Lib. z. Of the Hiftory of Plants. y^ x 
thus ; the (hikes and leaues are fometimes hairy, otbenvhiles fraooth j the flotire is yellow or elfe 
blew. I hailing three figures ready cut, thinke it not amide to giueyouonetoexprcffeeachva- 
rietie. $ 
• io The vvilde Marigold is likevnto the Angle garden Marigold, but altogether IeflTer and the 
whole plant perifheth at the firft approch of Winter, and recouereth it felfe againe by fading of 
the feed. 1 ° 
The Place. 
Thefe Marigolds, with double flouresefpecially,arefetandfovven in gardensrthe reft, their 
titles do fet forth their naturall being. 
TheTime. 
The Marigold floureth from AprillorMayeuenvntill Winter, and in Winter alfo, if it be 
warme. 
The Names. 
The Marigold is called Calendula : it is to be feene in flourein the Calends almoft ofeuerie 
moneth : it is alfo called chryfanthemum, of his golden colour : of fome, Caltha, and C alt ha Poeta- 
rum : whereof Columella and Virgil doe write, faying, That Caltha is a flotire of a yellow colour; 
whereof Virgil in his Bucolickes, the fecond Ecloge, writeth thus j 
T <im Cajia atque atijs intexens fuauihus her his 
cMoIlia Lateola pingit vaccinia Caltha. 
And then thee’l Spike and fuch fvveet herbes infold. 
And paint the Iacinth with the Marigold. 
Columella alfo in his tenth booke of Gardens hath thefewords ; 
Candida Leucoia & flauemia tumina Caltha. 
. Stock-Gillofloures exceeding white. 
And Marigolds mod yellow bright. 
It is thought to be Gromphena Pliny: in Iow-Dutch it is trailed dSoUbt blOCIttttl t in high-Dutch, 
fettigleblumen : in French, Soup] df Goude : in Italian, Fiord’ ogni mefe : in Englifh, Marigolds, and 
Ruddes. 
The Temperature andVertues. 
Thefloureof the Marigold is of temperature hot, almoft in the fecond degree, efpecially when A 
it is dry : it is thought to ftrengthen and comfort the heart' very much, and alfo to withftand poy- 
fon,as alio to be good againft peftilent Agues, being taken any way. Fuchftus hath written, That 
being drunke with wine it bringeth downe the termes, and that the fume thereof expelleth the le- 
condine or after-birth 
But the leaues of the herbe are hotter ; for there is in them a certain biting, but by reafon of the B 
moifture ioyned with it, it doth not by and by fhew it felfe ; by meanes of which moifture they 
moliifie the belly, and procure folublenefle ifit be vfed as a pot-herbe. 
Fuchfius writeth, That if the mouth be wafhedwith theiuyee it helpeth the tooth-ache. £ 
Theflouresand leaues ofMarigoldsbeingdiftillcd,and the water dropped into red and watery 
eyes, ceafeth the inflammation, and taketh away the painc. 
Conferee made of the floures and fugar taken in the morning fading, cureththe trembling of £ 
■the heart, and isalfogiuen in time of plague or peftilence, or corruption oftheaire. 
The yellow leaues of the floures are dried and kept throughout Dutchland againft Winter, to p 
put intobroths,in phyftcall potions, and fordiuers other purpofes, in fuch quantity, that in fome 
Grocers or Spice- fellers houfesaretobe found barrels filled with them, and retailed by the penny 
more or lefle, infomuch that no broths are well made without dried Marigolds. 
Chap. 255. Of Germane zSXfarigolds. 
The Description. 
G Olden Marigold with the broad leafedoth forthwith bring from the root long leaues 
fpred vpon the ground, broad, greene, fomething rough in the vpper part,vnderneath 
fmooth, and of a light greene colour : among which Spring vp {lender ftalks a cubit 
Q.qq 3 high,- 
