Tribe 8. TheTheaterof T tarns, Cha p„i4„ 902, 
The VertHcs. 
A Ithough the herbe of the true Dauke is by the watery moifture therein leffe effe&ual! thcij the feeders Cjxlen 
faith,whichhath that powerfull heate therein that it is a principal! medicine to helpe the ftrangurie, to provoke 
urine and womens courfes, to expcll the dead birth and helpe the fuft'oeation of the mother, yet the herbe is oft. 
temperate qualitie, and will helpe to digeft humors by exhaling themby the pores,if it bee apply.ed thereunto yet 
leffe then the feed'es, which is powerfull to difeuffe griping paines,torments and wounds in the body or bowells, 
and efpecially profitable for thofe that are bitten by the,Pfaltmgium or deadly Spider,and the rootes as well as it 
effeftuall againft any other venemous beaft,or any other venom,or poyfon or piltilence being drunke with wines 
the fame alfo put intopulteffesdotheafe tumors and fwcllingsin any pate, being mixed with hony ithel- 
peth old and inveterate Coughes. 
Ch a p. X fill. 
PaJHhoca temifolia. Carrots. 
Aving (hewed you in the laft Chapter all the forts oCDaucw which fome for want of amorepro- 
per name have called wilde Carrots, I will in this (hew you all the veil whether tame or wilde 
that fo they may (land together. 
1. PajiintcatcnHifoliit[mvulutea. Common yellow Carrots. 
The common Carrots I might well have fpared to deferibe here, having fire wed you all the 
forts of them in my former booke, butfeeing I amtofpeakeof fome wilde forts which are like 
unto the manured, it (hall not be impertinent to fet them forth againe that fo the wilde fort may bee knowne 
wherein they differ. This is well knowne to have divers large fpread leaves made ofmany thin cut deepe greens 
leaves divided into many parts, among which rifeth a round ftalkc three or foure foote high bearing large tufts 
of umbells of white flowers which doe elefe together and fpread not much, andmrne into (mall whitifh rough 
or hairy leedc holding one to another, therooteisfomewhat great and yellow, big above and fmall pointed be¬ 
low, without any (angsortwinesofaplealantfweetetafte, and therefore wholly fpentforfoode. There are 
other forts as I have (hewed in my former booke,whereunto I referre them that are defirous to know, but I have 
feeue this garden yellow kinde by lowing it fclfe fometimes the root to become white. 
2. Pajiinacatenuifolia fylvcjlru. Wilde Carrots. 
The wild growethin a manner altogether like the tame but that the leaves arefomewhat whiter and rougher 8c 
fo are the (hikes iikewife which beare large fpokie tufts of white flowers,with a deepe purple fpot in the middle 
which are contraifted together when the Jeedc beginneth to ripen that the middle part being hollow and low, and 
the outer (hikes riling high tnaketh the whole umbell fhew 
likeuntoabirds neft, as I (hewed 1 before in the Chapter of Tafimcafativaa'.iciatnuifoliaatntulims, 
ftrangeChervillstheG<v£(d(»m wr#»< tifeth to doe, the roote 
is fmall long and hard, unfit for meate, being fomewhatlharpe 
and (irong,^ although Diefcordts feemeth to fay it was uled to 
be be eaten. 
3 . Pufiinaca fjfaeftrii A pula Column*, 
Wilde Carrots of Staples. 
This Neapolitane Carrot is fo like in leaves and ftalkes unto 
the laft that they can hardly be diftinguiflaed one from the other 
before it be in flower or feede, for although the whole winged 
leafe feemeth to be leffe and the parts fewer,yet therein is (mail 
ornodifferei.ee : but being in flower the umbells are larger, the 
flowers darke purple, withareddifh yellow fpot in the middle, 
and the (cede (' wherein lycth the chiefeft difference) long and 
imali, with a little white hairinefle upon them, and notrough 
as Carrots, being more like to the true ‘Daucut, butofared- 
di(h colour being greenc and lre(h,and of a bitter and little aro- 
maticke tafteithe roote is fomewhat long, white, hard.fweet 
and aromaticall. 
4 . FoftinilCA echinophord Apuld, 
Prickly wilde Carrots of Naples. 
The roote of this kinde of Parfnep or white Carrot is of a fin¬ 
gers thickneffe and a cubits length, equall alike, like unto 
Erjngium or the Sea Holly roote, (omewhat yellow on the 
outfideand white within, the barke being thickeand of fub- 
ftance, with a fmall pith of a tafle fomewhat (harpe and fwee- 
tifh bitter, not unpleafanr, efpecially the younger rootesthe 
leaves that lye upon the ground are like unto thofe of ordinary 
Carrots, yet not altogether fo large and broad, but are finely 
cut and as it were betweene it and the Sea kinde, of a whitifK 
greene colour with tome hairinefle: the ftalke is thicke and full 
of branches and leaves which bend a little downewards and 
make them globe fa(hion, being (mailer, leffe divided, harder 
and rougher thereon up to the toppes, where the umbells of 
yellow flowers (land, which have fix thicke fharpe (Mint'd 
fmall leaves at the bpttome of them, the middle umbell firft 
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