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^etCtftlgtll 5 in low Dutch, ^rinictl jBCtetfelk tin French, du Ptrfil : in SpaHiih, Perexil ItJiucrt , 
undSulJ.i : in Italian, Par oft Ho • in Englifli, Perfele,ParfeIy,conimon Parfley, and garden Parfley. , 
Yet is’ it not the true and right Peucfchnamwhich growerh among rockes and ltones,u hcreupon tt ; 
tookc his name, and whereof the belt is in Macedonia: therefore, they are deteiued. who thinker 
that garden Parfley doth not differ from done Parfley, and that - the oncly difference is, for that t 
Garden Parfley is of leffe force than the vvilde ; for wilde herbes arc more .drong in operati- 
on than thofe of the garden. 
The Temperature. ' : ’ 
Garden Parfley is hot and dry, but the feed is more-hot and dryc which is hot in the fecond eje- 
gree,and dry almoftin the third: the root is .alfoofa moderate heate. . ’■ 
'The Virtues. 
The leaues are pleafant in fauces and broth, in which befides that they guiea plealar.t tade,thcy 
be alfo Angular good to take away (toppings and to pr.ouoke vrinenvhich thing the roofs likewiie 
do notably perforate if they be boiled in broth : they be alfo delightfitll to the tafte,and agreeable : 
to the ftoraacke. • - ’ ■-•••■ ........ .11 
The feeds arc more profitable for medicine ; they make tbinne,open,prouoke vrineidiffoluethe : 
done, breake and vvafte away vvinde, are good for fitch as bane the dropfie, draw dovvne menfes, 
bring away the birth, and after-birth : they be commended alfo againft the cough, if they be mixed 1 
or boiled with medicines made for that purpofe : Iaftly they refift poifons,and therefore are. mixed 1 
with treacles. • . - i 
The roots or the feeds of any of them boiled in ale and drunken, cad forth drong venome or J 
poifon,but the feed is the dronged part of theherbe. 
Tlhey are alfo good to be put intoclydersagaind the doneortorments of the guts. 
C II A P.357. Of water TarJlej , or Sm allage. 
ikofelimim, fine Paladapium. 
. ' Smallage. 
The DefcriptitK, 
1 Mallage hath greer.c fmooth and glittering 
^ leaues, cut into very many parcels, yet grea- 
ter and broader than thofe of common Par- 
fley 1 the ftalkes be chamfered and diuided into 
branches, on the tops whereof dand little white 
floures ; after which ■ doe grow feeds fometbing 
leffer than thofe of common Parfley : the rootc 
is fadened with many firings, 
•J The Place. 
This kinde of Parfley delighteth to grow in 
moi A places, and is brought from thence into 
ga-dens. ^: It growes wilde abundantly vpon 
the bankes in the fait marfhes of Kent and E* 
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f The Time. 
It flourifhes when the garden Parfley doth 
and the dalke likevvife commc-th vp the next 
yeere after it is fovvne,and then alfo it bridged] 
forth feeds which are ripe in Inly and Align A. 
•ff 7 be Names. 
Itis trailed in Oroekc of Gaz.a^Pahtda- 
fium ■ m (hops, Afium, abfolutely without any 
addition : in Latine, Pah fire Afium, and Afium 
rufiuum: in high ’Dutch, flgpfgcijjin low Dr.tch, 
®ppe,and ofdiuers 3Jouffroutomcrcfe : in Spa- 
mfli and Italian, Afio ■ in French, de L’acbe in 
EngIifh 3 Smallagc ; ,Mar{h Parflcv ? or water Par- 
fley. 
% The Temperature. 
This Parfley is like in temperature and vettues to that of the garden, but it is both Hotter and 
! ' ' drier. 
