Of woꝛmwode,
bſinthium is named in greke Apſinthion, becauſe no beaſt will touch it foꝛ bitternes, ⁊ in Engliſh woꝛmwode, becauſe it killeth woꝛmes, I ſuppoſe that it was ones called woꝛmecrout, foꝛ in ſome part of Freſland (from whence ſemeth a gꝛeat part of our englyſh tonge to haue come) it is ſo called euen vnto this daye: in duche wermut, in frenche aluine oꝛ abſence.
| VVormvuode Romane. | Abſinthium Ponticum Romæ natum. |
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The kyndes and the places where they growe.
here are thꝛe kyndes of Woꝛmwode, ponticum, marinum, and ſantonicum. Ponticum abſinthium, whych maye be named in engliſh, woꝛmwode gentle oꝛ woꝛmwode Romane, Woꝛmwod pontyke groweth in no place of Englande, that euer I coulde ſe, ſauing only in my loꝛdes gardyne at Syon, ⁊ that I bꝛought out of Germany, foꝛ, thoſe ii. kindes of woꝛmwode which diuerſe take foꝛ pontyke woꝛmwode, are none of pōtike woꝛmwod, Some take yͤ comō great leued woꝛmwode which groweth almoſt in euery place, to be pōtyke woꝛmwode. But they are far deceiued, foꝛ Galene in yͤ 11. boke of methodus medēdi ſheweth plainly in theſe woꝛdes that folowe, that this great leued and ſtynkynge woꝛmwod is not yͤ true pōtyke woꝛmwod. Whē as ther is in euery woꝛmwode a duble poure, in pōtike woꝛmode is there no ſmalle aſtringēt pꝛopertie, ther is in al other woꝛmwodes a very vehemēt bitter qualite. ButA.iiii.as foꝛ aſtric⹀
