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Sweet Maudlin

Description. Common maudlin bath somewhat long and narrow leaves, snipped about the edges. The stalks are two feet high, bearing at the tops many yellow flowers set round together, and all of an equal height, in umbels or tufts like unto tansy; after which followeth small whitish seed, almost as big as wormseed.

Place and time. It groweth in gardens, and flowereth in June and July. Government and virtues. The virtues hereof being the same with costmary or alecost, I shall not make any repetition thereof, lest my book grow too big, but rather refer you unto costmary for satisfaction.