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bona, Cotgrave and Palsgrave /ou/te bonne, on account of its excellent 
_ qualities as a remedy and as an esculent; hence the proverb: “‘ Be 
thou sick or whole, put Mercury in thy koale.”—Cogan, Haven of 
Health, ch. 28. ‘‘ The Barons Mercury, or male Phyllon dronken, 
causeth to engender male children, and the Mayden Mercurie, or 
gyrles Phyllon dronken, causeth to engender Gyrles or Daughters.” 
—Lyte’s Dodoens, p. 78. 
39. 24. “ Nep,” common Cat-mint. ‘ Dronken with honied 
water is good for them that haue fallen from a lofte, and haue some 
bruse or squat, and bursting, for it digesteth the congeled and 
clotted bloud, and is good for the payne of the bowels, the short- 
nesse of breath, the oppillation or stopping of the breast, and 
against the Jaundice.’”—Lyte, p. 148. See also Gerard’s Herbal, 
1633. ‘‘Nepe, herbe, Cologuzntida, cucurbita.” — Prompt. Parv. 
““Neppe, an herbe, herbe du chat.”’—Palsgrave. Forby gives the 
Norfolk simile “as white as ep,” in allusion to the white down 
which covers this plant. 
39. 26. ‘ Orach,” Asriplex hortensts, or sativa, formerly Arach, 
Prompt. .Parv. Avage, in MS. Harl. 979 Arasches, Fr. arroche, from 
Low Lat. aurago from aurum=gold, by the addition to it of ago= 
wort, as in plantago, lappago, etc. At the same time its use in the 
cure of jaundice, aurugo, may have fixed upon the plant the name 
of the disease. 
“* Atriplicem tritam cum nitro, melle, et aceto, 
Dicunt appositam calidam sedare podagram : 
Ictericis dicitque Galenus tollere morbum 
Illius semen cum vino szpius haustum.” — Macer, cap. 
xxvill. 1.7, quoted by Dr. Prior. 
39. 27. “Patience,” called in Lyte’s Dodoens, p. 559, ‘‘ Wild 
Docke,” and stated to be a remedy for jaundice, the “‘ bitinges and 
stinginges of Scorpions,” and the tooth ache, and if ‘ hanged 
about the necke it doth helpe the kinges euill or swelling in the 
throte.” 
39. 29. If the virtues of Penny Royal, as stated in Lyte’s 
Dodoens, p. 232, be true, the use of it might now be advan- 
tageously adopted by the consumers of London drinking water. 
He says: “If at any time men be constrayned to drinke corrupt, 
naughtie, stinking, or salte water, throw Penny royall into it, or strow 
the pouder thereof into it, and it shall not hurte any bodie.” It is 
sometimes called Pudding-grass, from its being used to make 
stuffings for meat, formerly called puddings. It is recommended 
by Andrew Boorde (Dyetary, ed. E.E.T. Soc. p. 281) as a remedy 
for melancholy, and to comfort the spirits of men. 
39. 30. ‘“‘ Primerose,” from Pryme rolles, the name it bears in old 
books and MSS. The Grete Herball, ch. cccl. says: “It is called 
Pryme Rolles of pryme tyme, because it beareth the first floure in 
pryme tyme.” It is also so called in Frere Randolph’s Catalogue. 
