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creftcd on the round feedc :'the roote groweth great and wooddy when itflowreth, with many great long bran- 
chesto it, butperiiheth after feede and will rife and fpring againe, better from the feede that doth fall ofit 
felfe,then what is fowen by hand at any other time : the whole plant both leafe and feede and roote is of an ex¬ 
cellent pleafant fent and "tafte very comfortable, being not fierce or fharpe but rather fweete, and giveth a molt 
delicate rellifh when it is tailed or ufed: the leaves be the weakeft and fome hold the feede to bee next, and the 
rootetobethe (Irongefl, efpecially being not ready to grow up for flalke. Of this kinde wee have another fort B .■ 
in our Gardens called fweet Angellica, not differing in any thing from the former, but in that it hath a fweeter “ ° >s ' 
rellifh then the other. 
2. Angelica fylvefiris. Wilde Angellica. 
The wilde Amgellica groweth up with large fpread leases on the ground having fmaller flalkes and leffer divi¬ 
ded leaves by much, of a darke greene colour, not fmelling halfe fo flrong as the gardenkinde, yet favouring lb 
much like Angelica that by thefmellonemay foone fee and know it to be a kinde of Angellica though wilde: the 
flalkes are much flender and fmaller, yet growing three or fourefoote high with fmaller j’oynts and leffer leaves 
thereat: at the toppes grow leffer umbells ofwhite flowers, which turne into fmaller lccde and blacker .-the 
roote is nothing fo greatas the former neyther are the firings fo great or long, and of a blacker colour on the 
outfide not fmelling halfe fo well. 
Of this kinde likewife there is fome varietic, one growing likewife wilde with us, not much differing in the 
leaves, but being fmaller and not fo much divided, the flalkes being reddifh and the feede thicker and longer, the s J h ' c fl r u 
roote being great and thicke. . 1,, “' 
3. Angelicafylvefiris montana. Mountaine wilde Angellica. 
Mountaine Angellica groweth like the former wilde kinde, but much lower and fmaller in every part, the 
roote hereof differcth moll in that it is nothing fo great,but lendeth forth many (mall brownifh firings from the 
the head round about it, yet holding the fame flrong fent of Angellica that the former doth. 
I give you here the figures of two other forts of Angellica, taken out of Doftor Foxes booke of dryed hetbes, 
which he had from Padots garden,and might feeme to be the Laferpitium of Alpinist fet forth before, but that they 
had feverall denominations to them. 
q. Arch angelica. The greater water Angellica. 
> This Angellica groweth with a taller and much greater ftalke fometimes reddiih, the leaves Ike wife being 
more in number and fmaller divided, and of as deepe a greene colour as the firfl fort: in the tufts of white flow¬ 
ers it is like the firfl garden Angellica,and foisthe feede but greater and blacker, the roote is gieit according to 
the plant,and endureth many yeares without perifhing. 
The Pkicc and Time. 
The firfl forts arewitb us fowen in Gardens, the fecond fort is wilde both in many placesof Sjfex, Kent, and 
reare KentifhTowneby London Mo, and in other places : the third groweth on divers mountaines in Germany, 
Hungary and the red: the lad is not onely nattirall to grow in watery ditches, but in moid grounds alfu in many 
places with us,and in the Marfli ditches by Rederifie. 
■ The Names'. 
This herbe hath gained many worthy names from fundry worthy perfons: for fome have called it S-antti Spi- 
ritus radix,Lacuna , and Dodonaw thinke it fome kinde of Laferpitium,Co- dm, and fome others take it to be Smyr- 
ninm, and Cordm to be Panax Heracleum, but all in generall call iteAngellicaltom the Angell-like properties 
therein. All thefe forts are fo called by mod Authors as their titles bcare, and therefore 1 neede not cxplaine 
them further, onely the lall is called Archangelica by Ctnfius, and Angelica ayuatica by Gefner: All Chridian na- 
. tions likewife in their appellations hereof follow theLatinenameasneare as their Dialedl will permit: onely in 
S uffex they call the wilde kinde Kex,and the Weavers winde their Yarneun the dead flalkes. 
The Vertties. 
Angellica is hot and dry, fome put it in the fecond and others in the third degree. It refifleth poyfon by defen¬ 
ding the heart, the blood and lpirics, and giveth hcate and comfort to them : it doth the like againd the Plague 
and infeftion of the Pedilence, if the roote be taken in powder to the weight of halfe a dramme at a time,with 
lome good Treakle in Cardus water, and layd to fweate thereupon in their bed: ifTreaklc be not at hand take 
the roote alone in Cardus or Angellica water, the flalkes or rootescandid and eaten fading are good helpes alio 
in time of infeftion and at othemmes to warme and comfort a cold or old domack: The root alfo deeped in Vine¬ 
gar,and a little of that Vinegar taken fometimes fading,and the roote (melied unto are both goodprefervatives for 
that purpole, a water didilied from the rootes fimpIy,or deeped in wine and diddled in glafle,is much more ef- 
fcftuail then the water ofthc leaves, and this water being drunkerwo or three fpoonefulis at a timfe doth eafe aH 
paines and torments that come of cold or winde, fo as the body be not bound : tht faid water taken with fome 
of the roote in powder helpeth the Plurifie being taken in the beginning, as alfo all other difeafes of the I.ungs, 
and bread, as coughes, and fhortnefle of breath, Tiffickes, and fo doth the Syrupe of the flalkes mentioned in 
my former booke: it helpeth likewife the torments of the Chollicke,the flrangury and (lopping of the urine, pro- 
cureth womens courfes and expelleth the afterbirth :and briefely eafetb and difeuffeth all inward tumors and win- 
tlineffe •• it openeth the obftruftions of the Liver and Spleene : and the decoftion thereof being drunke before the 
fit of an Ague,fo that they may lwcate if it be poffible before the fit come,will in twice or thrice taking rid it quite 
away : it helpeth alfo digeflion in the llomacke, and is a remedy for a Surfet. The juice or the water dropped 
into the eyes cleareth the dimneffe of fight if any filmes doe begin to breed in them, and helpeth deafeneffe by 
dropping it into the eares: the juice alfo put into hollow teeth eafeth the paine; the rootes inpowther made up 
with a little pitch into a plaifler, and layd on the biting of a mad dog,or any other venemous creature doth won¬ 
derfully helpe them: the juice or the water drooped or tents wet therein,and put into old and filthy deepe Vlcers, 
or the powder of the roote in want of the other .doth clenfe them and caufe them to heale quickly by covering the 
naked bones with flefh : the diftiiled water applyed to places pained with theffioute or Sciatica, doth give a 
great deale of eafe: the wilde Angellica is not fo effeftuall as the Gardens, although it may fafely bee ufed to all 
thefe purpoles aforefaid : the roote of the Garden Angelica is a better fubffjtute in Thtjiaca Andromache and Mi- 
ihrjdntihm then many other that have beene formerly accepted. , 
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