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Of the Hiftorie of Plaits. 



IB. 1. 



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The middle Bafill is very like vnto the former,but it isaltogcther leflcr. The whole plant?, 

 >ft odoriferous fmell, not vnlike the fmell of a Limon,or Citron, whereof it tookehk f,„ 



name. 



3 Bufh Bafill,or fine Bafill, is a low and bafe plant, hauinga threddy root, from which rife vd 

 many fmall and tender ftalkes, branched intodiuers amies or boughes ; whereupon are placed [ 

 ny little leaues, lefTcr than thofe of Penny Royall. The whole plant isofamoft pleafing f w 

 fmell. ■*-'•* \ • 



ma- 

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Hiffi 



vp a ftalke a foot or more high,foure fquare s and of a purple color, fee at each joynt with two ieaues 

 and out of their bofomes come little branches : the Iargeft leaues are fome two inches broad and' 

 fome three long ; growing vpon long ftalkes,and deepely cut in about their edges,beingalibthicke 

 fat.and juicie,and either of a darke purple colour, orelfe fpotted with more or lefTe fuch coloured 



fpots 



Joflgft 



d 



oiacKe and large. The plant penfhes euery yeare as foone as it hath perfe&ed the feed. cluftm cals 



this wmtm Indimtm m % ' # 



<fi The Place. 



Bafil is fowne in gardens,and in earthen pots.lt commethvpquickIy,and Ioueth little moifttire 

 except in the middle of the day * y otherwife if it be fownc in rainie weather, the feed will putrifie 

 and grow into a jellie or flime,and come to nothing. * y 



•j The Time. 



Bafill floureth in Iune and Iuly,and that by little and littlc,whereby it is long a flouring, begin- 

 ning firft at the top. 



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fj The Names. 



Bafill is called Jn Greeke^x^and more commonly with -in the firft fy liable fa?**: in Latine, 

 Ocimum. It differeth from Ocymum which fome haue called Cerealezs we (faith Dodonaus) haue 

 fliewed in the Hiftorieof Graine. The later Grecians haue called it /s**a/*,-> : in (hops Jikewife Bt- 

 flkum^nd Regium ; : in Sp^nittiy Aliaiaca : in French, Bafrfic : in Enghflj, Bafill, garden Bafill, the 

 greater Bafill Royall, the leffei Bafill gentle, and bufti Bafill : of fome, Bafiliem Gawt>hylUtum } ot 

 Cioue Bafill. 



•J The Temperature. 



adjoyned 



moifture, by reafon whereof he doth not like that it fhould be taken inwardly • but being applied 

 outwardtyjit is good todigeft ordiftribure,and toconcoft. 



Diofcoridi 



^[ TbeFertues. 



good agaioft 



F 

 G 



mnde,prouokethvrine,drieth vpmilke a and is of a hard digeftion. 



The juyce mixed with fine meale of parched barly,oyle of Roft 

 imflammations,and the flinging of venomous beafts. 



The juyce drunke in wine of Chios or ftrong Sacke,is good againft bead-ache. 



The juyce clenfeth away the dimneffe of the eies,and drieth vp the humour that falletb into 

 thera. 



The feed drunke is a remedy for melancholy people • for thole that are (hort winded, and then) 



that can hardly make water. 



If the fame be fnift vp in the nofe, it caufcth often neefing.-alfo the herbe it felfe doth the faro^ 

 There be that fliunne Bafill and will not eat thereof, becaufe that if it be chewed and laid in tfie 



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Sun, it engendreth wormes. 



They of Africke do alfo ; 

 fcallfcelenopaineatall. 



The later Writers,amon 

 for the heart and 



flung 



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