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long llcnJcr cods, hich become fomc inch long^nd refemble thofe of the laft defcribed.-it flours 

 in lune, as dufius aifirmcth, who giires vs the hiftory of it 5 and he receiued it from Honeritu Brflus 

 oatof Cindy jwho writes,th at in the Spring time it is much vfed in fallads, and defired,for that 

 : much cites to Venery. He alio thinks this plant tobe the Anthrifcus of Pliny, and by the fame 

 oimc ClMfms lets it foxxh.Columm hath called it A»ifo-marathrHm y becauk the fmell and tafte is be- 

 tivceaethatof Anifeand Fennell. $ 



f[ The Place. 



It growrcth in moftcorne fields in England.efpecially among wheat and barley, 



^ The Time. 



It flotirctli In May : the feed is ripe in Auguft withcornc. 



fThe Names. 



The Latincs call it ScanJi\\hziring borrowed that name of the Grecians,whocalI it *m»4 .< we 

 findc among the baftarJ vvords 3 that the Romans did call it Scanari^ and ^AcuUpi the feed that is 

 Iuc\ntoanccd!e.«^///irjdefcribethitvnder the name Pcffcn Veneris : of 'others, Acus Veneris, and 

 UcusfAJiori^ox Shcphcards Needle, wildc Cheruill^nd Ladies combe : in high Dutch, jjiacIHc 

 &3tneUThis is that herbe (faith Plinyjib.22.cap.22.) which Aripphanes obicftcd in f port to the 



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ten 00 meat at all except a few oranges or fuch a like triflc,callcd alfo Scandix. 



% TheTemptrature. 



Shcphcards needlc,faith Galenas an herbe fomewhat binding, and bitter in taftc,infomuch that 

 it is hot and dry cither in the later end of the fecond dcgree,orin the beginning of the third. 



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appearcth by A rift 



q[ The Venues. 



>iled, and t] 

 eftimation 



good 



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Cheruill,when he fct the fame downe to be vfed in phy ficke. 





h a p. 4 18. OfTootb-picfy CbemB. 



% The Deprtpien. 



1 HPHe fir ft of tbefe Tooth-pick Cheruils bcareth leaues likewild Turneps,a round ftalke 



I furrowed, joynted,blackifh,and hairy,diuided into many branches,on the tops wherof 



■IT n> f S rovvf P°W etuft$ >befet round about with many fmallleaues. The floures thereof are 



1 1 i!- 1 r commcth the fccd » which beir >g once ripe doe clufter, and are drawne together, in a 



round thick tuft like a final birds nelt,as be thofe of the wild Carrotjwhofe feeds whofo touchcth, 



acv willcleaue and fticke to his fingers,by reafonof the glutinous or flitnie matter they are pof- 



•ciicd with.The root is fmall and whitirh,bitter in tafte.as is ail the reft of the plant. 



Gi? u Spam(l1 To °th-picke hath leaues, floures, and knobby ftalkes like vnto wilde carrots' 



ar a» 6 .} hc . !caues are fom *k« finer,cut or jagged thicker,and tenderer,but not rough or hairy 



mH " " ? e , formeF > of a bitter tafte, and a reafonablc good fmell : among which rile vp bqflue 



ranges or fpokie tufts like thofe of the wilde Carro' -*J««- ~* +*~™- **-*- "---£- -" 



£* n 1S . npe 5 at what tirae alfo the rtiar P e ne edles 

 "en iUce,for which purpofe they do very fitly ferue. 



€f The Place. 



Bo h r u » menace. 



eta of them grow in Syria, and moft commonly in Cilicia : the later likewife is tobe found 

 paineaimoiteuery where • andlhaueit likewife in mv garden in cn^mUm.;* 



^[ The Time 



The* a u * 



ney fl0 ure in my garden about Auguft,and deliuer their feed in O ftobcr. 



«T The Names. 



tl , . % jm names. 3i 



'^kfJ^?^T nlll T^^f^^ Ukewif f name Ci »3 iMum » and itiscalled 

 tnonlu "m! :° mans J 5 l^*'» of which name fome ftew remaines among the Syrians, whocora- 



r/f»*ga.this is named in Englifh, Tooth 



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