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The Kitchen Garden. 



CHAP. I. 

 Maiorana latifolia, fine maior Anglica. Winter, or pot Marierome. 



Winter Marierome is a fmall bufhie herbe like vnto fweete Marierome, be- 

 ing parted or diuided into many branches, whereon doe grow broader 

 and greener leaues, fet by couples, with fome fmall leaues likewife at the 

 feuerall ioynts all along the branches : at the tops whereof grow a number of fmall 

 purplifh white flowers fet together in a tuft, which turne into fmall and round feed, big- 

 ger then fweet Marierome feede : the whole plant is of a fmall and fine fent, but much 

 inferiour to the other, and is nothing fo bitter as the fweete Marierome, and thereby 

 both the fitter and more willingly vfed for meates : the roote is white and threddy, 

 and perifheth not as the former, but abideth many yeares. 



The Vfe of winter Marierome. 



The vfe of this Marierome is more frequent in our Land then in others, 

 being put among other pot-herbes and farfing (or fafeting herbes as they are 

 called) and may to good profit bee applyed in inward as well as outward 

 griefes for to comfort the parts, although weaker in effecT: then fweete 

 Marieromes. 



CHAP. II. 

 Thymum vulgatius fine durius. Ordinary Garden Tyme. 



' | " He ordinary Garden Tyme is a fmall low wooddy plant with brittle branches, 



and fmall hard greene leaues, as euery one knoweth, hauing fmall white pur- 



^ plifh flowers, ftanding round about the tops of the ftalkes: the feed is fmall 



and browne, darker then Marierome feed : the root is woody, and abideth well diuers 



Winters. 



Thy mum latifolium. Mafticke Tyme. 



This Tyme hath neyther fo wooddy branches, nor fo hard leaues, but groweth 

 lower, more fpreading, and with fomewhat broader leaues : the flowers are of a pur- 

 plifh white colour, ftanding in roundles round about the ftalkes, at the ioynts with 

 leaues at them likewife. This Tyme endureth better and longer then the former, and 

 by fpreading it felfe more then the former, is the more apt to bee propagated by flip- 

 ping, becaufe it hath beene feldome feene to giue feede : It is not fo quicke in fent or 

 tafte as the former, but is fitter to fet any border or knot in a garden, and is for the moft 

 part wholly employed to fuch vfes. 



The Vfe of Tyme. 



To fet downe all the particular vfes whereunto Tyme is applyed, were to 

 weary both the Writer and Reader ; I will but only note out a few : for be- 

 fides the phyficall vfes to many purpofes, for the head, ftomacke, fplene, 

 &c. there is no herbe almoft of more vfe, in the houfes both of high and 

 low, rich and poore, both for inward and outward occafions ; outwardly 

 for bathings among other hot herbes, and among other fweete herbes for 

 ftrewings : inwardly in moft forts of broths, with Rofmary, as alfo with 

 other fafeting (or rather farfing) herbes, and to make fawce for diuers forts 

 both fifh and flefh, as to ftuffe the belly of a Goofe to bee rofted, and after 

 put into the fawce, and the pouder with breade to ftrew on meate when it 



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