the Paradifeof Plants. =» §9 
as to believe chat the Herb only carried about one fhould take away all fenfe of 
wearinefie, as Pliay reporteth, and therefore I have put ic amongft other Tradi- 
tions in my former Book, to which I might have added thar concerning the 
Coales that are found at she Roots hercof,upon St. Foons Eve,and divers others. 
Cua. CCLXXXVIL | 
Of Penny-royall. _ 
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T iscalled:in Greek yntuor, and Basnwr, Glecon and Bleconsfrom axa, alae 
BB tw, either becaufe the heac chereot caufech Sheep and Goates to bleawhen 
ff they are eating of it, or rather, as Pena faith, frommespellins thick phlegme 
from the Lunges; It is called in Latine Pulegivm, and Pulejum aod. in~ 
cen{um palices necat, becaufe it killeth Fleas being burned, towhich trbpihes 
Regele is added to diftinguih ic from _— montanum, by which name, wild 
Time is fometimes called; lt hath many Englith Names, 'as‘Run bythe ground, 
and Lurke in Ditch, becaufe of its manner ot growing, Pudding-grefts becaufe it 
Gs ufed in Hog-puddings, and might be in Bag-puddings alfo, Pulial Royall, and 
‘of fome Organy. ; oF Se Cone. tp Be LG ‘. MAES 6 t or jaa hy fic... 
| There be fix forts of Penny-royall. 1 enny-royall. 2 Gi 
Penny-royall. 3 Thick or double Penny-royall. 4 Whice flowred. Penny- 
goyall. 5 French or Harts Penny-royall, which I take to be the fame with Up- 
‘sight Penny-royall. 6 Round leafed Penny-royail. ? 
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~“Conimon Penhy-royalt many weak round ftalks $s divided into fundry 
‘branches, rather leaning orlyingon the ground then finding upright, where- 
“paate fet st feverall joyocs or ll roundith dark green Leaves, clofe by whic 
sowards the tops of the branches, do come forth divers rundles of fmall flowers 
ofa purple,arid fometimes of a whitith colour ; The branches being broken and — 
thruft in the earth,wc* is the ufuall way of ing it,(for [never obferved — 
“nor heard whether it we feed peo oo {mall i or Rootfacthe 
_ joynts, as itlyeth upon the ground, faftening it felf therein, fo that it quick! 
-_Bilifpeadesh the place where it hath once taken footing,efpeciallyifit be moif 
and fhady Ic is of fomewhata ftrong but very wholefome fmnell. = 
| Tbe Places tail Time. — : s 
The firft groweth upon Pamey Heath, as alfo upon Barnes Com and in di- 
vers other moift and wary Dee of this Land, but for ics ufefalneffe ic is 
brought up and cherifhed in Gardens, The fecond is not fo frequent as the for- 
mer yet-it is faid to grow very plentifully in Effex,in divers places of the high- 
_way betwixt Londen and Chol:eft:r, and-in other parts thereofs Thethirdis  __ 
‘faid to bea fpontancall of oar owne Land,but tak nnotice of only by the curls 
, ous; The fourth groweth in Piedmont, and the fiftabout Mompelier in France've= 
“ry plentifully 5 The laft grew inthe Garden at Padea, but whence it came isnot 
recorded.” ey flower about Auguft, and eee ~ ae 
eer > ‘Fhe Temperarure. | 
eo:Galen faithnthat Penny-toyall ishot and dry in the third d 
-tile parts, rarifying or making thin, warming and digefting. 
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