The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2025.
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¶ The Vertues.
The Parsneps nourish more than doe the Turneps or the Carrots, and the nourishment is some∣what [ A] thicker, but not faultie nor bad; notwithstanding they be somwhat windy: they passe through the bodie neither slowly nor speedily: they neither binde nor loose the belly: they prouoke vrine, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the bodie: they be good for the stomacke, kidneies, bladder, and lungs.
There is a good and pleasant food or bread made of the roots of Parsneps, as my friend Mr. Plat [ B] hath set forth in his booke of experiments, which I haue made no triall of, nor meane to do.
The seed is hotter and drier euen vnto the second degree, it mooueth vrine, and consumeth [ C] winde.
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It is reported, saith 〈◊〉〈◊〉, that Deare are preserued from bitings of Serpents, by eating of [ D] the herbe Elaphoboscum, or wilde Parsnep, wherupon the seed is giuen with wine against the bitings and stingings of Serpents.
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Notes
† 1.1
〈◊〉〈◊〉 the figures that formerly were in this chapter were of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Parsnep; the first being that of Lebel, and the second that of 〈◊〉〈◊〉: that hich should haue beene in the second place was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 put for 〈◊〉〈◊〉.