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- A befuch as comeup in the founder and driet grounds. As touching theCandie Catorjierefem- 
~__ bleth Fennell, but that the leaves ftand nvoreupon the white; they bee {maller alfo andi hairie 
| withall. The ftem groweth upright afoothigh,and hath aroot odoriferous to fmell unto, and 
F of.a moft pleafant caft: thisjoyeth in ftonie places expofedto the South quarter of the world. 
As for the other Carots of awild nature, In what countrey grow they not 2-you fhall find them 
upon earthie banks and hills, you fhall have them abouthigh waies, burneverthall a man meet 
with them in a leane.and hungrieground.; they love a batdle and fat foile: their leavescome ‘near 
co the Coriander:their ftem arifeth to-a cubit heigth, bearing round heads three ordinarily and- 
otherwhiles more: the rootis of a woodiefubftance, and being once dried, it ferveth to no pur- 
pofe. The feed of thiskind is like unto Cumin ;but of the former,to Millet graine,white,quicke, 
B and tharpe;and they bee all:odoriterous and hot inthemouth. Thefeed of the fecondis more 
ggre and biting than the former, and therefore ought tobe taken in lefle quantitie. As for the 
third kind (if we lift co makefo many) it ismuchilike unto the wild Parfnep;calledin Grecke Sra- 
phylinos,and in Latine Paftinaca Erratica: the fame beareth afeed fomwhat long in forme, and 
afweetroot, Allthe fort of thefeDauci or Carots are fafe enough from the bit of foure-foored 
beaits both winterand fummer;unlefleit beafter they have caft their abortive fruit beforetime 
[for then they feeke thereto,to be cleanfed of their gleane.] Of all Carots, the feeds be ufed on< 
ly:bur that of Candie affourdeth the rooralfo;which is {weet : butboth the feed of the one fore 
and the root of the other,be moft appropriat remedies againft ferpents:a dram weight-in:wine 
is afufficient dofe ata time:which alfo may bee given ina drench to four-footed beatts that be 
C fingbythem. ve ie og aad an pele ha a | 
| Touching the hearbe Therionarca(I mean not that which the magicians ufe)it growethalfo 
inthis part of the world here withusin Icaly samany branchies it pucteth forth,and {pringeth thick 
with divers fhoots from theroot: the leaves be of a light greene,and the floure of a red-rofe co- 
Jour: itkillethferpents onmight:: befidesichath this propertie, That if ic be brought neare unto 
any wild beaft wharfoever jivbenummeththeir fenfes,[ whereupon ittooke thatname.] ° . 
© Perfolata,which the Greeke writers call: Arcion, there is not one butknoweth :Jarge leaves * Some take it 
it hathjand bigger than the very Gourds;morehairie,blackeralfo and thicker; a white root and pee: 
agreat:thistoottaken in witie to the weight of two deniers R oman,is good likewifeagainft the bur. : 
veiom of ferpents, In like mannexthe roorof Gyclaminus or Sow-bread iss effectuallagaintt 
D them all: leavesit hathfomewhat refermbling:thofe of Ivie, but that they be of amore duskifh 
andiad greene, fmalleralfo and withouteerners, wherein a‘man may perceive certaine whitifh 
{oecks, The ttein is litle,andhollow within: the floursof apurple colours the root broad(foas _ 
_ aman would take it for a Turnep) and covered over with a blacke rind: it groweth in fhadowie 
places. Ourcountreymen herein: Italie.calbit in Latine Fuberterre , thatistofay, Theknur or 
brinch of the ground. Sowne and planted tewould be in every garden aboutan houfe, if fobe 
it be true thatis reported of itznamely, That wherefoever it: groweth, it is as good as acountre: 
charme againft al} witchcraipaod forceries zwhich kind ofdetenfative is called properly Amule- 
vam. Moreover, thisroot (they fay) if icbepurintoacup:of wine, turneth the braine prefently, = =r" 
and maketh asmany drunkeasdrinke cherof; Forthe better keeping and preferving of thistoot; |" 
E dt mutt be ordered after the manner of Squillaor Sea-onionroots, thatistofay,cucintothinflis — siowast 
ces‘or roundles, then driedy and fo laid npathefame alfo is ufually foddentothe confifteace or 
thickneffe ofhony: As good asthisrootisinthofeformerrefpeds,yevitisnorwithourfomeve- 
homous cualities for itiscommonly faid;¥ hatifa woman withchild chaunceto ftep overit,(he 
willfall prefently vo labour.before her time; and loofe the fruit of her wombe. A fecond kindof 
‘Cyclaminus or Swinebread find, furnamed by the Greeks*C iffanthemos,growing with ftems * waieonaz?* 
full of knots ot joynts,hollowwithin and good: for nothing ; far different from the formerjiwin- ied 
ding & clafping'abont trees; beating berries much liketothofe of lvie,burthey arefoftya white jie, 
floure faireand lovely tofee too,-butrancedlefieroor for any goodneficin it: the berriesthae it 
pf Deateth be only in ufe,and thofeare‘ofa fharpeand biting taftand yet they be vifcous & clams 
© ‘mie to thetonguesthefe being driedimthe {hadowand {tamped,are afterwards reducedinto cers 
tain balls ortrofches,My felfe havefeen athird kind alfo.of Cyclaminos,carryingthe namebes 
fides of Chameciflos whiclrbrought forth but one only leafe; the root was much forked and di- 
vided into branches,wherwith-folke ufedtokilbfithes. Fulmer other hearbs of name,Peu- 
cedanumis fchsalkediofand commended <ptincipally, that which groweth in-Arcadie: next 
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