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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE THE SECOND BOOKETOF 1 Ocimum magnum. 3 Palegium angustifolinm Narrowe leafed Pennie royal, , i GicatBaiill Ra % The place. 2 Ocimum mediumcitratum, aoe Citron Bafill, The firft and common Pennie foyall, grovieth patuitallie wildeinmoift and ouerflowenplaces;as in the Common neere London called, Milesende, aboiitthe holes and pondes thereofin fundtie ph. ces: froin whence poore womert bringpplenti¢te felkirv London markets, andit growethinfinds other commons netre London hikewile} The fecorid growethin mygarden: the thitde] hanenotas yet {eene; se Thétime, They flower from the beginning of Tuneto ende of Anguft, the The name’. Pennie royall is called in Greeke yaizer, and of tentimes Zaher: in Latine Buleginm,-and Pulegion regale, for difference fake betweene it.and wilds Time,which offomeis called Pislegivmmanta: in Italian Padegio >in Spanith Poleo : inDutch [Po ley in French Pow/zot : in Englith Pennie royal, Pudding gtaffe,Puliall royall,and offome Organic. % The nature. Pennie royall is hot and drie in the third degree,and offubtile parts,as Galen faith. : %& The vertues. prouoketh the monethly termes , bringeth foorthtx A Pennie royall boiled inwine and drunken, it prouoketh vrine, ‘and breaketh the ftoneeipec fecondine, the dead childe and ynnaturall birth: ally of the kidneis. B the breaft fromall grofieand Pennieroyall taken with honie , clenfeththe lungs, and cleereth a thicke humours. helpetnt humours; melancholie byftoole purgeth The fame taken with honie and Aloes, ee ! crampsand drawingtogither of finewes. 3 Ocimum minus Gariophyllat, Bufh Bafill, : to el defire to vomite, & chepaie The fame taken with water and vineger, aflwageth the inordinate i ’ of the ftomacke. EB in great quantitie drie, and caftinto com) Ifyou haue when youare at the fea Pennie royall «ft shel water, it helpethit much,neitherwill ic hart themthatdiinke thereof. great force againftthe™ is of A Garland of Pennieroiall made andworne about thehead, x The place. | ming in the head,the paines and giddines thereof. Bafill is fowettin- gardens; and inearthenpots. It commethvp quickly, and lovethlitle moifture fichlike,$ = The decoétion ofPenniroyal is verie good againft ventofitie,windines,or to ficoush woman the for ftew abatheor in vied motherbeing the hardnes and {topping ofthe OfBafill. cept in the middle-ofthe day; otherwife if foweninrainie weather, the feede will putrifie, and groweinto ielli¢ or flime,and come to nothing. % The time. Bafill fowreth in Tune and fulyand that by! Chap.212. % Thedeféription. ArdenBafillis oftwofortes, differing one from anotherin bignes. The ffthath? 4 thicke,andfatleaues, of a pleafant {weete fell, and of which fomeone ea ate ofa blacke reddifh colour, fomewhatfnipt about the edges, not valike tf French Mercurie. Theftalke growethtothe height of halfe a cubite, dividing ixfelfe nd to! branches, whereupondoftandefinalland bafe flowers fometimes whitifh, and oftente®™ = pole pint darke purple.The roote is threddie,anddieth at the approchofwinter. 2 themiddle Bafillis verylike vnto the former, but it is altogither leffer. The ™ ve be of 2 moft odoriferous fmell , not vnlike the fmell ofa Limon,or Citron, whereof ittoo® name, % Thedefiription. 3 ButhBafill,or fine Bafill,isa low andbafe plant, hauing athreddie roote, from whichtife vp. manic finall and tender ftalkes, branched into diners armes or boughes,wheruponate placed many little leaues, lefferthatfthofe‘of Pennie royall. The whole plant is ofamoftpleafing {weere fmell. and litcle, whereby itis long a flowring, beginning firft at the top. \\ % The names , Bafillis called in Greeke%por and @in the firft in Latine sf Ocimum. Icditfereth from Ocymum whith-we haueycalled Certale , as we mai ftorie of Graine. Thelatter Grecians haue called it gendsidv tin fhops likewile 4 bs BNnd Regier 3 Albahaca: in : French Bafile Peas NN re SStm= in Spanith An Englith Bafill , Garden Bafil], pater Bafi} loue baa ov » the Jefler Bafill gentle, and Buth Bafillxoffome Ba/iienm Gariophyllatum, cam 2 % The |