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PLANT-LORE OF SHAKESPEARE 
Savory 
Here’s flowers for you ; 
Hot Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram. 
Winter’s Tale , iv. 4, 103. 
Savory might be supposed to get its name as being a plant 
of special savour, but the name comes from its Latin name 
Satureia, through the Italian Savoreggia. It is a native of 
the South of Europe, probably introduced into England by 
the Romans, for it is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon recipes 
under the imported name of Savorie. It was a very favourite 
plant in the old herb gardens, and both kinds, the Winter 
and Summer Savory, were reckoned “among the farsing or 
farseting herbes, as they call them ” (Parkinson), i. e. herbs 
used for stuffing. 1 Both kinds are still grown in herb gardens, 
but are very little used. 
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Se&ge. 
And Cytherea all in Sedges hid, 
Which seem to move and wanton with her breath, 
Even as the waving Sedges play with wind. 
Taming of the Shrew , Induction, 2, 53. 
You nymphs, called Naiads, of the winding brooks, 
With your Sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks. 
Tempest , iv. 1, 128. 
1 “ His typet was ay farsud ful of knyfes 
And pynnes, for to give fair wyves.” 
Canterbury Tale , Prologue. 
“ The farced title running before the King.” 
Henry V , iv. 1, 431. 
The word still exists as “forced” j e.g. “a forced, leg of mutton,” 
“ forced meat balls.” 
