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7 Of the Hiftory of Plants. L 1 b. 2. 
vvriteth againft all truth, that it neither beareth flourcs nor feed rafter 7 beofhrajlm,rirgilsvunti- 
feth that it doth beare floures in the twelfth of his /Eneidos. 
Diltamnum genitrix Crettea car fit ablda, 
Fnberibus caulern folijs ,(jr fore comantem 
Pur fur CO . — ; 
In Englifh thus : 
His mother from the Cretaran Ida crops 
Diclamnus hailing foft and tender leaues. 
And purple floures vpon the bending tops, See. 
The Time. 
They floure and flourilh in the Sommer moneths, their feed is ripe in September, 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke in Latine, VicUmnus and Dittamnum : of [omej’iilegiumjyluefirt^t 
vvilde Pennie-roiall : the Apothecaries of Germanie for Dithwmm with c,in the firft fyllabIe,doe 
read Diftamnum with f : but (faith Dodonam) this errour might hauebeene offmall importance, i£ 
infteadoftheIealicsofDittanie,theydid notvfe therootesof FraxincUa for Dittany, which they 
falfelycall Diclamnum : in Engliflr,Dittanie,andDittanieof Candie. 
The other is called P feudediUammim, ot baftard Dittanie,of the likenelfe it hath with Dittanie, 
it skilleth not, though the fhoppes know it not : thereafon why let the Reader guefle. 
% The Temferattire. 
Thefe plants are hot and drie of nature. 
The Virtues. 
Dittaniebeeing taken in drinke, orputvpinapelfarie, or vfed in a fume, bringeth away 
dead children : it procureth the monethly termes, anddriucth foorththe fecondincor the after* 
birth. 
The iuice taken with wine is a remedie againft the flinging of ferpents. 
The fame is thought to be of fo ftrong an operation, that pith the very fmell alfo itdriueth a» 
way venomous beafts,and doth aftonifh them. Y . - 
It is reported likewife that the wilde Goats and Deere in Candiewhen they bewounded with 
arrowes, do fhake them out by eating of this plant , and heale their wounds. 
It preuaileth much againft all wounds, and efpecially thofe made with invenomed weapons,ar- 
rowes fhot out of guns,or fuch like,and is very profitable for Chirurgians that vfe the fea and land 
wars, to carry with them and haue in readinefle : itdravveth forth alfo fplinters of wood, bones, or 
fuch like. 
p Thebaftard Dittanie,or Pfeudodittammm, isfomewhat like in vertues to the firft, butnotoffo 
great force, yet it ferueth exceeding well for the purpofes aforefaid. 
Chap. 28^ Of ‘Borage. 
The Defcription. 
1 T) Orage hath broad leaues, rough, lying flat vpon the ground,of a b lacke or fwart green co- 
JJ lour: among which rifeth vpaftalketwo cubits high, diuided into diuers branches, 
whereupon do grow gallant blew floures, compofed of fiue leaues apiece ; out of the mid- 
dle of which grow forth blacke threds ioined in the top, and pointed like a broch or pyramideithe 
root is threddie,and cannot away with the cold ofwinter. 
2 Borage with white floures is likevnto the precedent, but differeth in the floures, for thofe of 
this plant are white, and theothers ofa perfeil blew colour, wherein is the difference. 
t 3 Neuer dying Borage hath manieverie broad leaues, rough and hairie, ofa blacke darke 
greene colour: among which rifevp ftiffe hairie ftalkes, whereupon doe grow faire blew floures, 
fomewhat rounder pointed than the former: the root is blacke and lafting, hauing leaues both 
winter and Sommer, and hereuponit was called Semper virens, that very properly, todiftinguifh 
it from the reft ofthiskindc, which arebut annuall. $ 
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