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76 6 ’ Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. LIB. 7--

8 This which we here giue you hath pretty large leaues, hnd thofe alfo very hairy on the Vﬂde‘ ﬁde,hut rough on the vpper ﬁde like as the ordinary Sage. The ﬁalkes are rough and hairy, foul‘ fquare bclownﬁﬁd round at their tops. The ﬂoures in their growing and fhape are like thofeoft 3 ordinary, but of a whitifh purple colour-, and fading, they are each of them fucceeded by three 01? foure feeds, which are larger than in other Sages, and fo ﬁll their feed-veffels, that they l'h€_W like berries. The fmell of the whole plant is fomewhat more vehement than that of the ordinarre: the Jeaues alfo haue fometimes little cares or appendices,as in the fmaller orPig-Sage : and in Can y (the natural! place of the growth) it beares excrefcences, or Apples (if we may fo terme them) 0 the bigne {lie of large Galls, or Oke—Apples : whence C/uﬂm hath giuen you two ﬁgures bl’ ‘ha fame titles as I here prefent the fame to your view. Jllatt/2iolac4,DocMam,and others alfo haue I113 3

mention hereof. 3}:

Q] Tbeﬂzzce. Thcfc lrindes of Sage grow not wilde in England: I haue them all in my garden : moﬂ ofihem

are very common. 42 The fine or elegant painted Sage was ﬁrfk found in a country Garden, by M‘.Io£w Tr_;4d"f“"”’ and by him imparted to other louers of plants. :1; ‘

q] T 6e '1‘ me. Thefe Sages ﬂoure in Iune and Iuly, or later : they are ﬁtly remoued and planted in Marcllo

. 11]’ ‘I66 Names. » Sage is called in Greeke, tm;.¢..... =the Apothecaries, the Italians, and the Spaniards keep‘? ‘he

Latinc name Szzlruia : in high Dutch, Qalbenzin French, Sauge .~ in low Dutch, gauiggin Eng‘

li{h,Sage. . . _ _ q} The Temperature. Sage? manlfemy 110‘ and_ dry In _the beginning of the third degre, or in thelater and OM‘ fecond 5 it hath ad joyned no little aﬂrrétron or binding. '

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udgrippa and likewife Aétim haue called it the Holy—herbe,becaufe women with childe “they be like to come before their time,and are troubled with abortments,do eate thereof to theif 5" t

good 3 for it clofeth the matrix, and tnaketh them fruitfull, it retaineth the birth and giucd.’ 1‘ life,and if the woman about the fourth day of her going abroad after her childing {brill drinke nm‘? ounces of the juyce of Sage with a little falt, and then vfe the com parry of be; hﬁsband are 013" without doubt conceiue and bring forth [lore of chi1dren,which are the bleﬂing of God Thus fa‘ kxfgri 4. - .,

Sag: is ﬁngllla’ good F01‘ tllﬁ head and braine ; it quickneth the fences and memory mength‘ 11¢’-“J the ﬁnewes. reftoreth health to thofe that haue the palﬁe vpon a moifi caufe takeshw3Y ma‘ kin?) Oilffembling‘Ofthemembers 5 and being put vp into the noﬂhrils, it draweth thin ﬁegme 0": o t e eacl. ‘ "

It is hkewife commended againft the f pitting of bloud the cough and aims of the ﬁdﬁﬁand bitings of Serpents. ’ ’ P The JUYCC Of Sage drunke with hony is good for thofe that fpit and vomit bloud and ﬂ0PP"'h

3: E::v:1::::C{‘g1§;>$1f:i3l€3:éY6t::SZlleth winde,drieth the dropﬁe,helpeth the palﬁe, firength“

Th€1€_aues.fodden_in water,with Wood—binde leaues,Plantaine,Rofemary, Hony, .‘\ll0m3s3n f0m¢ Whit‘? Wm?» make an excellent Water to wafh the fecret parts of man or woman, and fol‘ C“

§r‘:’a:‘;:d‘e‘;fli‘£fcP;2.cial1Y if you boyle in the fame a faire bright mining sew

No man needs to doubt of thewholefornn H‘ f S Al b ' b d ~ . Id be with 3336};S§3bi0“5}Be3°§YaSPikeP3"da3qll'inantl‘i,ahd) Fe§r:x1.r:éd:fng We as It {hon ’f 6

T e eaues 0 re age put_mto a woodden difh, wh re’ ‘s t ' . ith Om afhes in the bottome of the drlh to keepe the fame fromebulrtiringlildndeatrlli :]ttll1(ltc\1IirexecgOrI:i5' prinkled V?‘ on the leaues lying vpon the coles, andfo wrapped in linnen cloarh, and holden V6,), ho; vntO I 5 ride of thofe thatare troubled with a grreuous flitch, taketh away the paine prefently : The {ma helpeth greatly the extremity of the pleuriﬁe. _ »

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C H A r. 16 6. 0fFrerzc/2 Sage or woodcly e9VIullez’rz.

'1 V”5"ﬁ’4”’ Marthioli.

3 P5107210: Lycbnite: Syriam. Syrian Sage-leaued Mullein}

It 2 Veréafcum zmguﬂ/'4 Salwiefa/Q3‘. The leﬂer French Sage.

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1 11d Mullein,WOOddy Mullein,M4¢.; Vvtlmlm his Mulleinpr French Sage groweth vp like a fmall wooddre ﬂ.rrub,hauing many wooddy branches of a woollie and hoarie colourgfoit and downy: whereupon are placed thicke hoarie leaues,of a (irong pontick fa- uourgin thape like the leaues of Sage, whereupon the vulgar people call it French Sage i toward the top of the branches are placed roundles or crownets of yellow gaping ﬂoures like thofe ofdead Nettle, ut much greater.The root is thicke,tough,and of a wooddy fubItance,as is all the reft of the plant. 1' 2 There is another fort hereof that is verylikc V the other,fauing that the leaues 85 euery other part of this plant,hath a moﬂ fweet and pleafant fmell, and the other more ﬂzrong and offenﬁuezthe leaues alfo are much leffer and narrowerlomwhat "*f‘im'i

bling thofe of the Ieffer Sage. . {. , 1: 3 I thinke it not amrlre here th0_lfI1) ert this no leffe rare than beautifull Plant’ W ‘C ‘Myers from the lalt defcribed in the rftjaﬁer of %"0W1ng 8:; fhape of the ﬂoure5»Wh"’h re emblc thofe Of the L clmzlr Clmlcea’om‘c.z,or None-i:uch,but are of a vel- low colour. The leaues are hairy,narrow,and {harp

pointcd;thC ﬁalkes fquare,and root woocldy.Lo(5el CO