Is i b; ft] Of the Hiflorfe of Plants. \ 



fjT The Place. 



The fir ft kinde otPcnccdamtm or Hogs Fennel! groweth very plentifully on the South fide of a 

 ood belonging to VValtham, at the Nafc in Eflcx by the high- way fide^ alio at Whitftable in 



,_~ _ ^ belonging to Sir tienryCry tfe, and adjoyning to 



bis houfe there. It groweth alio in great plenty at Feuerflaam in Kent, neere vnto the hauen vpon 

 the bankes rhercof,and in the medowes adjoyning. 

 Thcfccond kinde groweth vpon the feacoaftsof Montpellier in France, and in the coafcof 



^ , <T The Time, 





1 laurs Jo riourc in lune.liily.and Auguft. 



Tbc Gr*c'an<ca!l ir, ™ the Latihcs inlike manner,/V*tf<J/;w,or Peuccdanum^xxd aHoPi- 



♦ v : rood if the fhopS, a^ likewife the common people name it F amentum Poranum : of di- 



" :hc Prophets, «- ; *::-r ^/wr that is to fay, a good Angcll or Ghoft : in high Di 

 ^Cljl»Cffcll»UrUcl 5 §)etof«nClKl : in Italian and rrcnch,/V*r*/,jw .- in Sptiift, 

 &i*» in fcngli(h : l -Iorc-itrangc s and Horc-ftrong, Sow-Fenncll, or Hogs Fcnncll, Sulpber-i 

 orlirimftonc woit. It is called Pcuccdanntwad PinajlcSum y o{ the Grcekc and Latine words 



and Tin us. 



orr, 



€[f The Temperature. 

 cfocciallv the vellow fan of the root, is hi 



beginning of the thud. 



The yellow lap 



^[ The Vert ms * JL 



4 



bitter Almonds and Rue, is good 



f the bell v. diffolueth and driuet 



fomc 





and pur- 



oftheftomackc • it waftcth the fwellingof the milt or {pleene,loofcth the belly gently, 

 gcth by fie^c both flegme and choler. 



The fame taken in manner aforefaid prouoketh vrine, eafeth the paineof the kidnics and blad- 

 der, caufctlicafic deliucranceof childe,and expelleth the fecondine, or after-birth, and the dead 



cbilde. 



B 



Thefapor juyecofthe root mixed with oylcofRofes^of Vinegcr,and applied, eafeth the pal- c 

 fie, crampes, contra <5tion or drawing together of finewes, and all old cold difeafcs,efpecially the 



Sciatica. V 



It is vfed with good fuccelTe againft the rupture or burftings in young children.and is very good 

 tobeapplicd vnto the nauels of children that ftand out ouer much . 



againft the forefaid difeafes. 

 The root dried and made i 



drunke is of like vertue vnto the juyce.but not altogether fo etfi 



I 



B 



«mc from healing,and likewife fplintersand other things fixed in the fiefh. 



and rotten bones that hinder the 



F 



f the bod 



difeafc. 



put 



The congealed liquor tempered with oile of Rofes, and applied to the head after the manner of H 

 yointmcnt, is good for them that baue the Lethergic, that are frantickc, thathauedizzineffe in 



™cnead,that are troubled with the falling fickcncfle,that hade the palfie, that are vexed with con- 



va uonsandcramps,and generally it is a remedy for all infirmities of the finewes.vvithvineeerand 

 oyic as Diofcondes teacheth. , 



The fa 



andrWf 



that 



i 



it hclpcth the cough and difficu 

 proceeded', from the eroflenefli 



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that are th 



A foul I 

 mother. 



d making 



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of, 



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