The Theater of T Lints, 
C H A P . 280 pij 
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Falling 
Tribe, 8. 
and from the Arabians,hr he doth referre that to the Apium hortenfe, which isT^wd'e,-flood of this Api, 
/ullrc,viz.. that it is an enemy to the eye fight,condemned as not fit to be eaten : that it would breec'e the I aiuntr 
fickneffe and many other fach like things, which if they were true of Smaliage whereof very lew doe beleeve 
their u ritings.yet can beno way trueofPatfley in any part Smalageis hotter ai d dryer then Parfley and is 
much more mcdicmablc : for it much more openeth the obfirudions both of the Liver and Splecne rarifieth 
thicke flegme and clenfeth it and the blood wthall: itprovokethurme and women, courfes and is Angular good 
againft the yellow laundies: it is alio very effedtuall againfl ten,an and quartame agues, if the Juice thei eot bee 
taken, but efpecially made into a Sytupe: the juyee alfoput to hony of Rofes and Lome Bailey water, is very 
good to gargle the mouth and throate of thole that have fores and Vlcers in them,and will quickly hea e' them: 
the fame lotion alio doth derfe and heale all other fowle Vlcers and Cankers eile where,if they he it ail ed there¬ 
with : the feede is efpecially ufed to breake and eStpell winde, to kill wormes and to hclpe a (linking breath • the 
roote is effeftuall for all the purpofes aforefaid, and is held to be fironger in operation then the herbe but espe¬ 
cially to open obflruftions.and to rid away an Ague it the Juice thereof be taken in wine,or the dtcoftion thereof 
in wine bee takenfaith it hath an efpeciall propertie again!! the poyfon of Spiders. The fwcete Smaliage 
is chiefely uled as a Sailer both herbe and roote eaten eyther raw or boyled ; the roote being (craped is iliced and 
fo eaten with oyle and vinegar, it much warmeth a cold llomacke to digeft their meate,and helpeth cold windy 
bodies to cxpell winde. 
Chap. XXVIIl: 
Oreofelinonfive Apium montanum, Mountaine Parfley. 
: Have three forts of mountains Parfley to (hew yon in this Chapter as they are taken by the Judicious^ 
i and thereunto referred. 
I. Apium montanum vulgatitu. The more common mountaine Parfley. 
The firfl mountaine Parfley hath r ivers reddifh (lalkes of large (pread leaves, divided into fnndry 
parts lying like a bufh on the ground next the roore, very like unto Garden Pai ficy but fomewbac arger fmelling 
well, from among which rileth up a fhort fla ke of about a cubit height, with divers the like leaves upon it, 
branching towards the toppe, and bearing thicke tufts of white flon ers, after which come fmall leede like Smai- 
lage fmelling fomewhat fweetc (harpe in calte and bitter withall: the roote is long great and thicke with a bufh 
ofhaires at the toppe being (weete fharpe and aromaticall. 
a. Apium montanum v crises. The truer Mount’ine Parfley. 
This other mountaine Parfl-v fhooccth forth a hollow kcxie flalke in fome places, tall and high in others, thor? 
and low according to the foyle wherein it groweeh, bea- 
ring fundry large fpread leaves cut and divided fomewhat 
like unto the leaves of Hemlocke bearing umbellsof white 
flowers, and after them fomewhat long blackifh leede, 
like unto Cumin feede. being fharpe in rathe and fweece in 
fmell: the roote is fmall long and white. 
3. Apium montanum Pan/ienfitm. 
The Tdrifians mountaine Parfley. 
The Parijtans mountaine Parfley hach a large, thicke, 
whiteroote, tailing and fmelling much like unto theroote 
of Herbe terrible,‘the whole herbe doth refemble Parfley 
lying thicke bufhing on the ground, theumbell - of flow¬ 
ers a, e white and the feede is fharpe in tafle, but fmelling 
very fwcete. , 
The Tluce and Ttme. 
The firfl groweth rteare unto Vienna in Auftria as Clufi- 
,n faith and on the mountaincs among the rockes in Ger¬ 
many and other places the next is found in tire borders of 
the fields on the mountaincs of Burgmdie.. thelall on the 
fand.y top of the surene hill by Taru s they flonfli in the 
Summer,and give leede loone after. 
The Names. 
The Greekename SpsMtAnw is given tothefe plants, and 
fo likewifc Oreofelinum and Apum montanum in Latine, 
although the firfl and the lad differ; as well in Icafc as in 
the feede from Diofcoridcs defeription of it, and yet is 
called Oreofelinum of many, whereas the feco'-d onely 
commethnearefltothettue Oreofelinum both1 in .cafe and 
feede -.The firfl is called Oreofelinum by 'Dodonau, (who 
alfo faith it is called by the 'Hlefans Veelgutta : 1. mules 
torn good for many things) Lobehmd Clujiue, and by Lug. 
dunenfis Oreofelinum maim and Apium montanum Dalc- 
champij : the fecond is the Oreofelinum ahud of Lugdunen- 
fii, the fecond Selinum pcregrmm of C lupus, is Bate - 
Aaiwfetteh itdowneand by himl'dfe zApium peregnnum . 
Cicuta folio • ] have as Iprelmnerighth rc‘c"td ir tobee t he vent Oreofelinum of Viofcorsdes, agreeing fo well 
thereunto:thelaft is called alfo by Lugdmenfit Oreofelmu”> Panfienfmm, and by Basok,nm Apium montanum 
nigrum. 
I’Kisi 
1. /ipiutn montanum iulgatm. 
The more common mountaine Parfley, 
