7 6 6 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L 



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8 This which we here giue you hath pretty large Ieaues, and thofe alfo very hair7onTT~~r 

 fide,but rough on the vpper fide like as rhe ordinary Sage. The (hikes are rough and hair f 

 fquare below,and round at their tops. The floures in their growing and (hape are like the/' ? U i! C 

 ordinary, but of a whitifh purple colour ; and fading, they arc each of them fucceeded bv rf, 

 foure feeds, which are largerthan m other Sages, and fo fill their feed-velTels, that thev (h r * 

 berries. The fmeiiofthe whole plant is fomewbat more vehement than thatof theordina™ 



!<-anp«: alfo hanefomerimes little parp* or !inrM»nr!i/>/.e «c In tV«or m »n„-^-rk:_ *• . _ ari C: the 



Ieaues alfo hauefometimes 

 (the natural 1 place of the gi 



Cluji 



fwc 



mayfotermetbemjof 



fame titles as I here prefent the fame to your view. ltatthidlm,D0db»* M *nd others alfo hail Z j 



m^nrinn hereof. ± v uduemade 



« The Place. 





Thefe kindes of Sage grow not wilde in England : I haue them all in my garden : moft f th 



are very common 

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em 



and by him imparted toother louers of plants, t 



y Garden, by H r .UhTr*dcfi 



^f The Time. 



■ 

 led and olanre 



% The Names. 



the 



Lanne name Salvia : in high Dutch, £>afoctl J in French, Sauge : in low Dutch, £>ail 



% The Temperature. 





Sage is manifeftly hot and dry in the beginning of the third degre, or in thelatcr end of the 

 Iccond j it hath adjoyned no little aftridion or binding. 



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% The Vermes. 



be like to come before their timc,and are troubled with abortments,do eate thereof to their great 

 good j for ix clofeth the matrix, and maketh them fruitfull, it retaineth the birth, and giueth it 

 life,and if the woman about the fourth day of her going abroad after her childing,(hatl drinke nine 

 ounces of the juyce of Sage with a little fait, and then vfe the company of ber nusband, (he (hall 

 without doubt conceiue and bring forth ftore of child ren,which are the blefling of God. Thus far 



K^grjppa, 



B Sa 8 e is Angular good for the head and braine 5 it quickneth the fences and memory, ftrength- 

 neth the finewes, rcftoreth health to thofe that haue the palfie vpon a moid caufe, takes awav (ha- 

 king or trembling of the members j and being put vp into the nofthrils, it draweth thin flegrrieout 

 of the head. 



C It is hkewife commended againft the fpitting of bloud, the cough, and paines of the (ides, and 



£ ; bitings o( Serpents. 



D The juyce of Sage drunke with hony is good for thofe that fpit and vomit bloud, and ftoppetb 

 the flux thereof incontinently,expelleth winde,drieth the dropfie,heIpeth the palfie, (trengthnetb 

 the finewes,and cleanfeth the bloud. 



E 



Wood 



and 



fome white w ine, make an excellent water to wa(h the fecret parts of man or woman, and for can- 

 kers or other forenefle in the mouth,efpecially if you boyie in the fame a faire bright (hining S* 



cole,which maketh it of greater efficacy. .. 



F No man needs to doubt of the wholefomnefle of Sage Ale, being brewed as it fhould be,witn 



Sa g ^ S f abi °us,Betony > Spikenard,Squinanth,and Fennel! feeds. . 



G 



wood den 

 keepe 



kfed vp- 

 thc 



on the Ieaues lying vpon the coles, and fo wrapped in Iinnen cloatb, and holden very hot vnrottte 

 fide of thofe that are troubled with a grieuous ftitch, taketh away the paine prefently : TM &* 



fcclpeth greatly the extremity of the pleurific. 



ChaK 







