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rnoutsto places briiifed and made black and blew with ftripes.Alfo they ufe therooteitherpre- G 
_ pared wich the juice of the hearb,or otherwife incorporat with honey,againftthe biting ofdogs: _ 
and taken in wine,againft the worme called Milleped. Butfor all thefe purpofes beforefaid,the 
_ wild Fennell is of greater operation than the garden Fennell ; bur uspepeeal vertue it hath, 
| mightily to expeli the ftone and gravel . If it bee taken with any mild and finall wine, itis very 
Ve good for the Bladder,[and namely the Strangurie] alfo it provoketh womenstearmesthat bee 
. -__ @ither fupprefled or comé not kindly away : to which purpofe thefeed is more effeCtuall than z 
il root. But whether it bee soot orfeed,it would bee ufedina meane and meafure :forir cipal gee 
hey. fufficientto put into drinke at once, as much astwo fingers.willtake'up..Petridivs;whbd wrote 
i eae Setpents. the booke.enitituled *Ophiaca;ahd c4yéfion likewifein hisiT reatifenamed*Rhizoromumiend; 
tit cutting up pes four drsieer er ee pepe g- 4 Wee ae 
- ongithering. Were of opinion, Thatthere isnota better countrepoyfonagainft thévenomeof Sexpents,tham }q 
teats.) wild Beonell. And certes; Nicander himlelfe hath raunged:it, nor intheloweft placeidffuchy — . 
To vos jorbedgdiciness 3 Asp noods 2s todingosls boi ct ust ale potly 
toet= Concerning Hempe,at firlt it came:up without fowing even in theverywoods, andcariedia 
| Nf more duskifh greene leafe,and the fame rongher. Inisfaid,thatif memeatthe feed, it williextine 
— guifh utterly cheir own feed, “The juiceof greene Hempe-feed ;beingdroppedintothcears,drix 
ae veth out any wormes,or verminthere engendred, yeay and what earewigsiorfuch like creates: 
iP that are gotten into them:burit will caufe head-achwathall.So forcibledsthisplantythat(byre= 
ia port)if it bee putinto water, it willmake itto gather andcoagulat. Whichis the reafon, that if 
i harfes havethe gurtie,they thall find helpe by drinking thefaid water. The root if isbeeboiled 
in water,doth mollifie arid foften joints that be fhrunke ip: ie afluageth che paines likewifeofthe e 
»Goutsand {uch like wicked humors that fall downe upon any parts Beingyet greeneandrediced — 
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- toe fv? dgto.alinimentand fo applied, itis good forburnsor {caldings, butitmmftbee oftemremooyed 
and chauaiged before it be drie. siiten » of ints ylone ath WOW 2ovs tuo tase 
| “"" . Atsfor Ferula or Fennel geanc,it carietha {eed liketo Dill, 'Thatkind whichsifeth up/in oné 
ftem ,andthen devideth it felfe and brauncheth forth inthe head, isfuppofed to bee the female. 
The ftalkes are good tobe eaten boiled : andthe right fauce wheteinthey bee ferved up, togive — 
them: airhore commendablertaft,isnew wine and honey tempered accordinglysand fo prepared, 
_ they bee good for the ftomacke. Howbeit,ifone eat over-liberally of them,they caufe head-ach. 
Take the weight of oné denier Romane of the root, bearit to pouderand drinke itin twocyaths 
ia of wine, you fnall find ita foveraigne medicine againft the ftinging of Serpents: butyou muft «| 
1 not forget mean whileto applie the rooritfelfe (ftamped into a cataplafme)unto the hurt place. K 
After this manner it helpeth the winging tormentsof the guts. Makea:liniment orunguent 
thereof and vineyre together,annoint the bodie therewith; it re{traineth the immoderat fweats. 
thatburft out,althoughthe patient bee ficke of a fever.Thejuice of Ferula, if it be eaten( tothe 
quantitie of a Beane)doth loofen the bellie, The {mall tendrils or braunches of greene Ferula, 
is good forall the infirmities abovenamed, Take terine’graines of Ferula feed in pouder with 
wine, or fo much of the pith within the ftalke, it flancheth bloud. Some hold it good to give a 
| {poonefull thereof every fourth, fixth and feventh day afterthe change of the Moone,toprevent 
| the fits of the falling ficknes. Fhe nacure ofall thefe Fennell geants is moft adverfe to Lampreies, 
i for if they be touched never fo little therewith, they will die upon it. Castor was ofopinion, That yy 
i 3 the juiceisexcellentgoodtocleae theeyefight. , sot ound 
- Andforasmuchas I have fpoken fomewhat of Thiftlesand Artichoux (howthey fhouldbe 
ordered) inmy treatife of other garden plants, I will put off no longerto difcourfe alfoof their — 
i _ properties and vertues in Phyficke. Of the wild Thiftlesthere be two kinds: the onemore fullof 
2 braunches, fhutting out immediatly from theroot sthe other rifeth up in oneentireftem, and) 
: - the fameisthicker withall, Both of them have but few leaves,and thofe beferwithprickles:they 
I beare heads pointed with tharpe prickes round about in manner of caltrops ; Howbeit, there is) 
bs one kind whichis the Artichoke,which putteth forth a purple fower amidthofe fharpe pointed’ _ 
‘prickes, which very quickly turns into an hoariedowne , ‘readie to fie away with every puffle of 
wind:and this Thiftle the Greeks call Scolymos. The juice of the Artichoke ftamped and prefled: yp 
out before it bloume, bringeth haire againe thicke, if the naked place bee annointed therewith. —~ 
The rooreither of Thiftle or Artichoke, fodden in water and fo eaten, isas goodasafhooing- — 
horne to draw on pot after por,for thefe great bibbersthat defirenothingmorethan tobethir- 
+ flicand to: make quarelleo the cup-I: ftrengthenerh the ftomacke,and(it wee may beleeveit) is 
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