49 i The K, itchen (jar den. 
Virginia Parfley is in his lcafc altogether like vnto common Parfley forthe forme, 
confiding of threeleaues fet together, butthat the leaues are as large as Smallage 
leaues, but of a pale or whitifhgreene colour, and of the fame tafteof our common 
Parfley : the feede hereof is as the leaues, twice if not thrice as bigge as the ordinary 
Parfley, and perilheth when it hath giuen feede , abiding vfually the firft yeare of the 
fowin g. 
Smallage is in forme fomewhat like vnto Parfley, but greater and greener, and lefle 
pleafant, or rather more bitter in tafte : the feede isfmaller, and the root more ft ringy. 
The Vfe of Parfley. 
Parfley is much vfed in all forts of meates,both boyled, roafted,fryed, 
ftewed, &c. and being greenc it ferueth to lay vpon fundry meates, as 
alfo to draw raeate withall. It is alfo fliredand flopped into poudered 
beefe, as alfo into legges of Mutton, with a little beefe fuet among it,&c. 
Therootesare often vfed to be put intobroth, tohelpc to open ctbllru- 
dfions of the liucr, reines, and other parts, helping much to procurevrine. 
The rootes likewife boyled or ftewed with a leggeof Mutton, flopped 
with Parfley as aforefaid, is very good meate, and of very good rellifh, as I 
haue proued by the tafte ; but the rootes muft bee young , and of the firft 
yeares growth, and they will haue their operation to caule vrine. 
The feed alfo is vfed for the fame caufe, when any arc troubled with the 
ftone, or graueil, to open the paflages of vrine. 
Although Smallage groweth in many places wilde in moift grounds, yet 
it is alfo much planted in Gardens, and although hiseuilltafteandfauour 
doth caufe it not tobe accepted into meates as Pat fley, yet it is not without 
many fpcciall good properties, both for outward and inward dileafes, to 
helpe to open obftru<ftions,and prouoke vrine. Theiuyce cleanfeth vlcers ; 
and the leaues boyled with Hogs greafe, healeth felons on the ioy nts of the 
fingers. 
Chap. XXIIII. 
Ftenicmlum. Fenell. 
T Hcre are three forts of Fenell, whereof two are fweete. The one of them is 
the ordinary fweete Fenell , whofefeedes arc larger and yellower then the 
common, and wjiich (as I faid before in the Chapter of fweete Parfley) doth 
foone degenerate in this our Country into the common. The other fweete Fenell is 
not much knowne, and called Cardus Fenell by thofe that fent it out of Italy , whofc 
leaues are more thicke and bufliie then any of the other. Our common Fenell,whereof 
there is greene and red, hath many faire and large fpread leaues, finely cur and diuided 
into many fmall, long, greene, or reddilh leaues, yet the thicker tufted the branches 
be, the fhorter are the leaues : the ftalkes arc round , with diuers ioynts and leaues at 
them, growing fiue or fix foot high, bearing at the top many fpoakic rundcls of yellow 
flowers : the Common , I meane , doth rurne into a datke grayilh flat feede , and the 
S weete into largerand yellower: the roote is great, long, and white, and endurctb 
diuers yeares. 
The Vie of Fenell. 
Fenellisofgreatvfetotrimmevp,andftrowevpon fi(h, as alfo to boyle 
or put among fifh of diuers forts, Cowcumbers pickled, and other fruits, &c. 
The roores are vfed with Parfley rootes, to be boyled in broths and drinkes 
to open obftru<Sions. The feed is of much vfe with other things to expell 
winde. The feede alfo is much vfed to be put into Pippin pies, and diuers 
other 
