-r.-•-.V. i,„;H ff thicke and knobbed joynts and leaves at them, at the toppes whi.-reof 
a foote and fometimes a cubit high, hi g (omcwhat long feede like Chcrvill leede: the roote is pound 
flandeth an umbell of white flowers, “ . d Arijtolocbia Birthwort, knobbed or bunched .lorth 
and tuberous, fomewhat hke unto the roote ol he rouna ^ a Plr(nep rootc> but growing f 3me „ 
m firfi sro ..,b i. «■ 
cond is found as well abroad alfo as gj^ t [j C fi xt by our Thames fides in many place;; and 
iheTkc Riven fide d s b our'owne Land, and the laft as Cl*fm faith in Hungaria and Auflria, both wilde abroad 
and in their gardens, they all flower and feede in 
]t is called *e >in ^^^J^fatcnetras ^udu^^t^Ha'camMwm^^u^s^'e’clarat’^NicMider’^Uti^iin^ 
umur,tau q uamc,rcumagamur a ‘"t'b v al l writets, yet calleth it Cicutaria, the feoondia 
Ctcttta. 1 he firft is calle ten a Cicutaria fatua by Lobel, Jptum cicutariunt by Thaliw >P ttrofelinum. 
the Cicutammor ofCw Hfan . l„ m bvTraew andApij cumcivitmm by Gefner in kortrs: the tbiird ia 
Cammmby 7 ■abermoutam,,,rof ; max ' ma Brandon *by Label, for as 1 laid he judgefh them both 
called Oc«t m «te^/^^, ;; and ^Lugimunfis and others S'f'U PeloponenJ* 
one, and C tent,v m Myrrh* by > , ( llD nofe, as I faid befoie : the fourth and fift is calfed by! 
which LcW contradiaeth, U^wn ^ m ^ C <tmnariw and Bauhintu Cicutariapalufiri, fiore albo and 
Lugdunenft, Crct torn < > “ fc tl Jp c „ m Se/efianum of Camera,in, alio as Bauhmu faith, the fixt la 
fiore purpurea, and palujlr* by Label and others, 
called Cicutapaluftru an ? J <j) a dmew and Lugduncnfis, who make it alio a kmde of Sum or Laver, 
and taken to be XX/Xl? by cfOpium and others: the laft was fiift found out and 
Ltguflicitm fylvefir by . CamerariiJ, Jdeth it ’Bulborafianum Ccnwphjllum, Tabermontanw Myrrkia 
named The call f c Sncaram, the Italians C,cures 
fhTsP-“ c^A.and Canbeja ,the French Cigue and Cocue the Germane, tVurUerl.ng Sdrhng and Wetterrcb, 
the Dutch ScharhukittllekerncU, and we in English Hemlocke and Kexes. 
Tbe yertties. 
Hemlocke is exceeding cold in qualitie and very dangerous, efpecially to be taken inwardly ; For th 
nemiocKe is excecumg y ^‘ . d vebvtakine the iuite thereol, for not thinking rightly of their Gods 
r ’ ,am adjudged the mod wi then well knowne fome countries bred it flronger to kill then 
as Arrftn ,and Met,,us acculed him. £‘™gen weUBnw ^ ^ hav£ ven 5 erous dreinies 
orrhe like^ or to^afden^andHvomens breato w reprelfe their fwclhngs and repell their milke, yet by reafon 
or thv like, or to maidens n the , em edy 1S mo re dangerous then the difeafeq 
»Swhe y at a P u 7 pulhesandcreeping Vlcers that rife of hot tope humors by coo ng and repe 1 ng he 
heare • the leaves bruifed and layd to the brow or forehead is good for their eyes that are red and lwollen, anffl 
heate . the leav es m e y ch£ fwellin „ anc) rednefle, as alfo to take away a pinne and web grown 
doth foone eaft the pai y R ,■ n handfull of the herbe and halfe fo much bay Salt beaten to- 
,ng in the eye, this 5 a " yed the hand for a 4 .houres doth within thrice drdT.ng remove it If the 
getherandapplyedto the c y p. m bers wrapped in double wet papers untill it beefoft and tender, 
r and th°eSSS»«h^eg^ute n the hands or fingers'wi^quickly he.pe thi/cvM. The remedy for Hemlocke 
i IX 1 by inifchance S cate the herbe in (lead of Pa, Hey, or the roote m head of a Parlnep.whereby happeneth 
a kindc of frJnfie or perturbation of the fenfes, as it they were ftupified or drunke, is to dr.nke of the beh and 
a Krndc or k" «P h heart as p/,„, advileth.or (Sentian put into wine as others fay,but Tragus 
^ . ^that^bdpe w - 'I--ore! by g.vmg beta draught of good vinegar, fcut ifit be gi- 
ven with wine it procureth death without remedy : Matthiolm flieweth that A ties by chance eating ef the herbe 
fed into fo deepe a heepe that they feemed dead.whieh when lome came to flay them they hang from them ,n the 
doing ir, to their amazement and merriment. 
Chap, XXXIII. 
Mjrrhit. Sweete Chervil! or fweeteCicely, 
Here are three or fourc forts of this Mjrrhis to be fhewed you in this Chapter fome whereof are of 
later invention then others. . rhr ™ill 
I Myrrhis major five vulgaris. The ordinary Garden fweete Chervrll. 
S This fweete Chervill by tea fon of the foneare relemblance unto Hemlockes, I thought good to , 
joyne next them, which gtoweth not fo high, but hath large fpread leaves cut llir ° d, ^" s P ar . £ ' 
fomewhat rcfembling the greatefl Hemlocke bur of a frefher greene colour, tailing as fweete: as t^he Annei «de, 
the ftalke rifeth up a yard high or better, being creftcd or holloVr having the like leaves Mtheo^«l^ kefler 
and at the toppes of the branched llalkes umbells or tufts of white flowers, after wh, * come h lr ?f " Anne S . 
crefted blackc fhining feede pointed at both ends rafting quicke yet fweete andjdeafant 1 
feede: the roote is great and white growing deepe rn the ground, and fpreading fundry longbranchestherem^m 
tafte and fmell flronger then the leaves or feede and continuing many yearcs. Of this kinde wee have anotner 
n ’“ ch g reatcr and la '? cr that was brought fr0m cf P eclally the leaves > W 11 ^ are fourc timCs 06 lat?e 
\t\iMs the former,not diftcring clfe, J\djrTbit 
