hath beetle alfo found in fome places of our Land, and 
brought into Gardens. The fourth Terni faith he found not 
onely upon a plaine in Piemont, on the borders of the high¬ 
way betweene Riolio and Tauriuum ; but in divers other 
places alfo. The lift groweth in abundance in the wet 
fields and moorifh grounds about Alompelicr, where they 
ufe almcft no other fort, although they have them in plenty 
alfo. The laft grew in the Garden of Paioa, but where na¬ 
turally ,we have not underftood. 
The Time , 
They doe all flower in the later end of Summer, about 
the moneth of Augull and fometimes later. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greek ytrinoiv & a brer}. balatu.quoniam dam floret,a pecore & caprU guflatum balat am concitet, 
velutfcribit Pena,P limo&DiofcoridcaHtboribus.tjHodpulmmibus pituitam crnjfam farliamejue exrundat, that is, 
from bleating.becaufe it caufeth Sheepe and Goats to bleat when they are eating of it; but Pena faith.rather from 
the efteft of caufing thick ficgme,to be expelled out of the lungs which (luffed them : in Latine Pulegium and Pu- 
iejum alfo, ijttodflos recentis herbs iitcenf hs pa/ices necat odore- becaufe it killeth fleas being burned. 1 he firft is well 
knowne every where : but the fecond being not knowne in other Countries, as I thinke hath no other name then 
that which is let downe in the title. The third is as little knowne out of our Country I thinkc as the former. 
The fourth is the Pulegsum mas Flint], which he faith hath white flowers, as he callcth the ordinary famina. The 
fift is called by them oF Jhfompe her,and by Gcfner Pulefixm Cervinum, and of ‘Dodmaus Pulegium alterum foliys 
oblongis, of Label AngujUfolium five Cervinum Monffelienfe, Bauhinus calleth it Pulegium angujlifolium ; the laft 
Baribinas onely maketh mention of in his Pinax and Prodrcnus. The Arabians call ic AlnamScAlnegan,the Italians 
Pule gin, the Spaniards Poleo, the French Pouliet, the Germancs Poley and Harts. Pole], the Dutch Po/ey, and wee 
in Englifh Penny-royall,Pudding graffe,and Pulioll-royall, and in the Welt par-ts,as about Exeter Organs. 
The Vertues. 
Ttuifcorides faith that Penny-royall rarifieth or maketh thin thick flegme, it warmeth the coldneffeof any part 
whereunto it is applied.and digelleth raw or corrupt matter,being boyled & drunk,ic provoketh womens month¬ 
ly conrles, cxpclleth the dead child and after-birth, and flayeth the dilpofition to vomit,taken in poffet,that is wa¬ 
ter and vineger mingled : it allayeth the gnawing of the llomack; being mingled with Honey and Aloes and 
drunke, it caufeth flegme to be avoyded forth of the lungs, and helpeth crampcs, (which place is abferved by Cor. 
narius in his third Booke, and 31. Embleme to be erroneous,for who ever ufed Aloes in any medicine that was to 
expeftorate flegme, but in (lead of Hletaumt it fhouldbe written nil* duet, and fo Pliny expreffeth it in lib. ao. cap. 
14, Hepaticis cum me He & fale bibendum datur, pulmonum vitia excreabilia facit, with honey and fait, itisafafe 
and good medicine for the lunges) it avoydeth melancholy by the (loole: drunke with wine it helpeth fuch as are 
bitten or flung with venemous beads: applyed to the noftrils with vineger, it reviveth thofe that are fainting or 
founding : being dryed and burnt, it lirengthneth the gums: it is helpfull ro thofe that arc troubled with the gowc, 
applyed of it fel'fe to the place untill ic wax red: applyed in a cerot or a plaider, it takech away f pots or markes in 
the face ; it much proficeth thofe that are fpleenetick or livergrowne being applyed with falttthe decoftion hclp- 
eth thofe thar have itches, if the places affefted bee wafhed therewith: being put into bathes for women to fit 
therein, ithelpeth the fwelling and hardnefle of the mother,and when it is out of its place. Some copies doc adde 
that if the greerte hearfce be bruited and put into vineger, it clenfeth foule ulcers, and caulcth the matter to digeft, 
ittakethavvay the markesorbruifesofb'owesabout the eyes, which we call blackeand blue eyes, and all diico- 
lourings of the face by the fire, yea and the ltprofie, being drunke and applyed outwardly .-being boyled in wine 
with 
