



.Lib. 3. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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The Poets Rofcraary or Gardrobe. 



cubits ; bauing many twiggie brnnchcs of a 

 green coIour:vvhcrupon do grow narrow leaucs 

 like vnco Lwarta or Toad-flax,of a bitter talie^ 

 among which come forth fmall moflic flourcs* 

 of a greenifh yellow colour like tho'eof the 

 Cornell tree, and of the fmell of Roiermrie : 

 which hath mouedmeto place it with the Rofe- 

 maries as a kind thercounot finding any other 

 plant fo nccrc vnto it in kinde and neighbour- 

 hood : after the floures be part, there fuccccd 

 fruit like thofcof the Myrtle trec,greene at the 



firft 5 and of a fhining red colour when they brc 



npe 3 likc Corall,or the berries of A{} 

 and (vvcet in taftc, Icauing a ccrtaine acrimony 

 or (harpc taftc in theend :the Horn within is 

 hard as is the nut,wbcrcm is contained a fmall 

 white kernel/wect in taftrthc root is of a wood- 

 die fubftance : it floureth in the Summer • the 

 fruit is ripe in the end of O ftober \ the people 

 of GranadejMontpelier.and of rhe kingdom of 

 Valentia,doe vfc it in their preffes and Ward- 

 robcs.whcrcupon they cal it Guardalobo. $ This 



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the Poet VirgU } the which it cannot be, for ic 

 hathnofweet fmell. P^and LiCel'mAgc it to 

 be the Cafia of Theophrajlm^ wherewith alfo it 

 doth not well agree, t 



% The Place. 



Rofemary groweth in FrancCjSpaine^nd in 



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Languedock 



countries ; in wood 



fuell : they make hedges ©fit in the gardens of Italy and England,beinga great ornament vnto the 

 fame: it groweth neither in the fields nor gardens of theEafterne cold countries ; but is carefully 

 andcurioufly kept in pots,fet into the ftovesand cellers,againft the injuries of their cold Winters. 

 Wild Rofemary groweth in Lancafhire in diuers places, efpecially in a field called Little Rccd, 

 amongft the Hurtle berries, neerevntoa fmall village called Maud (ley -there found by a Icarocd 



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Uofemary floureth twiceaycare,inthe Spring, and after in Auguft. 

 The wildc Rofemary floureth in Iune and Iuly. 



^ The Names. 



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Coronariafox difference fake betwecne it and the other Libanotidesjxhichzxe reckoned for kindesof 

 Rofemary .and alfo becaufewomenhauc^eeneaccuftomed to make crownes and garlands thereof; 



ifemarino corwario : in Svzm(h)Romero : in French and Datch^Rofi 







Wilde Rofemary is called Rofcmarinus fjluejlris : of Co'rdtu ^Cham^p 



^ T he Temperature^^ 



Rofemary in hot and dry in thefeconddegree,andalfoof an aftringent or binding qua 

 being compounded of diuers parts,and taking more of the mixture of the eatthy fubftance. 



fluxes 



^ The Venues. 





a, i infirmities of the head and braine,proceeding of a cold and moift caufejfor they dry the braine, 

 S u icken the fences and memory,and ftrengthenthc finewic parts. 



Seraph witnefleth, That Rofemary is a remedy againfl the fluffing of the head, that commctb B 



^irough coldneffe of the braine, if a garland thereof be put about the head 3 whereof %^ibin O&tf* 4 * 

 g^cth teftimony, 



Viofcorides teacheth that it cureth him that hath the yellow jaundice, if it be boy/ed in ware r G 

 and drunke before exercife, and that after the taking thereof the patient muft bathe bitnk lie and 

 dnnkewine. F 



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