4.76 The Kitchen Garden. 



is rofted, and fo likewife on roiled or fryed fifh. It is held by diuers to bee 

 a fpeedy remedy againft the fling of a Bee, being bruifed and layd thereon. 



CHAP. III. 

 Satureia Jiue 'Thymbra. Sauorie. 



THere are two forts of Sauory, the one called Summer, and the other Win- 

 ter Sauorie : The Summer Sauory is a fmall tender herbe, growing not aboue 

 a foote and a halfe high, or thereabouts, rifing vp with diuers brittle branches, 

 flenderly or fparfedly fet with fmall long leaues, foft in handling, at euery ioynt a cou- 

 ple, one againft another, of a pleafant ftrong and quicke fent and talte : the flowers are 

 fmall and purplifh, growing at the toppes of the ftalkes, with two fmall long leaues at 

 the ioynts vnder them : the feede is fmall, and of a darke colour, bigger then Tyme 

 feede by the halfe : the roote is wooddy, and hath many firings, perifhing euery 

 yeare wholly, and muft bee new fowen againe, if any will haue it. 



The Winter Sauorie is a fmall low bufhie herbe, very like vnto Hyffope, but not a- 

 boue a foote high, with diuers fmall hard branches, and hard darke green leaues there- 

 on, thicker fet together then the former by much, and as thicke as common Hyffope, 

 fometimes with foure leaues or more at a ioynt, of a reafonable ftrong fent, yet not fo 

 ftrong or quicke as the former : the flowers are of a pale purplifh colour, fet at feuerall 

 diftances at the toppes of the ftalkes, with leaues at the ioynts alfo with them, like the 

 former : the roote is woody, with diuers fmall firings thereat, and abideth all the 

 winter with his greene leaues: it is more vfually encreafed by flipping or diuiding the 

 roote, and new fetting it feuerally againe in the Spring, then by fowing the feed. 



The Vfe of Sauorie. 



The Summer Sauorie is vfed in other Countryes much more then with vs 

 in their ordinary diets, as condiment or fawce to their meates, fometimes of 

 it felfe, and fometimes with other herbes, and fometimes ftrewed or layde 

 vpon the difhes as we doe Parfley, as alfo with beanes and peafe, rife and 

 wheate ; and fometimes the dryed herbe boyled among peafe to make 

 pottage. 



The Winter Sauorie is one of the (farting) fafeting herbes as they call 

 them, and fo is the Summer Sauorie alfo fometimes. This is vfed alfo in the 

 fame manner that the Summer Sauorie is, fet downe before, and to the fame 

 purpofes : as alfo to put into puddings, fawfages, and fuch like kindes of 

 meates. Some doe vfe the pouder of the herbe dryed (as I fayd before of 

 Tyme) to mixe with grated bread, to breade their meate, be it fifh or flefh, to 

 giue it the quicker rellifh. They are both effefhiall to expell winde. 



CHAP. IIII. 

 HyJ/bpus. Hyffope. 



GArden Hyffope is fo well knowne to all that haue beene in a Garden, that I f hall 

 but aSlum agere, to beftow any time thereon, being a fmall bufhie plant, not ri- 

 fing aboue two foote high, with many branches, woody below, and tender 

 aboue, whereon are fet at certaine diftances, fundry fmall, long and narrow greene 

 leaues : at the toppe of euery ftalke ftand blewifh purple gaping flowers, one aboue 

 another in a long fpike or eare : after which followeth the feede, which is fmall and 

 blackifh : the rootes are compofed of many threddy firings ; the whole plant is of a 

 ftrong fweet fent. 



The 



