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venom of any poisonous creature, and the danger that 

 comctli to them that have the lethargy, anu is good 

 against the cough. The distilled water of Parsley is a fa- 

 miliar medicine with nurses to give their children when 

 they arc troubled with wind in the stomach or belly, 

 ■which they call the frets ; and is much available to them 

 that are of great years. The leaves of Parsley laid to 

 the eyes that arc inflamed with lieat, or swollen, doth 

 much help them, if it be used with bread and meal ; and 

 being fried with butter, and applied to women's breasts 

 that are hard through the curdling of their milk, it abat- 

 cth the hardness quickly, and also taketh away black and 

 blue mirks coming of bruises or falls. The juice thereof 

 dropped in the ears with a little M'ine, caseth the pains. 

 Tragus setteth down an excellent medicine to help the 

 jaundice and falling sickness, the dropsy, and stone in 

 the kidnies, in this manner ; take of the seed of Parsley, 

 Fennel, Annise, and CarraMaAS, of each an ounce; of 

 the roots of Parsley, Burnet, Saxifrage and Carraways, 

 of each an ounce and a half; let the seeds be bruised, and 

 the roots washed and cut small ; let them lie all night in 

 steep in a bottle of white wine, and in the morning be 

 boiled in a close earthen vessel, until a third part or more 

 be wasted ; which being strained and cleared, take four 

 ounces thereof, morning and evening, lirst and last, ab- 

 staining from drink after it for three hours. This openeth 

 obstructions of the liver and spleen, and cxpcUcth the 

 dropgy or jaundice by urine. 



Parsley Piert. ? . (h. d. 2.) 



Tins is also called Parsley Break-stone, from its efficacy 

 in dissolving the stone in the bladder. 



Descript.^ The root^ although it be very small and 

 thready, yet it continues many years, from whence arise 

 many leaves lying along on the ground, each standing 

 upon a long small foot-stalk, the leaves as broad as a 

 man's nail, very deeply dented on the edges, somewhat 

 like a parsley leaf, but of a very dusky green colour. 

 The stalks are very weak and slender, about three or 

 four lingers in length, set so full of leaves that they can 

 hardly be seen, either having no foot-stalk at all; or but 



