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Show 12.92 E G Ofthe Hiftoryof Plants. Liss 3» Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Iriswith good fuccefle mixed with ‘mollifying plaifters that mitigate paine. Being drunke with wine,it ftoppeth the laske,and prouokethvrine. cubits ; haning many twiggie branches of 4 ; green colour:wherupon do grow narrow leaues afta Poctica,Lobely . The Poets Rofemarie or Gardrobe, There is made hereofdiuers forts ofPomanders,chaines, and bracelets, with otherfiweets mix. ed therewith. Cuar. 8 like vnto Linaria or Toad-fax,ofa bitter tafte; among which comeforthfal! moffie floures, ofa greenith yellow colour like thofe of the Cornell tree, and of the- fmell of Rofemarie: which hath mouedmeto placeit with the Rofe- Of Rofemarie. maries as a kinde'thereof,not finding any other plane fo neere vntoit in kinde and neighbour. hood:: after the floures bepaft, there fueceed fruit like thofeof the Mystle tree,greeneat the firft,and of a fhining red colour when they: bee ripe,like Corall,or the berriesiofA(paragusfoft G] The Defiription. Ofematic is a wooddie thrub, growing oftentimesto the heightofthree orfoure cu: bits,efpecially when it is fet bya wall ; it confifteth offlender brittle branches,wher- and: {weet in tafte, leaning a certaine acrimo- on do growverie many longleaues,narrow,fomewhathard,ofa quicke {picy taftewhitifh vnderneath,and ofa full greene colour aboue, orin the vpperfide, with a pleafant fweet {trong {mel ; among which comeforthlittle floures of awhitith blew colour: the feed is blackith: the mie or fharpe tafte in the end: the ftone within is hard.as is the nut,wherein is contained a {mab white kernel)fiveet in taft:the root is ofa wooddie fubftance: it foureth in the: Somimer', the fruit is ripe in the end of O Gober: the people roots are tough and woody. I Rofmarinum Coronarium, Garden Rofemarie. 1293 of Granade; Montpelier,and of the kingdom of 2 Rofmarinumfylueftres Wilde Rofemarie. Valentia,doe vfe itin their preflesand Wardrobes,whereupon they call it Guardalobo.t This in €lufius his time when he liued about Mont- pelicr was called Ofjr# ; but afterwards they called it Cafa, thinking it rHat mentioned by the Poet Virgil; the which itcannot be,for it hath no fweet fmell. Penaand Lobel indgeit to Be the’ Cafu of Theophraftus, wherewith alfoie dothnotwell agree. t gq The Place, Rofemarie growethin Franee,S paine,and in other hot countries ; inwoods, and in vntilled Plets : there is fuch plentie thereof in Languedocke, that the inhabitants burne fcarce any other fuel] they make hedgesof it inthe gardens of Italy and England,being a great ornament Vatothe fame : it groweth neither inthe fields nor gardens of the Eafterne cold countries ; but is Saefully and curioufly kept inpots,fet. into the ftoues and fellers,againft the iniuries of their cold nters, Wilde Rofemarie growethin Lancafhire in diuers places , efpecially in a field called Little “émongft the Hurtleberries, neere ynto a fmall village called Maudfley;there found bya lear- ‘et Gentleman often remembred in our hiftorie (and that worthily) M". Thomas Hesketh. q| The Time, Rofemarie floureth twice yeare,in the Spring,andafter in Augutt. wilde Rofemarie fourethin lune andIul y: 2. The wilde Rofemarie Clufius hath referred vnto the kindes of Ciftus Ledon,we haueas 4 poorekinfman thereof inferted it in the next place, in kinred or neighbourhoodat the leaft. This wilde Rofemarie is a'fmall wooddie fhrub,growing feldome abouea foot hich, hauing hard bras ches of areddith colour,diuiding themfelues into other {maller branches ofa whitith color:whet onate placed without order diuers long leaues,greene aboue, and hoarie vnderneath, not va rs - sel thofe of the dwarfe Willow,orthe common Rofemarie,ofa drie and aftringent tafte,oflittle fine? ornoneatall: the floures ftand on the tops ofthe branches, fet vponbareornakedfoorftalks, = fifting offiue {mall Jeaucs ofa reddith colou r,fomewhat fhining; after which appeare little knag fulloffmall feed : the rootis toughand wooddie. > a i S ~ . 7 . om three 3. This plant grows vp like an hedge fhrub ofa wooddiefubftance,to the heightoftwoor se : ( a The Names. i Rofemarie is called in Greeke cans: ngoevensi: in Latine, Rofmarinus Coroaaria : it is furnamed. pnitiefordifference {ake betweene it and the other Libanotideswhichare reckoned for kindes of a prntie,and alfo becaufewomen haucbeen acéuftomed-to make crownes and garlands thereof: coronario : in Spanith, Romero: in French and Dutch Bofimaria, Wiseakofmarino Rofemarie is called Rofimarinus[ylue[tris:of Cordus,Chamapence. ; ie 3 @. The Temperature, R bingati is hotand drie in the feconddegrec,and alfo ofan ee 8 Soe ty, as o~Mpoundedofdivers parts,and taking more ofthe mixture of the earthy fu : G The Vertues. Betticsnincndtaniicagiintictaonem,ee tofemarie is giuen againft all fluxes of bloud;it is alfo good efpecially the floures thereof, for A Bue . an memorie,and ftreng ue 1 . fe of head that oummell bin vitneflech that Rofemarie is aremedie againft the ftuffingaie o: 2 abi ; doin cAtefuat tek sprnile of the braine,ifa garland thereofbe putabout the head , whercof . imoniée, Pivfcorides teacheth that it cureth him that hath the yellowiaundice,if iteS be boiled . inwaterand G fore exercife, that after the taking therof the patient muft bathe himfelfe & drink use - 29999 3 a & |