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whole , but ibe Stalk is more Jlender than it , and the 
Leaves more tender at the Joints , thicker , and more 
finely cut at the tops , on which fiand large Umbles 
of white Flowers , divided into many parts , and 
j. landing upon long Stalks , which when the Seed 
grows ripe and hard , being long and /lender , «/// 
ferve very well for Tooth-pickers. Gerard that 
in its Leaves , Flowers , and knobby Stalks , it is like 
unto Wild Carrots, faving that the Leaves are fome- 
what finer cut , 0/- jagged , and tenderer , but not 
rough or hairy at all, of a reafonable good Smell, and 
a bitter Tajte , which rife up bu/hy r undies, 
or /poky Tufts , //& /fo/i? 0/ /fo Wild Carrot or 
Birds Neft, which are clofely drawn together ■ when 
the Seed is ripe , at what time the Jharp Needles are 
hardned , fit to make Tooth-pickers of and for which- 
purpofe they very we/lferve 5 and from thence came 
the Englifh name. 
V . The third kind has a Root long , white , and 
bitterijh , //w« which Spring up divers Stalks of 
winged Leaves , wry /ifo 2/77/0 /fo Common or Or- 
dinary Garden Chervil, but not divided into fo many 
parts : the Stalk is round , ft raked and blackifh , 0- 
bout a foot and half high, with Joints and Leaves 
like the others. The Umbles of white Flowers , 0/7? 
encompaffed about with f mailer and finer cut Leaves -, 
'when the Flowers are pafi , /fo Umble is controlled 
together , which arc clammy, and in which lies fmall 
Seed. 
VI. Tfo Places. They all grow in Sym • The 
fecond in S/w/tz plentifully : but with us they are 
only nourimed up in Gardens. 
VII. The Times. They flower in J///y and A//- 
guft^ and the Seed is ripe in Oflober -, but with us 
they' flower late, and therefore the Seed is much 
later ; fo that if the Year is not hot and kindly, the 
Seed will lcarcely ripen, or come to perfection with 
us. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are faid to be tempe- 
rate in refpeCt of heat or cold, and dry in the end 
of the Second Degree : Aftringent, Stomatick, and 
Alterative. They are more ufed as Nutriment than 
Medicine, both in former times and now, for fiiof- 
corides and Galen fay more concerning their Edible 
Properties, being eaten raw or boiled, or otlierways 
ordered, according to leveral Mens liking, for that 
they are bitterilh, and a little Styptick, and fo the 
more welcome and agreeable to the Stomach : But 
Galen fays, that they are rather Medicinal than Nu- 
tritive, for that though they may have a temperate 
Quality, as to heat and cold, yet that they have a 
manifeft bitternefs and aftringency, by both which 
properties, though they may be very agreeable to 
the Stomach, yet they are more of the Nature of a 
Medicine, than of Food ; for that by thole Proper- 
ties, they cleanfe and dry up the moift Humors, 
which by fuperabounding, may offend the Stomach, 
and by it the Liver, and other pans. 
IX. The Specification. Befides llrengthening the 
Stomach, as aforefaid, they are proper againlt Dif- 
eafes of the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, and to pro- 
voke Urine. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
r. The Juice. 2. The EJfence. 3. The Decoffion 
in Wine. 4. The Spirituous Tinchtre. 5. The Acid 
Tintlure. 6 . The Oily Tintlure. 7. The Qttt/s on 
which the Seed does grow. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The liquid Juice. It is good againft Vomit- 
ing, and ftrengthens the Stomach ; it provokes U- 
rine, and expels Sand and Gravel from the Reins 
and Bladder. The Dofe is three or four ounces, 
Morning and Evening, in a Glafs of White Pott 
Wine. 
XII. The EJfence. It has the Virtues of the Juice, 
but (Lengthens the Stomach more, and is withal 
more Diuretick. Dofethreeor tour ounces in White 
Port Wine. 
XIII. The Decothon in JVine. It is an admirable 
Stomatick ; and being drunk to fix or eight ounces, 
Morning, Noon, and Night, it opens ObftruUions, 
and cleanfes the Reins and Urinary parts of Sand, 
Gravel, fmall Stones, and Tartarous Slime lodged 
in thole parts ; but it is not full out fo powerful as 
the Ellence. 
XIV. The Spirituous Tintlure. It ftrengthens the 
Stomach, helps Digeltion, cheats the Heart, revives 
the Spirits, and comforts Univerfal Nature. Dofe 
a Jpoonful at a time. 
XV. The Acid Tintlure. It Hops Vomiting, clean- 
fes the Stomach of Tartar, and Vifcofity, caufes a 
good Appetite, and helps Wheezing, Hoarfnefs, and 
fhortnefs of Breath. 
XVI. The Oily Tintlure. It is Nephritick and 
Diuretick, cleanles the Reins and Bladder, and fo is 
good againft Stone and Strangury. Dofe twenty or 
thirty Drops in White Port Wine. 
XVII. The Qui/s, Needles, or Tooth-pickers. They 
ferve to pick and cleanfe the Teeth and Gums of 
any thing fticking in them, which they do without 
any hurt to them, and leave a good Icent in the 
Mouth. 
CHAP. CXXVI. 
O/C H I C H L I N G S Annual. 
I-'T'Z/E Ttames. I do not find that it has any 
_L Greek name : The Latins call it Lathyrus, 
which is a kind of Peafe, ( and differs from Lathy, 
ris. Spurge : ) We in Englijh call it Chichling. 
II. The Kinds. It is either Perennial or Annual : 
The Perennial we lhall treat of when we come to 
treat of Peafe Ever/afling. The Annua / is the fub- 
jeU matter of this Chapter : They are 1. Lathyrus 
Annuus major Bxticus , The Great Spanijh Annual 
Chichling. 2. Lathyrus Bxticus elegans , filiquis 
Orobi , Spanijh party-colored Chichling. 3. Lathy • 
r us major Jiliqua brevi , The greater fhorr-codded 
Chichling. 4. Lathyrus minor filiqua brevi , The 
lefier Ihort-codded Chichling. 5. Lathyrus, five Ci* 
cercula fore a/bo, Aracus Dodontei , Ervum Lacunx 
Pifum GretcorumTragi , Ervum album fativumEuch - 
fit, Ervum angulofum nliquibus , White flowred 
Winged Chichling. 6 . Lathyrus, Jive Ciccrcula flare 
purpurea, Aracus five Geer a Dodoma, Purple few- 
red Winged Chichling 7. Lathyrus, five Ciccrcula 
Bacticaflore Gtruleo, Aracus Hifpanicus Cameran 7, 
Cicercula TEgyptica Clufij, Blew flowred Winged 
Chichling. B. Lathyrus, five Cicercula fore ru> 
bente , Red flowred Winged Chichling. 9. Lathy 
rus,five Cicercula Bcetica Dumctontm, Wood Chich- 
ling. 
HI. The Defcriptions. The firfi of thefe hat a 
Root fmall , not running deep nor far, but perijking 
every Tear ; from whence proceeds two or three flat 
Stalks , three feet or more long, welted ns it were 
with skins or films ort both edges, having two fmall 
Leaves apiece at each Joint, from whence Jhoot forth 
the Branches, bearing two pretty long and broad 
Leaves about the middle thereof, one oppojite to ana* 
ther , with a twining Gaffer or Tendrel running 
between them. The blowers [land fingly upon long 
Eootjlalks, of a deeper purple color, but lejjer than 
the Perennial ; after which come long pale colored 
A a Cods, 
