Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
L IB; X, 
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Chap. 414. 
Of 'Bi/hop s)V ied i HerbeJVilliam , or <tA' meos. 
The Defcription. 
1 '■p'He common Ameos,efpecialIy with vs here in England, hath round greene (talks, with 
A diuers boughes and branches, and large long leaues, diuided intodiuers other narrow 
long and frnall leaues, dented Qr fnipt about the edges, hauing at the top of the (talke white floures 
in great fpoky tufts, which bring forth a little fharpe and bitter feed : the root thereof is whitd and 
threddie. 
2 This excellent and aromaticall Ameos of Candy hath tufts and leaues like Dauciu Creticus ,, 
and a root like vnto the garden Carrot, of a yellow colour, and hot feed like Origanum, of an exeef 
lent fpicie fauour or firfell, growing in fpoky tufts or roundles like Carum : it hath beene brought 
from Candy and Syria into Venice, and from Venice into France, Flanders, and England, where 
we haue often fowne it • but without doubt we haue beene beguiled therein by the deceitful drug- 
rnafters, who haue firliboyled ir,orvfed fomeqther falfeand deceitfull deuice, to bring greater 
admiration vnto the Venice treacle, for the confection whereof this feed is a chiefe and moft prin- 
cipal! ingredient. 
Ammi vulgar e. f 3 AmmiCretitum. 
Common Biihops-weed. Candy Biflrops-weed. 
5 There is another kinde of Ameos, which is an herbe very fmalland tender, hauing ftalkes a 
foot and ah alfe high, very frnall and tender, befet with leaues like vnto Dill, finely tagged , and 
fomewhat (lender-, and at the top of the ftalkes grow little tufts or fpokie white rundles, which 
afterwards do turne into frnall gray feed, hot and fharpe in tafte. The root is frnall and (lender. 
The Place. 
Thefe plants do all grow in my garden, except <^A mmi Creticum , whereof hath beene fufficient- 
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