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thers browne vnder them : after which commeth blackith feede : the roote perifheth 
at the firft approach of winter weather, and is to be new fowen euery ycare. | 
2. Ocimurs neinimuns fine GariophyBetam. Buth Bafill. 
The buh Bafill groweth not altogether fo high, but is thicker fj preadeoutirite 
branches, whereon grow fimallerJeaues, and thicker fer then the former, but of mi 
excellent and pleafant fmell by much :. the flowers arc white like the former, andthe 
feede blacke alfo like ir, and perifheth as fuddenly, or rather {ooner then it, fot 
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requireth more paines to get itjand morc care to nourfeit, becaufe we feldome or ne- 
uct haucany feede of it, SA WSR OIneoic hw onils bi 46 HO: ¢ Jsc3vok Aa nawigk 
pis HY “t bas. obigdik glopiedt = abs! basco olyeb Hin hohisinos a 
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‘The Indian Bafill hath 4 {quate ¥eddith greene ftalke, ‘a’ foote high or better; from 
cheiaynts whereof {preade out many branches, with broade fat Ieaues fet thereon, 
two always togetherat the ioynt, one againft another, as other Bafils haue, bittfome, 
warn ee ae i 10 Gee edges,and oftentimes a little Sera haaaete hat ong 
reddith footeftalkes, of a darke purple colour, {potted with deeper‘purple {pots, in 
fome greater, in others leffer: the flowers fland atthe tops of the flalkes {pike-fafhion, 
which are of awhite colour, with reddith ftripesand veines running through them, fet 
or placed.in darke pur ple coloured huskes : the feedeis greater and rounder then the 
former,and fomewhat long withall': thé roore pefithis in like manner asthe other 
former doe. The whole plant fimelleth ftrong, like vatothe other Bafils. 
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phe ewe lat forts of Bafilsare greater ftrangers in our Country then the 
firft which is frequent, and only fowen and planted in curious gardens. The 
laft came firft out of the Weft Indies, 7 a 
‘They all ower in Anguft,orTuly atthe fooneft, and that but by degrees; 
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and not allat once. 
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"The firft is vfually called Ociweans valeare, or vulgatins, and Ocimum Citra- 
tum, InEnglifh, Common or Garden Bafill. The other'is called Ocimam 
sxinimum, OY Gari #m, Cloue Bafill,or Bush Bafill, Thelafteyther of 
his place,or forme of his leaues, being fpotted-and curled, or all, is called 
Ocimuwsindicum maculatues,latifolium & ¢ri{pum.In Englifhaccording tothe 
Easton, Sales Bafill, broade leafed Bafill, {potted or curled Bafill, which 
you pleafe. ree : 
The Vertues. 
The ordinary Bafill isin a mannet wholly {pent te make fweet, or wafhin 
waters, among other{weet herbes, yet fometimes it is put into nofegayes. 
The Phyficall properties are,to procurea cheerefulland merry heart,wher- 
___ wmtothe feede is chiefly vfed in pouder, &c. and is moft vfedto that, and 
