L/iB.z. Of the Hiflory of Plants. icz 9 
l be written of wilde Carrot, the root whereof is more effeauall than that of the garden andcofltai 
| neth in it,as Galen faith, a certaine force to procure luft. 
^ The Temperature and Vert ues. 
The feed of this wild Carrot, and likewife the root is hot and drie in the fecond degree and doth A 
' withallopenobftnnftions. 1 A 
The root boiled and eaten, or boiled with wine, and the decoction drunke, prouoketh vrine ev n 
I: pelleth the ftone,bringeth forth thebirth,italfo procureth bodily luft. 5 “ U 
The feed drunke bringeth downe the defired fickndTe, it is good for them that can hardly make ~ 
i water, it breaketh and diffolueth winde,it remedinth the dropfie,it cureth the collick and done be ^ 
I mg drunke in wine. 5 
. Ic !s ^llogoOd for thepaffions ofthemother,andheIneth conception : it is good againft the bi D 
I tings of all manner of venomous beads : it is reported, faith Diofcorides. that fuchas hauc fi-ft taken 
d of it are not hurt by them. 
Chap. 4 op. 0/ Qandie Carrots. 
D an cus Cretenfis verus; 
Candle Carrots. f 7 be Defection. 
The Nature. 
Thele plants are hot and drie, efpecially the 
. , , . „ . feed of Daucus Creticus, which is hot and drie in 
the tmrd degree : but the feed of the wilde Carrot is hot and drie in the fecond degree. 
r , c , If T ke Vertues. 
1 be feed of Daucus drunken is good againft the ftrangurie,and painfull making of water itnre- 
uaileth againft the gvauell and ftone,and prouoketh vrine. fa water, itpre- 
ripenSafoklcou' h rmenCS and ° f ^ belI y> di ^ oIueth Undines, cure* the collide, and 
j, poifoa famC beeing takeninVvine 3 isveri e good againft the bitings of beafts, andexpelleth , 
1 or ^ Dmc '- S f nUC r S is of " great efficacie and vertue being put into Treacle, Mithridate ■ 
or any antidotes, againft poifon or peftilence. 0 5 ' 
rPHis Daucus Cretenfis, being the true Daucus of 
. Thoficondes, doth not grow in Candy on'ly.but 
is found vpon the mountaines of Germany, and 
vpon the hills and rockes of Iura about Geneua, 
from whence it hathbeene fentandconueied bv 
one friendly Herbariftvnto another, intofundrie 
regions : it beareth leaues which are fmall,and ve- 
ry finely iagged,refembling either Fennel or wild 
Carrot : amongwhich rileth vp a ftalke ofa cubit 
high,hauing at the top white fpokie tufts, and the 
floures of Dilhwhich being paft, there come great 
plentieot long feed, well fme!ling,notvnlike the 
feedofCumin, fane that it is whitifh,withacer- 
taine moffinefle, and a fharpe tafte, and is in grea- 
tcrvfe thananypartof the plant. The root alfo is 
right good in medicine, being Ieffer than the root 
of a Parfnep, but hotter in tafte, and ofa fragrant 
fmell. 
ThcTime. 
This floures in Iune and Iuly,his feed is ripe in 
Auguft. 
^ The Names . 
There is fufficient Ipoken in the defeription as 
touching the name. 
