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The Theater of Thants . 
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whole plant and every part of it fmelleth fomewhat ftrongly and aromatically,andofanhot iharpe biting tafie. 
Having another figure of Ltvijhcum which Camerarius in his Epitome upon Matthiolus exhibicetb, f ceuld not 
but infert it here, that the difference from the other may be fecne, our rootes being great and thicke, and nothng Ceraa 
fo fibrous, and in the flowers which they fay are white, and are yellowifh with" us, which DoSonaus noteth mean. 
alfo, fo that either they obferved it not well when it was in flower, or theirs doth differeth from ours therein, 
even as it is noted in the Panax Heracleum, 
The Pi tee and Time. 
It groweth no where wilde in Europe that I can here of, but is onely planted in (Dardens where it will grow 
huge and great if it be differed: it flowreth in the end of Inly, and feedeth in Augufi, 
The Names. 
It is called ufually in Latine LeviJHcum ( for Greeke name it hath none ) and not Ligujlicnm, being farre diffe¬ 
ring plants, although fome have taken them to bebothone, deceived thiefely by the vicinitieof thename, as 
namely, Cordut, Gefner, Tragus, Camerarim and Tabermontanttt, who all call it Ligujiicum ,either fativum or va L. 
gare ; Fucljins callech it LibyPlicum and Smyrnium alfo, for which he is reprehended by Matthioliss , Anguilara 
tooke it to be Laferpitium and Dodonms faith it is likely to be a kind of Laferpitium, and Lobel calleth it Lafer¬ 
pitium Germanicum, but Lugdunenfts rnaketh it to be Hppofclinum , after ALatthiolus his opinion, who faith if this 
be not Diofcorides his Hippofelinamsjie knoweth no other : Matthiolus, Vodonaus and Lobel doe call it LeviPUcum 
Sauhinm fetteth it among the Libanotidcs, and called it Ligufiicum vulgare • and Libanotie fertiiis Theapbrafit. 
Forthetru e Ligufiicum called Siler montanum, and in fhoppes Sifelios, I have (hewed you here before. The 
Italians call it Leveflico , the French Levefche , the Germanes Ltbfinkel, the D utch Laverfe and Lavas, and wee in 
in Er.glifb Lovage. 
The Vertucs. 
Lovage is hot and drie in the beginning of the third degree, and is of thinne parts alfo and thereby doth open 
cut and digeft humours, and doth mightily provoketh womens courfes and urine,as much as any of the kindes of 
Parflcy : thedriedrooteinpowder taken to the weight ofhalfea draffime in wine, doth wonderfully warmea 
cold (lomacke, helping digeftion, and confuming all fupetfluous tnoifture and raw humours therein, eafeth all in¬ 
ward gripingsand paines, diffolveth winde, and refifteth poyfon and infeftion effectually : thegieenerootehere¬ 
of bruifed in a (lone morter, andfteeped for twelve houres in faire water, then drained and drunke firft in the 
morning and lad at night two or three fpoonefulls ata time, ad'wageth any drought orgreat defire to drink* 
more than a caroufeof cold drinke, found true by often experience, although the rooters well knowne to b» 
hot it is a knowne remedy, and of much and continuall experience in divers {hires of this Land to drinke the 
decoftion of the herfce for any fort of ague,Whether it be quotidian, tertian or quart nine, and tohelpc the paines 
and torments in the body and bowells comming of cold : the feede is effeftuall to all the properties aforefaid, ex¬ 
cept the lad, and worketh more powerfully : the Germanes and other Nations in times pad,ufed both the rootes 
and (cede in (lead of Pepper to feafon their meates and brothes, and found them as comfortable and warmin™ to 
tbedomacee : the diddled water of theherbehelpeththequinfieinthe throate, if the mouth and thfoate be gar¬ 
gled and wafhed therewith, and helpeth the plurefie, ifit be drunke three or foure times; thefaid water alfo 
dropped into the eyes taketh away theredneffeorthedimmeneffeof theeyes, itlikewifetaketh away fpots or 
freckles in the face; the leaves of Lovage bruifed and fried with a little hogges larde, and laid hot on any botch or 
bile wi I quickely breake it: the gieene rootes may be kept in pickle made with fait and vinegar for a long time, 
but ptclerved with Sugar is more pleafant. 
Chap. XXXV. 
Laferpitium. Laferwort. 
Ecaulb Lovage was called Laferpitium Germanicum , I thought good a little to declare the trne 
Laferpitium or L fer of tile ancients, both to fliew what it was, and what with divers it is now 
taken to be; and withall to joyne both the French kinde and that which Alpinist hath let 
out for the true- 
Laferpitium GaUictm. French Laferwort. 
The French Laferwort hath a great long roote, bigger than that of ferula Fennell giant, of a 
prayifh or ado cotour on the outfide, and white within, full of a fat or thicke jnyce, and fmelling fweete, from 
whence rife up great ftalkes as thicke and high as the Ferula, whereon are fet divers ftalkes of winged leaves like 
unto Smallagc, bnt thicker, harder, and of a darker greene colour, fomewhat deepely dented about the edges,and 
fomettmes more deepely jagged than others: atthetoppes of the branches and ftalkes ftand large umbells of 
flowers like unto Ferula, and after them large flat winged feede like unto Angelica, of the colour of Boxe, and 
fmelling fweete. 
5, Laferpitium Alpino. Alpintts his Laferwort. 
Thcflalkeof this Laferwort, faith Alpinist groweth to be of three cubits in height, hollow, andofthc bigneffe 
of a great Ferula (talkc, having large winged leaves fet thereon, fomewhat like the great Selimsm, or fweete 
Parfley, and greater than thofe of wilde Angelica, yeeldinga milke being broken ; the umbells of flowers at die 
toppes yecld large broad flat leede, as Theaphraflut faith of his: the roote is great, and as thicke as ones arme, yeel- 
ding alio a milke when it is broken, which is white at the firft, but groweth yellow being drie: the proportions 
hereof is extant upon fome of the ancient copines of Lupitcr Ammon,as Alpintts faith* 
5. Luferpitiun antiquorum. The true Lafewort of the ancients. 
T>iofccrides deferibeth the true Laferpitium in this manner it groweth, faith he in Syria, Armenia CMedia and 
f;%with a Ferulous (lalke ( which they call Majpetttm) and leaves like to Apium, and with a broad feede : the 
I.afer or juyee is taken from the roote and from the (lalke by fcarifying them ; that isprefeircd to be bed, that is 
fomewhat red, rranfparent, like unto Myrrhe and not greene,ofa ftiong fent and fweete tafie, which being moi- 
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