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Chap, 6 , 
\Tbeatrum Botanicum . 
Tkibs 8 A 
Chap7 VI. 
Anetbtsm. Dill. 
Lthough formerly we have beene acquainted but with one fort of Dill, and that Theepkrajlus faith 
'el 
there are many forts but exprefleth none of them, yetinthefe later times two other forts more have' 
beene found out,which we will .(hew you together here. 
Anetham hortenfe five vttlgarc . Common garden Dill. 
l, Antihum hortenfe five vulture* 
Common garden Dili, 
The common Dill gtoweth up with feldome more then one (hike, neither lo high nor fo great ufually as Fen-; 
ncll being round and with fewer joynts thereon, whofe leaves are (adder and fomewhat long, and (o like Fen-| 
nell that it deceivech many, but harder in handling and fomewhat thicker, of a flrongerfent alfo and unplea-1 
fanter, the toppes of the ftalkes have fewer branches and fmaller umbellsof yellow flowers, which turne into! 
fmall feede fomewhat flatter and thinner then Fennell feede, and of a ftronger and more nnpleafant raffe theri 
roote is fmall and wooddy perilhing every yeare after it bath borne feede, and is unprofitable, never put to ] 
any ule. 
2, Anethtsmfjlvefire major, Great wildeDill: 
This great kinde differeth not from the former in any nota¬ 
ble part but in the grearnefl'e both of ftalkes, leaves, flowers 
and feede and that it is found growing naturally wilde in Sici¬ 
lia isCafalpinm faith 
3. Anetham fylveflre minus, Small wilde Dill. 
As the laft was greater in ail parts then the firft fo this is 
much leffc then it growing but a foot high, the leaves are fine 
and fmall on the ftalkes, and the flowers yellow like it, and the 
feede fmall and long, thus in roote as well as the reft being 
fmaller maketh the difference, for both thefe laft arc but annu- 
all as thefirft. 
The place and Time. 
The firft is moft ufually fowen in Gardens and grounds for 
thepurpofe, yet it is found wilde with ns in fome places: the 
fecond as is fayd hath beene found in Sicilia as the laft, and fent 
by £olnmr.a to Bauhintu, and by Bsel from Lifhbone to US. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke A TIStD ejnod cito crefcat 
fry fome,or as othersttlinke ijuafi diemey, id eTt y invi£hsm ijaia 
cihi appetentiam exeftat : as alfo o-vuShu ejttod ell congrejfas ef 
ccitio venercetad tjaam laccffit Anethi ttful tit antiqai prodiderant y 
tametfi plurimo ufn gtnituram tandem cxbastriat, The firft is 
(imply called Anetham by all authors, or Anetham hortenfe is 
Bauhinw doth : the fecond is onely mentioned by Cefalpmns 
and Batihimn out of him,and the laft by Bauhintu from Colttmd 
na, and eve from Heel : the Arabians call ic A diet or Sebet, the 
Italians Anew the Spaniards Eneldo, the French Anet , the Ger- 
mans r Djllen and Hechkraut, the ‘Dutch alfo Vide and we Dill. 
The Vcrtnes. 
Dill is hot in the third and dry in the fecond degree,efpecially 
be ing greene, but when it is dryed it is hot and dry in the third, 
digefting then,more then before : it is good to breede milke 
faith Dtofcorides, but Galen in the Fennell before feemeth to 
gainefayit, for being fo dry it ftayeth milke and engendreth it 
not, and to eafe fwellings and paines being boyled and drunke: 
the fame alfo ftayeth both the belly and the ftomacke from call¬ 
ing : the decoction thereof helpeth women that are troubled 
with the paines and windineffe of the mother, if they fit there¬ 
in: it provoketh Vrine, it ftayeth the hickock, being boyled in wine and but fmelledunto tyed in a cloth, and 
dullcth the eye fight, and being much taken extinguifheth venery, for it mightily expeiletli winde,and dryeth up 
naturall (perme: the feede is of more ufe then the leaves, although they bee much ufed to rcllifh condiments, 
and is more eftedluall to digeft raw and vifeous humors, yet more unpleafant then Fennell, andis ufed in all 
medicines that ferve to expell winde, and eafe torments and paines thereof: the feede being toafted or fryed 
andufedinoylesorpIaifters,diffoIveth the Impoftumesin the fundament,and dryeth up all moyft Vlcers efpeci¬ 
ally in the fecret parts: the oyle made of Dill is effefluall to warme, to relolve humours and Impoftumes whe¬ 
ther loft or hard tumors, to eafe paines and to procure reft. 
Chap. 
