Ch a P c 26 
Theatmn c Botanicum , 
T RIB & 8. 
thofe licibes and rootes that move the belly dotvnewards, and is one of the five opening rootes, but doth binde 
tbe-body as Viofcorides hath it, and hereby alfo is profitable for the yellow Jaundics and Dropfie : and Galen 
commendeth itagainft the Falling fickncfle,and to provoke urine mightily 3 efperially if the rootes be boy led and 
eaten like Parfncps .-the feede is held by mofl to be themoft cffc&uall part of the plant, yetlome doe tnmke the 
roote to be ftrongeft: but the feede is effe&uall to provoke urine and womens courfes to expell winde, to breake 
the ftone andtoeafethe paines and torments thereof,or of any other part in the ftomackc and body procured by 
winde, and isalfocffccftuall againftrhe venomeofany poyfonfull creature, and is put therefore into countcr- 
povfons for that purpofe, as alfo againft the danger that commeth to them that have taken LithargCjit is alio ap¬ 
pointed among other things that ferve for the cough .* The leaves of Parfley eaten after Onions, Lceke?, orGar- 
licke taketh away the offenlive fmell of them, fuppiefleth the vapours that may offend eyther the head or the 
eyes: they ufc alio to call the herbe into their Fifh ponds if there be^ ariy ficke among them to clenle them. The 
diftilled u ater of the herbe is a familiar medicine with nurfes,to give their children when they are wrung m the 
ftomacke or belly with wind,which they call the frets,and is no Ielle available then the water ot Saxifrage for that 
curpofe. and is effcftuall alfo for them that are of greater yeares.The leaves of Paifley laid to the eyes that arc in- 
inflamed with heate or are fwollen doth much helpe tbem,if it be ufed with bread or mealerand being laid to wo¬ 
mens hard breads that come by the curding of their milke doth abate the hardnclfe quickly if it be tryea with but¬ 
ter and applvcd,and doth alfo take away the blacke and blew fpots or markesby bruiles,falls,&c. the juice there- 
ofdropped into the eares with a little wineeafeth the paines. Jragm letteth downe an excellent medicine to 
helpe the Taundies and Fallingfickncfie, the Dropfie, and ftone in Reynes or Kidneycs in this manner; Take faith 
he of the feeds of Parfley, Fennell, Anife,andCarawayes, of each anounce,oftherootsof 1 at (ley, Burnet, Saxifrage 
and Carawayes, of each one ounce and a halfe : let the feedes be bruifed and the rootes wafhed and cut fmall; let 
them all lye in fieepe in a pottle of white wine, and in the morning boyled in a clofe earthen vefiell untill a third 
part or morebe waded, which being drained and cleared, take foure ounces thereof at a time, morning and eve¬ 
ning fird and lad, abflaining from drinke for three houres after: this doth open the obftruftions of the Liver and 
Splecne andexpellcth the Dropfie and Iaundiesby Vrine. 
Chap. XXV I. 
Fetrof'lintm Lflfacedonicum. i_Macedoman done Pardey. 
SS '^^Tvers authors have fet forth divers forts of herbes for the true ftone Pardey of Macedonia, every one 
fuppofing that to be the right which they propole : ofrhem all I entend not to entreate in this Chapter 
butfeverally as they fallout, I will oncly in this Chapter fhew you that kinde, which .now a dayesgo- 
ech currant under that name,and joyne thereto another which Lugdmenjis calleth Petrofelinttm Dale* 
champij. 
t . V etrofclinum Macedoine nm cjuibufdam. 
Thefitftfuppofed ftone Parfley of Macedonia. 
ThisParfley of Macedonia hath divers Aalkes of leaves next 
the ground, divided much like to the garden Parfley, but with 
greater, broader and rounder leave:, dented round about and 
in feme places moredeepely cut in orgafhed, of a bright pale 
grecnc colour, among which rifeth a fhort thicke and fome- 
what hairy dalke about halfe a yard high or better, full of joynts 
and leaves, and branches at them that it feemeth a fmall thicke 
bulla,bearing fmall umbells of whitifh flowersand fmall rough 
darke gray ifh feede after them, fomewhat like unto ordinary 
Parfley f.ede, efpccially after the roughnefleis rubbed from 
them, yet f eme what longer and darker, of an aromatickeand 
fharpetafle, and of anunfavoury bitterneffe lad of all like cu¬ 
min feede-'the roote is fomewhat thicke fliort and white pc- 
rillilng after it hath given feede,efpecially with me in our coun¬ 
trey, but as 1 l]ave heard not fo in the warmer. 
2 . Teti of c hr. urn Alactdomctim forte Dalechampij. 
The fecond fuppofeddone Parfteyof Macedonia. 
This other Paifley taken to be the true Paifley of Macedonia 
by Dalcchampiw and not much gainelaid by Columna , hath a 
fliort roote (along roote faith Columna like ordinary Parfley) 
bhekeontheoutfide, with a tuft of hakes at the head thereof, 
neither fliarpe nor fvveete which is wonderfufl ('but Columna 
faith it is both more fliarpe and bitter then the common Parfley 
root ej from whence rifeth up fundry (lender ftalkes, with di¬ 
vers very thinnecut leaves thereon,all of them likethcupper- 
mofl (and not the undermoft) leaves of Parfley, or like unto 
Dill of' a blew greene colour, having three of the leaves al- 
wayes fet together at the end of the winged dalke as Paifley 
hath, and fmelling to like unto Parfley as both Lugdunenfis and 
Cdamm doe fay, thatifany fliould lmell it when it is a little 
bruifed that were blinde and did not fee it, or having his fight 
did not plamely perceive a difference in the leaves, hee would 
furely fay it were very Parfley : at the toppes of the ftalkes 
ftand fmall nm.bdls of pale reddifh or blufh coloured flowers: 
after which follow fmall feede like unto that of Parfley, fome- 
