<^6 Chap. 34. 
Tbtatrum Botanicum . 
R I B E 
fjlveJlrio,ind Gefner in hurtle Cicutariafimlie Ckuta berbmhtf. grew in the fields, and was not hurtful! which 
£««£<»»,’calletll Myr’bit fylvepit femimbw kvibva, becaufebee caflech the laft :Mjrrhii [yl. /*'»*, afjscrir, 
which Colttmna called Alyrrhisfylv , nova ^/£quicolorum&v\d I have added to the title Anglicannm becaule it is lo 
like his. The Italians call it MiTrkida, the French PerfiUape, the Germans Wilder kerf ell, the Dutch w ilde 
KerveHand we in fnplijh [weetc Chervilhgreat CherviLl and fweet Cicely. 
The Vcrtues, 
Galen faith that Myrrhis is hot in the fecund degree with iome tenuitie of parts: both leaves, feede, and rootes 
are fb fine and pleafant in Sailers as no other is comparable to it. and give a better rellilh to arty other herbe is 
put with it: the feedes while they are frefh and greene diced and put among other herpes make them tafte very 
pleafant; the roote boyled and eaten with oyle and Vinegar,or without oyle it any miflike oyle, doth much pleale 
and warmc a cold or old ftomacke oppreffed with flegme orwindc, orthofethat have the TiflickeorCon- 
fumprion of the Lungs: the roote drunke with wine is aremedy againtt the biting of the venemous Spider Pha- 
langium, as alto the Plague or Pcftilencc *. the fame alfo provoketh womens courles, and expelleth the afterbirth: 
it a]fo procureth an appetite to meate andhelpethto expell winde : thejuice. is good to healethe VIcersofthe 
head and face • the candid rootes of this Chervill are held as effe&uall as Angelica to prelerve the fpirits from in¬ 
fection in the time of a Plague, as alfo to warme and comfort a cold weake ftomacke. 
Chap. XXXIIH. . 
Levijlicum vulgare. Ordinary Lovage. 
) Avingfiniflied the two former rankes or order of umbelliferous plants, I am come now tofpeake 
'1 of the third and laft fort which is of fuch as have broader leaves like Panax or Angellica : and be- 
caufe I could not well place the Lovage among the Selina or /fyw although it be mod like unto 
1 them, and not to be accounted one of them, let n c fet it in the forefront of this b.oad leafed or¬ 
der,whole defeription is thus. It hath many long and great ftalkes of large winged leaves, divi¬ 
ded into many parts, fomewhat hke unto Smallage, but much larger and greater, every leafe be¬ 
ing cut about the edges.broadeft forwards and fmalleft at the ftalke, of a fad greene colour, fmooth and {Lining, 
from among which rife up fundry ftrong and tall hollow greene ftalkes five or fix footehigb, yea eight foote 
high in my Garden,full of joynts and fuch like butlefler leaves fet at them then grow below, and with the leaves 
come forth toward the toppes long branches, bearing at their toppes large umbells of yellow flowers, and after 
them flat brownifh feede bigger by much then Dilfand letter then Parfneps and thicker alfo : the roote groweth 
great and decpe,fpreading much and enduring long,of abroyvnifh colour on the ontfide and whitifh within; the 
Levifticum vu'gare. 
Ordinary Lovage, 
Icvifticum vtilg&c Gcrmnlcum. 
X he Lovage of Germany. 
