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E The Ieaues of fvveet Cheruill are exceeding good, wholefome,andpleafajat, among other faliad 
Serbs, giuingthe tafte of Anife feed vnto the reft. 
F The root, faith Galen, is hot in the fecond degree, hauing a thinneffe of fab ft ance ioined with it. 
G Diefcorides teacheth,that the root drunke in wine is a remedie againft the bitings of the veno- 
mous fpiders called in Latine FhaLngui . and that it bringeth downe the menfes and fecondines • 
and being boy led and drunke it is good for fuch as haue the pty fick or confumption of the Jungs.’ 
H The feeds eaten as a fallad whiled they are yet greene, with oyle,vineger, and pep per, exceed all 
other fallads by many degrees, both in pleafancnefle of tafte, fweetnelfe of fmell,‘and wholfomnefle 
for the cold and feeble ftomacke. 
I The roots are likewife moft excellent in a fallad, if they be boy led and after drafted as the cun- 
ning Cooke knoweth how better than my felfe : notwithftanding I doe vfe to cate them with oile 
and vineger, being firftboyled - which is very good for old people that are dull andwithout cou- 
rage ; it reioyceth arid comforteth the heart, and increafeth their Juft and ftrength. 
Chap. 417. Of Shepbeards needle or ivilde Qkeruill. 
•J TbeDefcriftion. 
1 C CMtdix, or recien Veneris , doth not much differ in the quantitie of the ftalks, Ieaues, and 
vj floures, from Cheruill ; but Sctndix hath no fuch plealant fmell as Cheruill hath : the 
Ieaues belefler, more finely cut, and ofabrowne greene colour : the floures grow ac 
the top of the ftalkes in fmall white tufts ; after which come vp long feeds very like vnto pack-nee- 
ddles, orderly fet one by another like the great teeth ofa combe, whereof it tooke the name PUlcn 
Veneris, 01 Venus combe, or Venus needle : the root is white, a finger long. 
, i \ T , h , is fr T a , flcnder ,ong and vvhitifh r00t rends V P many fmaH Ieaues like thofe of the laft 
dclcribedjbut ofa pleafing fmell and tafte fomething like that of the common Cheruill -amongft 
thefe Ieaues grow vp flender ftalks a little hairy, diuided into fhort green and flender branches car- 
in S vmbels 3 confi (ling oi fiiie,fix J> (euen. > or eight final white floures 5 com poled of fiue Ieaues 
apiece 
