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true Mtlifopb}ltuM,Sc thereupon it is generally called Melig*,ot /l L/iffaphyilum Fitchsij by moll writers, although 
it have not the finell ofBauime, nor good to rub hives withall.as tho true Baiilme : Lugaunenfis faith it is the Ca~ 
laminthaprxjlantior whichPew.t and Label have defcribed and fet forth more exafllytbut he is therein much decei¬ 
ved, fotFuchfim laith his hath blacker and larger leaves than Baulme,&that (falamint hath fmaller and whiterronly 
Bimbimtsx&d Clufius referre it to the Lamia, Baubinns calling it Lamium Montaimm Melifia folia, and faith 
withall, that the varying thereof may be referred, to the variable iorts of the Lamia Pannonica of Clufim: it is cal¬ 
led in Engl ilia as it is in t! e title, untill a more cxaft dr truer name may be given it, for I cannot confent to Bau- 
hinusmd Clufius, to call it Lamium, feeing fo many Authors call it Me/ipt. The fourth Matthiolus callcth 
JlAetififa Conftantinopolitana.or ALeliJfophy/lum Confiantinopolitanum & lave is added by c Dodonsus. for bee maketh 
no mention ofany prickles in that, which grew in the Emperours Garden, but that which Alphanfus Pant me 0 f 
Ferrara fent him as he faith, the leaves were prickly: afluredly that kind that I have had growing in my warden 
at feverall times,had no prickles either on leateovhuske , although Baubinns faith hee never law any that was 
without fomelharpethornes, and therefore it fhould feeme,that Label maketh the one kind ldfefharpe or thorny 
than the other, and calleth it Cardiac a Me/icafivc AC a laic a minus ajpera , & Malacca Syriac a. ’Baubinus callcth it 
Melijfa Molaccana adarata, as he doth the fifth Melifia LMolticcanafeetida,leaking the one to be fwcet, and the o- 
ther finking. Label calleth it Molucca afjamar Syriaca, and faith moreover chat it is called Mafe/uc of the Turkes: 
Cafialpinus would referre both thefe kindes unto the Alijfumof ’Diojcoridesmd Pliny ■ and ’Baubinns frith they 
are like to the A liffum of Galen. They have their Englifh names over their heads. The lallis called Cardiac,tot 
moll ofour later Writers, for it is likely it was not knowneto them of ancienter ages, yet T>admans formerly 
tookeitto be a Sidcritis. Tragus to be a wilde Baulme. Brmfelfius to bee CM.irrubmmmas, AncttHUra to bee 
Licopfis or Branca lupina.Sc ’Baubinus calleth it Marrubium forteprimutr. Tbcophrafli : Cafalpinus thinkerh that it 
is the AlifumofGalaimd eAEtius. We doe call it Motherwort in Englifh, astrudy from the effects tohelpe the 
Mother, as they call it Cardiaca from the effecfhs to helpe the heart, as you ihall hc.ire by and by : the Arabians call 
Baulme Bederengie,Bedarungi,(fiederenasegitm, Turttngen or Trungian and Marmacor : the Italians Melijfa,Codro- 
tieka,md Aranciata: the Spaniards Torenoil cjr yerva cidrera: the French Adelife & Pan cicada : the Cermanes 
Melijfien,Binenkrant:a.nd the Dutch Melijfe & Htmichbaum Confide degreyn, and we in Englifh Bawme, from the 
fingular effetfls therein,in imitation ofthe true naturall Baulme. 
Tbe Vcrtues. 
The Arabian Phyficians have extolled the vertues of Baulme,for the pillions of the heart in a wonderful! maner 
which the Grcekes have not remembred : for Serapio faith.it is the property of Baulme, to caufe rhemindeand 
heart tobecome merry,torev-ivethe fainting heart falling into fwounings, to flrengthen the weakneffe of the 
fpirits and heart,and to comfort them , efpecially fuchwho are overtaken in their fleepe,therewith takin° away 
all motion of the pulfe, to drive away all troublefome cares and thoughts out of the minde, whether thofe paiTi- 
ons rife from melancholly or black choller, or burnt flegme, which Avicen confirmeth inhisbookeof medicines 
proper for the heart, where he frith that it is hot and dry in thefecond degree, that it maketh the heart merry, and 
ftrengthneth the vitall fpirits, both by the fweetnefle of fmell, auflerity of tade, and tenuity ofparts, with which 
qualities it is helpfull alio to the red ofthe inward parts and bowels. It is to good purpofc uled for a cold llo- 
mack to helpe digeltion, and to open the obdruftion ofthe braine. It hath a purging quality therein alfo faith 
Avicen, and that not fo weake, but that itisof force to expellthofc melancholly vapours from the fpirits, and 
from the blood, which are in the heart and arteries, although it cannot doe fo in the other parts of the body. Di- 
ofcorides faith that the leavesdrunke in wine and laid to, is a remedy again!! the ding of Scorpions, and thepoifon 
of the Phulangium, or venemous Spider, as alfo againft the bytings of Dogges, and commendeth the decoflion 
thereof, for women tobathe orfitinto procure their courfes, and that it is good towafh the teeth therewith 
when they are full of paine,and that it is profitable for thofe that have the bloody flixe.The leaves alfo with a little 
Niter are taken in drinfce againd a lurfet of Mufhroms, it helpeth the griping paines ofthe belly, and is good for 
them that cannot take their breath, itnlefle they hold their necks upright, being taken in a Lohoc or lickm° Ele- 
fluary: ufed with fait it taketh away wennes, kernels, or hard dwellings in the fielli or throate, it clenfctfi’ foule 
fores, and is an helpe to eafe the paines ofthe go wt. Galen frith in his feventh Bookeof Simples, that Banlme is 
like unto Horehound in qualities, but weaker by much, and therefore few will ufc Baulme when Horehound is 
fo plentifull, and neere at hand to be had every where. Pliny faith in lib.io.cap.i r. that in Sardinia it ispoyfon, 
wherein it is very probable that he was much miflaken,and for Sardoniaberba, which is called offome Apinm ri. 
fus, and of Apuleirts Apiafiellum, he tooke this Apiafirum or Baulme: the juyee thereof ufed with a little honey is 
a fingular remedy for the dimnefle ofthe light, and to take away the midined'e of the eyes. It is of efpeciall ufc 
among other things, for the plague or pedilence, and the water thereof is ufed for the fame purpofes. It is alfo 
good for the liver and fpleene. A Tanfie or Caudle made with egges, and the/uyee thereof while it is young 
putting fome Sugar and Rofewater untqir, is often given to women in child-bed , when the afterbirth is not 
throughly avoided, and for their faintings, upon, or after their fore travels. It is ufed in bathings among other 
warme andjtomfortable hearbes for mens bodies or legges in the Summer time, to comfort the joynts and finews;' 
which our former age had in much more ufc thannow-adayes. The hearbe bruifed and boyled in a little wine and 
oylc.and laid warme on a Bile will ripen and breake it. There is an ordinary Ayua-vita or ftrong water llilled and 
called Baulme water ufed generally in all the Land, which became it hath nothing but the fimple hearbe in it 
which is too fimple, I will commend a better receit unto you. T ake two pound ofBauime while it is youn^ and 
tender, of Mints and Sage, of each one pound, bruife them well in aftone-morter, and put them into a pot orlfim- 
beck, and put thereto of Anifeeds foure ounces; of Clovesof Nutmegs, of Cinamon, of Ginger, of Cubebes-, and 
ofGalanga, of each one ounce, being all a little bruifed and put into two gallons ofgood Sacke if you will have 
it excellent good, orelfe into foure gallons of Ale, and fo flill it as Aejua-vitaisdi{di\\ed, and let it dillill as long as 
youfhall finde any llrength in the water, yet fo that the latter water bee not fo weake, to make all the reft 
white : whereunto put a pound of Sugar, (baking it well before you fet it away, and after it hath reded fo one 
moneth, you may ule of it as occafion Ihall require : for it isofefpeciallufeinallpalTionsoF the heart, fwounin"S 
and faintings ofthe fpirits, and for many other purpofes, whereunto the hearbe is here declared to be availeable. 
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