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Show heat | Theatrum Botanicum. 16 Cuan a ath leavepati: ope, theeee toppes or umbels umbels ar are notfa ; i totmany Hy/e fafhioned round, butas it were divided into is called Onite, hath whiter leaves, and partsma 4 thei icedTintuetotret in the to ranches é a. is . ggreat. That Origanumthat nar . 1 ‘ 5 it wer joy: gether, the force or vertue althoughit be doth more refemble Hifope ; it beareth feedin tufts, as sr ee, be reclewse, ated others Conile, (as like,yet is leffe ete@tuall by much. Ww ilde Orig athe ail branches nota foot high,bearing white fowersat the Nicander Colephoniss ) hath leaves like eo ; etic ae sioeloes che Soninot Dioftorides, whereby Trise t ; J 1. Tragoriganum (roticum. 5 ye Goates Organy of Candy, : 2\ y Y Ital rigano - the Spaniards, reganos: Uy none Fay eae arg a ea scan are bitten 7 ie venemousbeafts, and ta be taken with fodden wine, for fuch as have taken Hemi rckesor Opinm sw fe ach ee goodfor thofe that have taken poifon, or the root of Colchicum E phemerum, Itis given with ee tot ‘ etl nat are Luriten; orhavea rupture, convulfions.or cramps, or have the Droplie. "The dryed hearbe eKen-an a Pea Y& akkdencgi: co Nicakhamenee Aa fata ee Rott Doften,or Coftent:the Dutch Orega:and we in Enelith, Organy, aftard Marjerome. ‘ x ; 4 eee oven or baltard Marjerome withTheVertues. wine, is goodfor ah being the ftrange(t and quickeft in tafte, which by eh Poaesri —,eis; caehe fet, IS Origawvm ofDiofcorides, that hath an umbell like unto Dill isnot to be found, \& é A mol ild ti Ni 2 dy EUS PN 24 Tragoriganum latifolium five Maram Cortufi Matthiola, road leafed Goates Bro; i Organy, gany, or Marjerome. j ; {> : ae 43 the oe wa riganum,that beicstetet z the Druggifts isthe neereftPuetediae thereunto, nlefie is gst and Apothecaries ; Saibe his for iticanocalhar Cari AREY7 o Y, By toppesin uunbelsslike unto Dill anarcuctolioever {ome Authors doe vary in their, judgements cons collarages nih toro, forts, we TF omcis dete e (at leaft the trueft hath beene knowne tobe) Origanum cerning them, the firft of themhere fet downe is ; oe gidsone oft Afetstielwe, che inher of\Oiehneneriie| nié Rergcleoricum of Diofeorides. 1 he two next that — ot > chat either of them are the fame,-and thatboth of btothinrefemblance fo neere his Ovités, that we may truelyfay, e1 it grew might bee the caufe) herein itgrewmigh wyherein the foyle themdifferingbut in lareneffe ofleaves, (which the fertility ofthat "Fhe LheTTheater ofofPlantes. Y KS Dy water, purgeth downwards, blacke or melancholick humors. It helpeth to procure wonens ceaian takem with Honey, is helpfull to thofe that have a cough. $t profiteth thofe that havean itch, or are {cab ved and mangy, and thofé that have the Iaundife, are much holpen bya decoction thereof taken when they are ina bach. The juyce of the greene hearbe healech the {wellings of the almonds ofthe throat, and the ‘ulcers of the mouth; it drawethforeh fleagme bythe noftri’s, if ir be infufed in the oyle of Flower-de-luces, Tr-eafeth the paines of the eares,being ufed with milke. A medicine purging by vomit is made with it, Onions, and Sumach, (fuchasis ufed tobe eaten) ing fein the Sunne for 40. dayes, ina copperveffell, whilft the Dogge-ftarre lafteth, All Serpents will avoidethe place where the hearbe is ftrowed. The wild kindeefpecially; healeth: all bytings of venemous beafts, ifthe heads and flowers be taken in wine. “Andto this purpofe Astigonis an ancient Greeke Author,inhis Z AS : Triste. Rhapfodyor huddle of memorable reports,relatetha pretty fable ofa Tortois eating Origanum, when hee goes to fight withthe Serpent, which when one had heedfully obferved, he cutupthe Origanum whereit grew, and took it away; whereofwhen the Tortoife was deprived, he perifhedby the venémousforce ofthe Serpent ; which fa= ble P/utarch inhis natural queftions, relateth fomewhat otherwife : that is, that the Tortoife having eatenof the fleth of a y iper , by eating the hearbe Origanumwas freefrom the danger, The fame Antigonus {erteth downe thergalfoanuttiér fable of Ring-doves, who by putting Origaa#m into their wounds, wete thereby cured. As alfo that if the hills of Ants were ftopped up with Oviganumand Brimftone,they would quickly flic away’: which thing alfo Palladius reporteth, Galen faithall the forts are of a cutting, raref ying; or thinning faculty, and that in “A J Ss S ’ 4: 3+ Traoriganuin Hifpanicum, . Spanith Goates Marjeromie, the third degree, and that the Heracleoticumis ofmore efficacy than Onites, and the wild ftrongerthan either, The -Tragorigcnum Meatthioli. Goated Matjeroukes wich wilde T pre leaved! ‘ ; decottion of Origanum with a few Cloves and Sugar, helpeththofe that have the Hickock exceedingly. The powder thereof mixed withalittle Salt-peter and honey, made intothe manner of a thin EleQuary, anditherewith the téeth being rubbed fordundr ytimes, will make them whiter and firmer. Cuar,. VII. Tragoriganum. Goates Marjerome, Ecanfe the Tagoriganumis joyned next unto the Origasem, I thinkeit fitting for to fhew you’ them in the fame manner, yet ina diftinét chapter by themfelves, for that their face and propertyis a little dif- 9 fering, a , 1, Tragoriganum Creticum, Goates Organy: of Candy. : This {mall lowTragorizanumof Candy hathdivers {mall low branches, not above a foot high, fomewhat wooddy, whereon are {et at feverall joynts two leaves, and fometimes more, which are fomewhat broader, rougher, and harder than the leaves ofCandy Tyme, arid fomewhatlike unto Summer Savory, but of a fadder gteene colour, the {mall hooded gaping flowers {tand at the top of the branches,in feverall diftances about the ftalkes, of a purplith red colour, thewhole plant and everypart thereoftafteth very hot and. fharp; and {mellech a {weet, but fomewhat ftrong and quick, foone piercing the fences, and abideth greeneall the Winter if itbe carefully preferved, butleft without defence, it feldome abideth, the roote {preadeth with many{mall fibres therear, 2, Tragoricanumlatifolium frve Marum Cortufi Matthiolo, Broad leafed:Goates Orgaiy. or Matjerome. This other Goats Marjeromeis.a fine {mall bufhyplant,littleabove halfe -a foot high; ‘whofe ftalkes are not fo wooddy, but tenderer like Marjerom, with many{mall-{mooth gentle leaves; two far the-moft: part {er together ata joynt, fomewhatbroaderthan our Mattick Tyme, offo ftrong, hot, and quick a fcerit, that being: little bruifed andfinelled unto} it pierceth the fences more than the former, and commeth fomewhar-neete unto: the {cent of Calamint or Pennyroyall ; the fowers are {mall and purple, growing upto the toppesofthe branches, from betweene the joynts; this bideth greene alfo like the former, but requireth as ‘much. care in the preferving it in the Winter, as the former: theroot isa blackifh buth ofmany fibres fet togethet Jike Marjerome, 4 _ 3+ Lragoriganum Hifpanicum. Spanifh Goates Marjerome. This Spanith kinde rifeth up fomewhat higher than the former,-with whiter and hardet . ftalkes, the leaves are whiteralfo, {maller,narrower,and longerthan {weet, but nothing fo ftrong or quick, nor taftingthey, and.moreftore ufnally at every joynt, {melling fomewhat fo horasthey: the Aowersare white! and ie At iectedildia {tances towards thetops of theftalkes,but largerand more gaping, (tanding in brownifh greene huskes: this alfo abideth greenin the winter,but is more hardlypreferved thaneither ofthe former :the root is more wooddy, and leflebufhythan they, 4. Tragori- ; : = . . Tragoriganum ;wy = ‘ Matte Iinum, t. with wilde Tymele wv ft fer a k he faith he 3 idee fonts doth aflume to be fo, having ing mt |