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Of the Hitforie of Plants. 
Lib. 2 
•} Leuifticumvulgare. 
Common Louage. 
being our common garden Louage, hath large 
and broad leaues,a!moft like to fmallage.T) c 
ftalks are round , hollow and 'knottie, 3 . cubits 
highjhauing fpoky tufts, or bulky rund]es ; and 
at the top of the ftalks of a yellow colour, a 
round, fiat, and brovvne feed, like the feede of 
t Angelica : the root is long and thicke, and 
bringeth forth eucry yeare new Hems. 
— .. 1 he feed thereof warmeth the ftoirack,heI- 
peth drgeltion ; wherefore the people of Gennes in times part did vfe it in their meares, as wee doe 
pepper, according to the teftimonie of Ant. evufa. 
C The diftilled water ofLouage cleareth the fight, and putteth away all fpots, lentils, freckles, and 
redneffeofthe face,ifthey be often walked therewith. 
t rbe fi-uriwhich was here wj» of mtttfftium.orSeftli Off'u'mtfum. 
T His plant Sphondylium groweth in all Countries, and is knovvne by the name of vvilde Parfnep 
or Sphondylium, whereunto it eflfcdtually anfwereth,both in his grieuous and ranke fauoiir, 
as^alfo in the likenefle of the root, wereupon it was called Sphondylium . and of the Germanes, 
t^cMhut, but vntruly : the leaues of this plant are long and large, notmuchvnliketheleauesof 
ivilde Parfnep, or Panax Heracicum ; deepcly notched or cut about the edges like the teeth of a faiv, 
and of an ouerworne greene colour. The floures grow in tufts or rundlcs, like vntowilde Parfneps: 
the root is like to Henbane : this herbe in each part thereof hath an euill fauour,and differeth from 
the right Acanthium, notonely in faculties, but euen in all other things. 
This plant groweth in fertile moift medowes,and feeding paftures, very commonlv ina II parts 
ofEngland,orelfevvhere,infuchplacesasI haue trauelled 
It is called in Greek in L atine likewife Sphondylium: the in fhops of High and Low Ger- 
The right Leuifticum or Louage groweth in 
fundry gardens,and not wild (as far as I kr.cvv) 
in England. 
| 7 ’he Place. 
•f T he Time. 
Louage floureth moft commonly in Iuly 
and Auguft. 
It is called in Latine Leuiflicnm . and by 
ibme.LiguJlicum : of other fome, Stlcr n.cnta- 
w«w,but not truly : in High Dutch, jUbfiOf* 
feel: in French , Liuifchc: in Low Dutch, JLfl* 
WCtfe : in Englifh, Louage. 
The Thames. 
This plant ishotanddrie in the third de- 
gree. 
The Nature, 
A 
The roots of Louage are sery good for all 
inward difeafes, driuing away ventoftties or 
windineffe, efpecially of the ftomackc. 
% 1 he Defcription . 
% The Place. 
Sphondylium floureth inlunc and Iuly. 
f} The Time. 
f N dimes. 
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