H be Kjtcben (jar den. 
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The Vfe of Hyffope. 
Hyffope is much vfed in Ptifans and other drinkes, to help to expe&oratc 
flegrnc. It is many Countrey peoples medicine for a cut or greenc wound 
being bruifed with fugar and applyed. I finde it is alfo much commended* 
againft the falling fickeneffe, efpecially being made into pils after the man- 
ner before rehearfed. It is accounted a fpeciall remedy againft the ftin« or 
biting of an Adder, if the place be rubbed with Hyffope, bruifed and mixed 
with honey, fait and cummin feede. A decodion thereof with oyle, and 
annotated, taketh away the itching and tingling of the head, and vermine 
alfo breeding therein. An oyle made of the herbe and flowers, beta» an- 
notated, doth comfort benummed finewes and ioynts. 
C h a p. V. 
Pulegium. Pennyroyall. 
P Ennyroyall alfo is an herbe fo well knowne,that I lhall nor neede to fpend much 
dmeinthedefeription of it : hauing many wtake round ftalkeS, diuidedinto 
fundry branches, rather leaning or lying vpon the ground then ffanding vprtaht 
whereon are fet at feuerall ioynts, fmall roundifh darke greene leaues : the flowers arc 
purplifh that grow in gardens, yet forne that grow wilde are white, or more white then 
purple, fet in roundlcs about the tops of the branches 5 the ffalkes fhoote forth fmall 
fibres or rootes at the ioynts, as it lyeth vpon the ground, thereby faftening it felfc 
therein, and quickly increafeth, and ouer-runnethany grouhd, efpecially in rhelhadc 
or any moift place, and is replanted by breaking the fproured ftafkes, and fo quickely 
groweth. «“r 
Other forts of Pennyroyall are fit for thePhyficke Garden, or Garden of Simples. 
The Vfe of Pennyroyall. 
It is very good and wholefome for the lunges, to expell coldthin flegme, 
and afterwards to warme and dry it vp : and is alfo of the like propertie as 
Mintes, to comfort the ftomacke, and ftay vomiting. It is alfo vfed in wo- 
mens baths and walhings : and in mens alfo to comfort the finewes. It is yet 
to this day, as it hath beene in former times, vfed to bee put into puddings, 
and fuch like raeates of all forts, and therefore in diuets places they know 
it by no other name then Pudding-graffe. 
The former age of our great Grandfathers, had all thefe hot herbes in 
much and familiar vfe, both fortheir meates and medicines, and therewith 
preferued themfelues in long life and much health : but this delicate age of 
ours,which is not pleafed with any thingalmoft,be it meat or medicine,that 
is nor plealant to the palate, doth wholly refufe thefe almoft, and therefore 
cannot be partaker of the benefit of them. 
Chap. VI. 
Salvu. Sage. 
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T Here arctwo efpeciall kindes of Sage nonrfed vp intaur Gardens, for our or- 
dinary vfe, whereof I intend to write in this plade, leauing the rcftro his fit- 
ter place. Our ordinary Sage is reckoned to bee of two forts, white and red, 
both 
