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Tribe, i. c rbe'Ib£Atevoj <r Pl(i'nts, Ohap.io. 2} 
fo cntitulcd the firft, as moft agreeing thereunto A’Wosn*wi'«>by Diofcorides herb* odorata coronaria, ocimofmilu. 
Acinus is a fwecthearb fit for Garlands, and is like unto Bafill. Pliny faith Acinos that is called Epipetron never 
flowreth, therein confounding the Epipetron of Theophrafius , which he faith never flowreth with Acinus, but Di¬ 
ofcorides laith no fuch thing, and therefore Pliny was much miftaken herein, as he was in many other things. The 
firft is called Ocimum SUveflrc, and Clinopodiumminus or vulgare by Lobe had. Clujius-. and Acinos by Fuchfius 
in Iconibus .and by Dodaneus : Ciinopodium of Turner ,and Anguillara : Ciinopodium majusoi Cameras mi : rulegium 
petraum of gefner, Ciinopodium alterum, er pfeudo-clinopodium of CMattbinlus. Ocim.ftrum of Fucbjius. 'Bauhinus 
calleth it Ciinopodium arvenfe ocimifacie, it is the 'Bafilicum i.ofTragus, who calleth it alfo Calamintha montana, 
but of all othermoil improperly; in Englifh, Field Bafill, becaufe it is chiefly found in the Fields, the Country 
people call this as well as the fift where it groweth.Horfe Time, and Foley mountaine. The fecond Clujius calleth 
Ciinopodium Auflriacum, and faith he might as well call it Acinos Aujlriaca. Bauhinus calleth it Montanum, in En-. 
gliih Austrian wild Bafill. The third ,Puna calleth Ciinopodium Alpinism , having found it onely upon UKons Bal- 
dus ,not farre from Verona, but why Bauhinus (hould call it Teucrium Alpinism coma piirpurocaru/ea in his Chapter 
of Teucrium, havin" called it Ciinopodium Alpinum hirfutii, among the other forts of Ciinopodium, 1 fee.no reafon, 
in Englilh mountaine wild Bafill. The fourth is the firft Ciinopodium vulgare of cMatthiolus, and called Ciinopodi¬ 
um majus of Canterarius : I.obcl and T) alechampius call it Acinos, and Gmlandinus Betomca Pauli, 1 c is the firft 
Calamint of Turner, fulenum.montanum of Lonkerus , and Po/ycnemm of Gej.her. Bauhinus calleth it Clinopo- 
dium Origanofimile, in Englifh great wild Bafill. The fift is thought by Clujius to be the true Acinoi of Diofcorides, 
Bauhinus czdoth it Ciinopodium ocimi facie alteram. The laft is called Acinos of Fabius Colttmnafn his Phytobafanos, 
and faith it is generally called Vrtichella of the Neapolitans, becaufe it hath fuch like roughneffe and hairyndfe,al- 
though not flinging as'nettles have, and is an annuall plant to bee new fowne every yeare. But it is much to bee 
doubted whether any of thefe hearbs be the right Acinos or r limpodium, that Diofcorides and Theophrafiui have fee 
forth,in regard their temperature and qualities doe not agree as you fhall heare prefently, although Pena and Lo- 
bel thinke their Ciinopodium to be the right. The Italians call it flinopodio, the Spaniards Albahaca Sauvagc, the 
Trench Bafilicy Salvage, the Germanes wild Baflich, the Dutch wild Baflicon, and wee in Englilh wild Bafill, 
Field Bafill, or as beforefaid. 
The Vertues . 
Of thefe hearbs 1 know no author hath fet do wne any tryed remedy found by them, for in regard that Galen faith 
Ciinopodium is of thin parts.and may be accounted to be in the third degree of heate and dryneffe, being fomewhat 
fharpe in tafte, and a little bitter withall, neither of which as faith dUatthio/us can be found in thele, yet becaufe 
they doc fo neerely in face and fhe w refemble the true plants, they may beare rheir names untill they gaine truer 
and that the vertues arc found out , whereunto they may be applyed. Diofcorides faith that his Ciinopodium 
is applyed to thofe that are troubled with convulfions or crampes, ruptures orburftings, or ftrangury, that iris a 
remedy againft the (line or byting of venemous Serpents, and that it bringeth downe the courfes of women, and 
expelleth the dead child, and taketh away thofe warts that are long, and hang downe, if it be drunke for certaine 
dayes together. It ftayeth the loofenelfe of the belly,if ic be given after it hath beeneboyled to the thirds in wine, 
to them that have no feaver, and in water to them that have a Feaver. Of Acinos, Diofcorides writeth, that being 
drunke it ftayeth both the fluxe of the belly, and the courfes in women, and healeth hot fwellings, and thofe .are 
.called Saint Anthonies fire. Where you may obferve that Acinos fhould not be Ciinopodium, both in regard Diof¬ 
corides maketh them two diftinft plants, and befides giveth them contrary qualities,for Acinos he faith ftayeth the 
loofenelfe of the belly, and the overmuch flowing of womens courfes, whereas hee faith Ciinopodium procureth 
the courfes, and expelleth the birth, yet he faith alfo chat it ftayeth the loofenelfe of the belly.and as Galen faith, is 
hot and dry in the third degree, and ofthin parts. 
Chap. X. 
Dolium, Poley, orPolcmountaine. 
PJfl* rhniloh Diofcorides, Galen, and Thny have remembred but two forts of To Hum, yet our later Writers 
have‘found out divers other forts, which they referre thereunto, fome of them grow naturally neere 
t h e s e3i an d therefore called of fome Polinm maritimum, others not onely neere the Sea, but upon the 
hiUs a ifg anc j therefore may as well be called montanum, as maritimumpznd others farre off from the Sea, 
upon hills and mountaines, and therefore called more properly Folium montanum, as fhall be fhewed in this Chap¬ 
ter following. 
1. Folium montanum vulgare. Our ordinary Poley mountaine. 
This kind of Folium or Poley mountaine, that is moft frequent in our gardens, is a fmall low plant, having di¬ 
vers white or hoary round and hard branches (riling from the root, which is fomewhat long and hard, with a few 
fibres hanging thereat, not above a foot high .) whereon are fet divers long and lmall hoary leaves, overlayed as it 
were with a yellowifh white downe, fomewhat dented about the edges, and lomewhat oroader or greater chan 
any of the others that follow, two al wayes fet together on the ftalkes as they grow up, ac the tops whereof grow 
forth whitifh or hoary yellowilh heads, thrufting out many lmall pale coloured flowers, and in fome places more 
yellow, ftandin^ in hoary huskes: the feed is fmall and blackilh i the whole plant fmelleth fweetfomewhat 
ftrongand quick withall, the branches whereof being Dipt and fet will grow very well, thereby {'efficiently to be 
encreafed, becaufe in our Land it feldome giveth perfedl feed to bee fowne ; yet Clujius faith, that hee had fome 
plants railed from the feed of this kinde, that brought forth flowers more pale than the mother plant, and fome 
more white, efpecially on the outfide ; being pale on the infide : but Bauhinus in his T’imx addeth, that it gave 
fome plants whofe flowers were of a whitifh purple colour, and is to bee accounted the fourtn fort of llnfiu*, 
which l am fure is not to be found in Clufius, who in that place maketh no mention of any with a purple flower 
rayfed from feed. 
2. Toliummontamtmminus, Small SpanilTi upright Poley mountaine. 
This fecond or fmall Poley mountaine, rifeth up with many fmall {lender branches handing more upright than 
