Lib. i . Of the Hiitorie of Plants. ioij 
drier, and of more force in inoft things : this is fddome eaten, neither is it counted good for 
fauce,but it is very profitable for medicine. 
ay The Vtrtiics. 
The juice thereof is good for many things, itclenfeth,openeth, attenuarethormaketh thin ; it A 
remooueth ob (tractions, and prouoketh vririe, and therefore thofe (yrrups which bane this mixed 
with them, as that which is called Syrnftis Hhautitws, open the (toppings of the liner and fp'etne, 
and area remedy for long lading agues, whether they be tertians or quartainsjanadll other which 
proceed both of a cold caufe and alfo of obftructions or (toppings, and are very good again it the 
yellow jaundife. 
The fame juice doth perfe&Iy cure the malicious and venomous vlcers of the mouth, and qf the B 
almonds ofthe throat with the decoiftionofBarly and Mel ,Rc/kr«w,or bony ofKofes added, if the 
parts be waflied therewith : it likewife helpeth all outward vlcers and foule wounds ; with hqny it 
is profitable alfo for cankers exulcerated, for although it cannot cure them, yet it doth keep them 
£ torn putrifa Aion,and preferueth them from (linking: the leed is good for thofe things for. u'hich 
that of the Garden Parfley is : yet is not the vfe thereof fo fafe, for it hurteth thofe that are trou- 
bled with the falling fickeneffe, as by euident proofes it is very well knowne. 
Smallage,as Pliny Writeth,hath a peculiar vertueagainft the biting of venomous fpiders. C 
The juiceofSmallagemixed with liony and beane floure, doth make an excellent mundifica- L 
tiue forold vlcers and malignant fores, and ftaieth alfo the weeping of the cut or hurt finewes in 
limplemembers,whichare no; y (arty or flefhie,andbringeth the fame to perfeA digeftion-. 
The leaues boiled in hogs great*? and made into the forme of a pultis, take away the paine of t 
felofis and whitlowes in the fingetSjand ripen and.he^Ie, them. y , ) 
Chap. 3518. Of MomtnweT arflcj . 
f OreofeiinurH, 
Mountaine Parfley. *5 T$e Defcriptim. 
T He ftalke.of mountaine Parity, as Viofcori- 
<&rwritcth,is a fpan high, growing from a 
{lender root ;vpon which are branches and little 
heads like thofe of Hemlock, yet much llenderer: 
on which ftalkesdogrow the feed, which is long, 
of a fharpe or biting tafte, (lender, and of a ftrong 
fmell, likevnto Cuniin: but we can not find that 
this kinde of Mountaine Parfley is knowne in 
our age: the leaues of this we here glue are like 
thofe of common parfley, but greater and broa- 
der, confiding of many (lender footftalkes fatte- 
ned vnto them • the ftalke is fhort, tire floures on 
the fpoked tufts be white - the feed fmall : the 
root is white, and of a mean© length or bignefle, 
in tafte fomewhat biting and bitteriih,and of© 
fiveet fmell. j 
«y The Place. 
t Diofcsridcs writeth,that mountaine Parfley 
grovvethvpon rockcsand mountaines. Aivd-Da- 
doruus affirmeth that this herbe deferibed graves 
on the hills which diuide Silefia from Morauia, 
calledin times part thecounntrey of tfccMarco- 
mans : alfo' it is faid to be found on other moun - 
taines and hills in the North parts of England. 
The Names. 
The Grecians doe name it of the mountaines 
hfiten which the Latines alfo- for that caute doc 
call eJMontamm.emd OKmapitim in EngUlh, mountaine Parfley : in Latirie, , : lf turn .-hue 
Vtofcorides maketh petrofelinmn or ftone Parfley to differ from mountaine Parfley • for feteli lie, ( 
Qqqq s we 
