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2 The middle Balill is very like vnto the formegbut it is altogether leffer. The whole plaflfif of st moat Qdorifcrolls finell, not vnlike the fmell of a Limon,or C itron,whereof it tooke his

lld.i1llC. . 3» Bulb Ba.iill,or fine Bafill, is a low and bafe plant, hauinga threddy root, from which rife VP aainy {mall and tender Ptalkes, branched into diners armes or boughes 5 whereupon are placed ma‘ ny little leaues, lellier than thole of Penny Royall. The whole plant is of a molt pleafing {Ween ffiltll. gt 4, This which fome call Ocimztm Indimm, or rather (as Camerariw faith) Hlflilflifflmi {ends ilallze a foot or more liighfoiire fquare,and ofa purple'color,fet at each joynt with two leaue5, our oftheir hofomes come little branches : the largelt leaues are fome two inches broad; 3!; lbi.t1ethi'ee lOllg5:~__F)rOWlIlg vpon long flalkes,and deepely cut in about their edges,being alfothlc ’ fat,and jii.ieie,antl either o;'a darke purple colour, orelfe fpottecl with more or leffe fuch c0l9““’ fpors. ‘lhe tops of the branches end in fpokie tufts of white Homes with purple veines running 3’ longll them. The feed is contained in fuch feed vellels as that ofthe other Bafils, and is 1'0"“ * hlaeilte and large. .T he plant periihes euery yea-re as {bone as it hath perfeéted the feed. Cluflw C315 this Oczirvmmz Mdzmzmz. 1: {I The Place. _ e Bafil is fowne in gardens,and in earthen pots. lt coinmeth vp quicl<ly,and loueth lime moillf"

gxcc-pg in the mjdcl 15 ofthe day; otherwife if it he fowiie in rainie weather, the feed will put“ 5’ g

and crow into a jellie or flime,and come to nothing. ‘QT The Time. 7 . . _ Bafill Boureth in lune and Iuly,and that by little and little,whereby it is long a flouting; bcgm

ning 5?“: at the top. at The Namer.

Bafill is called in Gl'€€l{€,3m/»wr..’1IlCl. more comnionly within the firflt fyllableamm: in L Ovimum. It differeth from ocymum which fome haue called Cereal: as we (faith Doa'o2w45)_ ha"? fhewcd in the Hiflorie of Graine. "I he later Grazcians haue called it e«aw...'u in {ho ; lik€W1 5 3;: J/z"lic.w;z,aiid Rcgium :in Spanifh, A154/mm .- in French, Bafilzc .- in Englifb, Bafill, garden Bafilhtor géreater Banll Royall, the leller Balill gentle, and bufh Bafill :offome, Bajilism Garza}:/2]//4’””"

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Ba{ill,as Galcnteaclieth, is hot in the feeond degree,but it hath ad joyned with it a l'iip€Yfl“9 d moiflurc, by reafon whereof he doth not like that it {hould be taken inwardly gbllt being 3??!” outwardly,it is good to d igefi or di[tribure,and to concoa.

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Dizifioridcr faith that ifhalill be much eaten,it dulleth the fight,it mollifieth the belly,b"° C winde,prouoketh vrine,drieth vp milke,and is of a hard digeflion.‘ . R _ The juyce mixed with line meale of parched barly,oyle ofRofes, and Vinegre, is good agalfl 1mfl_ammations,and the ltingingof venomous bealls.

The iuyce drunkein wine of C/iio: or flrong Sacl<e,is good againil head-ache. . to ThCii"Y¢€‘- Clenfeth away the dimnefie of the eies,ancl drieth vp the humour that fallefh lnx them. ‘ ‘

if The {€65 drunk’: is aiiremedy for melancholy people.- for thofe that are lhort winded, and ‘hem that canfhardly make water. J T A

Ifthe fame be rnif‘ VP in the “Ore, it can feth of ten neefingralfo the herbe it felfe doth the _

There‘ be that {hunne Balill and will not eat thereof, becaufe that if it be chewed and laid ‘ Sun, it engendreth woi-mes. .g ‘ i .t«

They of Africke do alfoaflirme, that they who are flung of thescorpion and haue eaten of‘ 2 I-hallfeele nopaineatall. : * ~ V '

The laterWriters,atn0ng whom Simeon zetby is one, doe teach, that the fmell of Bali]! i5 3 for the heart and for the head. ‘ That the feed cureth the infirmities of the heart,takcth aW9Y rowfulnefle which commeth of_tnelancholy,and maketh a man merry and glad.

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Of?/“pi/de Y3afill.

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he Wilde I_3alil or Aty;z_o:,called of Pe;ra,Cli2ao}>o5lmm wlg4re,hath fquare hairie {'.eni_s,he~‘ f€t_With~little leaues like vnto the {mall Balil, but much fmallenand more ha iry,i’harpe Iolmfa{hiOnpC§ip_ted,aiid a little fnipt toward the end_of the leafe? with {mall fioures ofa purple co. ground and r6 r_ ike into the garden Bafil_l.The root is full ofhairie thr'eds,and creepeth along the‘ 0fMm>b’_0l”/{.3 itngeth vp yearely anew of it felfe without fowing. 1: This is the Clznapadzzrm zzl,:mim

Sifitfivgsis kinde ofwilde Balill called arriongft the Graecians moi, which by interpretation is and..”é0P«:irorSterzZrt, hath caufed _fimdry Opinions and great doubts concerning the words of PM)’ mine Owne lgnwaafllrmingthat this herbe hath no floures nor l‘CCClS;WlllCl.1' opinion I an} fiire of Ouresawharleodwltgdge to be without reafon: but to Om1t.C0’ntl'OuhI‘ll(j‘S:, this plant bearetn purple fla es are [0 a (gut fquare fialkes,rough leaues and hairy,very like in fhape vnto Bafil : t The _me cu it and more high, parted into few branches, and {hr at certaine {paces with mg bl’ Couples. This is the Clinopaafium 'uu{g4re of zJ144tt‘bz'a/m,ai1d that ,0i.C07‘d#53Gi€[- 3 Y €_YS5 it is the Acme: ofLoérl. 1: p ‘ ' 3&6” ‘e€:;;,1_7zod and others haue fet forth another wilde Balill vnder the title ofMo!Mbz'zz; and Loécf ereofthlflf eoflaén pranczoi2,caIleth it Corcaror, which we haue Englifhed, Fifh Bafill, the feeds She Peal es?! aid Bnmczan reeeiued from Spaine,l'aying that Cm-ar_o: P/my hath the leaues ofhafillr. on rectvylo handfuls 1iigh,the floures yellow, growing clole to the fialk/es; bearing his feed road 1% 0 Sffhe root iscompaél: and made ofan innumerable company or firm gs, creeping; obfemed‘ V‘ e "uDmn_g Time. 1.‘ This figure of Loéels which here we giue you is(as Camerairi/1/5 hath jme R .1 ”P€tfe é°c,lor it expreffes not the long cods wherein the feed is containechneitlier the two

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