' . ' '• , " v \ ■ -A 
r 
L i Bi 3, Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 12.513 
cubits; hailing many twiggie branches of a 
3 Capa Poetica,Lofolij. green colour: wherupon do grow narrow leaues 
The Poets Rofemarie or Gardrobe. like vnto Linaria or Toad-flax, of a bitter tafte- 
among which come forth fmall moffie floures, 
of a grcenidi yeliovv colour like thofe of the 
Cornell tree, and of the fmell of Rofemarie: 
which hath mouedme to placeit with the Rofe- 
maries as akinde thereof,not finding any other 
plant fo neere vnto it in kinde and neighbour- 
hood : after the floures be part, there l'ucceed 
fruit like thofe of the Myrtle tree.greene at the 
firft,andof a fhining red colour when they bee 
ripejike Corail, or the berries of Afparagus ,fofc 
and fweetin tafte, leaning a certaine acrimo- 
nieor fharpe tafte in the end : the Hone within 
is hard as is the nut,wherein is contained a final 
white kernel, fvveet in talbthe root is ofa wood- 
die fub fiance : it ftoureth in the Sommer • the 
fruit is ripe in the end of Oftober: the people 
of Granade, Montpelier, and of the kingdom of 
Valentia,doe vfe it in their prefles and Ward- 
robes, whereupon they call it Guardalobo.fThis 
in Clufms his time when lie lined about Mont- 
pelier was called Opr is ; but afterwards they 
called it Capa, thinking it that mentioned by 
the Poet Virgil-, the which it cannot be, for ic 
hath no fiveet fmell. Pena and ZnWiudgeft to 
be the Capa of Thcopbrapies, wherewith alfo ic 
dothnot well agree, t 
The Place. 
Rofemarie groweth in France,Spaine,and in 
other hot countries ;inwoods, and in vntilled 
places : there is fuch plentie thereof in Languedocke, that the inhabitants burne fcarce any 
other fuell: they make hedges of it in the gardens of Italy and England, being a great ornament 
vnto the fame: it groweth neither in the fields nor gardens of the Eafterne cold countries; but is 
carefully and curiouily kept in pots,fct into the ftoues and fellers, agamft the iniuries of their cold 
Winters. 
Wilde Rofemarie groweth in Lancafhire in diners places , efpeciallyin a field called Little 
Reed,amongft the Hurtleberries, neere vnto a fmall village called Maudfleyyhere found by a lear- 
ned Gentleman often remernbred in our hiftorie (and thatworthily)M''.T/ww<« Hesketh . 
The Time. 
Rofemarie fleureth twice a yeare,in the Spring, and after in Augtift. 
The wilde Rofemarie ftoureth in Iune and Iuly. 
The Thames. 
Rolemarieis called in GreekeMC«»n't in Latine, Rofmarinus Coronaria it is furnamed 
Coronaria, (or difference fake betweene it and the other Libanotides ; which are reckoned for kindes of 
Rofemarie,and alfo becaufewomen bane been accuftomed to make crownes and garlands thereof: 
in lta\iai\Rofmar/no coronario : in Spanifti, Romero : in French and Dutch Hofmann. 
Wilde Rofemarie is called Rofnarinus fyluep/is : of Cordus,Chamapeuce. 
The Temperature. 
Rofemarie is hot and due in the ft-cond degree, and alfo ofanaftringent or binding quality, as 
being compounded of diners parts, and taking more of the mixture of the earthy fubftance. 
«|] The Venues. 
Rofemarie is giuen againftall fluxes ofbloud;it is alfo good,efpecially the floures thereof, for A 
all infirmities of the head and braine,proceedingofa cold and moift caufe; for they dry the brain, 
quicken the fences and memorie.and llrengthen the finewie parts. 
Serapio witnefleth,thatRofemarieis a remedie againft the fluffing of the head, that commeth B 
through coldneffe of the braine,if a garland thereof be put about the head , whereof Abin CMefiiai 
giueth teftimonie. 
Diofiorides teacheth that it cureth him that hath the yellow iaundice,if it be boiled in water and C 
drunk before exercifc.,St; that after the taking therof the patient muft bathe himfelfe & drink wine. 
OfM'l'l 3 ‘be 
