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Strowing herbes of all sortes.
Bassel,[E230] fine and busht, sowe in May.
Baulme, set in March.
Camamel.
Costmarie.[E231]
Cousleps and paggles.[E232]
Daisies of all sorts.
Swéete fennell.
Garmander.[E233]
Isop, set in Februarie.
Lauender.
Lauender spike.
Lauender cotten.[E234]
Maierom knotted, sowe or set at the spring.
Mawdelin.[E235]
Penal riall.
Roses of all sorts, in Januarie and September.
Red mints.
Sage.
Tanzie.
Violets.
Winter sauerie.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · "The garden Basill is called in English Basill Royall or Basill gentle, and the smaller kinde is called Bushse (sic) Basill. The herbe bruseNote 2 · "Costmary, L. Costus amarus, Fr. coste amere, misunderstood as Costus Mariæ, an error that has very naturally arisen from this plant having Note 3 · "Paggles," spelt also Paigle, Pagle, Pagel, Peagle, Pegyll and Pygil, a name now confined to the Eastern Counties, and generally assigned toNote 4 · "Our common germander or thistle benet is found and knowne to bee so wholesome and of so great power in medicine, as anie other hearbe, if tNote 5 · "That which is commonly called Sothernewood is the male kinde of this herbe, and that which we doe call Lauender-cotten is the female, namedNote 6 · "Mawdelin," spelt also Maudlin, Mawdeleyn and Maudeline, appears to have derived its name similarly to Costmary, q.v., and to have been appl