Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
2 Carolus Cluftus hath fet forth in his Spanifh Obferuations another fort of Goats Marierome 
growingvp like a fmall fhrub : theleaues arc longer and morehoarie thus, wilde Marierome, and 
alfo narrower, of a hot biting tafte,but ofa fweet fmell, though not very pleafant. The floures do 
ftand at the top of the ftalkes in fpokie rundles, of a white colour. The root is thicke and wooddy . 
d 3 This differs little in forme and magnitude from the laft defcribed, but the branches are 
ofa blacker colour, with rougher and darker coloured leaues : the floures alfo are Ieffer, and of a 
purple colour. Both this and the laft defcribed continue alwaies greene,but this laft is ofa much 
more fragrant fmell. This floures in March, and was found growing wilde by C lupus in the fields 
ofValentia : he calls itTragoriganum Hifpaniciimtcrtium. Pena and Label call it Tragorigeumm Cre. 
tenfc apud Tenet as ; that is, the Candy Goats Marieromc of the Venetians. $ 
«[j The Place. 
ThefeplantsgrowwildeinSpaine, Italy, and other hot countries. The firftof thde I found 
growing in diners barren and chalky fields and high-wayes neere vnto Sittingburneand Rocliefter 
in Kent, and alfo neere vnto Cobham houfe and Southfleet in the fame county. 
d I doubt our Authorwas miftaken, for I haue not heard of this growing wilde With vs. | 
q) The Time. 
They floure in the moneth of Auguft. I remember (faith Vodonaus) that I haue feene Tragori- 
ganum in the Low-countries, in the gardens of thofe that apply their whole ftudy to the knowledge 
of plants - 3 or as we may fay, in the gardens ofcunning Hcrbarifts. 
«T The Names. 
Goats Organie is called in Greeke imw'"* •• in Latinelikewife Ttfjtgitfiganumiiw Englifh, goats 
Organie,and Goats Marieromc. 
«[[ The Temperature. 
Goats Organies are hot and dry in the third degree: They are (faith Galen ) ofa binding qua- 
litie. 
The Tertues. 
Tragoriganum or Goats Marierome is very good againft the wamblings of the ftomacke,and the A 
fourebelchingsofthe fame, and ftayeth the defire to vomit, efpecialfy at fea. 
Thefe baftardkindes of Organie or wilde Marieromes haue the fame force and faculties that B 
the other Organies haue for the difeafes mentioned in the fame chapter. 
•f There were formerly two figures in this chiprer ; rhe fir f t whereof was of that which is defcribed in the fccond place- trhe fecond wit of Tragoriganum of 
JUaitbioUu, whereof here is no mention mule. The fig <rc of chc- r ngm^ir.um alterum of Label (which as I haue formerly faid, 'Bauhtne would haue all one with 
that of Dodonam) was formerly vndcr tire name of Tbjmun Creticuin t pag 4S9-°f the former edition. 
Chap. 220. Of Herbe eUvlaJlicf. 
% The DefcriptioK . * 1 2 
1 ^T"* He Englifh and French herharifts at tliisday do in their vulgar tongues call this herb 
I Mafticke or Maftich, taking this ns we M arum otMaro King of Thrace ; though fome 
rather fuppofc the name cor'uptiy to bederiued from this word oAmaracus, the one 
plant being fo like the other, that many learned haue taken them to be one and the felfe fame 
plant : others haue taken Marum for Sampjuchus, wi ich doubtlefleis a kinde of Marierome. Some 
(as Dodonems ) haue called this Our Marum bv the name of Chnopoiinm - which name rather belongs 
to another plant than to Mafticke. f ihisgrr-’- fome foot high;, with little longilh leaues fet 
by couples : at the tops of the ftalkes among, t \vh te dovvnie heads come little white floures : the 
whole plant is of avery fweet and pleafng fmell. d 
2 Ifanybe defirous to fearch for rhe true Marum, let them be afliired that the plant laft men- 
tioned is the fame : but if any do doubt thereof, for nouelties lake here is prefented vnto your view 
a plant of the fame kinde (which cannot be reiefted) for a fpeciall kind thereof, which hath a moft 
pleafant lent or fmell, and in fbeiv refembleth Marierome arid Origanum^cowfrifinv, of fmal twigs 
a foot and more long ; the heads tufted like the common Marierome ; but the leaues are leffe, and 
WkeMjrtus : theroot is ofa wooddy fubftance,with many firings hanging thereat. 
j There is another kinde hereof fet forth by Lobel, which I haue not as yet feen, nor himfelfe 
hath well defcribed, which I leatie to a better confederation. ^ Though our Authour T.ne\v 
not how to deferibe this creeping Marumof Lobel, yet no queftion, if he had knovvne fo much, he 
would haue giuenvs the figure thereof as vvel in this place, as in the third place of the next chapter 
' Kkk 3 for 
