Lib. 2. Of theHiftory of Plants.’ toil 
4 I cannot finde among all the plants called Ltbamides, any one more agreeable to the true 
iand right Libanotis of Biofcondes than this herbe,which arifeth vp to the height of fi ue or fix cubits 
with the cleere fhining ftalks of Ferula ; diuiding it felfe from his knottie ioincs into lundryarms 
lor branches, fet full of ieaues like Fennell, but thicker and bigger, and fatter than the leaues of Co- 
Uulafatidapi a grayifh greene colour, bearing at the top of the ftalks the tufts of Ferula, or rather of 
Carrots, full of yellow flouresnvhich being paft there fucceedeth long flat feed like the feed of the 
Afh tree,fmelling like R.ofin, or Frankincenfe, which being chewed filleth the mouth with rhetaft 
jofFrankincenfe,but fharpef : all the reft of the plant is tender, and fomewhathot, but notvnplea- 
ifant : the plant is like vnto Ferula, and aboundeth with milke as Ferula doth, ofa reafonable good 
ifauour. 
The Place. 
| I haue the two laft kindes grovving'in my gatden , the firft and fecond grow vpon the high De- 
iferts and mountaines of Germanie. 
^ The Time. 
Thefe herbs do flotite in Iuly and Auguft. 
% The Names. 
This herbe is called in Greeke AiCnatft, becaufe their roots do fmell like incenfe , which is cal- 
( led in Gieeken/c«r« , in Laune,Rofmari/ius ; the firft may be Englifhed great Frankincenfe Rofe- 
marie j the fecond fmall Frankincenfe Rofemaricq M‘. i/tecalleth the third in Engliih, blacke 
I Hart-root, the fourth white Hart-root : the feed is called Cachrys orCanchrys. 
The Nature. 
Thefe herbes with their feeds and roots are hot and drie in the fecond degree, and are of a dige 
fting,diflbluing,and mundifying qualitie. 
The Vertucs. 
The leaues of Libanotis pounded, ftoppe the fluxe of the Hemorrhoides or piles, and ftipple t! 
1 fwellings and inflammations of the fundament called Condilomata, concoft the fwellings of tl- 
i throat called Strung and ripen botches that will hardly bee brought tofuppurationor to ripe 
( nefte. A 
j The iuice of the leaues and roots mixed with honie,and put into the eies,doth quicken the fighr, 
: and cleereth the dimnefle of the fame. 
The feed mingled with honie,doth fcoure and clenfe rotten vlcers, and being applied vntocold i 1 
I and hard fwellings confumeth and wafteth them. 
T{ie leaues and roots boiled vntill they be foft, and niingledwith the meale of Darnelland vi- , 
I neger,a(Twageth the paine of the gout,if they be applied thereto. 
Moreouerbeingreceiuedinwineandpepper,ithelpeththeiaundice, and prouoketh fweat.and 
! being put into oile and vfed as an ointment, it cureth ruptures alfo. 
Itpurgeth the difeafe called in Greeke in Latine, rtt/ligo, or lmpetigo,that is,the white fpor- i 
tines of the skin, chaps, or rifts in the palms of the hands and foies of the feet, and by your patienc 
: coufin german to the fcab of Naples,tranfported or transferred into France, and prettily well fprir 
kled ouer our Northern coafts. 
When the feed of iiAwfa-isputintoreceits, youmuftvnderftand, that it is not meant of the 
feed of Cachris,becaufc it doth with his fharpenefte exafperate or make rough the gullet ; for it 
hatha very heating qualitie, and doth drie very vehemently, yea this feed being taken inwardly, or 
ji the herbe it felfe, caufeth to purge vpward and downeward very vehemently. 
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Chap. jpf. Of Corianders. 
«|j The Dejcription, 
i *T' He firft or common kinde of Coriander is a very (linking berbe,fmelling like the ftin- 
* king worme called in I.atine C/rac-v .■ it hath a round ftalke full of branches, two foot 
I long. The leaues areofafaint greene colour, very much cut or iagged : the leaues that grow low- 
i eft, and fpring firft, are almoft like the leaues of Cheruill or Parftey,but thofe which come forth af- 
i terward,and grow vpon the ftalks, are more iagged, almoft like the leauesofFumitorie, though a 
t great deale fmaller, tenderer, and more iagged.The floures are white, and do grow in round taflels 
likevntoDill. The feed is round, hollow within, and of a pleafantfentandfauourwhenitisdrie. 
The root is hard^nd ofa wooddie fubftance, which dieth when the fruit is ripe, and foweth it felfe 
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