_* Chap. id. 
Tbedtrum ‘Botanicurn. 
T R 1 B E. I. 
over the hot fames thereof, for it not onely warmeth and comforteth the coldnelle.but dryeth the overmuch mos- 
(lure of the mother,which may be one caufe of fterility or barrenneffe.and by the frequent ufa of it,to caufe them 
to be more fruitful! that were hindred, and alio for the wind and pair.es of the mother,or riling of it. It is alfo ufed 
in paiiies of the bead that come from any cold caufe, as catarrhes and thin rheumes, and for fwimmings and gid- 
di n dfe thereof. It is alfo of efpcciall u(e for the windinefle of the ftomack or belly. It is efleftuall for any cramps 
o- cold aches to diffolve the cold and wind that affetteth the place, and to bring warmth and comfort thereunto 
afterward,. It is ufed for colds or coughes, and fnortncfl'e of breathing. The ;uyce thereof drunke in wine is pro¬ 
fitable for thole that have caught fome bruife by any accident. The greene hearbe braifed and applyed to the fun¬ 
dament. there abiding for two or three houres eafeth the lharpe pames of the piles the juyee alfo is ejfectuall for 
the fame purpofe, being made up into an oyntment and applyed. ADecoftion thereof alfo is commended to wafh 
the head, to take away the fcabs thereof,and may be efleduall for other parts of the body alfo. W faith the two 
greater forts of Grange Neppe are more effcauall to all the purpofes than the ordinary kinde is ufed for The ver- 
tues of the former two iefler forts are not certainely knowne, but are thought to conduce to the like effects. 
Chap. X V I. 
Me/ijfa. Balme. 
s, pfide; the ordinary which ufually groweth in all our gardens, there are fame other forts of Baulme, as 
they are entituled by divers Authors for the fweet lcent of them comining neereft, is tnat of our or¬ 
dinary Baulme,of all which I meane to entreate in this place. 
i. Mdiffa vulgeris. The common garden Baulme. 
I. A'/eliJfa vulgaris. The common Garden Baulme. 
The common garden Balme hath divers fquare greene ftalkes, 
with round hard darke greene leaves pointed at the e nds, and a 
little dented about the edges, fet by couples at the joynts, of a 
fweet fmell, comming neereft to a Citron or Lemmon, the 
flowers are fmall and. gaping, growing at the toppes of the 
ftalkes, ofapale Carnation colour,almolt white : therootes fa¬ 
llen themfelvesftrongly in the ground, and endureth long, the 
leaves and ftalkes dying downe yeerely. 
7. Aiclijfa Turcica flore coraileo. Turky Baulme with a blue 
flower. 
This Baulme rifeth up with one fquare brownifh greene 
ftalke,two foot high at the leaft in any good ground and higher 
fometimes, fpreading with two branches from every joynt 
where the leaves are let, up almofl to the topp« : the leaves are 
I narrower and longer than thofc of the ordinary Baulme, and 
I more dented in about the edges, of as fweet a Lemon feent, or 
^ rather more than it, rough alio, and of as fad a greene colour: 
the flowers are gaping or hooded, growing at the toppes of the 
branches,at certai'ne diftances, of a blue or purplifh blue colour, 
(landing in rough fharpe pointed huskes, after which commeth 
the feed which is black and roundilh, with a white lpot in eve¬ 
ry of them, plainely to be feene while they are frefh, but not fo 
cafily difeerned when they are dry. The root perifheth every 
yeare, and mud be fowne a frefh in the Spring time, if any bee 
defirous to have it. 
3 . Ctocl'ijf* Tunic a fore albo. T urky Baulme with a white 
flower. 
This other Baulme differeth not from the former, either in 
growing,or height, or forme of leaves and flowers, or in the 
good fmell thereof, or in-the durability, for it is eqiiail there¬ 
unto in all thefe properties *. the onely difference is, in that the 
leaves hereofare of a frefher greene colour, and that the flow- 
ersare of a perfect white colour; the feed whereof doth not 
degenerate as in many other hearbes it hapneth, but keepeth 
conftantly his kinde,for any thing I could obferve in it thefe twent/yeeres and upwards, fince I firft had it and 
Lowed it. 
4. (JlfeliJfopby/lMm Fttcbsij. Vnpleafant Baulme. 
Vnto the kindred ofBaulmes I thinke good to ad/oync this plant more for the formes fake of the leaves from 
whence ’’Fucbjtm firft gave it the name, then for any other correfpondence it hath therewith, but as it is at this 
time, take it with this defeription, It hath divers hairy fquare browne ftalkes rifing from the roote.halfeayard 
hisjL whereon are fet two leaves at feverallfpaces, at the contrary fides of them, ever up to the toppes of the 
llalK.es, which are broader and fomewhat longer than the ordinary Baulme, and of a fad greene colour, betweene 
which leaves at every joynt with them, from the middle of the ftalke upward on each fide thereof, commeth forth 
larger flowers,and longer than in Baulme, more like unto thofe of the yellow Lamtum 9 or dead Nettles, as fome 
compare them, or unto thofe of mountaine Calamint, as others doe, of a pale purplifh colour on the lower part, 
and 
