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refenbling Hemlock, being a little hairy , and of a 
whitijh green color , /wr turning reddijh in Summer , 
with the Stalks alfo , bearing at the top of its Branch- 
es /poked Tufts of white flowers, which being pafl , 
///;■/? and round Seed , pointed at the ends , 
am/ blackijh when they are ripe, of a fweet tafte, 
bat no fmell -, but the whole Herb it felf has a pretty 
kind of fweet Scent. 
IV. The Great Chervil, ( called alfo Sweet Cif- 
ley ) has a great Root , blackijh on the out fide , and 
whit iff? within, from which fprings forth many fibres', 
it perifhes not , but abides many years, and is of a 
fweet, pleafant, hot,fpicie Tafle, pleafing unto ma- 
ny : from this Root comes forth feveral Stalks of 
winged Leaves, confifting of many Leaves fet toge- 
ther, deeply cut in on the edges, and every one alfo 
dented about , very like, and refembling the Leaves 
of Garden Crefles, from which they are not eafily to 
be diftinguifhed , but by good obfervation ofthofe who 
know both : Their tafle is not unpleafant ( for which 
reafon many put them into Sallets ) and is not much 
differing from the Tafte of Anifeeds .* There alfo n- 
fes up a Stalk reafonable large, and a little crefted , 
about a yard high , fpreading it felf out into many 
Branches, at the tops whereof ft and many fpoaky 
Tufts or TJmbles of white Flowers, which being pafl 
away, there follows brown, long, cornered, great Seed, 
two always joined together. 
V. The Small Sweet Chervil, ( or Small Sweet 
Cifley ) has a Root not like the former, but confifi- 
ing of almoft nothing but fibres, thick and matted to- 
gether •, its Leaves, Stalks, and Umbles of Flowers 
differ not much from the laft, faving that they are 
every ways lefs. The Seed is long, fmooth, fmall, 
and fhaped like to an Oat, and in tafte not much un- 
like to that of Daucus Creticus. 
VI. The Places. The two fir ft grow in Gardens 
and that almoft throughout this whole Kingdom : 
The laft is found in fome parts of the Alps, as a- 
bout Genoua, and other places, but with us only in 
Gardens of Botanifts, and iuch as are curious of 
Plants. 
VII. The Times. They Flower and Seed in May, 
and their Seed is ripe in July : and therefore are 
Sown again in the end of Summer. 
VIII. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the firft 
Degree * Galen fays in the fecond : Aperitive, Ab- 
fterlive. Carminative, Digeftive, Diuretick and Ano- 
dyn. It warms and comforts the Head, Brain, 
Nerves and Stomach, is Pe&oral, Nephritick and 
Hyfterick : Alfo Alterative, Alexipharmick and Sper- 
matogenetick. 
IX. The Specification. It is found by great expe- 
rience to comfort the Stomach, and provoke Urine, 
even where it is ftopt. 
X. The Preparations. You may have herefrom, 
I. The Green Root. 2. The green Herb. 3. The 
green Seed. 4. The Diftilled Water. 5. The Li- 
quid Juice. 6 . The Effence. 7. The Ba/fam, or 
Ointment. 8. The Roots Candied. 9. The Decoaion 
of the Roots in Wine. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The green Root. Gerard fays, they are excel- 
lent to be eaten inaSallet, being firft boiled, and then 
dreft up to the Table, as the Cook can tell belt, either 
with Butter and Vinegar, or Oil and Vinegar. They 
are good ( fays he) for old People which are Dull, 
and without Courage : they rejoyce and comfort the 
Heart, ftrengthen and provoke Luft much. 
XII. The green Leaves. They are very good, 
wholfom and pleafant, being eaten raw as a Sallet 
Herb with other Salleting, giving the whole a little 
relifh of Anifeeds. Ufed as a Pot-herb, it is plea- 
fant to the Stomach ; and is ufed by the Dutch in 
a kind of Loblolly or Hotchpotch, which they call 
Warmus. 
XIII. The green Seed. Parkinfon fays, they are 
commended, being put into a Sallet of green Herbs, 
and eaten with Oil and Vinegar, to ftrengthen the 
Aged, and comfort a cold Stomach. Gerard fays, 
that the green Seed eaten as a Sallet, with Oil, Vi- 
negar, and Pepper, exceed all other Sallets by many 
Degrees, both in pleafantnefs of Tafte, fweetnels of 
Smell, and wholfomnefs as for Food, being good 
for . a cold and weak Stomach. 
XIV. The 
