D 



6 



Of the Hiftorie of P] 



It is re 



and ftingings of Serpents. 



oftmdes, that Dcareare preferued from bitine 



bofcumpx wilde Parfnep,whereupon the feed is giuen with win?w A yeate !°g^ 



g a *oft the bi 



t Both the figures that forme, fo were in this chapter were •f'the Garden Parfneo* s r-K* G-fl. I*-- a. * . . 

 fconUhauc becne in the fecond place, was formed/ put for Solium. P ' thchrltbcin S&at of£oHand the fecood that 



Ungj 



T^mw 



^.'Hc 



I 



C, 



1A 



c 



> h a p . 4.06. Of Sfyrets. 



Sifaram. Skirrets. 



f The D efcriptio* . 



leauesofth 



particular one 



fcftened 



le coo. 

 to one 



thing nicked in the edges, but they are kfo" 



greener 



The ftalkes be fhort, and feldome a cubiS 

 the floures in the fpokie tufts are white, the 

 roots bee many in number, growing out of ok 

 head an hand breadth Iong,raoft commonlyn 

 a finger thick,tbey are fweet, white, good tobe 

 caten,and moft plcafant in tafte. 



<|f The Place and Time, 



^ This skirtet is planted in Gardens, and efpe- 

 daily by the root, for the greater and thicker 

 ones being taken away, the lefler are put cto 

 the earth againe:which thing is beft tobe done 

 in March or Aprill, before the ftalkes comevp, 

 and at this time the roots which bee gathered 

 are eaten raWjOr boy led. 



f The Names. 



This herb is called in Latine, Sfirw, and al- 

 io in. Greeke>«0»i the Latines do likewifecall 

 it S ifer pnd diuers of the later Herbari/ls Sod- 

 ium or Chirtt&nntjyt SeruMa, the Germans name 



£ni?ckcc iwtffffai 



istof 

 inSp 



that Sift 



the 



Emperour commanded to bee conueied vnto him from Gelduba-a caftle about theriueiofRhene. 

 as Plmy reporteth in lib. 1 6. cap. j.The Skirret is a medicinable herbe,and is the fame that the tore- 

 laitl Emperourdid fo much commend, infomuch that hedefired the fame to be brought vnto Bin: 

 euery yeareout of Germany. It is nor,as diuers fuppofe, Seraph his Secacul y ofvUcb h* "»*";• 

 ten inhis8<?.chapter:for.to4<:«/is defcribed by theleafe of tetf**, that is to fay, o Mepea ^ 

 WmhioU Syluaticus expoundeth it I and it bringeth forth a blacke fruit of the bigneffc oi «V 

 peafe.full of moifture,and ofa fwcettafte, which is called Granum Culcul: But the Sk**^ 

 the lcafe of the peafe,neither doth it bring forth fruit like to the Ciche-peafe^hereupon ' 

 £'eft, that the Skirret doth very much differ from Seraph his Seracul: fo farre is it from feeing 



fame. 



n 



roots 



fled ; I** 





(h 



alfbprouokeiuft. 



goodj 



windie,byreafon^erc 



* .- Tfa 7 be u ea J en ^ 0i, ^.' vvhhvi ^ger,falt,andali 



oyl 



id oftffl 



tbecooke^and the tafte of the cater 



and 



to 



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