Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
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Chap. 42 . 5 . Of Spignell fp'ickyelljor Mem. 
^ The Defcription. 
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I CPignell hath italkcs riiing vp to the height of a cubit and a halfc,befct with leaue's' r£ It ru- 
bbling Fennell or Dill, but thicker,raore bufhie,and more finely iagged ; and at the top of 
the ftalkes do grow fpokie tufts likevnto Dil. The roots are thick, and full of an oleous fubftance, 
fmelling well, and chafing or heating the tongue, of a reafonable good fauour. 
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Iiiaan^ ^jIY'XSpignell. 
J 2 Mcum alterum tttiheunt. 
Italian Spignell. 
2 There is a baftard kinde of Spignell like vnto the former, failing that the leaues are not fo 
finelv cut or iagged : the flourcs arc tufted more thicker than the former.the roots are many^thick* 
and full of fap • « 
The Place. 
Mew, or Meon,groweth iri Weftmerland,at a place called Round-tvvhat betwixt Aplebie and 
Kendall, in the parifh of Orton. , . , . 
Baftard M ewe, or jv/e«w,groweth in the wafte mountames of Italie,and the AIps,and(as it natfi 
been told me)vpon Saint Vincents rocke by Briftow, where I fpent two daies to feeke it, but it was 
not my hap to find it, therefore I make fome doubt of the truth thereof. 
H The T ime. 
Thefe herbes doe flourc in Iune and Iuly,and yeeld their feed in Auguft. 
The Names. 
’ r is called of the Grecians yaor or /*«'«», * likewifeof the Latines 3 3/£#w .* of the ItalianSjA/^* m 
ia,as Mat thiol us declareth,it is called Imper atrix : in diuers places of S paine ^Stjlr a\ in ot icrs, 
! lo : in High Dutch, 23ectCtDUtt5 1 in French 9 Siftre : Ruelliut faith that it is named in France 
thiim tortuofum^nd fyluejffcfx- writhed Dil,and wilde Dill ; alfo it is called in F.nglilh,Spigne , 
S pick nell, of fome Mew, and Bearewoort.- 
The ticond may be called baftard Spicknell. ^ ^ 
