c / be (jar den of pleajant Flown. 
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chiMidrys. Germander. 
Left Germander ihould be vtterly forgotten, as not worthy of our Garden, feeing 
many (as 1 faid in my treatife or introdu&ion to this Garden) doe boi der knots there- 
with : let me at the lead giue it a place, although the laft, being more vied as a ftrewing 
herbe for the houfe, then for any other vfe. It is (I thinke) fumciently knownetohaue 
many branches,with fraall and fomewhat round endented leaues on them, and pur pliih 
gaping flowers : the rootes fpreading far abroad, and riling vp againc in many places. 
The Place. 
Thefe HylTopeshaue beene mod of them nourfed vp of long time in our 
Engliih Gardens, but from whence their firft originali ihould be, is not well 
knowne. The Germander alfo is onely in Gardens, and not wilde. 
The Time. 
They flower in lane and Iuly. 
TheNames. 
The feuerall names whereby they are knowneto vs, are fet forth in their 
titles ; and therefore I neede not here fay more of them then onely this, that 
neyther they here fet downe, nor the common or ordinary fort , nor any of 
the reft not here exprefled, are any of them the true Hy (Tope of the ancient 
Grcekc Writers, but fupptfititU, vfed in the ftead thercof.The Germander, 
from the forme of the leaues like vnto fmall oaken leaues, had the name Cht- 
mxdrjs giuen it, which fignifieth a d warfe Oakc. 
The Vertues. 
The common HyiTope is much vfed in all peftorall medicines, to cut 
fleagme,and to caufe it eafily to be auoided. It is vfed of many people in 
the Country, to be laid vnto cuts or freih wounds, being bruifed , andap- 
plyed cythcr alone, or with a little Sugar. It is much vfed as afwect herbe, 
to be in the windowes of an houfe. I finde it much commended againft the 
Falling Sickneflfe , efpecially being made into Pils afterrhis manner : Of 
HyiTope, Horhound, and Caft or, of each halfca dramme,of Peony rootes 
(themalekindeisonelyfittobcvfedforthispurpofe)twodrams, of AJpi 
fetid* one fcruple : Let them be beaten, and made into pils with the iuyee 
of HyiTope ; which being taken forfeuendayes together at night going to 
bed, is held to be efFe&ualto giue much eafe,it not thoroughly to cure thofc 
that arc troubled with that difeaie. The vfe of Germander ordinarily is as 
Tyme,Hyfrope,andotherfuchhcrbcs, to border a knot , whereuntoitis 
often appropriate, and the rather, that it might be cut to ferue (as I faid ) for 
a ftrewing herbe for the houfe among others. Forthe phyficall vfe itfer- 
ueth in difeafes of the fplenc, and the flopping of vriae,and to procure wo* 
mens courfes. 
Thus haue I led you through all my Garden of Pleafure, and (hewed you all the va- 
rieties of nature nourfed therein, pointing vnto them , and deferibing them one after 
another. And now laftly (accordingto the vfe of our old ancient Fathers) I bring 
youtoreftontheGrafle, which yet (hall not be without iomc delight, and that not 
the leaftofall the reft. 
Chap, 
