The Theater ofTlants, 
Chap.^. 885 
T a 1 B E 7* _ _ 
"T,,. n nwers are of a purplifhviolet cofour [and large feedes like Fennell, but of a ftrong Tent almoft flunking • 
v ITTone and white enduring long: this is not the lad called Hippomarathrstm Creuctsm and Cachryfemm 
tw<- f<v« of Fennell grow in hot countries as in their titles and defections is declared,for the coldnciTe of 
™,r rlimarealtcreth even the beftandfweeteftisfowenwithus.-thewilde fort was brought mee out of Spaine 
amongother feeds by Sul ; they all flower and feede in the end of Autumne if the yeare be kindly, I meant the 
ftran S BefortS - The Names. 
TrU «1Ied in Sreekew« 3 f»>'. and Faniculum in Latine, and both from one figmfication, eped qttajifemm ib 
bvmZeUaum & marcidum reponatur,vel quodmagno c *mfznor'feme»reddat& c*minaruent adeendsendamultd 
tlurima it nfvt. The firft is the raoft common both in our Land and both the Germames, which they call reftrum 
CTas well as wcalleth it fylveftre,^Cameran* <» hone faith that fame tookfc it to be H.ppo- 
«*S»T the fecond is the Famicahm dnlce of Afetfeb. and divers others, and called™/^ by Lugdunen. 
(is which all Germane authors fay doth as well alter in their countries as in ours, butholdeth more weetc full 
w " " a Lcountrev is wherein it groweth : the third Bauhinus onely hath made mention of in his fW : 
[he fou cl. Label calleth jponte virens I agri, Narbenenfiam and I may fay as well H,ft anon,m, Man hoi* calleth 
tScL and AngMara doubteth whether it may not bee mppomarathrum :the fiftisvery probable to bee 
the Hippomarathnm di Honors BeUm of Candy whereof he maketh mention in his firft Ep.ftle to CM* which 
is extant in the end ofC/ate his hiftory of plants, who faith the CW»» call it Ptatecnmmo whole feede as 
he^herr^faithis as great as thofe of C«hrji, BaMnw in his ProLomus feemeth to a,me at this having but a branch 
thereof fent him out of Signor Contarim his Garden at Venice, but could not demonftrate the who e plant i the 
aft 7 s remembred hi^Lm l,bro ie exotkis. The Arabians call it Ratemp the Italtans Fmoceho, theSpa- 
it T"nd l Z£! the French Fcoml.xtit Germans Fenchel, the Dntch V'nhel, and we Fennell. 
The Vertues . 
Fennell as Galen faith is hot in the third degree, and dry but in the firft, and put to many ufes, the leaves feede 
and rootes being both for mcate and medicine,the Italians efpccially doe much delight m theme th reof, and 
thetelore as 1 fay d before cranfplant it and whiten it, to make it the more tender to pleafe the taftc, which be¬ 
ing fweeteandfomewhathoc and comforting the Qomackc, helpeth to digeft the crude flegmaticke quahtie of 
Fift and other vifeous meats which they much inure themfelvcs unto. Weuleictolay upon V fth 01 toboyle 
it there with and with divers other things, as alfo the feede in bread or other things: the phyficall ule thereof is 
to breake winde to provoke Vrine and to cafe the paines of the Stone and helpe to breake it .the leaves or feede 
boy led in Barley water and drunk is good for Nurfes to encreafe their milke, and t0 1 * nake “ the 'yhol[fome 
fortheir Nurfe Children to take : the leaves being boy led in water but much more the feede ftayeth the hiclocke, 
and takeih away that loathing which often happeneth to the (lomackcs of (icke or feaveriili perlons, and alayeth 
the heate thereof the feede boyled in wine is good for them that are bitten by Serpents or have eaten poy- 
fonlull herbes or mufhromes, the feede and the rootes much more helpeth to open the obfttuftions of the Liver, 
Spleene and Gall and thereby much conduce* to all thedifeafes ar.fing from them as the painfull and windie 
fwellings of the Spleene and the yellow Iaundies; as alfo theGoute and Crampes, theiee de is of good ufe in 
peftorall medicines, and thofe that helpe th e (hortneffe of breath and wheeling by obftmaions of the Lungs: 
Ft helpeth alfo to bring downe the courfes and to clenfe the partes after delivery : the raotes are of mol ufe in 
Phyficke drinkes and brothes that are taken to clenfe the blood, to open obftruclions of che Liver, and to pro¬ 
voke Vrine and to amend the evill colour or complexion in the face after long ficknefle, and to caufe a good co¬ 
lour and a good habit through the whole body : Fennell both leaves and feedes or rootes ai e much and of ten ufed 
in drinkes or brothes, for thofe that are growen fat to abate their unweldinefie and make them more gaunt and 
lanke: the diftilled water ofthe whole herbe is likewife commended for the fame purpofes, as alfo to bedropped 
into the eyes to clenfe them from all enormities rifen therein, but the condenfate juice diffolved or as fome take 
it, the naturall juice or Gum that iflueth out thereof of it owne accord in hot countries, doth1 clenfe the eyes from 
miffs and filmes that hinder the eye fight: fome for this purpole tak* the greene (hikes of Fennell, and holdmg 
them to the fire in Autumne while they are greene, caufe a certaine juice or liquor to drop fronuhem.which they 
apply to the eyes,as holding it to bee more effeauall then eytber condenfate juice or che naturall Gum And 
fe yet more neately make a water to cleare the eye fight in this manner 1 they powther fome fine white Sugar 
Candy very finely, and put that powder into the hollow greene ftalke of Fennell while it groweth a foote above 
the ground,fo chat it be betweene two joynts, which after it hath remained therein a day two or three, and the 
hole covered and bound clofeover that no raine get in in the meane time, they open it at the low ei joynt, having 
firft placed a good peece of foft wax made a little hollow gutture wife under the ho e, which may ferve as a gut¬ 
ter or quill to carry the liquor ffrom falling downe by the ftalkejinto a veffell or thing: fee of purpole thereto to 
receive it. The fweete F ennell by reafon of the fweetneffe is much weaker then the ordinary, which is better to 
all the phyficall purpofes aforefayd, and therefore they doe but deceive themfelves and others that ule the fweec 
Fennell feede in compofitions as thinking it the better when as it is much the weaker,by w ant of the bitterneffe 
whichisthe-moftopeVative : the juice ofFennell dropped into their eares that have wormes breeding in them, 
killeth the wormes: The wilde Fennell is ftronger and hotter then the tame, and is therefore moft power- 
full againft the Stone, but not effeftuall to encreale m.fke, for it is dryer: Hononm that the 
women of Candy ufe to boyle the great feede of the Hi ppomarathram of Candy m Lye co dye cheir haire 
yellow. 
Chap. 
