Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
Lib. 3 . 
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I jinifum. | 2 Anifumlndicumftelhtum „ 
Amle * Starry headed Anife. 
«J The Time. 
It is to be fowne in thefe cold regions in the moneth of May : the feed is ripe in Auguft. 
«J The Names: 
It is called in Latinc Anifum : in Greckc,x«,. = inhigh-Dutch,:3Sntf? : in Iow-Dutcb^ntffaet' 
in Italian, Anijo •. inSpanifh, Matahalua in French, Anis : in Englifh, Anife, and Annife feed. 
The Temperature. 
Galen writeth, That the feed of Anife is hot and dry in the third degree : after others;it is hot in 
the fecond degree, and much lefle than dry in thefecond degree; forrtingendrerh milke,whichit 
could not do il it were very dry, as Galen in his chapter of Fennell doth whether hee will or no de- 
clare and teftifie ; in that it doth ingender milke,his opinion is that it is not hot aboue the firft de- 
gree : which thing alfo may be in Anife feed, both by this reafon,and alfo bccaufe it is fweet. 
Therefore to conclude, Anife feed is dry in the firft degree, and hot in the fecond. 
TheVertues. 
The feed wafteth and confumeth winde, and is good againft belchings and vpbraidifigs of the A 
ftomackc, allaycth gripings of the belly, prouoketh vrine gently, maketh aboundance of milke, 
and ftirreth vp bodily luft : it ftayeth the laske, and alfo the white flux in women. 
Being chewed it makes the breath fweet, and is good for them that are fhort winded, and quen- £ 
cheth thirft, and therefore it is fit for fuch as haue the dropfie : it helpeth the yeoxing or hicket., 
both when it is drunken or eaten dry : the ftnell thereof doth alfo preuaile very much. 
The fame being dried by the fire and taken with honey clenfeth the breft very much from fleg- C 
iiaticke fuperfluities ; and if it be eaten with bitter almonds it doth helpe the old cough. 
1 1 is to be giuen to yong children and infants to eate which are like to haue the falling ficknes, D 
or to fuch as haue it by patrimonie or fuccefTion. 
It taketh away the Squinancie or Quincie (that is, a fwelling in the throat) being gargled with - E 
ioney,viheger, and a little Hyflop gently boiled together. 
