Lib. z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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and the Ieaues alfo grecneall this winter long, ij^y.akhough it hath been faid that itdorhperifh 
i at the firft froft,as fvvecte Marjerome doth. 
4 Englifh wilde Marjerome is exceedingly well knovvne to al!, to haue long, ftiffe, and hard 
ftalkes of two cubits high, let with Ieaues like thofe of fweet Marjerome, but broader and greater 
of a ruiTet greene colour, on the top of the branches ftand tufts of purple floures, compofed of ma* 
ny fmall ones fet together very clofely vmbcll fafhion. The root creepeth in the ground, and is 
long lading. 
^y The Place. 
Thefe plants do grow wilde in the kiflgdome of Spaine, Italy, and other of thofe hot regions. 
The laft of the foure doth grow wilde in the borders of fields, and low copfes, in moil places of 
England. 
IT rk Time. 
They floure and flourifh in the Sommer moneths, afterward the feed is perfedted. 
The Names. 
Baftard Marjerome is called in Greeke,V;i«oand that which is furnamed H eracleoticum, ietym 
r of diners it is called CuniU.m (hops, Origanum Hifpanicum, Spanifh Organy : our Euglifh 
I wilde Marjerome is called in Grecke of Diofcondes , Ca/fff,and Pliny, Onitis , of fome, Agrioriga* 
( num, or Sylvcjlre Origanum : in Italian , Origano ■■ in Spanifh Oregano : in French, iMariolaine ha- 
) fiarde : in Englifli, Organc, baftard Marjerome : and that of ours, wilde Marjerome, and groue 
j Marjerome. 
^y The Temperature. 
All the Organics do cut, attenuate, or make thin, dry, and heate, and that in the third degree ; 
and Galen teacheth that wilde Marjerome is more forceable and of greater ftrength ; notwithftan- 
r ding Organy of Candy which isBrought dry out of Spaine (whereof I haue a plant in my garden) 
i is more biting than any of the reft, and ofgreateft heate. 
^y The Vertues. 
Organy giuen in wine is a remedy againft the bitings,and ftingings of venomous hearts, and cu- 
i reth them that haue drunke Opium, or the juice of blacke poppy, or hemlockes,efpecially if it be 
I giuen with wine and raifons of the funne. 
The decodtion of Organy prouoketh vrine,bringethdowne the monethly courfe, and is giuen g 
| with good fuccelfe to thofe that haue the dropfie. 
It is profitably vfed in a looch, or a medicine to be licked, againft an old cough and the fluffing Q 
I of the lungs. 
It healeth fcabs, itches, and feuruineffe, being vfed inbathes,and it taketh away the bad colour £> 
l which commeth of the yellow jaundice. 
Thevveight ofa dram taken with meade or honied water, draweth forth by floole blacke and E 
filthy humors,as Viofcorides and Pliny write. 
The juice mixed with a little milke, being poured into the cares, mitigateth the paines F 
' thereof. 
The fame mixed with the oile of lreos i or the rootes of the white F Iorentine floure de Iuce,and G 
i drawne vp into the nofthrils, draweth downe water and flegmcithe herbe ftrowed vpon the ground 
| driueth away ferpents. 
The decodtion loofeth the belly, and voidetb choler-and drunke with vineger helpeth the infir- y 
mities of the fpleene.and drunke in wine helpeth againft allmortallpolfons, and for that caufe it 
is put into mithridateand treacles prepared for that purpole. 
Thefe plants are eafie to be taken in potions, and therefore to good purpofe they may be vfed j 
and miniftred vnto fuch as cannot brooke their meate, and to fuch as haue a fowre and fqamifh 
and watery ftomacke,as alfo againft the fwouning of the heart. 
t The fccond and third figures were formerly tranfpofed. 
Chap. 2ip. Of Cj oates SVLar jerome ,or Organy: 
«j The Defcription . 
1 "T’He ftalkcs of Goates Organy are flender,hard and wooddy, of a blackifh colour- where- 
-» on are fet long Ieaues, greater than thofe of the wilde Time,fweete of fmell, rough, 
and rtomewhat hairy. The floures be fmall, and grow out of little crownes orwharles roundabout 
the top of the ftalkes, tending to a purple colour. The root is finall and threddy, 
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