24. The ninéteentliBeoke of 
nell, fhatpe, and yet adorant withall. Of all fmacks, the fale taft onely isnotnaturall. And yer g5 
: otherwhiles a kind of fale fettleth like duft; orinamanner of roundles or circles of water upon 
*Forfome — hearbes:howbeit, foone it pafleth away,and continueth no longer than many {ugh vanities *and 
oleae foolith opinions in this world. As for Panax,ittafteth much like Pepper:but Siliquaftrum or In- 
Thacthetatt of difh Pepper more than it,& therfore no martvaileif it were-called Piperitis. Libanotis fmelleth 
hearbes confi- like Frankincenfe, Myrthis of Myshe!As touching Panace fufticient hath beenfpoken already. 
eae Libanotis commeth naturally of feed in rotténigronnds, leaneand fubjet to deawes: it bath’a 
and a Waterie Footlike to Alifanders,ditfeting little or nothing tm finellfrom Frankincenfe, Theufe of tt,after 
an eee itbe one yeare old,is moft wholefome forthe ftomack. Some tearme itby another naine,Rofe- 
Democritus) a Marie. Alfo Alifanders, named in'Greeke Smyrneum,loveth to: grow in the fame places that 
cribedittotheir Rofemarie doth, andtheroot refembleth Myrrheintaft. Indifly Peppet likewile delighseth to 
ae bee fowed in the fame manner . Thereftditfer fromothers both infmell and taft, as»Dill. Fi- 
Pliniethinketh Nally, fo greatis the diverfitie and force in things, that-not oncly.one chaungeth the naturall - 
Rdiculous. aft of another, buralfo drowneth italtogether.: With Perfely the Cookes knowhow to take 
away the fourenefie and bitterneflein many meats: with the famealfo our Vintenershavea caft 
for torid wine of the Rrong finell thatis offenfive 5 but they letithang in certaine bags within 
the veflels, Rertiee | i ST Suitoride 
Thus much may ferve concerning Garden hearbes,fuch I meane onely as beufedin thekit- 
chin about meats. [t remaineth now to fpeake of the cheefe worke of Nature contained in them: | 
for aJl this while we have difcourfed of their encreafe and the gaine that may come thereof:and 
indeed treated wee have fummarily of fome plants and in generall tearmes. But foras much as 
the true vertues and properties of each heatbe cannot throughly and perfectly be knowne, but 
by their operations in Phyficke ; I muft needs conclude, that therein lictha mightie pecce of 
worke, to find outthat fecret and divine power, lying hidden andenclofed within ; and fucha 
peece of worke, as I wot not whether there can be found any greater. For mine owne part,good 
reafon J had, not to fet downe and annex thefe medicinable vertues to every hearbe ;which were 
tomingle Agriculture with Phyficke, and Phyficke with Cookerie, and fo to make a mith mafh 
and confufion of all things. For this 1 wift full well, chat fome men were defirous onely to know 
what effects they had in curing maladies, as a ftudie pertinentto their profeffion, who no doubt 
fhould have lofta greatdeale of time before they had come to that which they looked for, in 
running through the difcourfes of both the other, in cafewee had handeled all together. But 
now, fecing every ching is digefted and raungedin theirfeverall rankes, as well pertaining to 
the fields, as thekicchin,and the Apothecaries fhop; an eafie matter it willbe forthemthat are 
willing and fo difpofed;to fort out each thing and fit himfelfe to his owne purpofe,yea,and joine 
them allat his pleafure. ! ‘i r 
