...fennel with fish, for it consumes <•• that phlegmatic humour, which fish most plentifully af. ford and annoy the body with, though few that use it, know wherefore they do it j I suppose the reason of its benefit this way is, because it is an herb of Mercury, and under Virgo,...

...as a sauce to mackerel and other fish is well known. An old writer tells us that " it consumes that phlegmatic humour which fish most plentifully afford...with, though few that use it know wherefore they do it : I suppose the reason of its benefit this way is, because it is an herb of Mercury, and under Virgo,...

...virtues.] One good old fashion is not yet left off, viz. to boil Fennel with fish; for it consumes that phlegmatic humour, which fish most plentifully afford...though few that use it know wherefore they do it. I suppose the reason of its benefit this way is because it is an herb of Mercury, and under Virgo,...

...fennel with fish, for it consumes the phlegmatic humor which fish most plentifully affords, and annoys the body with; though few that use it know wherefore they do it. It benefits this way because it is a Herb of Mercury, and under Virgo, and therefore bears antipathy to Pisces (the fish). Fennel ezpells...

...efficacy: One good old fashion is not yet left off, viz. to boil fennel with fish: for it consumes that phlegmatic humour which fish most plentifully afford...and annoy the body with, though few that use it know it wherefore they do it. I suppose the reason of its benefit this way is, because it is an herb of...