Lib. z. Of the Hiftory of Plants. loot; 
many Branca vr/ina, who vnad u i fed I)? in times 
paft haue vfed it in clyfters , in ftead of 
Brancke Vrfine, and thereupon haue named 
It 23 ctnclalxi: in Englifh, Cow Parfnep,me- 
dow Parfnep, and Madnep. 
9^ The Nature. 
Cow Parfnep is of a manifeft warm com - 
plexion. 
% The Verities . 
The Ieaties of this plant do confume and a 
difTolue cold five'llings if they be bruiled 
and applied thereto. 
The people of Polonia andLituania vfe n 
tomakedrinke with the decoftion of this 
herbe,and leuen or fome other thing made of 
meale, which is vfed in ffead of beere and o- 
therordinarie drinke. 
The feedeofCow parfnep drunken, fcou- C 
reth out flegmaticke matter through the 
guts,ithealeth the iaundice.the falling (ick- 
neffcjthe Wangling of the mother, and^them 
that are fhort winded. 
Alfo if a man be falne into a dead fleepe, 
t>ra fw o u ne,the fume of the feed will waken 
himag a . ne. 
If a p hrenticke or mclancholicke mans E 
head bee annointed with oile wherein the 
leaues and roots hauebeene fodden, ithel- 
peth him very much, and fuch as be troubled 
Vvith the head-ache and the lethargie,or fick- 
neffe called the forgetfull euill. 
•f- The figure formerly was of che Pjjifadta f jlueftrif, or ElapbebofeUm ofTabctMmontmi, anti the figure that fliould haue beene here was afterwards ruder the 
tic hf Hjpptftlmm » 
Chap. 394. Of Herbe Franlficenfe , 
% The Dcfcriptiorti 
1 "T* Here hath beene from the beginning diuers plants of fundry kindcs, which men haue 
^ termed by this glorious name Libanot is, one\y in refpedt of the excellent and fnwranc 
fmell which they haue yeeldedvnto the fences of man, i'omewhat refembiing Frankircenfe .°The 
1 lent and fmell Viofcorides doth aferibe to the root of this fir ft kinde, which bringeth forth a Ion°- 
ftalk with ioints like Fentiell,whereon grow leaues almoft like C heruill or Hemlocks, fining rbat 
i theybegreater,broader,and thicker : at the top of the ftalkes grow fpokie talfels bearing iviutiiTi 
1 floureSjWhich do tutne into (vveet fmelling feed,fomewhat flat, and almoft like the feed of A rHeli - 
; ca. The root is blacke without,and white within, hairie aboue, at the parting of the root and ftalke 
I likevnto Meant or Peuccdttnuni , and fauoreth likevnto Roline.or Frank incenle. 
2 The fecond kinde of Libdnotis hath alfoa ftraight ftalke, full of knots and ioints: the Ten Lies 
: are likevnto Smallage : the floures grow in taffels likevnto the former, and bring forth great, lono- 
: andvmeuenfcedjOfa fharpe tafte: the root is like theformer,and Ibis the whole plant very like' 1 - tit 
Heifer. _ 
t The third kindeof Libanoiis differeth fomewbat from the others in' fo’rme and (haue yetit 
1 agreeth with them in fmell, which in fome fort is like Frankinfence : the leaues are whiter, longer, 
and rougher than the leaues of S rriallage : the ftalks do grow to the height of two cubits, bearing 
i at the top the fpokie tufts of Dill, fomewhat yel low : the root is 1 ike tile former', but thicker, nei- 
1 ther wanteth it hairie talfels at the top of the root j which the others alfo haue,- before rehearfed. 
4 I can. 
t Sphondylium. 
Cow Parfnep. 
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