Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants.' 
66 } 
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Eupbrafia. 
Eye-bright. 
CtlaAo lArur- f I'M— 
oJUt 
f the Place. 
this plant growcs in dty medoivs,in green 
J graffie wayes and paftures ftandin 
is a- 
and .. j - 
gainft the Sunne. 
4f The time. 
Eye-bright beginneth to flonre in Align ft 
and continuethvnto September, arid mult be 
gathered while it floureth for phy ficks vfe. 
The Names. 
It is commonly called Eupbrafia , asalfo 
Euphrofine ; notvvithftanding there is another 
Etipbnjy»c,vtZ . Buglofle : it is called of fome 
Ocularis , §c ophthalmica of the effect : in hioh- 
Dutch, JStlgen tCOft t in loiv-Dutch, 0 ogl)Ctt 
ttOOftt in Italian, Spanifh,and French, Eufra- 
Jia , after the Latine nartie ; in Englifh, Eye- 
bright. 
41 The Nature. 
Thisherbe is hot and dry, but yet morebdt 
than dry. 
4T JheVertues. 
It is very much commended for the eyes. A 
•Being taken it felfealone, or anyway elfe, it 
pre ferries the fight, and being feeble and loft 
it reftores the fame : it is giuen mo'ft fitly be- 
ing beaten into ponder ; oftentimes a like 
quantitieof Fennel feed is added thereto, and 
a little mace, to thevvhich is put fo much fu- 
_ . gar as the weight of them all corameth to. 
Eye-bright ftamped and layd vpon the eyes, or the iuy ce thereof mixed with white Wine, and B 
dropped into the eyes, or the diftilled water, taketh away the darkneffe anddimneffe of the eyes 
and cleareth the fight. 
Three parts of the ponder of Eye-bright, and one part of maces mixed therewith, taketh away C 
all hurts from the eyes, comforteth the memorie, and cleareth the fight, ifhalfe a fpoorifull be ta- 
ken euery morning faffing with a cup of white wine. 
t That which was formerly here fet forth in the fecond place vnder the title of Siifirijii cantltt Tjtbern. was described by onr Authour amongft the Scorpion 
graces, in the third place, Chap. 54 . and the figure is pag- 33 *'. vnder the title of Jlfyofuiu S corpioido paitifiru. 
Chap. 217 . Of c-S^faricrome. 
4| TbeDcfcriptitm. 
1 O Weet Marjerome is a low and lhrubby plant, of a whitifh colour and maruellons fweet 
^ fmell,afootorfomewhatmorehigh. Theftalkesare (lender, and parted into diners 
branches ( about which grow forth little leaites foft and hoarie : the Houres grow at the 
top in fcaly or chaffie fpiked cares, ofa white colour like vntothofe of Candy Organy. The root is 
compact of many final! threds. The whole plant and euerie part thereof is ofa moft plcafant tafle, 
and aromaticall fmell, and perifheth at the firft approch of Winter. 
2 Pot Marierome or Winter Maierome hath many threddy tough roots, from which rile im- 
mediately diuers fmall branches, whereon are placed fitch leaues as the precedent, but not lo hoa- 
rie, nor yet fo fweet of fmell, bearing at the top of the branches tufts ot white floures tending to 
purple. 'The whole plant is oflong continuance, and keepeth greene all the Winter • whereupon 
our Englifh women haue called it, and that very properly, Winter Marierome. 
3 Marierome Gentle hath many branches riling from a threddy root, whereupon do grow (oft 
and fiveet fmelling leaues of an ouerworne ruffet colour .The floures ftand at the top of the ftal ks, 
compact 
