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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Chap. 215. Of JVood Sage, or Cjarhcke Sage. 
fy The Defir ip tion. 
T Hat which is called W ilde Sage hath ftalkes foure fquare, fomewhat hairie, about which are 
leaues like thofe of Sage, but fhorter, broader, and fofter: the floures grow vp allvpon one 
fide of the ftalkd,Open and forked as thofe ofdead Nettle, but lelfer, of a pale white colour : then 
grow the feeds foure together in one huske : the root is full of firings. It is a plant that liueth but 
ayeare: it fmelleth ofgarlicke when it isbruiled, being a kindeof Garlicke Germander, as ap- 
peared! by the fmell ofgarlicke wherewith it is poflefTed. 
+ Scorodonia, I lueSalnia apreflis. 
f The Place. 
It groweth vpon heaths and barren places : it 
is alfo found in Woods, and neerevnto hedge- 
rovves, and about the borders of fields : it fome- 
what delighteth in a leane forle,and yet not al- 
together barren and dry. 
% The Time. 
It flourethand feedeth in Iune,Iuly,and A u- 
guft, and it is then to be gathered and laid vp. 
The Names. 
It is called of the later Herbarifts Saluia agrc- 
(tis : of diners alfo Ambrofia . but true Ambrofia, 
which is Oke of Cappadocia, differs from this. 
Valerius Cor dm names it Scordonia, or Scorodonia , 
and Scordiumalterum. Ruellms faith it is called 
Bo fcifnluia, or S aluia Bofci.in high Dutch, 
falbep*. in EnglifhjWilde Sage, wood Sage, and 
Garlicke Sage. 
It feemeth tobeThcopkrafas his °yc*.*. s ,Spha- 
celus, which is alfo taken for the fmall Sage, but 
not rightly. 
TheTemper attire. 
Wilde Sage is of temperature hot and drie, 
yet leffe than common Sage •, therefore it is hot 
and dry in the fecond degree. 
The Vert ties . 
Itiscommended againft burftings,dry beatings, and againft wounds : the deco&ion thereof 
is giuen to them that fall, and are inwardly bruifed : it alfo prouoketh vrine. 
Some likewifegiue the decodion hereof to drinke, with good fucceffe, to them that are infe- 
rred with the French Pox ; for rr caufeth fweat, drieth vpvlcers, digefteth humors, wafteth away 
and confumeth fwel!ings,ifitbe taken thirtieor forty dayes together, or put into the decodion 
of Guiactim, in (lead of Epithjmum and other adiutories belonging to the (aid decoftion. 
t The figure which wii formerly here was of CitUmmtba raoraam pr&ftamtoT of Label. 
C h a p. 21 6. Of Eye^bright. 
«[ The Defcription. 
E l'fbrafa or Eye-bright is a fmall low herbe not aboue two handfuls high, full of branches, co- 
ue red. with little black i 1T1 leaues dented or fnipt about the edges likea faw : the floures are 
fmall 
