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Chap. CXXXI. 
Mtitrina. Sweete Marierome. 
W Eehauc many forts of Marierome ; fome that arc fweete, and but Sum- 
mer plants ; others that arc greater and not fo fweet ; and fome alio that 
arewilde. Of all thefe I will onely feletft fome of the choifeft that are 
fit for this place, and leaue the other for the next garden, and the garden of iimples,or 
a ®enerall worke : yet hereunto I will adioyneanother fweete plant called Mafticke, 
as participating neerer with them then with Time, whercunto many doe referre it. 
i . M nior an t maior tBiua. Common fweet Marierome. 
The fweet Marierome that is molt frequently fowen in our Country, is a low herbc 
little aboue a foote high when it is at the higheft, full of branches, and fmall whitifh 
foft roundifh leaues, fmelling very fweet : at the toppes of the branches Hand diuers 
fmall fcaly heads,likevnto knots, (and therefore of fome called knotted Marierome) 
of a whitifh ®reene colour, out of which come here and there fmall white flowers, and 
afterwards fmall reddilh feede : thcroote is compofedof many fmall threds or firings, 
which perifh with the whole plant euery yeare. 
2 . Maior an a tenuiftlit. Marierome gentle. 
This Marierome hath likewife diuers fmall branches, growing low, and not higher 
then the former, but hauing finer and fmaller leaues, hoary and foft, but much fweeter: 
the heads are like vnto the former, and fo are the flowers and feede, andthewholc 
plant abiding but a Summer in the like manner. 
3 . Marum. Herbe Maftickc. 
The neerer refcmblance that this herbe hath with Marierome then withTyme (as 
I faid before) hath made me place it next vnto the fmall fweet Marierome. It rifeth vp 
with a greater, and a more woody ftalke then Marierome, two foote high or better in 
fome places, where it liketh the ground and ayre, branching out on all fides towards 
the vpper part, leaning the ftemme bare below, if it bee old, otherwifebeingyoung, 
thinly furnifhing the branches from thebottome with fmall greenc leaues, biggerthen 
the leaues of any Tymc, and comming neere vnto the bignefle and forme of the laft 
recited finer Marierome, but of a greener colour : at the toppes of the branches (land 
fmall white flowers on a head, which afterwards turne into a loofe tuft of a long white 
hoary matter, like vnto foft doune, with fome leaues vnderneath and about it, which 
abide not long on the ftalkes, but are blowne away with the winde : the feede islo 
fmall if it hauc any, that I haue not obferued it : the roote is threddy : the whole plant 
is of a fweete refinous fent, ftronger then the Marierome, and abideth our winters, if 
it be carefully planted andregarded. 
The Place. 
The fweete Marieromes grow naturally in hot Countreyes : thefirftin 
Spainc&c.thefecondisthoughttocomeoutof Syria, or Pcrfiafirftinto 
Italie, where they much efteeme it, and plant it curioufly and carefully in 
pots, and fet them in their windowes, beeing much delighted therewith for 
the fweet fent it hath. The firft is vfually fowen euery yeare in mod gardens 
with vs : but the fecond is very rare and daintie,and rauft as daintely be pre- 
ferued,beingmoretenderthentheformer. Theherbe Mafticke is thought 
to be firft brought out of Candie, Clufius faith he found it in Spaine : Itis 
planted by flippes, (and not fowen) in many gardens, and is much replanted 
