■ I B. Z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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The women in Suenia,faithtf«y0«yr«/,«ffoW*/«.r ; preparethe roots hereof for their husbands and C 
know full well wherefore and why, &c. 
The iuice of the roots drunke with goats milkc ftoppeth the laske. The fame druiie with wine D 
putteth away windinefle out of the ftomacke,and gripings ofthe belly, and helpeth the hicketor 
yeoxing.They ftirvp appetite,and prouoke vrine. 
Chap. 407. Of farrots. 
The Defcription. 
I npHe leaues of the garden Carrots are ofa deepe greene colour, compofed of many fine 
1 Fennell-like leaues, very notably cut or iagged ; among which rifeth vpa ftalk ftraight 
and roundjfoure cubits high,fomwhat hairieand hollow, hauing at the top round lpo- 
Jced tufts, in which do grow little white floures : in their places commeth the feed, rough and hai- 
rie,ofa fvveet fmell when it is rubbed. The root is long, thicke and fingle, of a faire yellow colour 
pleafant to be eaten,and very fweet in tafte. 
I Paftinaca fativa tenuifalia. 
Yellow Carrot. 
X 2 Paftinaca fatiua atro^mhcm , 
Red Carrot. 
2 There is another kinde hereof like to the former in all parts, and differeth from it only in the 
colourof the root, which in this is not yellow, but of a blackifh red colour. 
v The Place. 
Thefe Carrots are fowne in the fields, and in gardens where other pot herbes are : they require * 
loofeand well manured foile. 
«r The Time. 
They are to be fowne in Aprill ; they bring forth their floures and feed the yeare after they be 
fowne. 
The Names, 
The Carrot is properly called in Greeke nwvw, for that which we haue termed in Latins by the 
" Rrrr g ~ name 
