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The Theater of Tlants, 
an addition ot w^&paJliMc *,that others might know he did diflinguifh it from the trne Dmc m but here imn„ 
in all the Apothecaries (hops beyond the feas,and with us, the firft wild fore was ufually in former times taken for 
ZW«r; and fo ufed, and the ufe continue* with many to this day j and Diofcondes *cweth that 
reth a purple fpot in the middle of the white umbcll,whereby ,t may be knowne to differ much from any DaZm 
which doth not fo, befides that he fpeaketh of them in feverall Chapters. The firft is the PafUnacafanvanrt 1 
folia fativabyrnoO. Authors, yet fome following the Greeke name, call it Staphyl,„m fr i mui & r? c l ac ¬ 
cording to the Colour of the rootc yellow or red, as Tragus and fome others, and Mattbiolm, Lacuna , nt) T f C ~ 
montanusSifer,vnd Sifer alterum,ox Carota^sGmlandmMyCafalpwus.Camerarim and lob cI : camir, arid TwL 
inborto ,that fome do not much amiffe that take the rootesofthe red and yellow Carrot for th afUccedaneitm j 
album and rubrttm : the fecond is called PaftinacafylveftrK by Mattbioltu and others,- and (jlveslrii tenuifol° ^ 
gemuina T>iofcoridu by VodeneM and Label, Paflwaca erratic a by Fuchfius , Co r d w an d Tabermontantu S \LoLt 
/ytvejfrisby Tragut zndCdtfalpinus,and Daucm agreftis by CjaUn m hb t de aliment is- 3 D anew vtthari? on! 
rum by Clufim and Mel: the third is called by Column* PafimacafylveJlrU Bauco.des Apnla ?*e fourth ‘T’ 
him alfo called, as it is in the title : the lad is the Baucu, of That™, that is to fay hirfuto ca« V a „H 
be the Baum- angulofus of Cordtu in bijloria, although he findeth fome defies and differences therein from h 7 
The Italians call it (farotta, and by fome Pafhr.xca ; tile Spaniards Canahoria, as they tall the Parfneme r!v 
French alfo Pafienadcs, but they addejaunes to diftingui* it from the Parfneppe, and the wilde kinde Ta/le. 
nadc fauuage ; the germanes GeelRuben, and ’JMohren, and the wild Carrrot Vogelnefias the Tutcb doe andrhr 
the manured kind Geelpooten, axidgetlwortelen- and we in Englijb wilde Carrot. ” >,u ' 
The Twenties . 
The manured or garden kinde is fomewhat windie with the fweetneffe, andihereforc in thenourifhin^fKr. 
reth up bodily 111ft, but doth not expell winde as fome have thought, for fo it (bould worke contrary effefts wfirh 
is not found herein: the wilde kinde indeede, is more phyficall, and befides that it breaketh winde and flitches 
in the tides, it provoke* urine and womens courfes and helpeth to breake and expell the (lone : the’ feede alfo of 
the fame worke* the like effcas, and is good for the dropfie, and thofc whofe bcllycs are fwollen with winde 
helpeth the cholicke and the (tone in the kidneyes, and the riling of rhe mother being taken in wine or bovled in 
wine and taken, and helpeth conception : Dwfcoridet faith, that it is fo powerfull to'helpe the hirings or flings of 
venemous creatures, that if it be taken before hand their bitings fhall not hurt 1 hem ; the leaves alfo he faith^ and 
Galen doth the like, being applied with honey to running ulcers or foi es doth clenfc them. ’ 
Chat. XV. 
Sefeli. Hart-wotc. 
Ecaufe there are many forts of Sefeli, much differing in forme one from another, fome havingfine 
leaves like Fennell, others like Hemlockes, or other herbesthey m.ght peradventure feeme fitto 
fome to be referred to the feverall Orders here appointed, but I thmkc it better to place them all 
together. 
I. Sefeli MajjilienfeFoenictilifolio,quodfDiofcoridii cenfetur. 
The V ue Sefeli or Hart-wort of Marfettes , as it is thoupht. 
The trne Sefeli tJMafflienfe Diofcoridu, as it i, taken by the molf judicious Herbarifts of our times hath a ve¬ 
ry long white (lender roote like unto Fennell, but fmel- ■* 
ling better, and tailing hotter and (harper, having but 
few leaves thinly fet on the (hikes,thicker and fhorter, 
and hardder than Fennell leaves, turning downewards, 
of a grayi* ora* colour, as all the reft of the plant is 
( cfpeciallyin the hotter countries, for in fome places 
they are thicker or longer or *orter than in others, as 
Bauhinus faith is obferved ) the middle ftalke rifeth 
not above a footehigh, bowing to and fro fometimes, 
having many branches from the bottome with the like 
leaves on them, and each bearing umbells of white 
( moft ufually and fcldome purpli* ) flowers, after 
which come fmall long feede more like to Annifeede 
than Fennell, fomewhat pleafant in tafte,yet fharpe and 
hot. 
z. Sefeli tMaffiUerfc aHertsm] 
Another Hart-wort of Marfelles. 
This other Sefeli Mafplienfe hath like wife Fennell- 
like leaves, but thicker and fhorter divided, greene 
and hard, but with white points, whofe winged ftalkes 
are large and more fpread than Fennel: the middle 
ftalke is two cubits or more high, of a fingers thick- 
neffe, crefted, j'ointed, and branced into divers other 
fmaller parts, each of them carrying umbells of white 
flowers on their toppes which turne into flat feede, not 
much unlike to Angelica feede, and bigger than Dill, 
hoc intafte, and very aromaticall, the roote is thicke, 
long, and white, with divtrs firings and fibres thereat 
encreafing earely. 
I- Se/eli tMafilicnfc folio Fanicoloquod ‘Diofcoridis ctnfitur • 
The true Sefeli or Hai * rvort of Diojiarida as it is thought. 
Hhhh * 
3 ' Sefeli 
