie leeds bring down the floures,expd the fecondine,break and copfume wind.prouoke vrine, 

 nadew-fth * g * inii thC ftrangur y :the deco<aion alfo of the root doth the famcefoeciallv if it he 



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figure formerly here ** *Spm*Lmfr& that belonging to this place vr* pat in die foregoing chapter. 



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OflbiUe Tar/ley. 



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firndry cuts 



I fcrrUk u i j - -iiicycb m enc winery cursor tne leaues, and alio in the bignes - 

 Mto^in^^ cut into diuers parcelsrthe ftalksare round, chamfred fet with certain 



^.. > U| n c S n °Il0Vir within,a cubit hieh Or hipher.ttvn or thrpp^mminrt f^.u l r~„- 



grow 



r °o^nd in fhVn-^ *•—•— \"&" wi «iBucr,two ur nireecomimng forth together out 1 



W CTe tu fr, K e r Pa i C . mM 7 "««<* *<£*« reddi(h colour. The floures \£ whiteand 

 ^ny SX 3 n?a feed " ™^^Wk *« of Dilhthe root is white within,and dimdeu — 

 juice. ancnes and "nngs.Thts plant in what part foeuer it be cut or broken,yeeIds foreh a milky 



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