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»;/«, hath leaves lake unto Hyfope, the toppes or umbels are not falhioned round but as it were divided into many 
parts 1 the Iced in the toppe'branches is not great. Thar Or.gMHm that is called Omtu, hath whiter leaves, and 
doth more refemble Hilope: it beareth feed in tufts, as it were jpyned together the force or vertue although ,t be 
like, yet is lefte effebtuall by much. Wilde On gUmm, which fome call Ucracknm, and others CW*,(as 
A 'iaUtr CokpUivs) hath leaves like Origmtm, and fmall branches not a foot high,bearing white flowers at the 
toppes in umbels,like unto Dili : the root‘is fmall, and of no life Thefeb.ee the words of Dafcorukt, whereby 
comparing his firft two lorts, v e verily thinke, thathowfoever fome Authors doe vary in their judgements con¬ 
cerning them, thefirft of them here fet downe is the true (at leaf! the trued hath beeneknownetobe) Ong*»«m 
Heradcoticum o£ c Dio(corides, The two next that follow, theoneot the other of CwwMrcw are 
both in rei'emblance fo neere his Onitis , that we may truely lay, tnat cither of them are the lame, and that both of 
them differing but in largnelle ofleaves, (which the fertility of the foyle wherein it grew might bee the caulej 
atebutone Oft/rr But that wild Oriacmnm of Diofcord^s. that hath an umbell like unto Dill isnotto be found, 
unlefle the wilde Ori™m<m, that is to be had at the Druggifts and Apothecaries:be his. for it is the neereft thereunto, 
being the ftrangeft afid quickeft in tafte, which by Galw judgement is the belt. 1 he Arabians call it PWew., or 
/•;« 3 b»f ?i -:the itaIians Or,«w s the Spaniards, O-regams: the French Ongm, and CMorjoU.ve, balfarde : the 
Cc. manes n/^m.-tb^fafdiau mmi bomutem velUtitiam& RmV-flm, or the Dutch Orc £ a: and we in 
Englilh, Organy, or baftard Marjerome. _ The Vertexes. . . , 
1 he decoftion of Organy or baftard Mar jerome with wine, is good for thole that are bitten with erpents,or 
venemous hearts, and tS be taken with fodden wine, for fuch as have taken Hemlocks ,or Opium : with Oxjmel it is 
good for. thole that have taken poifon, or the root of Colchictm Ephemerum. It is given with Figges to thofe that 
are lurftCn, or have a rupture, convulfions,or cramps, or have the Dropfie. The dryedhearbe taken m honyed 
water, purgeth downwards, blacke or melancholick humors. Ithelpeth to procure womens courles, and taken 
with Honey is helpfull to thofe that have a cough.'t protiteth thofe that have an itch, or are fcabbed and mangy, 
and thofe that have the Iaundife, are much holpen by a decodtion thereof taken when they are in a bath. The 
juyee of the greene hearbehealeth the fwellings of the almonds of the throat, and the ulcers of the mouth; it 
draweth forth fleagmeby the noftri's, if it be infilled in the oyle of Flower-de-luces. It eaieth the pames ofthe 
earcs,being ufed with milke. A medicine purging by vomit is made with it, Onions, and Sumach, (luch as is tiled 
to be eaten) being fet in theSunne forao.dayes, in a copper veflell, whilft_theDogge-ftarre laftetb. AllSerpents 
will avoidethe place where the hearbe isftrowed. The wild kinde elpecially, healeth all bytings of ve..emous‘ 
be<;fts, if the heads and flowers be taken in wine. And to this parpofe AntigonUs an ancient Greeke Author >in his 
Rhaplody or huddle of memorable reports,relateth a pretty fable of a Tortois eating Origanum, when lice goes to 
fight with the Serpent, which when one had heedfully obferved, he cut up the Origanum where it grew, and took 
it away • whereof when the Tortoife was deprived, he periflied by the venemous force ofthe Serpent; which fa¬ 
ble Plutarch in his naturall quertions, relateth fomewhat otherwife : that is, that the Tortoile having eaten of the 
fiefh of a Viper, by eating the hearbe Origanum ,was free from the danger. The fame Anttgonus ietteth downe 
there alfo another fable of Ring-doves, who by putting Origanum into their wounds, were thereby cured. As 
alfo that if the hills of Ants were flopped up with Oriqcwwn and Brimftone,they would quickly flic away : which 
thing alfo Palladia repotteth. Galen faith all the forts are of a cutting, rarefying, or thinning faculty, and that in 
the third degree, and that the Heracleoticum is of more efficacy than Onitis , and the wild ftronger than cither.. The 
decocrtionct Origanum with a few Cloves and f ugar, helpeth thofe that have the Hickock exceedingly. The 
powder thereof mixed with a little Salc-peter and honey, made into the manner of a thin Eleftuary, and there¬ 
with the teeth being rubbed for fundry times, will make them whiter and firmer. 
Chap; VII. 
Tragoriganum. G oates Marjerome. 
Ecatifethe Traomcttmmh joyned nest unto the Origanum, I thinke it fitting for to (hew you them in 
the fame manner , yet in a diftinft chapter by themfelves, for that their face and property is a little dtf- 
1 , Tragoriqanum Creticum. Goates Organy of Candy. 
This fmall low TrazprUmum of Candy hath divers fmall low branches, not above a foot high, fomewhat wood- 
dy, whereon are fet at feverall joynts two leaves, and fometimes more, which are fomewhat broader, rougher, 
and harder than the leaves ofCandy Tyme, and fomewhat like unto Summer Savory, but of a ladder greene co¬ 
lour , the fmall hooded gaping flowers Hand at the top of the branchcs.in feverall diftances about the ItalHes, ot a 
purpliih red colour, the whole plant and every part thereof tafteth very hot and Ihirp, and Imelleth very tweet, 
but fomewhat ftrong and quick, foone piercing the fences, and abideth greene all the W intent it be caiefully pre- 
ferved, but left without defence, it feldome abideth, the roote fpreadeth with many fma!,l fibres thereat. 
2, TrtpqprUAnumUtifoliHmJive Mxrnm Corttiji Alatthinlo, Broad leafed Goates Organy, ct N.arjeiome. 
This other Goats Marjerome is a fine (mall bulhy plant, little above halfe a foot high, whole (hikes are notlo 
wooddy, but tenderer like Marjerom, with many fmall fmooth gentle leaves. two for the molt part let together 
at a joynt, fomewhat broader than our MaftickTyme,of fo ftrong. hot, and quick a lcent, that being a itt e vui 
fed and fmelled unto, it pisreeth the fences more than the former, and commetb fomewhat neere unto the lcent 
ot Calamint or Pennyroyall; the flowers are fmall and purple, growing up to the toppes ofthe branches, from be- 
tweene the joynts; this biderh greene alfo like the former, but requireth as much care in the prelerving it in the 
Winter,as the former: the root is a blackifti bufh of many fibres fee together like Marjerome. 
3. Tragoritranum Hijpanicum. Spanifli Goates Marjerome. 
This Spanifli kinde rifeth up fomewhat higher than the former, with whiter and harder ftalkes, the leaves are 
whiter alfo, fmaller,narrower,and longer than they, andmoreftore ufuallyat every joynt, fmelling fomewhat 
fweet, but nothing fortrong or quick, nor tailing fo hot as they : the flowers are white, and grow at feverall di- 
ftances towards the tops of rhe ftalkes,but larger and more gaping,(landing in brownilh greene huskes: tnfs alio a- 
bideth oreen in the winter,but is more hardly preferved than cither ofthe former .* the root is more vvooddy, and 
lelTcibuihy than they. f 4 - Eragori- 
