30 The nineteenth Bocke of 
which being brufed or beaten into powder,and drunke in waten.is fingulargoodforthepaine of G 
the ftomacke, The be{t Cumin in our part of the world;which is Europe, commech from Car- 
petania :for otherwife the greateftname goeth of that in Athyopia and Affricke. And yetfome 
there be who preferthe Cumin of gyptbeforeall. > MerseLy rg srr : 
es ae But*Alifanders, which {ome Greekescall Hippofelium,others Smyrnenm,isofa ftraunge 
Clue aerwa sag 0d wonderfull nature above all other hearbes :for it will grow of the veryliquor or juice iffuing 
atone would — forth of the ftalke.Itmay befetalfo of aroot. And indeed;they that gather the forefaid juice, ufe 
le Lechis tOfaysthacit hath the very taftandrellifh of Myrthe: and by Theophraflus hisfaying, ix came firft 
forLovach, Of Myrrhe fetintothe ground. The old writers ordained,that Alifanders fhould bee fet or fowed 
oe ae in ftonie grounds,without tending or looking unto,near to fome*mud wall. Bur now inourdaies 
fome Apothe. itis planted in places digged and delved over,once or twice: yea,and at anytime fromtheblow: fy 
caries name it ing of the wefterne wind Favonius in Februarie, untill the later A’quinox in September be paft. 
asthe Capres likewife are fet and fowed in drie places efpecially: butthebed mutt bee digged in 
fome ow groundand Jaidhollow, environned round about with bankes, and thoferaifed with a 
groundfell of ftone worke, otherwife it would bee raunging abroad and overfpread whole fields, 
and make the ground barrenand unfruitfull.It fourifheth in Summer;and continueth green un- 
till the occultation or fetting of the Brood-hen ftar Vergilize:and fandie ground is mott familiar 
and agreeable to it. Touching the defects and imperfeGions of thatkindwhich groweth beyond 
fea,Thave faid ynoughamong the hrubs and plants that be ftraungers. 
The Caraway alfo isa ftraunger, as may appeare by the name of Caria,the native countrey 
thereof : it beareth one of the principall feeds thatcome into the kitchin. Ie careth not much 
where itis fowne or planted, for it sitcom any ground, aswell asthe Alifanders beforena- I 
med. Howbeit,the beft commeth out of Caria,the next to itin goodnes,we have from Phrygia, 
As for Loveach or Livith,it is by nature wild and favage, and loveth alone to growofit telfe 
among the mountaines of Liguria,whereof itcommeth to havethe name Liguftucum,as being 
the naturall place beft agreeing to the nature of it.Set or fowed it may bein any place wherefoe- 
ver: howbeit,this thatis thus ordred by mans hand hath not the like vertueas the other,although 
itbee in taft more pleafant, and foime call it Panax or Penaces Howbeit, Cratevas a Greeke wii- 
ter,calleth the wild Origan or CunilaBubula,bythat name. But all others in manner, attribute 
the name of Conyza or Conyzoides to Cunilago,#.Fleabane Mullet:and of Thymbra,.WVin- 
tex Savorie,to Cunila,z.garden Savorie; which among us hath another name in Latine,to wit, © 
Satureia,much uled in fauces and feafoning of our meats. K 
This Savorie is commonly fowne in the month of Februarie,and hath no {mall refemblance 
of Origan,infomuch,as they are never both ufed at once in fauce or fallads, their vertues & ope- 
rations be fo like.And yetthe Egyptian Origanum is preferred before the faid Savonie. 
Tocome nowto Lepidium ,.Ditcander or Pepperwort,it was fometime a ftraungeralfo with 
us here in Italie. Iris ufually fowne after mid Februatie when the Wefterne wind Favonius hath 
plaied his part: afterwards when it hath putforth braunches, itis cut downe clofe tothe ground, 
and then it is laid bare and farcled,and the fuperfuous roots cutaway, & fo inthe end cherifhed: 
with mucke, Thus muftit beferved the two fift yeares, For afterwards they ufe the fame in brane 
ches atall times,ifthe cruell and bitter Winterkill them norsfor fusely thishearbeismoftimpa- 5, 
tient of cold.It groweth a good cubite in height,bearing leaves like to Lawrell,and the fame foft 
and tender.But never isit ufed in meat without milke. | 
Now for Gith or NigellaRomana,asit is an hearbe that groweth for the paftrie, to fit the Ba- 
kershand ; fo Annife and Dillare as appropriate to the kitchen for Cookes,and the Apotheca- 
ries fhop forthe Phyfician. 
Sacopenium likewife isan hearbe growing verely in gardens, but is ufed in Phyficke onely, 
Certaine hearbes there be that accompanie others forgood fellowfhip,and grow with them, 
asnamely Poppie: for commonly fowne itis with Coleworts,Purcellane, Rocket,and LeGtuces 
*Thistunker Of garden Poppies there be three kinds firftthe white: whereof the “feeds in oldtime being — 
inp was made into Biskets or Comfits with honie, were ferved up as a banketting difh. Therufticall pea~ 4 
by Terruian fants of the countrey were wont to guild orglaze (asitwere) the upper croft of theit loaves of 
andFefiuz, bread with yolkes ofegs,and then to beftrew it with Poppie feed,which would cleave faft unto it, 
having firft underlaied the bottome cruft with Ammi, or Annife feed and Gith : and then they 
putthem into the oven being thus feafoned which gave a commendable taftto their bread 
E 5 when 
