L I B. Z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
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The Place . 
The firft kindeof Pcuccdanum or H ogs Fennell growethvery plentifully on the South fide of a 
wood belonging to Waltham, at the Nafe in Effex by the high-way fide ; alfoat Whitftable in 
Kent, in a medowneere to the fea fide, fometime belonging to Sir Henry Crifpc, and adioyning to 
hishotife there. It grovvethalfoin great plenty at Feuerlltarri in Kent, neerevnto the Inuen vpon 
thebankes thereof, and in the medoives adioyning. 
The fecond kinde groweth vpon the fea coafts of Montpellier inFrance,and inthecoafts of 
Italy. 
ThcTitoCi 
Thefe plants do floure in Iune, Inly, and Auguft. 
*|J The Names i 
The Grecians call it *»*>■*>« ! the Latines in like manner Peticedanos, or Peucedanum, and alfo Pi - 
nafiellum : moil of the fhops,and likevvife the common people name it Fanioulum Pevcinum : of di- 
uers ,Stataria ■ of the Prophets, a^aic • that is to fay, a good Angell or Ghoft : in high-Dutch, 
ioutltel, S>etofentfecl : in Italian and French, Peuccd.M~: in SpaniiFi,//,-r- 
batum : in Englilh, Hore-ftranM,and Hore-ftrong, Sow-FennelI,or Hogs FenneIl,SuIphur-wort, 
or Brimftone-wort. It is called Peucedanum and Pinajlcllum, of the Greeke and Latine words 
and Pinus. 
% The Temperature. 
Thefe herbeS,efpccially the yellow fap of theroot, is hot inthefecond degree, and dry in the 
beginning of the third. 
The Vert tecs. 
The yellow fap of the root of Hogs Fennell, or as they call it in fome places of England, Hore- A 
ftrange, taken by it felfe.or with bitter almonds and Rue, is good againft the fhortneffe of breath, 
it affivageth the griping paines of the belly, diffolueth and driueth away ventofitie or windiriefle 
of the ftomacke ; it wafteth the fwellingofthemilt or fpleene, loofeth the belly gently, and pur- 
geth by fiege both flegmc and choler. 
The fame taken in manner aforefaid prouoketh vrine,eafeth the paine ofthe kidneyes and blad- £ 
der,caufetheafiedeliueranceofchilde,and expelleth the fecondine, or after-birth, and thedead 
childe. 
The fap or iuyee ofthe root mixed with oyie of Rofes, Or Vineger, and applied, eafeth the pal- C 
lie, crampes,contta£lion or drawing together of finewes, and all old cold difeafes,efpecially the 
Sciatica. 
It is vfed with good fucceffe againft the rupture or burftings in yong children, and is very good D 
robe applied vnto the nauels of children that Hand out ouer much. 
The decottion of the root drunke is of like vertue vnto the iuyee, but not altogether fo effeclu- E 
all againft the forefaid difeafes. 
The root dried and made into pouder doth mundifie andclenfe old (linking and corrupt lores F 
andvlcers,andhealeth them: it alfo draweth forth the corrupt and rotten bones that hinder the 
fame from healing, and likewife fplinters and other things fixed in the flefh . 
The faid pouder or iuyee of the root mixed with oyie of Rofes, caufeth one to fvveat,if the body G 
be anointed therewith, and therefore good to be put into the vn&ion or ointment for the French 
dileafe. 
The congealed liquor tempered with oyie of Rofes, and applied to the head after the manner of H 
an ointment, is good for them that haue the Lethargie, that are franticke, that hatie dizzineffe in 
the head, that are troubled with the falling ficknefte, that haue the palfie,that are vexed with con- 
i vulfions and crampes, and generally it is a remedie for all infirmities of the finewes, with V ineger 
and oyie, as Diofcorides teacheth. 
The fame being fmelt vnto reuiueth and calleth them again that be ftrangled with the mother, I 
; and that lie in a dead fteepej 
Being taken in a reare egge it helpeth the cough and difficultie of breathing^gripings and win- K 
. dinelfe, which, as Galen addeth,procecdeth from the groflendfe and clamminefte of humors. 
It purgeth gently, it d iminifheth the fpleene, by cutting, digefting, and making thin humours £ 
! that are thicker it caufeth eafie trauell, and openeth the matrix. 
A final! piece ofthe root holden in the mouth is a prefen t remedie againft the fuffbeation of m 
i the mother. 
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