Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
665 
rome gentle; of the beftfort Marjerane. The pot Marjerome is alfo called Winter MaricromT" 
Some haue made a doubt whether Maioranaand Sampfychumbcall one ; which doubt asltakeit 
is becaufe that Galen maketh a difference betweenc them, intreating ofthem apart, and’attributeth 
to either of them their operations. Bwti^dmaracus Galcni is Parlhenium^o\ I'cnerf'civ. Diofcorides 
likewife witnefleth, that fome docall i^Amaracw, P arthenuem ; and Galen in his booke ofthe fa- 
culties of fimple medicines, doth in no place make mention of Parthenium^ but by the name of 
^Itnaracut. Pliny inhis 2 1 booke, chap. 2 . witneffeth, that Biocles the phyfirion, and they ofSici- 
V d,d ca l.that AmaracM, which the Egyptians and the Syrians did call Sampfychum. 
Virgill in the firft booke of his JEneidos fhewetb, that Amaracm is a fhrub bearing flourcs vvri- 
ting thus : 
Vbi mollis Amaracus Ulum 
Tloribtts y & dulci afpirans compleclitur vmbra. 
Likcwife Catullus in his Epit halamium, or mariage fong of lulia and Mallias faith, 
Cingc tempura fioribus 
Suaue olcntis^Amaraci. 
Compafl'e the temples ofthe head with flourcs. 
Of Amarac affording fweete fauours. 
Notwithflanding it may not feeme ftrange, that Majorane is vfed in ftead of Sampfichum feeing 
that in Gdensumc alfo Mar urn was in the mixture of the ointment called Amaracimm vnfuentum 
in the place of Sampfychum, as hehimfelfe witnefTeth inhis firft booke of counterpoifo».s. ’ 
’ , , . The Temperature. 
They are hot and dry in the fecond degree ; after fome copies, hot and dry in the third. 
I* The Virtues. 
Sweete Marjerome is a remedy againft cold difeafes of the braine and head, being taken any A 
Ilklf ? 7 T th u n ° fthriIs ic P ro " ok « h fteefing, and d rawer h forth much 
b &g a e, e flc gmt . iteafeth the tooth-ache being chewed in the mouth ; being drunke it prouoketh 
vnne and draweth away watenfli humors, and is vfed in medicines againft poifon 
jJJ* !^«e s boiled m water, and the decoflion drunke, helpeth them that are entering into the B 
and mcates “ ^ S °° d “ bepUt int ° al! odorifct ' ol,s Ointments, waters, ponders, broths, D 
The dried leaues poudered,and finely fearched,are good to be put into Cerotes,or Cere-cloths E 
and ointments, profitable againft colde fivellings,and members out of joint. 
There is an excellent oile to be drawne forth of thefe herbes, good againft the fhrinking of F 
linewes, crampes, convulfions, and 511 aches proceeding of a iolde caufc. 6 
C H A P.218. 
Of vpilde (tSA/farjerome. 
The Dcfcription. 
1 R A of h rd M r jcr0 r me Stoweth ftraighf v-pwith little round ftalkes ofa reddifh colour full 
D of branches, a foot high and famines higher. The leaues be broad, more Ion “than 
i. circs out oPr’hn 1 ' V1 f ini L^ ee r‘ le c , oloi,t * on *e top ofthe branches ftand long fpikiefcaled 
|i is ofa fweete fimdl.an^flra^e^iting tafte? ^° l,reS bk «he flouring of wheate. The whole plant 
■ rr , ? The white Organy or baftard Marjerome with white floures, differing little from the ore- 
" svherei^confifteth^h^iffe^re;^* 5 ^ ^ whkerand br0ader leaues > and alfo much higher, 
| ? r “ Marjerome of Candy hath many threddy roots ■ from which rife vd diners wcake 
ny Royal? bSoad^r ' the S r ° und ’ fet , with fairegreene leaues, notvnlike thofe ofPen- 
Surpkco it! , fll0rtCr ^ the a t0 , P ° th ? fe branchcs ftand fcalic orchaffieeares ofa 
P 1 lour.l he whole plant is ofa mod pleafant fweet fmell. The root endured in my garden 
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