Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RUE: here in this place I’ll set a bank or rue, sour herb of grace. Rue was an important herbal medicine as well as a pun on ‘regret’.
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HYSSOP: our bodies are gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners…set hyssop or weed up thyme. Hyssop was formerly so well known that it needed no description but it is less commonly used as a herb now.
