X rise i, The Toeater of T (antes. Chap. 5. 11 
rome, laced Nettles, laced Brambles: but wee call tliofe firings generally by the name of ‘ZWjfogefpecially that 
which "to weth on Fla xe and Tares,which are red and moft frequent with us. 
The Vertuet. 
F. pithy mum by F) iofeorides, 7 ’attlrtf, zs£tins, AB Harms , Mefncs , and all others, is accounted the moft principal! 
and powerful! Dodder growing upon any herbe, ( and that lippn Savory or Stcebe not to bee fo eftechiall ) for all 
melancholicke difeafes, and to purge blacke or burnt choller, which is the caulb of many difeafes of the head and 
braines.asalfo for the trembling of the heart,faintings and fwounings: it is hclpefttll in all the difeafes or griefes 
of the fplecnc.and of that melancholy that rifeth from the windines of the Hypochondria whicli is that part of the 
belly under the fhort ribbes where the fplecne lyeth,& by flying up to tbebrainccaufetha kinde of frenfy or mad-- 
nes: it purgethalfo the reines and kidneys by V tine • it profiteth them that have the Iaundifein opening the ;b- 
ftruftions of the gall: Galen faith.it hath the properties ofTyine being hot and dry inthe third degree, Ik as Ruclliut 
boferveth from the Arabian authors,that it hath by the aftriftion or drying quality,a firengthning property fcelids 
the purging, as it is alfo found in Rubarbc, and that it is a fife medicine for the obftrufHnns as well of the liver as 
iplcene, purging the vcinesofflegmaticke & cholericke humours, & like wife as (Mcfues faith,ithelpcth childrens 
agues ifa little wormefeed be put to it.The Dodder of all other plants & herbes in like manet pertaketh of the na¬ 
ture of them whereon they grow, be they hot or cold, and is thought to workc more effeiflually for thofe difeafes, 
wherunto the herbe it felfeis applyed: Lob cl faith,that in the well: parts of this kingdom where he found thefe laces 
upon Neeles, the people had good experience, that it was a foveraigne remedy to procure plenty of Vrine,where ic 
was flopped or hundred, & my felfe alio have underflood it from thofe parts-.Butthat Dodder which groweth upon 
Tares,being the moft frequent about London,and wherewith our markets are onely in a manner furnifhed.and out 
Apothecaries flioppes ftored from thence, taketh his propertie from the Tares whereon it groweth, and can have 
no cffefhnll quality comparable to F. pithy mum : for as Galen faith,Tares arc hard of digeftion and binde the bellye, 
and that the nourilhment of themengendereth thicke blood, apttoturne into melancholic, which qualities arc 
cleane contrary to thofe of Epithynmm,£pithymbra y or of other good herbes. 
Chap. V 
c Mapranst -vultures exotica. Common, and Strange Marjeroms. 
Here arc divers forts offweete garden Marjeroms, fome growing oneiy in the fummer; others abiding 
the winter, and one that groweth wilde : thereare fome other forts called Marum, that I have inti¬ 
tuled flrange Marj'erom, all which (hall be comprehended in this chapter. 
J. sJJ -Ujortim vulgaris aJHva. The ordinary garden fweete Marj'eromel 
Mo)oraotl vulgar it. Sweetc Mirjeromc 1 
Our common fweete Marj'erome, that is commonly 
fowen in our countrey, is a fmall low herbe, little above a 
foote high,full ofbranches,and fmall whitifh and foft roun- 
difh leaves on them, fmelling very fweete: at thetoppes 
of the branches, ftand divers final long and round fcaly heads 
or knots (and therefore of fome called Knotted Marj'erom) 
of a whitifh greene colour, out of which come here and 
there fmall white flowers, and after them fmall reddiih 
feeder the roote is compofed of divers fmall threads or 
firings which perilheth with the whole plant every 
yeere. 
Majordna temifolia, Marj'erome gentle. 
This Marj'erome likewife hath divers fmall branches grow¬ 
ing lo w,and not higher then the former,but having finer and 
fmaller leaves, hoary and foft, but much fweeter ; the heads 
are like unto the former, and fo are the flowers and feede, 
the whole plant being more tender then the former, abi¬ 
ding but a Summer in like manner. 
3. tJM-.iyirana odorata perennis . Winter fweete 
Marj'erom. 
Wee have alfo another fweete Marj'erom thatabideth 
greene all the winter, ifit bee not two violent, growing in 
the fame manner that the firft doth, whofe leaves are a little 
fmaller and greener then it, but with the like heads and 
knots: yet fome take this to be but the ordinary Summer 
Marj'erom, which by tranfplanting is made the more ftrong, 
and able to abide the winter. 
4 . Afajorana latifolia Jive major Anglica. Winteror 
pot Marj'erom. 
The Winter or pot Marj'erom, is a fmall low bulbing 
herbe growing not much higher,but fpreadins the branches 
wider, whereon doe grow broader and greener leaves, let 
by couples with fome lmaller leaves like wife at the fevcrall 
Joynts all along the branches; at the toppes whereof growe 
anumberof fmall purplifh white flowers,fettogether in a 
tuft, which turne into imall & round feede bigger then fweet 
Marj'erow.e feede; the whole plant is of a fmall and fine fent, but much inferiour to the other,being alfo nothing 
<0 bitter 
