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nefle of light, and to take away fpots, markes and fcarres from the skin ; and 

 is made in this manner. Take a quantitie of the flowers of Rofemary, accor- 

 ding to your owne will eyther more or lelle, put them into a ftrong glafTc 

 clofe Stopped, let them in hot horfe dung to digeft for fourteene dayes, 

 which then being taken forth of the dung, and vnftoppcd, tye a fine linnen 

 iloth ouer the mouth, and turne downe the mouth thereof into the mouth 

 of another ftrong glade, which being let in the hot Sun, an oyle will diftill 

 downe into the lower glaffc ; which preferue as precious for the vfes before 

 recited, and many more, as experience by practice may enforme diucrs. 



There is another oylc Chymically drawne, auaileable in the like manner 

 for many the fame inward and outward difeases, viz. for the heart, rheuma- 

 ticke braines, and to ftrengthen the memory, outwardly to warmc and com- 

 fort cold benummed finewes, whereof many of good iudgement haue had 

 much experience. 



CHAP. CXI 1 1. 



Myrtus. The Mirtle tree or bufh. 



IN the hot Countreyes, there haue been many forts of M titles found out, naturally 

 growing there, which will not fruftifie in this of ours, nor yet abide without ex- 

 traordinary care, and conueniencie withall, to preferue them from the fharpenelTe 

 of our winters. I (hall only bring you to view three forts in this my Garden, the one 

 with a greater, the other two with leffer leaues, as the remainder of others which wee 

 haue had, and which are preferued from time to time, not without much paine and 

 trouble. 



i. Myrtus latifolia. The greater leafed Mirtle. 



The broader leafed Mirtle rifeth vp to the height of foure or fiue foote at the moft 

 with vs, full of branches and leaues growing like a fmall bufh, the ftemme and elder 

 branches whereof are couered with a dark coloured bark, but the young with a green, 

 and fome with a red, efpecially vpon the firft mooting forth, whereon are fet many 

 frefh greene leaues, very fweet in fmell, and very pleafant to behold, fo neer refembling 

 the leaues of the Pomegranate tree that groweth with vs, that they foone deceiue ma- 

 ny that are not expert therein, being fomewhat broade and long, and pointed at the 

 ends, abiding alwaies green : at the ioynts of the branches where the leaues ftand, come 

 forth the flowers vpon fmall footeftalkes, euery one by it felfe confiding of fiue fmall 

 white leaues, with white threds in the middle, fmelling alfo very fweet : after the flow- 

 ers are part, there doe arife in the hot Countries, where they are natural!, round blacke 

 berries, when they are ripe, wherein are contained many hard white crooked feedes, 

 but neuer in this Countrey, as I faid before : the roote difperfeth it felfe into many 

 branches, with many fibres annexed thereto. 





2. Myrtus minor , feu minore folio. The fmaller leafed Mirtle. 



The fmaller leafed Mirtle is a low fhrub or bufh, like vnto the former, but fcarce ri- 

 fing fo high, with branches fpreading about the ftemme, much thicker fet with leaues 

 then the former, fmaller alfo, and pointed at the ends, of a little deeper greene colour, 

 abiding greene alfo winter and fummer, and very fweete likewife : the flowers are 

 white like vnto the former, and as fweete, but fhew not themfelues fo plentifull on the 

 branches : the fruit is blacke in his naturall places, with feedes therein as the former. 



3. Myrtus minor rotundiore folio. Boxe Mirtle. 



Wee haue another fort of this fmall kinde of Mirtle, fo like vnto the former both 

 for fmalnefTe, deepe greene colour of the leaues, and thicke growing of the branches, 



that 



