Chap. \ z , 
Xiube i. 'The'Tibeater of Tlantcs. 
with the fpleene,by lefningthe fwelling thereof. Ithadnethonthebirth,and as Theophraflus faith, caufeth fpee- 
dy delivery ,or at lead: eafeth much of the paines in travaile: and the Juyce thereof drunke in W ine is a prefent re¬ 
medy for thofe that are bitten by any venomous Serpent. The hearb is fo powerfull againd the poyfon of all beads 
thatarevenemous.as that it doth drive them a way by the very fmell, and killeth them if they touch it where it is 
hung i the /uyce thereof is alfo a prefent remedy far all wounds made with Iron, if after the putting of it into the 
wound, feme of it alfo be taken in drinke. The Badard Dittany is ufed for all the purpofes that the former is, 
but with much lelfe cffeift. Pliny lecteth downe in a.maner all that is formerly faid in feverall places of his books: 
that it procureth the monethly courfes of women, and is fo effefluall to expell the dead birth, that it is dangerous 
to bring it into the chambers of women that are with child. 
Chap. XII. 
Pulegium. Penny-royall. 
Here are divers forts of Penny-royall, fome that grow wilde in many places of this Land, yet are nur- 
fed every where in Gardens; the other more rare, and therefore preferved onely by thofe that are 
curious. 
i. Pulegium vulgare. Common Penny-royall. 
This common Penny-royall is fo well knowneto all, that 
I fnall not need tofpend much time in the defeription ofit, 
having many weake round ftalkes divided into fundry bran¬ 
ches, rather leaning or lying on the ground, than [landing up¬ 
right,whereon are fet at feverall ;oynts|fmall roundifh darkc 
greene leaves: the flowers are purplilh that grow in Gar¬ 
dens for the mod part, yet fome that grow wilde are white, 
or more white than purple,fet in rundles about the toppes of 
the branches: the dalkes {hoot forth fmall fibres or rootes at 
the/oyntsasitlyethuponthe ground, fadning it lelfe there¬ 
in quickly, and overfpreading any ground, efpecially grow¬ 
ing in the fliade or any moift place : and is increafed by brea¬ 
king of the fprouted dalkes and thrud into the earth. 
2. Pitleginm regium vulgare majiu. Great Penny-royall. 
There is a greater kinde than the ordinary fort, found wild 
with us, which foabideth being brought into Gardens, and 
differeth not from it, but in the largenefie of the leaves and 
dalkes, in riling higher, and not creeping upon the ground fo 
much ; the flowers whereof are purple,and growing in run¬ 
dles about the dalkes like the other. 
3. Pulegium deujis furculis . Thick or double Penny-royall, 
This fort differ, th little from the former, the leaves are 
fomewhat fmaller and thicker fet on the ftalkes, and the 
branches grow clofer together. 
4. Pulegium mat flore albo, White flowred Penny-royall. 
This Penny-royal! groweth more upright with his ftalkes 
than the former, andfometimes afoot higher alfo, having 
leaves thereon fet by couples like it, and in lome places other 
fmaller leaves likewife growing with them, the flowers alfo 
grow in rundles or wharles round about the ftalkes at feve¬ 
rall Joynts, but are wholly white, and fo abide being planted 
in gardens,the fmell whereof, the tade and ufe is altogether 
like the other: the rootes likewife creepe under ground, as 
the former. 
y. Pulegium anguflifolium five Cervinum. French or Harts Penny-royall. 
This fine Penny-royall hath creeping rootes under ground, but fhoot forth longer fprouts than the former,from 
whence fpring forth many tall upright hard dalkes, whereon are let at equall didanecs many fmall long and nar¬ 
row leaves,all along the branches up to the toppes: the flowers grow round about the ftalkes at the joynts with 
the leaves,at many (paces up to the toppes,of a pale purplilh colour; the fmell and taftc hereof is much more plea- 
ling and ftronger alfo. 
6 . Pulegium folijs Nummularis. Round leafed Penny-royall. 
This round leafed Penny-royall groweth almoft as upright as the laft, with (lender ftalkes,having the leaves fet 
by couples at each j'oynt, and are fmall and round like unto thofe of Heath two pence, but farre lelfe: the flowers 
Hand in rowes com palling the ftalkes as the other doe, of a pale bfuifb colour; the fmell hereof is much mors 
pleafant than the common fort. 
The Place, 
The firft is common in many moift and watry places of the Land, and for the ufe kept in G ardens. The ftcond 
is found wild in EJfex, in divers places of the highway betweene London and Celchefer, and thereabouts, more a- 
bnndantly than in other Countries, and from thence brought and planted in many Gardens of Ejfex. The third 
D 3 hath 
