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and fomewhat broader; at the tops of the ftalks. ftand tufts of flowers, of deep 
purplifh red colour; the feed is fmall, and fomething blacker than that of {weet 
marjoram. 
Piacz. It groweth plentifully onthe borders of corn-fields, and in fome copfes. 
Timez. It flowereth toward the latter end of fammer. 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtuzs. This is under the dominion of Mercury. It 
ftrengthens the ftomach and head much, there being fcarce a better remedy growing 
for fuch as are troubled with a four humour in their ftomach 3 it reftores loft ap- 
petite; helps the cough, and confumption of the lungs ;. it cleanfeth the body of 
choler, expelleth poifon, and remedieth the infirmities of the fpleen ; helps the bit- 
ings of venomous beafts, and fuch as have poifoned themfelves by eating hemlock, 
henbane, or opium ; it provoketh urine, and the terms in women ; helps the dropfy, 
feurvy, feabs, itch, and the yellow jaundice; the juice being dropped into the 
cars, relieves deafnefs, pain, and noife in the ears. There is a deadly antipathy be- 
tween this herb and the adder. 
L247 SWEET MARJORAM. 
SWEET marjoram is fo well known, being an inhabitant in every garden, that 
it is needlefs to write any defcription either of this, the winter {weet marjoram, of 
pot-marjoram. 
Prace. They grow corhmonly in gardens, though there are fome forts to be 
found growing wild, on the borders of corn-fields and paftures in various Parts of 
the kingdom; yet it would be fuperfluous to detail them, thofe produced in gardens 
being moft ufeful. | 3 : 
Timz. They flower in the end of fummer. | | 
GovernMENT anv Virtues. It is an-herbof Mercury, under Aries, and is 
therefore an excellent remedy for the brain, and other parts of the body and mind 
under the dominion of the fame planet. The common fweet marjoram is warming 
and:comfortable in cold difeafes of the head, ftomach, finews, and other parts, taken 
inwardly, or outwardly applied. The decoction thereof, being drunk, helpe th all 
difeafes of the cheft which hinder the freenefs of breathing, and is alfo ferviceable in 
obftructions of the liverjand fpleen. It helpeth cold complaints of the womb, and 
the windinefs thereof ; alfo. the lofs.of fpeech, by refolution of the tongue. The de- 
Coction thereof. made with fome pellitory of Spain and long pepper, or with a little 
“Oras OF origanum, being drunk, is.good for thofe that are beginning to fall into a 
dropfy.; for. thofe who are troubled with.a retention of water, and againit pains and 
