7<5<5 Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lib. 2 . 
8 This which we here giiie you hath pretty large leaues, and thofe alfo very hairy on the vn- 
der fide, but rough on the vpper fide like as the ordinarie Sage. The ftalkesare rough and hairie 
foure fquarc below, and round at their tops. The floures in their growing and fhape are like thofe 
of the ordinarie, but of a vvhitiih purple colour ; and fading, they are each of them fucceeded by 
three or foure feeds, which are larger than in other Sages, and fo fill their feed-veffels that they 
fliew like berries. The fmell of the whole plant is fomewhat more vehement than that of the or- 
dinarie: the leauesalfo haue fometimes little eares or appendices, as in the fmallerorPip- Sa°e • 
and in Candy (the natural 1 place of the growth) it beares excrefcences, or Apples (if we°may fo 
terme them) of the bignelTe oflarge Gads, or Oke-Apples : whence Chifius hath giuen you two fi- 
gures by the fame titles as I here prefent the fame to'your view. Matt holm, Dodonam, and others 
alfo haue made mention hereof. | ’ 
The Place. 
Thefe kindes of Sage grow not wilde in England ; I haue them all in my garden : mod of them 
are very co rrm on. 
$ The fine or elegant painted Sagewas firft foundin a countrey garden, by M‘. lehn Trader, 
cant, and by him imparted to other loners ofplants. $ 
lift The Ttme . 
Thefe Sages floure in Iune and Iuly, or later : they are fitly remoued and planted in March. 
«([ The Names. 
Sage is called in GrcekeuwVfJ, : the Apothecaries, the Italians, and the Spaniards keepe the 
Latine name Salma in high-Dutch, gtalbetl J in French, Satige in low-Dutch, ^>aute i in Ene- 
Iirti, Sage. 43 
The Temperature. 
Sage is manife-ftly hot and dry m the beginning of the third degree, or in the laterend of the 
iecond • it hath adioyned no little attrition or binding. 
•' TkeVertues. 
A rlgnppa and likewife Aetius haue called it the Holy-herbe, becaufe women with childe if they 
be like to come before their time, and are troubled with abortments,do eate thereof to their »reat 
good, for it clofeth the matrix, and maketh them fruitful!, it retaineth the birth, and giue'rh it 
life, and if the woman about the fourth day of her going abroad after her childing, lhal drink nine 
ounces of the iuyee of Sage with a little fait, and then vfe the companieof her husband, Hie (hall 
without doubt conceiue and bring forth flore of children, which are the bleffing of God. Thus 
far Agrtppa. 
B Sage is Angular good fortbeheadandbraine ; itquickneththe fences and memory, flrength- 
neth the linewes, reftoreth health to thofe that haue the palfie vpon a moift caufe, takes'away (ba- 
king or trembling of the members ; and being put vp into the nofthrilsfit drawc-th thin flegme out 
of the head. ° 
C It is likewife.commended againft the fpittingmfbloud, the cough, and paines of the fides and 
bitings of Serpents. J 
D The iuyceof Sage drurike with honey is good for thofe that fpit and vomit bloud,and fioppeth 
the flux thereof incontinently expelleth winde,dneth the dropfie,helpeth the palfie,ftrcitsthneth 
the finewes, and cleanfeth the blond. 
E Theleaues fodden in water, with Wood-bindeleaues, Plantaine, Rofcmary, Honey, Allome 
and fome white wine, make an excellent water to wafh the fecret parts of manorwoman, and for 
cankers or other foreneffe in the mouth, dpecially ifyou boyle in the fame a faire bright (hinin°- 
Sea-cole, which maketh it of greater efficacie. 
F Noman needs to doubt ofthewho'efomneffe of Sage Ale, being brewed as it flhould be,with 
Sage, Scabious, Betony, Spikenard, Squinanth, and Fennell feeds. 
G The leaues of red Sage put intoavvooddendifh, wherein is put very quicke coles , with fome 
afhes in the bottome of the dilTi to keepe the fame from burning, and a little vineger fprinkled vp- 
on the leaues lying vpon the coles, and fo wrapped in a linnen cloath, and holden very hot vnto the 
fide of thofe that are troubled with a grieuous flitch, takethaway the paine prefently : The fame 
helpeth greatly the extremitieof the pleurifie. 
Ch AF. 
