L, i b. z. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 103 -> 
d 3 AmmipcrpufiUiim. «p The Time. 
Small Bifhops-weed. 
They floure in Inne and Inly, and yeeld 
their feed in the end ol Auguft. 
The Names. 
The Grecians call it-wfru.: the Latines alfo 
Ammi : diuers call it Cuminum lAithiopicvm : 
others, Cuminum Regium,6x Comin Royal 1 : in 
fhops, Amnios, o r Ameos in the Genitiue cafe : 
the Germanes, rfimep: in Englifh, Ameos, or 
Ammi : of fome, Herbe-VVilliam, Bull-wdrr, 
and Bifhops-weed. 
ThcTemperntnre. 
The feed of Ameos is hot and dry in the la- 
ter end of the third degree. 
The Venues. 
Itauaileth againftgripingsof the belly in \ 
making of vrine,againft the bitings offerpents 
taken in wine, and alfo it bringeth downe the 
floures : being applied with honey it takcth 
away blacke and blew fpots which- come' of 
ftripes : the feed otSifon doth alfo the likd, for 
it ishot and dryland that in the third degree • 
likewife of thin, parts , prouoking vrine, and 
bringing downe the de fired ficknefle. 
Tbcfeedof Ameos is good to be drunken B 
in wincagainft thebiting of all manner of ve- 
nomousbeafts,and hath power againft all ma- 
ner ofpdylbn & peftilent fetters ,or the plague, 
and is vfed in the.corre<fting of Cantharides, 
whereby thofe flies are made medicinable to 
be applied to the body without danger. 
Ameos brayed and mingled with honey fcattereth congealed bipud, and piitteth away blacke q 
and blew markes which come by ftripes or falls, if it be applied thereto in manner ofa plaifter. 
f The figm e which was Formerly in the fccond place was of the Uippomrithrum alburn of Tabemamotitam- 
C h a p.^i5. Of Qheruill. 
The Tcfcription. 
1 *T*He leaues of Cheruiil are flender,and diuerfly cut/ometlijing hairy, of a whitifh green : 
A the ftalks be fhort, (lender, round, and hollow within, which at the fifft together with 
the leaues areofa whitifh green, but tending to a red when the feeds are ripe : the floures be white, 
and grow vpon Icattered tufts. The feed is long, narrow, (lender, fharpe pointed : the root is full of 
firings. 
d 2 There is found in Inne and Iuly, almoftineuerie hedge, a certaine plant whichT^er- 
namont. and B .whine fitly cal Cbtrophyllumpx Cerefolium fytueflre, and the figure was vnfitly giuen by 
our Author foxThyJfelinum : It hatha whitifh woodd'y root, from which arife round red and hairy 
ilalkes fometwocubits high,fomctimes more, and oft times fomewhat big and fwolne about the 
ioynts,and they are not hollow but full of pith : toward the top it is diuided into fundry branches, 
which on their tops carry vmbels of fmall pure white little floures, which are fuccceded by longifh 
feeds. The leaues are vfdally parted into three chiefe pins, and thefeagaine fubdiuided into flue, 
and they are fnipt about the edges, foft and hairy, of a darke greene or elfe reddifh colour. It flou- 
reth in I tine and Iuly , and then ripens the feed, d 
3 Great Cheruiil hath large leaues deepely cut or lagged, in (hew very like vnto Hcmlbcks, 
ofa very good and pleafant fmell and taftelikevnto Cheruiil, and fpmetbirig hairy, which hath 
c.iufedvs to call it fweet Cheruiil. Among thefe leaues rifethvp a ftalke fomwhat cfefted or fur- 
rowed, of the height of two cubits, at the top whereof grow fpoky tufts or rundles with white 
• ° - SflT Sbtfves, 
