74. Chap. xy. 
Theatrum 'Botamcum. 
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Tis of oplnlsnthat Lavender (houtd be the Ctmrum atbumof Theofhraflu,, and that Rofmary fhou Id 
be hi ?Cncorum niorum, which Matthioltts confuteth lufficiently, from the defcription otthe parts, which can bee 
no wayes like them ; vit.. that both forts of Cncorum have flexible brandies,fit to binde other things wirhall, which 
neither Lavender no’r Rofmary can doe ; that the one fort of(>«™>whath a good fccnt, and the other without 
fcent although Anguillara would pervert the word, to make the blacke have a good lcent, as well as the white, 
which cannot (land with the fcope ofthe text; and that both of the Cneer* doe flower after the Autumne quarter, 
which Lavender doth not; and Rofmary .although it doe fo.yec it flowrethfirft in the Spring; andlalily, that the 
rootes of Aiwrsw defcend dccpe into the ground, whereas neither Lavender nor Rofmary doe fo. The lagged La¬ 
vender is called by Clufms, as it is in the title, and others fince his time, doe fo entitle it likewife, yet, as 1 laid be¬ 
fore the figure of S ttchas malt,fida in Gerard, both old and new,is the true figure of this LavenduU folio difcSo , as 
•Bnuhinn calleth it, and therefore 1 mevvaile that Mailer Jobnfon did not lee, or would let paife Inch an error, that 
had correbted farre lefler. 
jibe yertues . 
Lavender is ofcfpeciall good ufe for all the griefes and paines ofthe head and braine, that proceed from a cold 
caufe- as the Apoplexie, tailing fickneffe, the drowfie or (luggilh malady, crampes. convuifions andpalfies, as alfo 
thofe that are given to taint often. It (Irengthneth the (tomack, and freech the liver and fpleene from obftrucfions, 
provoketh womens courfcs, and expclleth the dead child, and the fecondine or after-birth. The flowers of f aven- 
der deeped in wine, helpeth them to make water that are (lopped ; as alfo that are troubled with the windc or col- 
lick if the olaces be bached therewith. A decoflion made with the flowers of Lavender, Horehound, Fennell, and 
Albaramis rootes, and a little Cinamon, is very profitably ufed, to helpe the falling fickneife, and the giddineffc or 
tur'ning’of the braine. It is good to garble the mouth with the decoftion of the flowers, aiainftthe paines ofthe 
teeth "two fpoonefiils of the diftilled water of the flowers taken, doth helpe thofethac have loll theirfpeech oc 
voyce, reflocing it them againe. It helpeth alfo the tremblings and paflions of the heart, and the fwonnings and 
faintings thereof likewife, not onely drunke, but even applied to the temples, or to the noftrils to be fmelt unto, as 
alfo tyed to the arteries: but where the body is repleate with blood and humours, it is not fafe to ufe it, becaufe of 
the hot and fabtill fpirits wherewith it is poffeffed. The letter Lavender is much commended in all the d ifeafes of 
the mother, as the (Iranglingor fuffbeation, the diflocation or dilplacing, &c. for women to be bathed therewith, 
as alfo to helpe forward their travaile ; Theoyle chimically drawnc from Lavender, which is ulually called oyle 
ofspike is of fo fierce and piercing fpirits, that it is to bee ufed with great refpefl, and but fome few drops uled 
with other things, either for inward or outward griefes. 
Chap. XXV. 
Rofmarinum, Rofmary. 
" Here was formerly but-one fort of Rofmary knowne, but wc have now more divcrfity,than hath bcene extant 
before, which (hall be declared in this Chapter. 
, Libanol’i coronaria five Rnfmarlnum vulgare. 
Ordinary Kofmary. , _ „ . . . _ 
I. Libanotis coronaria five Rofmarwum vulgare . Ordinary 
Rofemary. 
Our ordinary garden Rofmary is To well knowne Ithinkc,to 
all manner of perfons being continually in their hands, that I 
fliall fcarfe need to deferibeit, yet not to pafie it over fo flighcly. 
1 1 is well obferved in our owne Land in divers places (as Noble¬ 
mens gardens,&c.) where it hath flood long, as well as in the na- 
turall places, that it groweth in time to a great height, with a 
great and wooddy Aemme, of a clofe firme fubftance, and whitifli 
v (fit to make Inftruments of, &c. being cut into long thin boords 
for the purpofe ) branching forth into fundry armes, and f ona 
them againe into many other fmaller branches, at the joynts 
whercof,are fet at feveralldiftances,many long and very narrow 
leaves, greene above, and grayifh underneath, and with them 1 
all along the ftalkes towards the toppes, divers fmall gaping flow¬ 
ers, of a pale bleake bluifh colour, Handing in whitifli luisV.es : the 
feed is fmall and reddifh, but feldome doth any that is fowne in 
our Country endure the firft Winter without extraordinary care, 
and therefore is ufually encreafed by flipping: the whole plant 
doth fmell exceeding fweet. 
2 . Rofmarinum ftiatum five attreum . Gilded Rofmary. 
This Rofmary differcth not from the former in any thing but in 
the leaves, which are edged or ftriped, or pointed with a faire 
gold yellow colour, which fo continueth all the yeare through¬ 
out, yet frefher in Summer than in Winter. 
3 . Rofmarinum lat {folium. Broad leafed Rofemary. 
This alfo groweth like the former, but wee have not fecne it 
growne fo great in out Country, nor with fuch wooddy branches, 
and is more tender to keepe : the leaves are larger, and of a more 
deepe fhining greene colour on the upperfidc, and little or no¬ 
thing whitifli underneath, more thinly alio or fparfedly fet on 
the flalkcs; the flowers likewife differ not from the precedent. 
4 . Rof- 
