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ress, and to cause a good habit througli the body. Both 

 leaves, seeds and roots thereof, are much used in drink 

 or broth, to make people more lean that are too fat. The 

 disUllcd water of the whole herb, or the condensate juice 

 dissolved, but especially the natural juice, that in tiome 

 counties issueth out hereof of its own accord, dropped 

 into the eyes, clcanscth them from mists and films that 

 hinder the sight. The sweet Fennel is much weaker in 

 physical uses than the common P'ennel. The wild Fen- 

 nel is stronger and hotter than the tame, and therefore 

 most powerful against the stone, but not so elfedlual to 

 increase milk, because of its dryness. 



Sow-Fennel, or Ilog's Fennel, ^ (h. 2. d. 1.) 



Besides the common name in English, Hog's Fennel, and 

 ihe Latin namePeucidanum, it is called Hoar-strange and 

 Hoar-strong, Siilphur-wort and Brimstone-wort. 



Dcscript.^ The common Sow-Fcnnel hath divers 

 branched stalks of thick and somewhat long leaves, three 

 for most part joined together at a place, among which 

 ariseth a crested straight stalk, less than Fennel, with 

 some joints thereon, and leaves growing thereat, and 

 towards the tops some branches issuing from thence ; 

 Jikcwisc on the tops of the stalks and branches stand 

 divers tufts of yellow flowers, w hercalter grows some- 

 •what fiat, thin, and yellowish seed, bigger than Fennel- 

 seed. The roots grow great and deep, with many other 

 parts and fibres about them ol a strong scent like hot 

 4)rimston(?, and yield forth a yellowish milk, or clammy 

 juice almost like a gum. 



Place.'] It groweth plentifully in the salt low marshes, 

 near Feversham in Kent. 



Time.'} It flowcreth plentifully in July and August. 



Government and Virtues.'] This is also an herb of Mercury, 

 The juice of Sow-FenneJ (saith Dioscorides and Galen) 

 used with vinegar and rose-water, or the juice with a 

 little euphorbium put to the nose, helpeth those that are 

 troubled with the lethargy, frenzy, or giddiness of the 

 head, the falling-sickness, long and inveterate head-acli^ 

 the palpy, sciatica, and the cramp, and generally all the 

 diseases ot the sinews, used with oil and vinegar. The 



