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bee feene, ( which hath caufed feverall Authors to give fevcrall figures) which are very hoary underneath, 
and more creene on the upperfide, having as it were the hoarynefie rubbed oft'from them, of a much ftronger 
feent thanthc common: the Hall es branch forth on all fides, towards the toppes whereon ftand the flowers 
at diftances , like unto the flowers of ordinary Sage , but of a pale or whitifh purple colour; 
after which come great heads of feed (landing in the famehuskes or cuppes that bore the flowers before, 
which are fo much fwollen, that they feeme to be berryes, with or foure great feeds in them. Thefe kindes 
likewife beare in the hot Countries of Egypt, Candy,&c. atthejoynts, andfometimes bctwecnc the joyntsof the 
ftalkes, ccrtaineexcrefcenceslike unto (mall Apples or berryes bigger than Piftack nuts, ©fan inch thicknefle at the 
lead, and covered with much downe or cotton, fomewhat rough in handling, ofatafte not fo hot, but more bind¬ 
ing than the Sage, and not unpleafant, which the people ulually eate with bread, but in other colder Countries it 
never beareth any. 
4. S a/via minor,five pinnate. Small Sage, or Sage of Vcrtue. 
This leflcr Sage groweth like unto the firft great white Sage, but 
that the branches are long and flcndcrer, the leaves alfo whitifti, 
and never red, and much fmallcr or narrower, having for the moll 
part at the bottome of each leafe, on each fide a fmall piece of a 
leafe, which maketh it feeme like finnes or earcs; the flowers al£b 
are of a bluifh purple colour, but leflcr. Of this kinde there is one 
that beareth white flowers, differing in nothing elfc from the o- 
ther. 
5. Salvia minor a nr it a odoratiffima Hiffanica. The fwectcfl fmall 
SpanifTi Sage with eares. 
This Spanifn fmall Sage is in mod things fo like tjie ordinary 
fmall Sage with eares,called Sage of Vertue, that unlefie it bee well 
heeded or marked, it will bee thought all one with the other, but 
herein confideth the difference, it feldome groweth to be fo great, 
the leaves are fomewhat fmallcr and greener, or notfo white, it is 
more tender to keepe, and doth quicklier perifh in the Winter* 
unleffe it be better defended than the other; and the fmell hereof is 
farre more milde/wcet,and pleafant,yet fomewhat quicker wirhall 
than the former, which is eafily difeerned by any that can judge of 
feents; and laftly, fomc kinde hereof beareth white flowers, an o- 
thcr blue. 
6 . Salvia Cretica anguftifolia non am it a. Small Candy Sage 
without eares. 
This fmall Candy Sagcrifcth up with divers hard ftalkes , of a 
brownifh colour, having the leaves fet thereon by couples, which 
are much narrower than in any other Sage, and without any eares 
at all fet unto them, of a whitifh greene colour like the fmall Sage, 
and a little dented or crumpled about the edges; this brancheth 
forth plentifully, bearing purple flowers at the toppes in fpikes, 
without any leaves among them , the roote is hard and wooddy, 
fpreading under ground diverfly. 
7. Salvia minor altera flore ritbente. Small red flowred Sage. 
This fmall Sage differeth little in the forme of growing ox bignes, 
or colour ofthe leaves from the ordinary fmall Sage, but that it hath not eares fo frequently with the leaves as it 
hath : the chiefeft difference from all others is that the flowers are red, and that both fmell and tafte are like unto 
Woormcwood. 
8 . Salvia lanuginofa anguflifolia. Small woolly Sage. 
This woolly Sage hath divers round ftalkes a footc and ahalfehigh, fo hoary and woolly, that they are fofc 
therewith, though underneath they be wooddy, which fpread into many branches,with leaves fet thereon like the 
other, which arc thick, narrow, fhort, and very hoary, white and rough, of two inches long, and halfe an inch in 
breadth, fmclling like unto Tanfyc: the flowers ftand in fpikes at the toppes of the branches, of a purplifh colour, 
like unto the flowers of dead Nettle or Archangcll, with many fmall long threads in the middle. 
9. Salvia folio fubrotnndo. Round leafed Sage. 
This Sage hath many fquare hoary ftalkes with leaves fet thereon in fuch manner as the others are, which arc 
rough or crumpled like the leaves of ordinary Sage, but thinner, aud much whiter, round alfo like unto the leaves 
of V iolets, or round rooted Birthwort, yet ending in a point:in other things it differeth not from the ordinary com¬ 
mon Sage. 
IO. Salvia frtiticofa Into a anguftifolia,fwe fhlomU Lychvitu ‘Diofcoridis Clufio, The greater yellow wilde 
Sage with narrow leaves. 
This kinde ofSage (for thereunto I thinke it fitted toreferre it, and not toany Mullein as others doe, for which 
I fhall fhew you the reafon preiently hereafter) hath many very hoary and woolly leaves, the lower fides cfpcci*- 
ally more than the upper, longer and narrower alfo than thofe of the fmall Sage, among which rife up fquare hoary 
ana hairy ftalkes about a foote high, whereon doe grow fuch like long hoary leaves as grow below, two alwayes 
fet together one againft another at the j'oynts • where the flowers ftand at (paces,about the toppes of the ftalkes with 
two leaves under them, broad at the bottome, and compafling the ftalkes, being fhorter than the reft : the flowers 
are large, open, and gaping, like unto Sage, or fomewhat more like unto thofe ofthe dead Nettle, or Archangell, 
«. Xalviapomiftra. 4 . Salvia minor pinnati. 
5agc bearing apple * Sage of Venue. 
