Savory might be supposed to get its name as being a plant of special savour, but the name comes from its Latin name _Saturcia_, through the Italian _Savoreggia_. It is a native of the South of Europe, probably introduced into England by the Romans, for it is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon recipes under the imported name of Savorie. It was a very favourite plant in the old herb gardens, and both kinds, the Winter and Summer Savory, were reckoned "among the farsing or farseting herbes, as they call them" (Parkinson), _i.e._, herbs used for stuffing.[275:1] Both kinds are still grown in herb gardens, but are very little used. FOOTNOTES: [275:1] "His typet was ay farsud ful of knyfes And pynnes, for to give fair wyves." _Canterbury Tale_, Prologue. "The farced title running before the King." _Henry V_, act iv, sc. 1 (431). The word still exists as "forced;" _e.g._, "a forced leg of mutton," "forced meat balls." SEDGE. (1) _2nd Servant._ And Cytherea all in Sedges hid, Which seem to move and wanton with her breath, Even as the waving Sedges play with wind. _Taming of the Shrew_, Induction, sc. 2. (53). (2) _Iris._ You nymphs, called Naiads, of the winding brooks, With your Sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks. _Tempest_, act iv, sc. 1 (128). (3) _Julia._ The current that with gentle murmur glides, Thou knowest, being stopped, impatiently doth rage; But when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every Sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage; And so by many winding nooks he strays With willing sport to the wild ocean. _Two Gentlemen of Verona_, act ii, sc. 7 (25). (4) _Benedick._ Alas, poor hurt fowl! now will he creep into Sedges. _Much Ado About Nothing_, act ii, sc. 1 (209). (5) _Hotspur._ The gentle Severn's Sedgy bank. _1st Henry IV_, act i, sc. 3 (98). (6) _See_ REEDS, No. 7.