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sh itis ngs Well then, to begin withall, *Melothron, Spireon,Trigonon, * Cneoron (which Hyginus cal- G 
Be Benes leth Cafia) affourd leaves very meet to make chaplets:fo doth Conyza, called otherwifé Cuni- 
efothers. — lagosMelyffophyllon,named alfo Apiaftrum,#. Bawme;and Melilot,whichwecommonlyterme 
mm — Sertula Campana;and good reafon, for the beftin Italy isthat of Campainesand in Greece, 
"| tharwhich groweth in the promontorie Sunium. Nexttothefe, the Melilot of Chalcis®& Can- 
die is well accepted of : but grow it in what countrey it will, rough thickets and woods itdeligh- 
teth moft in. And that of this hearbe they were woontufually in old timeto make garlands,may - 
appeare by the very name Sertula, which it rooke thereupon, and retaineth ftill. In favor & floure 
both, it commeth neare to Saffron: the hearbe otherwife of it felfe ishoarie and gray. The beft 
Melilot isthat counted which hath fhorteft leaves, and thofe moft plumpe and fattie withall. 
Semblably, the hearb Trifolie or Claver, hath leaves which goeto the making of coronetsand H- 
guitlands. And hereof there be three kinds :the firft is that which the Greeks call Mynianthes, 
others Afphaltion, having a bigger leafe than the reft; an hearb that garland-makers common- 
ly ufe : the fecond with a tharpe leafe, called thereupon Oxytriphyllon : the third, which is leaft 
of all other. Among thefe Trefoiles,I cannot but advertife the reader,that fome there be which 
have {trong and firme ftems, as nervous as thofe of garden Fennel] and Fennell wild,yea and as 
ftiffe axthofe of Myophonos, But to returneagaine to our chaplets, there bee emploied about 
them, both the maine ftalks of Ferula, as alfo the berries and purple fioures of the Ivie. There 
is befides a kind of them, like unto the wild rofes: and in them verely the colour only is delecta- 
ble, for odour they havejuft none. To conclude,of Cneoron there be two kinds, the blacke and 
the white: both well branched and full of leaves, but the white is moft odoriferous:andas well J] 
the one asthe other, doe flourifh after the Equinox in Autumne. - 
Cuap. x. 
e& Of Oryganumand Thyme : of the Athenien honey : of Conyza,ond Iupiters 
floure : of Sotheruwood and Camomile, 
S many forts alfo there be of Origanum,ferving to make guirlands: as for one of them, it 
hath no feeds but the other which is {weet, is called Otigan of Candie. In like manner,two 
kinds there be of Thyme,towit,the white and the blacke : this hearbe doth flourith about 
the Summer Solftice, at what timeas Bees alfo begin to gather honey from it; and-according IK 
tothe flouring of it more or leffe,aman may gueffe full well whatfeafon there will be forhoney: 
for honey-miftreflés and fuchaskeepe Bees,hope to have a good yeere of honey when they fee 
the Thyme to bloume abundantly. Thyme cannot well away with raine, and therefore it taketh 
harme by fhowres and fheddeththe foure. Thyme feed lyeth foclofe, that unneth orhardly ic 
can be found; whereas the feed of Origan, notwithftanding it bee exceeding fimall, isevident 
enough and may foone be feene, But what matter makes it, that Nature hath fo hidden the feed, 
_confidering itis well knowne,thatitlyeth in the very floure, which if itbe fowne, commeth up as 
well as any other feed 2 See theinduftrie of men, and how there is nothing but they havemade 
triall of and put, in practife! The honey of Athens carrieth the name forthe befthoney inthe 
world, by reafon of the Thyme growing thereabout.Men therfore have brought overinto other L 
countries, Thyme out of Attica, although hardly and with much adoe(beingfownethusin the _ 
foure as I have {aid) it commeth up, But there is another reafon in Nature, why itfhould thrive 
fo badly in Italy or elfewhere, confidering that the Attick Thyme will not. continue andlive,but — 
within the aireand breath of the Sea.Certes this was an opinion received generally of ouraun- 
cientfore-fathers, Thatno Thyme would doe well and profper, burneareunto the Sea; which 
fhould be the cafe, that in Arcadia there is none of it to be found. And in thofe daies alfo, nen — 
"were verely perfuaded, that the Olive would not grow but within the compaffe of threehundred 
ftadia from the Sea fide, Howbeit, in thisourage verely ,we are advertifedand know for certain, 
That in Languedoc andthe province of Natbon, the very ftonie places are all overgrowne and 
covered with Chyme, upon which there are fed thoufands of fheepe andothercatraile : in fuch M 
fort, as this kind of herbage and pafturage, yeeldeth a greatrevenue tothe inhabitantsand pai- 
fants of that countrey,by joifting and laying in of the faidbeafts, brought thither out of far r¢- 
mote partsforto'feed upon Thyme, 2 80.008 For) aioe dite othe: 
Concerning the hearbe Conyza,which goeth alfo to. the making of Chaplets, there Ne eo 
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