'Theatrum Botanicum. 
T R I B E £ i 
thed therewith dayeth the abounding courfes of women : Cumin feede bruifed and fryed with an hard Egr 
and bound to the backe part of the head eafeth an old head-ach, and dayeth the rheutne that falleth into the eyi 
or are blood (hotten, or elfe the powder mixed with wax into the forme of a plaiiter and applyed warmetotl 
eyes will foone helpe it,and take it away. Cumin feede is fayd to make any one looke pale that ufeth it inwaru 
iy,or applyeth it outwardly. 
Chap. VIII. 
CMeum. Spignell. 
!F Mernt the ancients likewifeknew and defenbed but one kind, although it was entituled b 
^ divers names of the places where the bell grew : but we have in thefe latter times beene acquain 
j te d w ith three or foure other plants which may not unfitly be referred alfo thereunto, as by their dc 
feriptions you [hallfoone uuderftand. 
1. Menmvulgatiui. Common or ordinary Spignell. 
The rootes of common Spignell doe fpread much and deepe in the ground, many firings or branches growin 
from one head which is hairy at the top of a blackifh browne colour on the outfide and white within, fmellin 
well and of an aromaticke talk, from whence rile fundry long flalkes of mod fine cut leaves like haires, (mallei 
then Dill fet thicke on both Tides of the ftalke and of a good lent: among thefe leaves rile up round ftiffe dalke 
with few'jo/nts and leaves at them, and at the toppes an umbell of fine pure white flowers at the edges, wherei 
of l'ometimes will be leene a fhew of reddifh or blufh colour efpecially before they bee full blovvnc and are fuel 
cecded by fmall fomewhat round feede bigger then the ordinary Fennell, and of a browner colour,divided inti 
two parts and cretfed on the backe as mod of the umbelliferous feedes are. 
2. Mcnmaliudminui. Small Spignell. 
The fmall Spignell hath a good big roote a foote long into the ground bfacke on the outfide and white withii 
wichout any branches downewards, but parted into feverall heads upwards, each whereof lendeth forth fundrji 
fhort {lender dalkes of mod fine fhort leaves fet by fmall tufts together: among which rife up a few low dalke; 
not above a foote high, bearing white umbells of dowers and very fmall feede after them as fmall as Patfley, bu 
blacker of colour, the fent whereof is mod quickclharpe and very plcafing as is the red ofthe plant. 
3, CM'eum Alexiterirtm Creticnm. The prefervative CtfWy Spignell. 
The dalke hereof is about two foote high,as thicke as that of Dill and greene, with many long winged leaves 
ell: the umbells of flowers arc white and fmall, and very (mail long 
thereon as finely cut as the former Spignell 
1. OAcurtivulgatw. 
Common or ordinary Spignell a 
5. Meum Alexiterium Creticum. 
The prefervaci vc Spignell of Cand], 
