Ge TbeGarden of pleslant Flowers: 
Chamadrys, Geritiander. 
> Left Germander fhould be veterly forgotten, as not worthy of our Garden, feeing 
many (as 1 {aid ia my treatife or introductiontothis Garden) doe border knots there- 
with : letme atthe leat giue it a placejalthough the laft, being more vicd as a ftrewing 
herbe forthe houte,then tor any other vie, Itis(Ithinke){ufficiently knowné to haue 
many branches,with {mall and omewhat round endented leaues onthem,and purplith 
- gaping flowers : the rootes fj preading far abroad, and rifing vp againe.in many places. 1 
_.The Place, : 
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tainty 
Thefe Hyffopes haue beene moft of them nourfed vp of long time in our 
Englith Gardens, but from whence their firft originall fhould be, is not well 
knowne. TheGermanderalfois onclyin Gardens, and not wilde, = 
ilk ie 4 _ from the forme: like vnto fi 
aon cig cole? 6 
The common Hyffope is much vied. in all pedtorall medicines , to cut a 
Falling Sickneffe , efpecially being made into Pils afterthis manner : Of 
_-. | Hyffope, Horhound, and Catftor, ofeach halfeadramme,of Peony rootes 
; (the male kinde is onely fitto be vfed for this purpofe)two drams, of fe 
_ fetida one {cruple: Let them bebeaten,, and made into pils with the inyce 
of Hyffope ; whicg deing taken for feuen dayes together at night going to 
d,is held to be effectual to giue much cafe, if not thoroughly ro curethefe 
that are troubled with that difcafe. The vfe of Germander ordinarily isas 
Tyme, Hyflope, and other fach herbes, to borderaknot, whereuntoitis 
often appropriate, and the rather, that it might be cut to ferue (as I {aid} for 
aftrewing herbe forthe houfe amongothers. Forthe phyficall vfe itfer- 
ucth in difeafes of the {plenc, and the ftopping of vrine,and to procurewor 
mens courfes. 
"Thus haueT led you through all my Garden of Pleafure, and fhewed youall the va- 
rieties of nature nourfed therein, pointing vatothem , and defcribing them one after 
another. And now laftly (according to the vfe of our eld ancient Fathers) I bring 
youto ret onthe Grafle, which yet thall not be without fome delight, and that not 
theleaftofallthercit. 
CHAP. 
