Chap. 25 . Tbeatrum Botanicum. Tribe | # 
6 7- Rofnumumfjlwftreminmiwfira. 
Vnlavory viilde Rofemary. Our wildc Roferary. 
The Place and Time. 
The ordinary Rofemary groweth in Spaine abundantly nearc the Sea fide, thd feent whereof is many times tic 
by thole in the Shippes that palfe by,many leagues off from the Land, in Province alfo of France , and (undry-bthcr 
thofe hot Countries, but will not abide (unlelle kept in flowcsjthe Winter in divers places of germanyfOenmarke, 
and thofe other Northerly Regions : thefifrin Silejia, Bohemia, and the parts thereabouts: tbe fixt in the fame 
placeswith the lift, the lad in divers places of Z^cvyWc, and Torkefbire, bordering there. The fir ft: florVrcth in 
Aprill and May with us, and fometimes in Augufi: againe.the others not untill Augult. 
‘The Ncimes. 
It is called in Greckc Libattotis, & ^a-voyLtnim Stephanomatica is added thereunto, to diftinguifti it 
from the other Libanotides , that are umbelleferous plants; in Latine Ro/marinus & Rofmarinum epuafi RoJ,a marina, 
Cordus on Diofcorides calleth it Libanotis Coron&ria according to the Greeke : ‘Dalechampins on Tliny taketh it to 
be the Cajia nigra of Theophraflus, and Anguillara to bee the Cajia of Hyginus acceptable to Bees, and therefore 
fowne ncare their Hives, as alfo to be the Cneorum nigrum of Theophrajlut y and Lavender to be his album, but Aiat- 
thiolus hath confuted that errour, as is fhewed in the Chapter before: fome as Bauhinut noteth it, would make it 
tobee the Hebrewes Hifope, as iftheir Hifope differed fromthe Hifope of all other Nations, bat without true 
judgement. Gcfner inhortis calleth the ftrft Rojmarinus minorJive tennifoliw , as he doth the third Rofmarinus alter 
ignobilior , and Cordns in hijioria, Rofmarinm Jyl.Jeumajor : the fift is called Rofmarinum fylvejlre & Bohemicum , by 
Ad at thiol us Rofmarinum fylveflre ; by Dodonaus in his Dutch Herball, Ledum Silefiacum by (Jlufius ; Ledumfofys Rof- 
niarini altcrum by Lobel, and Chamepence by Cordus on Diofcorides, and in his Hiftory alfo,becaufe the narrow long 
leaves bein'* folded together,do reprefent the Pine or Pitch tree leaves.The fixt is called by Clufim as it is in the title: 
the laft is not remembred by any before. The Arabians call it Libia gaber , the Italians Rofmarino , the Spaniards Ro¬ 
mero, the Trench Ronarim, the Gcrmanes Rofzmarin, the Dutch Roufmarijn, and we in Englilh Rofmary. 
The V'crtues. 
Rofmary is an hearbe of as great ufe with us in thefe dayes, as any other whatfoever, not oncly for Phyficall, but 
civill purpofes : the civill ufes as all know, are at Weddings, Funerals, &c. to bellow upon friends i the Phyficall 
remedies, both for inward and outward difeafes are many and worthy, for by the warming and comforting hcate 
thereof it helpeth all cold difeafes, both of the head, ftomack, liver, and belly : the decodion thereof in wine hclp- 
eth the cold diftillations of the braine into the eyes,&c. and all other cold difeafes oftheheadand braines, as the 
giddineffe or fwimming therein, drowfineffe or dulneffe of the minde andfenfes like aftupidnefie, the dumbe 
palfie, or Ioffe of fpeech, the lethargie and falling ficknefle,tobe both drunke,andthe temples bathed therewith : it 
helpeth the paines in the gummes & teeth by rheume falling into them,or by putrefadion caufing an evill fmel from 
them, or a (linking breath : it helpeth alfo a weake memory by heating and drying up the cold moiftures of the 
braines, and quickning the fenfes: it is like wife very comfortable to the ftomack in all the cold gr.iefes thereof, and 
to ftay the pronenefle to calling, caufing the ftomack thebetter to containe and to digeft the meate, either the dc- 
codion or powder taken in wine : it is a remedy for the windinefle in theftomackc or bowels, and expeLlcth it 
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