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Show Cuar.2. Theatrum Botanicum. TRIBE! toour Savioutrs mouth whenhe was onthe Crofle, in that ourordinary Hyfope bath not {0 long a se eaeenight reachupfo high s but both the Evangelilts, Afatthew and Afarke fay it wasa rede, and it may bee t att i" ylope tale was bound therevnto, for Saint John as an eye witneffe of what was done,calleth itas before: Nowitis not likelythat the Iewes hadan or thePhyficke Garden, TRIBE. 1. = 4 2» Satureia bortenjis. Cuarez 3+ Satureia /picat 5. Zeliant. other Hyfope,divers both from the Greekes & Arabians;but rather that their Hy fope was the fame ofthe Arabians,being their necre neighbours, and as it fhould feeme, was fo familiar to their Countrey,that it grew on mud:e-walles.as the Scripture faith that Salemon fpake of it swhich I verily thinke oe ary doth not. But Hyfope is often mentioned in the Scripture, to bee ufed inthe Iewes ceremonic 8, which was not Withont material fignification ; for as Saint Paxlfaith, all was done among them in types and figures, andto beg rightly underftood and. well applied were worthie of muchobférvation and goodufe, Now although the true Hyfope of Diofcorides,and the other Greekes, is not yet certainely knowne,yet affuredly this which is knowae, and generally receaved,mayfafely beufed in the ftead thereof; untill the true Hyfope maybe knowne, ; The Vertues. Bl Diofcorides {aith, that Hyfope boyled with Rue and Hony, and drunke doth helpe thofe that aré troubled with Conghes , fhortneffe of breath, wheefing, and rheumatic ke diftillations upon the lungs ; taken alfo with Oxymel, it pergeth groffe humours bythe ftoole, and with hony killeth the worines in the belly, and taken alfo with freth or newfigges bnufed, helpethto loofen the belly, but more forcibly, ifthe roote of the Flowerde- Shi} SS ax \' Juce'and Crefles (yet fome copiesin ftead of Cardamon have Cardamomum, which Inever vum) be added thereunto: itamendeth and cherifherh the native colour of the body, {poyled by the yellow-jaun- knewput into anypurging medicine in our times,and AZacer his verfe doth intimate Crefles thus 3 Cardama fi jungasbis folvesfortis al. dife,helpeth the dropfie and the {plene,if it be taken with figges and nitar: being boiled with Wine; it is good to wath inflamations, it taketh away the blewand blacke {pottes, and markes that come by{trokes, bruifes, or falles: being applied with warme water > itis alfo an excellent medicine for thofe, that are troubled with the Quinfie, or {welling in the throate,to wathand gargle it,being boyled withFigges ; it helpeth the tooth-ach, being boyled in vinegarand gargled therewith;the hot vapours of the decoétion,taken by a funnel in at the cares, eafeth the inflamiationsof them, A4efires faith the finging noyfe of them ; Pliny addeth, thatit isan enemy to the ftomacke, and provokethcafting being taken withfigges : being bruifed, and falt, hony, and cumminfeede puttoit, it helpeth thofe that are ftung byferpents. Galenis verybriefe herein and onelyfaith, it is hor and dryin the third degree, andofthin parts. AZarthiolus faith that our Hyfopeis of thinnepart s, and that it cutteth & breaketh tough flegme, it rarifieth or maketh thinne that whichis thicke or grofle, it openeth that whichis ftopped, and clenfeth thar whichis corrupt, the oyle thereof being annoynted 4» Thypibra five Satureia Cretiga tegitinads killeth lice,and thofe that havethe falling fickneffe,which wayfoever itbeapplyed,taketh awaythe itching ofthe head,ir helpeth but more efpecially being made into pilles in this manner. Take of Hyfope, Horehound and Caftoreum, ofeach halfea dragme, of theroote of Peonye (the male kinde is moft properin this difeafe) two drammes,of Affafetida one feruple, let them all bee beatenas they fhould be,& madeinto fevenpilles(or more ifthey be too grear withthe juyce ofHyfope,and one ofthe of two {mall ones,taken everynight goirig to bed is appointed ; the beft Phyfitians of our tymes,afluredlygreater, dee account it,to behotand dry in the third deoree, and of thinne parts; for being fharpe anda little bitter withall » they apply it effeually, for all cold griefes or difeafes ofthe cheft and lungs, helping to expectorate tough flegmé, fluffeth thar or oppreffeth them, being takeneither ina Zohoc or licking medicine, or in a Syrtpe,or in a decoétion thus ; Take an handfull of Hyfope, anyother Way, and two ounces of figges, and one ounce ofSugarcandy, boyle them iina quart of Muftadine, untill o halfe a pint i be confumed, which being ftraine d, & taken e mornin g and Jeth much torthofe thatare troubled with an old cough, by caixfing the tough flegme the moreeafilytoevening, avaiit helpeth alo to provoke vrine being ftoppe be avoided + d, or thatis made by droppes: it helpe th to breake Winde, andto caufe womens mc methly courfes, and eafet h the fharpefitts of agues ; the greene hearb e being bruifed anda little fugar pnt thereto;doth quickly heale any greene wound or cut in the hand, or elfe where being applied thereto, tile A ld Se RC e e Cuapr, II; Thymbra frveSatureia, aan ere are Foureorfive forts of Savo rye,two moft Savorie. ufually to be feene in many gardens,but there S| others that are more rare. are three renee ie t 1, Satureia vulgaris, WinterSavorie; sae = The common Wintér Savor afoote high, with diverfe {mall hard y,is a {mal & low buthie herbe,very like unto Hyfope.but not much branches, & hard darke greene leave abové s theron,as thicke fet as Hyfope, & times but withfoure leaves fet atajo fomeynt, ofareafonable {rong fent, yet not fo muchasthe Sommer inde : flowers are of a pale purplith colour, the ferat feverall diftances at the toppe s of the ftalkes, and leaves alfo under them: the roote hathdivers {mall ally encreafed byflipping then fowin{trings thereat,and abideth with greeneleaves all the winter, andis more ufug. E cae 3 2, Sethreia Hortenfis. Sommér Savor ie, { ; j longnarowteayesae cone ong ‘gethoSamidep ar ld donegee {mall and purplith, fer at the joynt > wi htwo Joyntss with two leave leaves under themupto dark Sintthea Q e colour >» bigg toppesnaf er then TSTyme feede byth siftalke bigger of the an sa the ayfeedei oo s offa2 e halfe: ; the rootes have fewerfirings mult be new fowne everyyeare, é 1 and perif ffh every evry y yeare, d incianl : E eo F Satureia Spicata S, Julian, 3 _s = orie hath many Rocke Savorie, flen : a nate =. ery Ai anddet,hard,and woodybrownithftalkes about a foot long ,whereon doé grow narrow leaves,verylike to the leave s ofthe true Tyme,but fomewhat at fe= iahae oa . en longer,of gweetae at the toppes of fBimesh bor enS the ee branches,come forth many {pik e rys On the themthnn ruttaber avo forthva purpl ed heads of f ith flowers 3 whichafterwar ciy a {inall| ,brownit wards ds give ith ik h fede, morelike llbe fometimes of a fad purpli as6 for theC moft part all Sea : Sa plantsare : this , witha ; doth feldome endure a winter : . plith colour, : dafht over white with on White m mealines . 4. Thymbra five Satureia Cresica legitima, The true Savorie f chetthhfort CStretsy Thétrué Savoryy of Canddic ie}bran of Cand; h fromthe ground like Te e Ce a: Tyme, with manypur plifh fquare branch covered or hayrie downe: fromthe lowér s of the ftalkes come alwaies two branches, and. two etatthem, and foin like mannerall along the branjoynt,one againft another on the contra- <cunto the leavesofthe true Tyme, rye, of a fweete {ent andfharpe tafte bee and Savory ; onthe toppes of the branches at certaine diltances one above another,grow forth heads or tufts of greene leaves, from among which ftart forth many, u fh flowers like unto Tyme, {landing in brownith the feede is ofa blackifh brownecolour, verylike unto Tyme; the roote is fomewhat long, hard and woody, nall blackih fibers srowi om it, and will with us as the laft, although the lower 1 thé:ground areaptto take roote, which turall place whereit feeleth nocold eth. rickly Savory of Candy. nof Afount Baldus maketh y defcription or fur“thereis {mall diffe = that as in the Cham rickes on them at the on any further knowhinus alfo hath nention of another, received froin Contarenus tbecaufe I doe no ke it to be a Savory, € as wilde he: in divers parts of Es in the end of fummer , 5 |