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102 6 Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lib. 2. 
D It is reported, faith Drofcoridcs , that Deare are prelerued from bitings of Serpents, by eating of 
the herbe Elaphohofctim , or wilde Parfnep,wherupon the feed is giuen with wine aeainft the bitines 
and Ringings of Serpents. c ° ■ 
Jich ?0 f r C ^f4t n ro Parr " CP ‘ thC fir “ being thM and thC rCCOnd thaC « 
Chap. 406 . Of Spinets. 
Sifarum. Skirrets. %Tbe Defection. 
*Tp He Icaues of the Skirret dolikevvifeconfifl 
X , ot man y fmall Ieaues fattened to one rib e 
uene particular one whereof is fomething me 
ked in the edges, but they are lefTer, greener, anc 
fmoother than thofe of the Parfnep. The ftaik< 
be ttiort,and feldome a cubit high ; the floures 
in the fpoked tufts are white, the roots be ma- 
ny in number, growing out of one head an hand 
bredth long.moft commonly not a finger thick 
they are fwcet, white, good to beeaten,andmott 
pleafant intafte. 
The PUct andiime. 
■ Sk irret is planted in Gardens,and efpe- 
cially by the root, for the greater and thicker 
ones being taken away.the letter are put into the 
earth againe: which thing is befttobe done in 
March or Apnll, before the ftalkscome vp,and 
at this time the roots which begathered are ea- 
ten raw, or boiled. 
The Names. 
This herbe is called in Latin Sifartm, and al- 
io in ^Oreeken'rag,, . the Latines dolikewifecall 
it Stfer^and diners of the later Herbarifts, W. 
SrttTr ’ ° r l ennlU - the oarae 
InSTS Barren Kaptmftelen : 
s ro neSj ^ upcfecc too^telen.thac 
to lay,Sugarroots 3 and oftentimes femlien* 
w SpaniiL, cfer/»ia. in Italian, in French* 
f e ' u y ; in EngIifh,Skirret and Skirwort. And 
Emperour commanded to becomieied vntohimfmm rlu S f r0T f ki [ Kt which Tiberius the 
as Pliny reporteth in lib. 19 .cap < The Skirrer °' j— d , ubaa eaftle about the riuerofRhene 
«• m ro much &££Z£gZ£ 35*2*5 Om “S 
eueryyeare out of Germanic. Itisnot,asdiuersfun n ofe c lrC e- e feme to be brought vnto him 
ten in his Ss.chapter : for Second is deferibed by thc ulffZT^ hlS ? ecac . ul >°[ which he hath writ- 
<~Matthiolui Syluaticus expoundeth it • and ir hrino- r-n c £ hat is to fay of the peafe as 
'S of Jo pare, neirherdorh it bring forth finfo/f B f‘ ,h<: Sl ' rret h >* «4 
If The Nature and Venues. 
A meanly, and yeelda reafonlble goodmicl 'but'they^e fo ^ “ ■ Iy COnCO ‘ 5led 5 thc Y nourifl, 
alfoprotioke Juft. B imce.Dut they are fomethingwindie,byreafon whereof they 
" ti raes they be fried in m'/e an^bmte^fn^ d ht ^ 01 ( ! e ’ afl:cr tIie manner of a fallad , and often- 
thecookcjiiiid the tafte of the eater. ’ ' U fC cd afrer ot h er fafhions, according to the skil of 
The 
