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diftilled water is fomewhat efteftiiall, but is much weaker to all the purpofes aforefaid : yet the temples being ba¬ 
thed therewith, it helpeth the paines ofthe head that come of a cold caufe, and dropped into the eyes helpeth to 
cleare theeyefight. The other Wormewoods, although they have fome properties, yet by how much they want 
of the bitterneffe and aftriclion, by fo much weaker they are for the difeafes aforefaid. 
Chap. XXXVII. 
Abfinthium Seriphiumfive marinum,& Santonicum, Sea Wormewood, and ftrange Wormewood. 
Ecaufe I would not overburden one Chapter with too many forts of Wormewoods, I thought it conve¬ 
nient to entreat of the Sea kindes, and other ftrange forts, in a Chapter by themfelves, which arc as fol- 
loweth. 
__ t . Abfinthium Seriphium five mannum Anglictim. Englifh Sea Wormewood. 
The Englifh Sea Wormewood rifeth up with many hoary round wooddy ftalkes, three or foure foote high at 
theleaft, having thereon divers hoary white long and narrow leaves, broader and longer than any Sothernwood 
leaves, or the common Romane Wormewood,but nothing fo large as the true Romane Wormewood, of a kind of 
faltilh, but not bitter tafte, and of a kinde of unpleafing favour: the flowers are fmall and yellow ftandin^atthe 
joynts with the leaves,to wards the toppes ofthe branches, as the former common Wormewood doth, and give the 
like fmall Iced ; the rootc groweth fomewhat deepe and wooddy. 
2. Abfinthium Serif bium N arbonenfe, French Sea Wormewood. 
The French Sea Wormewood groweth not fohigh as the former, nor fo white and hoary, the leaves are fmall 
long, and finely cut lik- them, but thicker, and of an evill coloured greene colour, and ftrong unpleafant favour 
and evill tafte : the flowers are yellow, growing as the former doe, and the feed that follow in the fmall round 
heads alike. 
g. Abfinthium Seriphium Germanicum. Germane Sea Wormewood. 
This Germane Sea wormewood is alfo very like the laft, but with fine hoary white leaves^ fomewhat finer or 
fmaller, and groweth not fo high : in other things there is little or no difference. 
4 . abfinthium mar timum Laien vie folio. 
Lavender Lafed Sea Wormewood. 
4. Abfinthium mark imam Lav rndul.tfolio. Lavender leafed Sea 
Wormewood. 
This Wormewood fhooteth forth many (lender weake woo&fy 
and brittle ftalkes,bending a little downewards, whereon doe grow 
divers hoary white long leaves, fomewhat broader than Lavender 
leaves, having fometimes fome cuts or divisions at the bottomesof 
them, which is but feldome feene, and in a very few ofthe loweft 
next to the ground •. thofe that are let on the ftalkes are fmaller, and 
loraetimesarecut or divided at the end-', ofareafonable weake feent, 
betweene Lavender and Sothernwood, but unpleafant tafte : the 
flowers grow after the fame manner that the common Wormewood 
doth, and of a yellow colour, and the feed is not unlike thereunto 
alfo. 
5. Abfinthium Santonicum ^gyptiacum. Egyptian Wormewood. 
I muft here remember alfo this plant (that is fet forth by CAUtthio- 
lm firft, and from him D odonaus 3 Lugdunenfis 3 Eabcrmontanus 3 Gefttrd, 
and Bauhinus , doe all number it among the Wormewoods, as I LobeL 
and Pena like wife doc. yet much doubt whether it be a Wormewood 
or no, for that they fay theyfawit growing with Gefner about a fin¬ 
gers height, and the dryed plant with Valerandus Donrez, was in 
(hew like unto Maidenhaire, with u hite leaves fet on both fides, ofa 
middle ftalke) rather to incite others to obtaine it, that it may bee bet¬ 
ter knowne, than that 1 have any knowledge thereof my lelfe, whole 
deferption C JfrlatthioLus who had it from Cortufus , fetteth forth in this 
manner : it is (faith he) a fmall low hearbe, growing in Egypt, with 
fmall leaves, almoft like unto lavender cotton, and many (lender 
fhort branches fet fail of leaves: the feed is fmall and bitter in tafte, 
but not extreme : fome faith he would make it an Abrotanum maa i but 
they might better, as he faith, call it a fAmina : Some alfo thought that 
the Wormefeed that commeth from the Levant to us, fhould be gathe¬ 
red from this plant, but as he faith, he is doubtfull thereof himfclfe, 
yet withall faith, that it hath all the vertues that the Italian Worme¬ 
wood hath. 
6 . Abfinthium Santonicum Alexandrinum five Sementina c-7' Semen 
San Slum. Wormefeed Wormewood, or Levant Wormewood. 
This Wormewood likewife is a plant fet full of branches, and with very few, and thofe very fine fmall leaves 
on them, at the bottome like unto the finer forts, of an afh colour, but ftored fo plentifully with feed upwards, 
that it feemeth to be there without leaves, and wholly to confift of feed, which as Rauwo/fitu faith, are fomewhat 
bitter in the naturall places, and of a reafonable good and quicke feent with us, efpecially if they be frefb and not 
old. 
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