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CHAR CXXV. 



Of Marigolds. 



The Kinds. 



f~~W~\ Herebe near upon twenty forts of Marigolds, yet I fhall 



I trouble you with no more than ten at this time. i. The 



JL. greatest double Marigold. 2. The greater double Marigold. 



3. The f mailer double Marigold. 4. * * * 8. Jack an Apes on 



Horfe-back. 9. Mountain Marigold. 10. The wild Marigold. 



The Places and Times. 



All the Sorts afore-named are Inhabitants of the Garden, except 

 the two laft whofe naturall places of being, may be difcovered by 

 their titles. They flower from April, even, unto Winter, and in 

 Winter alfo, if it be warm * * * . 



The Vertues and Signatures. 



The Flowers of Marigolds, comfort and ftrengthen the Heart 

 exceedingly; * * * and little lefs effeBuall in the fmall Pox and 

 Meazles, then Saffron. The Conferve made of the Flowers, taken 

 morning and evening, helpeth the trembling of the heart, and is very 

 ufeful in the time of Peftilence, when the air is corrupted. The 

 Flowers either green or dryed, are ufed much in Poffets, Broths, and 

 Drinks, as a comforter of the Heart and Spirits, and to expell any 

 Malignant or Peftilentiall quality, that might annoy them, efpecially 

 amongft the Dutch, where they are sold by the penny. 



CHAP. CLV. 



Of Daffodills. 



The Names. 



IT is called in Greek * * * that whiqh benumbeth the hands of 

 them that touch him * * * a Pliny and Plutarch affirm. And I 

 take this to be the right Etymology of the word, though I am 

 not ignorant of what the Poets have written hereof, especially Ovid, 

 who defcribeth the tranfformation of the fair boy Narciffus, into a 

 Flower of his own Name, faying, * * * 



As for his Body none remain'd, inftead whereof they found 

 A yellow Flower with milk-white Leaves, new fprung out of 

 the ground. 



