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Show = 4 Of theHiftoryof Plants. ; 1 Origanum Heratleoticum. ee Lip. 2 Of the Hiftory of Plarits: 66 Tene and the leaues alfo greene all this winter long,1597.althoughit hath been faid that it doth perifh + : arthe firtt froft,as fweete Marjetome doth. : Englith wilde Marjerome is exceedingly well knownetoall, to haue long,ftiffe, and hard falkes of two cubits high,fer with leaues like thofe of fweet Marjerome, but broader and greater, maofa ruffet greene colour,on the top of the branches ftandtufts ofpurplefloures, compofedof ny final €aes fet together very clofely vmbellfafhion. ‘The root creepeth in the ground,andis long lafting. ; @ The Place. regions. Thee plants do grow wilde in the kingdome of Spaine,Italy, and other of thofe hot The laof the foure doth grow wilde in the borders offields, and low copfes, in moft places of England. The Time. They floure and flourithin the Sommer moneths, afterward the feedis perfected. ; The Names. Baftard Marjerome is called in Greekeyé4.<and that which is furnamed Heracleoticum, seszars ifeneenm: ofdiuers it is called Cumila:in fhops,origanwm Hilpanicum, Spanifh Organy: our Euglith wilde Marjerome is called in Greeke Of Djofcorides, Galen,and Pliny, Onitis,of fome, Agrioré sum, or Sylvefire OMganum : in Italian, Origano « in Spanith Oregano: in French, Mariolaine bafiarde -in-Englith, Organe,baftatd Marjerome:and that of ours,wilde Marjerome, and groue Marjerome. @ The Temperature. Allthe Ogganies docut, attenuate, or make thin, dry, and heate, and thatinthe third degree; and Galen ted@heth that wilde Marjerome is more forceable and of gicaterftrength, notwithftanding Organy of Candy whichis brought dry out of Spaine (whereof I hauea plant in my garden) ismore biting than aityof thereft, and ofgreateft heate. ; cS ] The Vertues. Organy giulen inwine isaremedy againftthe bitings,and ftingings ofvenomous beafts,and cu- relh thenithat haue drunke Opiam,orthe juice of blacke poppy,or hemlockes, efpecially ifit be giu + 3 OriganumCreticum. Wilde Marjerome of Candy. . Origanum Anglicum. Englifh wilde Marjerome rith wine and raifons ofthe funne. ; e decoction of Organy prouokethvrine,bringeth downe the monethlycourfe, and is given With goodfucceffe to. thofe that haue the dropfie. Itis profitably vfed ina loach, or a medicine tobe licked againft an old coughandthe ftuffing ofthe lungs, Ithealeth {cabs, irches, and {curuineffe,being vfed in bathes,andir taketh away the bad colour { Which comrmeth of the yellow jaundice, Theweéight ofa dram taken with meade or Lonied water, dtaweth forth by ttoole blacke and filthy humors, as ie and Pliny write. The juice mixed with a little milke, being poured into’ the eares, mitigateth the paines thereof, y The fame mixed with the oile of Ireos, or the rootes of the white Florentine floure de Inée,and dtawne vp into the nofthrils, draweth downewater and flegme:the herbe ftrowed vpon the ground driueth away ferpents. as The decoGionloofeth the belly andvoideth choler;and drunke with vineger helperhthe infirtitiesofthe fpleene,and drunke in wine helpeth againft al! mortal! poifons, andfor that caufe it 4sput into mithridate and treacles prepared for that purpofe. ane on areeafie tobe takenin potions, andtherefore to good purpofe they may be vied Ps mini red vnto fuch as cannot brooke their meate, and to fuch as haue a fowre and {qamifh "awatery ftomacke,as.alfoagaintt the fivouning ofthe heart. ; Sseond and chird fizures were formerly tranfpoled. Cuar. 219. Of Goates eMearjerome,or Organy. G The Defiription. reT He ftalkes of Goates Orgaiiy areflénder,hard and wooddy, ofa blackifh colour,whe on =e fet long leaues, ercater than thofe of the wilde Time,fweete of fmell, rough, sOMe ‘ton c Jat haity. The floures be {mall,and growout of little crownes or wharles round about I the ftalkes, tending toa purple colour. The root is {mall and threddy. Kkk 2 a Carolus |
