136 THE SALERNE SCHOOLE. 
In Physicke Mallowes hath much reputation, 
Their very name of Mellow seemes to sound, 
The roote thereof will giue a kind purgation, 
By them both men and women good haue found. 
To women’s monthly flowers they give laxation, 
They make men soluble that haue been bounde, 
And least we seem in Mallowes praises partial, 
Long since hath Horace praised them and Martial. 
The wormes that gnaw the womb and neuer stint, 
Are kill’d, and purg’d, and driuen away with Mint. 
But who can write thy worth (6 soueraigne Sage ), 
Some ask how men can die; where thou dost grow. 
Oh that there were a Medicine curing age, 
Death comes at last, tho death come nere so slow: 
Sage strengths the sinews, Feauers heat doth swage, 
The Palsie helpes, and rids of mickle woe, 
In Latine (Saluia) takes the name of safety, 
In English (Sage ) is rather wise than crafty : 
Sith then the name betokens wise, and sauing, 
We count it nature’s frend, and worth the hauing. 
Take Sage and Primrose, Lauender, and Cresses, 
With Walwort that doth grow twixt lime and stone, 
For he that of these herbes the iuice expresses, 
And mix with powder of a Castor-stone, 
May breed their ease whom Palsie much oppresses, 
Or if this breed not helpe, then looke for none. 
{| Rew is a noble herbe to giue it right, 
To chew it fasting it will purge the sight, 
One quality thereof yet blame I must, 
It makes men chaste, and women fills with lust. 
