The Kitchen Garden, 



apt to caufe it to curdle. And applyed with fait, is a good helpe for the bi- 

 ting of a mad dogge. 



It is vfed to be boyled with Mackarell, and other fifh. 



Being dryed, is often and much vfed with Penniroyall, to bee put into 

 puddings : as alfo among peafe that are boyled for pottage. 



Where Dockes are not ready at hand, they vfe to bruife Mintes, and 

 lay them vpon any place that is ftung with Bees, Wafpes, or fuch like, and 

 that to good purpofe. 



CHAP. XL 



Balfamita mas & famina, feu Coftus hortorum maior & minor. 

 Coftmary and Maudeline. 



COftmary or Alecoaft is a fweet herbe, bearing many broad and long pale green 

 leaues, fnipped about the edges, euery one vpon a long foote-ftalke ; among 

 which rife vp many round greene ftalkes, with fuch like leaues on them, but 

 lefler vp to the toppe, where it fpreadeth it felfe into three or foure branches, euery 

 one bearing an vmbell or tuft of gold yellow flowers, fomewhat like vnto Tanfie 

 flowers, but lefTer, which turne into fmall heads, containing fmall flat long feede : the 

 roote is fomewhat hard and ftringy, and being diuided, is replanted in the Spring of 

 the yeare for increafe. 



Maudeline hath fomewhat long and narrow leaues, fnipt about the edges: the ftalks 

 are two foot high, bearing many yellow flowers on the tops of the branches, in an vm- 

 bell or tuft like vnto Tanfie: the whole herbe is fweete, and fomewhat bitter, and is 

 replanted by flipping. 



The Vfe of Coftmary and Maudeline. 



Coftmary is of efpeciall vfe in the Spring of the yeare, among other fucfr 

 like herbes, to make Sage Ale, and thereupon I thinke it tooke the name of 

 Alecoaft. 



It is alfo vfed to be put among other fweete herbes, to make fweete wa- 

 fhing water, whereof there is great ftore fpent. 



The leaues haue an efpeciall vertue to comfort both the ftomack and 

 heart, and to warme and dry a moift braine. The feede is much vfed in the 

 Country, to be giuen to children for the wormes, in the ftead of wormfeed, 

 and fo is the feede of Maudeline alfo. 



Maudeline is much vfed with Coftmary and other fweet herbes, to make 

 fweete wafhing water : the flowers alfo are tyed vp with fmall bundels of 

 Lauender toppes, thefe being put in the middle of them, to lye vpon the 

 toppes of beds, prefles, &cc. for the fweete fent and fauour it cafteth. It is 

 generally accounted of our Apothecaries to be the true Eupatorium of Aui- 

 cen, and the true Ageratum of Diofcorides ; but Dodonajus feemeth to con- 

 tradict both. 



CHAP. XII. 

 Tanacetum vulgare & crifpum. Tanfie. 



OVr Garden Tanfie hath many hard greene leaues, or rather wings of leaues ; 

 for they are many fmall ones, fet one againft another all along a middle ribbe 

 or ftalke, and fnipt about the edges : in fome the leaues ftand clofer and thic- 

 ker, and fomewhat crumpled, which hath caufed it to be called double or curld Tan- 

 fie, 



