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Show 478 The Kischen Garden pLbe Kischen Garden. the Kitchen Garden, both of them bearing many foure {quare wooddy ftalkes, in fomewhiter, in others . tedder, as the leaues arealfo,ftanding by couplesat the ioynts, being long, rough, anf The Vieof. Clary. wrinkled, ofa ftrong {weete fent : atthe tops of the ftalkes come forth the lowers fe like vnto the dod at certaine {paces oneaboue another, which are long and gaping, The moft frequent.and commonvie ofClary, is for mener womenthat haue weake backes,.to helpe to comfort and ftrengthen thé raincs. beine made into Tanfies and eaten, or otherwile. The feede is vied bf fometo be of Clary, ordead Nettles, but ofa blewith purple colour ; after whichicome fr 4 round feede inthe huske that bore the flower ; the-roote is) wooddy ,. with id timeinto Spring ftringsat-it+Ie'ismore vfually planted. of the flips, pricked iin the the ground, thea of theifeed, putintothecotnet of thecye, if any mote or other thing haué happened into it: butafluredly although this may peraduentire doe {eine good yet the feede ofthewilde will;doe much more. ‘The leaues taken dry, and dipped intoa batter eee of the yolkes of egges, lower, and’ litcle milke, and then fryed with butter vatillthey be crifpe, {crue fora dith of meate accepted with manie, vnpleafant to none. Salute minor fine pinnata, Small Sage or Sage of vertire. The leffer Sage is imail things like vatéthe former white Sage, butmoft thatpartat his bran: hauing forthe ches are long andflender, and the leaues much {maller, bottome of each fide of the leafe a peece of a leafe, which makethit thew like Gals oreares : the flowers alfo are of a blewith purple colour, but leffer. Of thiskinde thereis one that beareth white flowers, f * (En are WILL Nepera. Nep. The Vie ofSage, Sage is much vfed ofmany in the monethofMay fafting,withbutterand Parfley, andis held of moft much to conduce to the health of mans bod Tris alfo much vied among other good herbes to bee tund Vp with Ak which thereuponis termed Sage Alc, wheteot many barrelsfull are made, and drunke in rhe {aid moncth chiefly forthe purpofe aforerecited:and alfo for teeming women, to helpethem thebetter forward in their childebe. ring, ifthere be feare ofabortion or mifcarrying, It is alfo vfed to be boyled amongother herbes, to make Gargles or watersto wath fore mouthsand throates : As alfo amongotherherbes, that ferue as bathings, to wafh menslegs or badies in the Summer time,tocomfort nature,and warmeandftrengthen aged cold finew es, and lengthenthe ftrength of the younger. TheKitchen vfeis either to boyleit with a Calues head and being minced, to be put with the braines, vinegar and pepper,to ferae as an ordinary fawce thereunto : Orbeing beaten and iuyced (rather thet minced as ma- nic doe) is pur toa rofted Pigges braines, with Currans forfawce thereunto. It is in {mall quantity (in regard of the ftrone taftethereof) pura mong other fafting herbes, to ferueas fawcefor peeces of Veale. when they are farfed orftuffed therewith, and rofted, whichtheycall Ollives. Forall the purpofes aforefaid, the {mail Sage is accounted to beofthe more force and vertue, ees ‘4 79 A Lrhoughthofe that are Herbarifts do know three forts of Nep,a greater & two leffer, yet becaufe the leffer are not vftiall; but in the Gardens of thofethar de- light in natures varieties,[donothere fhewyou them!That whichis vfuall(and called of manie Cat Mint) beareth fquareftalkes ;- but not fo gteacas Clatie, hauing two leaues at eucry ioynt, femewhatlike vnto Balme or Speare Mintes , but whiter, fofter, and longer, and nicked about the edges, of a ftrong fent, but nothing fo ftrong as Clary : the flowers groweat thetoppes of the ftalkes , asit were in long {pikes or heads , fomewhat clofetogether, yet compafling theftalkes at certaineioynts, of a whitith colour, for formeand bigneffe like vnto Balme, or {omewhatbigger : the tootes are compofedof a number offirings, which dye not, but keepe greeneIeanes vpon themall the Winter, and fhooteanew in the Spring. Itis propagated both by thefeede , and byflipping the rootes. ‘ The Vie of Nep, Nep is much vfed ofwomen either inbaths or drinkes to procure their feminine coutfes: as alfo with Clarie, being fryed into Tanfies 'toftrengthentheir backes. Itis much commended ef fome,if the iuyce thereof be drunke with wine , to helpe thofe that are bruifed by fome fall ; or othér accident. A decoaion of Nep is auaileablero cure. the {cabbeinthe head, r other places ofthe body. Co Crap. VIL, Horminumfativum, Garden Clary. Here is but one fort of Garden Clary, though manywilde, which hath fourt {quares ftalks, with broad rough wrinkled whitith leaues. fomewhat vaeueBly cut in on the edges,and ofa ftrong fweete fent.growing fome next the ground, & fome by couples vpon the ftalkes:the flowers groweatcerraine diftances, with tW9 {mall leaues at the ioynts vnder them » fomewhat like vnto the fowers of Sage, but leffer, and ofa very whitith or bleake blew colour: the feede is ofa blackifh browne Polour;{omewhat flat, and not fo round-as the wilde: the rootes fpread nor farre,a” perith euiery yeare that they beare flowers and feede. Iris altogether to bee fowne of Aced inthe Spring time, yet fometimes it will rife ofit owne fowing. The Cuap. IX. Melia. Baulme. Ti Garden Baulnie which is of common knowne vfeé, hath divers fquare blackifh greene ftalkes,and round, hard,darke, greene pointed leaues, growing thereon bycouples, a little notched about theedges, ofa pleafant fweete fent, drawing neareft to the fent of a Lemon or Citron ; andtherefore of {omecalled Ci- trezo the flowers groweabouttheroppes of the -ftalkesat'certainediftances , being finall and gaping, ofa pale carnation colour, almoft white : the rootcs: faften them= felues ftrongly in the ground, and endure many-yeares , andis ‘encreafed by dividing “= tootes ;for the leaues dye downe tothe ground! euery yeare, leauing no thew of tAninge o theshe Winter. eafe orftalke in nes |