The Place] 
The drifts found in the open woods of Germany and otherplacesofcentiir.es, but is mod ulually planted in 
gardens, as the fecond isalfo. The third groweth as well in the fields as gardens, about Lyons. The lalt C alum¬ 
na faith, hee found in ftony or rockie places, on the hils Valvenfes , which are in the Kingdoms of Na¬ 
ples. 
The T me. 
They doe all flower early, even about May, and their feede is ripe while they are yet in flower, orprefent- 
Iy after. 
The Names. 
It is generally cMeiAsperula.AsperguitorSpergula, c#- odorata is put to the firtf, to diflingnifh it from the 
other, and not mentioned by any of theantien.t writets,exccpt it be as GeJ’nerixcollepwnefiirpmm, thinketh it to 
be Alyjfum minus of Plinje, in his i6.booke.and 9 chap, andfome others thattooke it to be A/yJfnm Galcni, 
but erronioufly : the firft hath beene diverfly taken, ofdivers of the later writers; (or Brunfelfttu cMetb itCa- 
prifolium, vel Stellaria, or Herba Stcllaris, and Hepatica quart a. Tragus , Cordus, Loniccrus, and Thalius call ic 
Matrifylv a. Ttodsmeus, Lobe/., and Lugdtmenfis, Asferula. ^lufixs and others Ajptrulaodorata. PenamAdver- 
fariie, Afpergula odo'ra nofirasy Cordus upon Diofceridet Apariue fylveftris qusdsm. Gefner in his Appendix Rubin 
fylveflrit alia minor, and Tabermontanus Hepatica [lellata : but generally now adayes ic is called of moll men 
Ajperula odorat,1 , although it hath but little roughnclfe therein at all, faveonely as I layd in the feede -■ the Italians 
call \tAsptrnUa\ the French Aiugnet ; the Germane, Hertycjroidt, tvaldneifier. (t Leberkraut : the Dutch itsalt- 
nee(her: and we in Enolijb Woodroofe, and Woodrotvell : the fccond is called Asfismla carulea. by Dodonaus, 
Label, Camerarhts, and Luodunenfts , and our Enohfh Turner calleth it Alyffon , and fo doe others alfo but falfely. 
Bauhinus calleth it Afberula cesrulea arvenjis : the third is called 'JMyagmm ah tram minus Dalechampii by Luo- 
dunenfis • and Afperula hexaphyllis purpurea by Bauhinus. The lafl is called by Columna AJperula verticillata mu- 
rails minima, and by Bauhinus Ajferttla verticil lata luteela. 
The Venues. 
The Germanes doe account very highly of this Woodroofe, tiling it vgry familiarly in wine, like as we doe 
Burnetto take away melancholy paflions, to makethe hearrmerry; andtohelpe tbelfomacke dejected, unto 
a good appetite, and the Liver being opprefledand obflrufted : it is held alfo to be good againlt the Plague, 
both to defend the heart, and vital! fpirits from infeftion, and to expell the noyfome vapours that are received : 
ithelpeth alfo to diffolvejiard impoftumes,beingbruifed and applye-d, and in the fame manner many Country 
people nfe it, for any frcfli or greene wound, or cut in the flefli any where ; the diltilled water ol the herbeis 
no leffe effectuall, for the purpolds aforefayd, either inwardly or outwardly. 
