T, be Uf arci en 0 / p lea J ant t lowers. 
and fpotted Comfrey , and it might bee as fitly called fpotted Buglofle, 
whereunto it is as like as vnto Comfrey, as I faid before. 
ThcVertues. 
It is much commended offorrie, to bee lingular good for vlcered lungs, 
that are full of rotten matter. As alfo for them that fpit bloud , being boy! 
ledanddrunke. Itisofgreateftvfeforthepoc, being generally held to be 
good, both for the lungs and the heart. 
Chap. XXXVII, 
i. Buglojfum & 'Btrrage. BuglofTe and Borage. 
A Lthough Borage and BuglofTe mightas fitly haue been placed, IconfcfTe, in 
the Kitchen Garden, in regard they are wholly in a manner fpentforPhyfi- 
call proper ties, or for the Pot, yet becaufe anciently they haue been entertai- 
ned into Gardens of plcafure, their flowers hauing been in fome refpeift, in that they 
haue alwaies been enterpofed among the flowers of womens needle- worke, I am more 
willing to giuc them place here, then t hrufl them into obfeurity, and take fuch of their 
tribe with them alfo as may fit for this place, either for beauty or rarity. 
The Garden BuglofTe and Borage are fo well knowne vnto all, that I fliall (I doubt) 
but fpend time in wafte to deferibe them ; yet not vfing to pafTe ouer any thing I name 
and appropriate to this Garden fofleightly, they are thus to bee knowne : BuglofTe 
hath many long, narrow, hairy, or rough fad greene leaues, among which rife vp two 
or three very high ftalks, branched atthetop, whereon Hand many blew flowers, confi- 
fting of fiue fmall round pointed leaues, with a fmall pointeil in the middle, which arc 
very fmooth, (hining, and of a reddilh purple while they are buds , and not blowne o- 
pen, which being fallen, there groweth in the greene huske, wherein the flower flood, 
three or foureroundifh blacke feedes, hauing that thread or pointeil Handing ftill in 
the middle of them : the route is blacke without, and whitifh within, long, thicke,and 
full of flimie iuice Cas the leaues arc alfo) and pcriflicth not euery y eare, as the roote of 
Borage doth. 
t . 'Bor rags. Borage. 
Borage hath broader, (horter, greener, and rougher leaues then BuglofTe, the ftalkes 
hereof are not fo high, but branched into many parts, whereon ftand larger flowers, 
and more pointed at the end then BuglofTe , and of a paler blew colour tor the tnoft 
part (yet fometimes the flowers are reddifh, andfometimes purewhite) each of the 
flowers confiding of fiue leaues , ftanding in a round hairy whitifh huske , diuided 
into fiue parts, and haue a fmall vmbone of fiue blackifh threads in the middle,ftanding 
out pointed at the end, and broad at the bottome: the feed is like the other ; the root is 
thicker and fhorter then the roote of BuglofTe, fomewhat blackifh without alfo, and 
whiti(hwithin,andperifhethafter feedetime, but rifeth of it ownefeede fallen, and 
fpringethin the beginning oftheycare. 
■^.'Borrigofembtr virens. Euerliuiag Borage. 
Euerliuing Borage hath many broad greene leaues, andfomewhat rough, more re- 
fembling Comfrey then Borage , yet not fo largeas either ; the ftalkes are not fo high 
as Borage, and haue many fmall blew flowers on them, very like to the flowers of 
BuglofTe for the forme, and Borage for the colour : the rootes are blacke, thicker then 
cither of them, fomewhat more fpreading, and nor perifhing, hauing greene leaues 
all the Winter long, and thereupon tooke, his name. 
4. Attchnp», 
