Chap. 6 9 7 . Engiijh ‘Herbs . 1155 
XI. The Times. They Flower from May to the 
end of July or Augufi , the Seed ripening in the 
mean time. 
XII. The Qualities. They are cold and dry in the 
firft Degree, A bfterfive, Allringent, and Vulnerary. 
XIII. The Specification. Throat -Wort cures In- 
fiamations. Wounds and Ulcers in the Tonfils, 
Palate, Throat, Mouth, and Secret parts of Man 
or Woman. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, 1. A Liquid Juice or Efience. 2. A Deco- 
ttion in Water or Wine. 
The Virtues. 
XV. The Liquid Juice or Ejfence. They are 
Aftringent, and found to be effeftual to gargle and 
wafh the Mouth and Throat, where is any Tumor, 
or Inflamation of the Tonfilhc , Uvula , Throat, 
Mouth, Gums; as alfo Wounds, Sores or Ulcers 
in thofe parrs, being gargled withal warm, or Sy- 
ringed into the Throat : So in like manner it is ap- 
propriated to running Sores and Ulcers in the 
Neck, or Secret parts of Man or Woman, whether 
outward or inward, being often wafh’d therewith-, 
if outward, or injeUed in with a proper Yard or 
Womb Syringe, they wonderfully cleanfe, dry, 
and heal them : But if the Sores or Ulcers are in- 
veterate or Itubborn, it will be good to add an 8 th 
part of Spirit of Wine thereto, and fweeten the 
fame with Honey, and towards the condufion, to 
every Pint of the Liquid, to add an Ounce or fix 
Drams of Koch Alum in fine Pouder. 
XV i. The Dec obi ion in Water or Wine , or in half 
Water half Wine. If it is made ftrong, it has all 
the fame Vinues, being ufed in like manner with 
Spirit of Wine , Honey and Alum, and fo applyed 
as a Gargarifm, or as a Lotion, or as an Inje&ion 
with a proper Syring and it performs the like in 
old running Sores or Ulcers in the Neck, or any 
other part of the Body ; and by its Faculty of dry- 
ing and binding, it reftrains the Flux of fharp hu- 
mours to any Ulcer, Sore or part, which fretting 
the place, keeps it from healing: It heals alfo fim- 
ple green Wounds, conglutinating their Lips after 
an excellent manner. 
CHAP. DCXCVII. 
Of THYME, Vulgarly called 
THYME- Garden . 
I. r ~Y'HE Names. The Arabians call it I iafce : 
X in Greek it is called OvuQ- ( dm evp ?, ) 
quod ijs qui animi deliquium patiuntur adhibiatur ■, 
in Latine, Thymus and Thymum : in Englifh Thyme , 
and Time. 
II. The Kinds. The cheif or principal Kinds 
are two, viz. 1. Thymus Hortenfis , Garden Thyme, 
of which in this Chapter. 2. Thymus Sylvefiris, 
Scrpillum , Wild Thyme, or Mother Thyme, of 
which in Chap. 698. next following. 
III. The Species of the Garden Kind. They are 
chiefly five, viz. 1. Thymus Hortenfis , Thymum 
Hortenfe commune , Thymus durior , Thymus vulga- 
ris nofir as, Thymum durius & nigrum ; Pepo/ina 
L <*falpini , Our Common Garden Thyme. 2. Thju- 
mum Legit imum capitatum , Thymum verum Diof 
cor i dir, Thymum capitatum , Thymum creticum, The 
true Thyme of the Antients. 2. Thymum durius 
Candidius, Hoary Garden Thyme. 4. Thymum 
Curat urn, Thymum Limonatum , Limon Thyme. 
) • Thymum Mafiicinum, Thymum La r folium, alfo 
Serpyllum Hortenfe, Maltich Thyme. 
Ibe Descriptions. 
IV. Thefirfr, or our Garden Thyme, has a fcrub- 
by, fibrous, moody Root , which will lize thro ’ many 
Winters, if they be not too vehement or Jharply cold, 
and the Plant it felf be not grown too great or 
woody, ivbicb will alfo caufe it to perifh or dye. It 
is a fmall low jhrubby or woody Plant, with brittle 
Thyme Garden, common. 
Branches , and fmall hard, green Leaves omhem 
Kith fmall white purplifh Y lowers, and fome Leaves 
among them , Jl ending in rundles round about the 
Stalks , after which comes the Seed , which is fmall 
aud browner than that of Marjoram. The whole 
Plant is of an exceeding Aromatick and fweet Smell 
very acute and pleaftng to the Senfes. 
There is a Defect in the Cue of this Species, for 
here it is reprefented like Thyme cur off or cropr, 
Che Graver having cut off the Tops, or left out its’ 
rundles of Flowers and Seeds. This kind is for the 
molt part propagated by Slips, fet in the Spring- 
time, after the very cold Weather is palt. 
V. The fecond, or true Thyme ot the Antients- 
Its Root is woody, pretty long, (ref pell being had tv 
jhe Magnitude of the Plant) and flender , with ma- 
ny fibres adjoining to it. It is a very tender Plant, 
having hard and hoary brittle Branches, f pleading 
out from a fmall woody Stem, nearly a foot high on 
which grow at fever al Joints, many fmall, whitijh 
or hoary green Leaves, of a quick Aromatick fweet 
Smell and Tafte. At the tops oj the Branches ft and 
fmall whitijh green Heads, fomewhat like unto the 
Heads of Stcechas, which are made up as it were of 
many Leaves or Scales out of which come forth 
fmall purplifh P/owers, not having any manifefi 
Seed, as Theophraftus, and fome of the other 
7 H 2 Antient 
