IO j i Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L 1 b, i. 
F teniculitm vulgar e . 
Common Fennell. j 
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% The Place. 
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Thefe herbs are fee and fovvne in gardens-buc 
the fecond doth not profper well in this Coun- 
trey : for being fowne of good and perfect feed 
yet in the fecond yeare after his fovving it will 
degenerate from the right kinde, and become 
common Fennell. 
The Time. 
They floure in Iuneand Inly, and the feed is*s 
ripe in the end of Augud. 
The Names. 
Fennell is called in Greeke ; inLatine, 
CMarathrum , and Fcemculum : in high Dutch 
jfetHfcell : in low-Dutch, Benchcll : in Italian’ 
Finocchio: in Spanifh, Hinoio : in French. Ft - 
noil : in Englifh, Fennell, and Fenckell. 
The Nature. 
The feed of Fennel is hot and dry in the third 
degree. 
The Ferities. 
The ponder of the feed of Fennell drunke for 
ccrtainc dayes together fading preferueth the 
eye-fight: whereof was written this Diftichon 
following : 
Fasniculus ,Rofa, Verbena fhelidtmia.Ruta, 
Fx his fit aqua qua lumina redilit acuta. 
Of Fennell, Rofes,Veruain, Rue, and Celandine 
Is made a water good to cleere the fight ofeine.’ 
B The greene Ieaues of Fennell eaten, or the feed drunken made into a Ptifan, do fill womens 
bredswith milke. 
C The decodion of Fennell drunke eafeth the paines of the kidnies, caufeth one to auoid the 
done, and prouoketh vrine. 
D The roots are as effeduall, and not onely good for the intents aforefaid,but againd the dropfie ' 
alfo, being boy led in wine and drunken. r 
E Fennell feed drunke advvageth the paine of the domacke, and wambling of the fame, or defire 
to vomit, and breaketh vvindc. 
r The herbc,feed,and root of Fennell are very good for the lungs, the liner, and the kidneyes for 
it openeth the obdru chons or doppings of the fame, and comforteth the inward parts. 1 ’ 
Cj The feed and herbe of fweet Fennell is equall in vertues with Annife feed. 
Chap. 411. Of ‘Dill. 
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D lllhathahttledalkeofacubithigh, round and ioynted ; whereupon doe grow Ieaues verie . 
finely cut, hke to thofe of Fennell, but much fmaller : the floures be little and yellow, dan- 
ding in a fpokie tuft or rundle : the feed is round,flat and thin : the whole plant is of a ftrong 
fmell : the root is threddy. , 0 
The Place. 
It is fowne in gardens, and is alfo fometimes found wilde. 
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