.Lib. i. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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of jure not hurt by them. 



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hewnueo of wildc Carrot, the root whereof is more effe&uall than that of the gardcn,and contain 



•rtbin it,as Galen faith, a ccrtainc force to procure luft. 



"^ % The Temperature and Fertues. 



The feed of this wilde Carrot^and likewife cheroot is hot and dry in the feconddcgree.and doth 

 nithallopenobftrudtions. 



Tbc root boiled and eaten, or boiled in wine, and the deco&iondrunke prouoketh vrine, expel- 

 Icth the (lone,bringeth forth the birth ; it alfo procureth bodily luft. 



Tbcfeeddrunkcbringethdowncthedefired fickne(Te,itisgood for them that can hardly make C 

 trjrcr.itbrcaketh and diflblueth windc,it reraedieth thedropfic,itcureth the collide and ftone,be- 



jdrunkcinwine. ^ 



\t is aifo good for the paffions of the motherland helpcth conception : it is good again ft the bi- D 



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D attests Cretenfis ver 



Candie Carrots. 



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Of Candie C 



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Cretenfn 



pon 



vpon the hills and rockes of Iura about Geneua, 

 from whence it hath bcenefent andconueied by 

 one friendly Herbarift vnto another , into fundry 

 regions : it beareth leaues which are fmall, and ve- 

 ry finely jagged, refembling either Fennel or wild 

 Carrot : among which rifeth vp a ftalke of a cubit 

 high, hauingattbe top white fpokie tufts, and the 

 floures of Dilhwhichjbeing pad, there come great 

 plentie of long feed, well fwelling, notvnlike the 

 feed of Cumin, faue that it is \vhitifh,with acer- 

 taine raoflinefle 3 and a fharpe tafte,and is in grea- 

 tervfethanany partof the plant. Therootalfois 

 right good in medicine, being letter than the root 

 of a Parfefltp, but hotter in tafte, and of a fragrant 

 fmell. 



% The Time. 



This floures in Iuneand Iuly 3 his feed is ripe in 



Augult. 



^f The Names. 



There is fufficient fpoken in the defer iption as 

 touchiag the name. 



«$ The Nature. 

 Thefe plants are hot and dry, efpecially the 

 feed oiDaucu* CrcticwwhizXi is hot and dry in the 

 third degree: but the feed of the wilde Carrot is 

 hot and dry in the fecond degree. 



•fc* aSio^r^ dm M ke 5 S g °° d againft the ftan § urie > and P^wefuW making of water, it pre- 

 luffiS I , ° c e raue11 and ftonc,and prouoketh nine. 6 » P 



">neth afold conah raentS "* g " pingS ° f tbe be,1 y> diflbIueth *indindfc,curet!i the collictand 

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poifon. me becin S take n in Wine , is very good againft the biting of beafts, and exoclktb 



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