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writeth againll all truth,that it neither beareth floures not feed ; afterg_7_'beopbraflm,Vi7gi1Will? that it doth beare floures in the twelfth __of his 1Encidos.

Difiamnumgenetrix Cram: carpi: 46 I 4'4; Puéeribm caulemfllg'/':,é' flare eomamem Purpuree.

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In Englifh thusé

H is mother from the Cretaean Ida crops Diihzmnm hauing foft and tender leaues, ‘ And purple floures vpon the bending tops, Sec.

qy Tlze Time. p They floure and flouriih in Summer Moneths,their feed is ripe in September.‘

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Itis called in Greeke d>'nru.Wv: 2 in Latine,Dié2'amma and Difiammmt.-offOmc,Puhjgiumfill!“ '33: wild e Pennie-roiall: the Apothecaries of Germany for Diéiamnum with e, in the firfi fyllablea i reade Diptammmz with _p:bL1t (faith Doelomem) this errour might haue beene of fmall imporranceié in flead of the leaues ofDittanie, they doe not vfe the roots of Fraximlla for Dittany, wh1C I ialfely call Diéfamrmm .- in Englifh,Dittany,and Dittany of Candie. _ 4

The other is called Pf"“”{°d‘fi4?””"ma 0! baflafd Di“3“Ya Of the likeneife it hath with D1‘-Tany ’ skilleth not,though the {hops know it not : the reafon why let the Reader gueife.

V 1; The Nature. Thefe plants are ‘hot and dry ofNatuie. 1]‘ The Vertuer. bu; Dittany being taken in drinke,or put vp in a pe ffary, or vfed in a fume, bringeth away 53*“! C ' dren : it procureth the monethly termes,and driueth forth the fecondine or aftetbirth. The juyce taken with wine is a’ remedy againfi the flinging of ferpents. The fame is thought to be of f0 Ptrong an operation,that with the very fmell alfo it (1 venomous beaflzs, and doth afioniih them. _ h 3‘; It is reported likewife that the wilde Goats or Deere in Candy when they be wounded W“ ’ rowes,do Ihake them out by eating of this plant, and heale their wounds. 3,,‘ It preuaileth much againil all wounds, and efpecially thofe made with invenomed we3P°”"i;nd rowes (hot out of guns, or fuch like, and is very profitable for Cb irurgians that vfe the feafind

W3Y$.to carry with them and haue in readinelfe i it draweth forth alto iplinters of wood: b°nes’w . f {O

riuc5 3"”

fllch like.

The bailard Dittany or Pfeudodié't'4mnum, is fomewhat like in vertues to the firfi, but “mo 8”“ f°“3‘=.vet it fetueth exceeding well for the pnrpofes aforefaid, A

J Crrgifl: 282; 0] fiomge,

1]‘ Tb: Defiription.

Ora e hath broad leaues,i-on 1151 in the r r wart “C” co‘ loiigr : among which rifeth esp ayflfkfelafivzgogubitg {l(l)§l!11dC’l(l)Lfl‘lad!:lla‘lElI:tc0oC’l' ifllcrs fifafichggfi wherupon do grow gallant blew floures,eompo{ed of fiuh leaues apiece-,out of the Ifilhe

dle of which grow forth blacke threds joined in the top,and pointed like a broch orpyrami e . mm is th,-eddyaand cannot away with the cold of Winter. hokofi

2 Borage with white flourcs is like vnto the precedent,but differeth in the floutessfc" ' this plant are white,and other of a perfeét blew colour,wherein is the difference.

1 3 Neuer dying Borage hath many very broad leaues, rough and hairy,0f greene colounamong which rife vp flilfe hairy flalkes,whereupon doe grow faire b fomewhat rounder pointed than the former : the root is blacke and lafling, hauing leatiezmim ,Winter and Summer,and hereupon is was called Semper «virem, and that very prQp€flY: ‘Q r Iguith it fggrg the gel} gfghis kinde,which are but annuall. 1: r ’ ‘ ’ e ‘ 1‘11er¢

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Of the hiillcirieof Plants. / I 1 75:37

1 Eomgo /zorterefls . Garden Borage.

-1 . B - . ‘ ,0"‘§‘’ fifmper «vzrem.

3”‘?!-dying Borage.

2. Bamgoflare aléo. 9 White floured Borage.

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There is a fourth fort of-Borage that hath‘ leaues like the precedent, but _th_iDD€f and lefrefa rough and hairy,diuiding it fellfc IMO branches at the bottome of the plant, Wh<‘«“?“P°“ are placed

__faire red floures, wherein is the chiefeil difference between this and the lafl: defcribed. i The figure

which belonged to thispdefcription was put here-" after for Lympfif z4#g"W- it {I T53 Place;

Thefe grow my garden and in others alfo.

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Bomge fl°“"¢S and flour-ilhes moi’: part of all Summer,and till A7utum‘ne be far 1" pent.

. ~ 1] The Names. _

Borage is called in {hops Bomgo’: of the old wri» I318, B°v'2>«W°'- Which is ‘called in Latine Liiigzra éuérb le : Pliny calleth it Eu}2brofinzm'z,becatife it makes 3 man merry and ioyfull zwhich thing alfo the old verfe coircerriing Borage doth tellifie : '

Ego Bdfdgogditaliafimpfr ago.

I Borage bring alwaies coinage.

l "We 11“ Engli{h,Borage.

$ tis called in high-Dutch, fiutcetfcb : in Ita1ian’B0;-zagving ; in pani{h,Borzzec.r.-in losv~Diw;ch,

11 Tire Temperature.

I - _ _ _ , t 15 euldfifltly moif’:,and not in like fort hot, but {eerns to be irra mean bctwlxt hot and Cold .

Th

am) OTC of our time do vfe the Homes in fall

Yofthe minde,

Tbs Vertuer. , , a ads,toexhilerate and make the minde Glad .Ther€ be

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the i:‘a“V things made of thcm,vl‘ed for the comfort of the heart,to driire away forrow—,&-. increa fe

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