Of the Hiftoryof Plants. 
hot fwellings and inflammations and with Beane meale diflblueth the Kings euilkwensjand hard 
lutnpes. 
The juice of the leaues mixed and laboured in a leaden mortar.with Ceriife,LirhnTCTeoffihnr vi- ^ 
neger,and oileof Rofes,cureth S. Anthonies fire, and taketh away all inflammations ivbacfoeuer. 
The juice of the greenc Coriandct leaues, taken in the quantitie of fonre dragmes, kiileth and ^ 
poifoneth the body. 
Thcfeeds of Coriander prepared with fugar,prcuaile much againrt the gout, taken in fome H 
fmall quantitie before dinnervpon a farting ftomacke,and after dinner the like without drinking 
immediately after the fame, or in three or foure houres. Alfo if the fame be taken after fupper it 
preuaileth the more, and hath more fuperiority ouer the difeafe. 
Alfo if it be taken with meate farting, it caufeth good digeftion,and flnrtteth vp the ftomacke, I 
keepeth away fumes from rifing vp out of the fame : it taketh away the founding in the cares, dri- 
eth vp the rheume, and cafeth the fquinancy. 
% ThePiice. 
It is fownc in beds in gardens ; it grovveth both in hot and cold pIaces,fo that the ground be 
either by nature moift, or be oftentimes watered: for it profpereth in moift places, and is delis*- 
ted with water, and therefore it naturally commeth vp neere to fountaines or fprings : Fucbfius wri- 
teth that it is found growing of it felfe in diuers fenny grounds in Germany. 
m The Time. 
It may be fowae betime, but it flowly commeth vp ; it may oftentimes be Cut and crowned • 5 t 
bnu.^eth forrhhicrtriU-ps rh * f.> ""Gi l I U ^ .4 L t A 
Chap. 3 £x5. Of ‘Parfley, 
.if turn hortenfe. 
Garden Parflcy. 
The Description, 
2 There is another garden Parflcy in carte 
and vertuelike vntothe precedent the onc'y 
difference is , that this plant bringeth forth 
leaues vety admirably crifped or curled like 
fannes of curled feach it is called 
uipium crijpum, fme mu j , irl'd Parfley.. 
monly into three parts, and alfo fnipt round a- 
bout the edges : the ftalke is aboue one cubit 
high, (lender, fomething chamfered, on the top 
whereof (land fpoked mndles, bringing forth 
very fine little floures, and afterwards fmall 
feeds fomewhar of a fiery tafteuhe root is lone 
and white, and good tobeeaten. 
fannes of curled feath 
d 3 Thefeis alfokeptin fome gardens a- 
nother Parfley called Apium fine Petrofelinum 
Virginianum^ or Virginian Parfly ; it hath Jeaues 
like the ordinary, but rounder, and of a yellovr- 
ilh gveene colour, the ftalkes arc fome three 
foot high,diuided into fundry branches where- 
on growvmbels of whififh floures : the feeds 
are like, but larger than thofeofthe common 
Parfley, and when they are ripe they commonly 
fow themfelues,and the old roots die, and the 
young ones beare feed the fecond yeere after 
* 
;o:vi yeere : the feeds be ripe in Inly or Auguft, 
5J TheT[jmes. 
Kuery oneoftbe ParfleyeS is called in Greeke'^ 
1 » v .. hsrtenji • the Apothecatiesand com non H : 
is called in Greeke’^,,., , but this is named, that is to fay,, 
auetf and com non Hetbarifts name it- Pctrifelinum : in high Dutch’ 
that is to fay 
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