AND COMPLETE HERBAL; 221 
decoétion thereof is good for the toothach. Two fpoonfuls of the diftilled water of 
the flowers taken help them that have loft their voice;\as alfo the tremblings and 
pafiions of the heart, and faintings and {woonings, not only being drunk, but applied 
tothe temples or noftrils; but itis not fafe to ufe it where the body is replete with 
blood and humours, becaufe of the hot and fubtile fpirits wherewith it is poffeffed. 
The chymical oi! drawn from lavender, ufually called oil of fpike, is of fo fierce and 
piercing) a {pirit, that it is cautioufly to be ufed, fome few drops being fufficient to ~ 
be given with other things, either inwardly or outwardly. 
a.HI04 vie lor b>: Ue AVENDER COTTON. 
maspye being a common garden herb, I fhalk forbear the defcriptions only take notice 
‘hat it ‘flowereth i in June and July. 
* Govern tent AND Virtues. Itis under the dominion of Mercury. Ic refifteth 
poifon, putrefaction, and helps the bitings of venomous bealts.: adrachm of the 
‘powder of the dried leaves; raided every morning fafting, in any convenient vehicle, 
‘tops t the tunning of ché teins ‘in’men, and whites in women : thefeed being beaten 
- into powder, and taken as wormfeed) kills worms: theilike doth the herb itfelf, being 
_ boiled in milk, and the milk bec 3h {cabs and itch a are cured by bathing with a de- 
coction of it. 
‘¢ O84 
saiyl LADIES: SMOCK, OR. CUCKOO. FLOWER, 
Dasente fon “THE root's ‘compbofed of many {mall white threads, from tender 
a ps leaves, fet one* againit another, upon a middle rib, the greatett being 
_ at the’ends; aniongtt which rife up divers tender, weak, round, green, ftalks, fome- 
“what ftraked, with longer and Imaller leaves. upon them ; onthe’ tops of which ftand 
Lowers, almott” like ftock eilifiowers, ‘but! rounder’ and not fo long, ofa. blufhing 
“white colour: ‘the feed is veddifh, ‘and growethj in hfe! poetics, being of pene 
“iting tafte, and’ foi is the herb. des . 
oF Lace, T hey grow in ‘moitt places and hear to brook’ fides. 
pie. zs hey. flower i in | April or May, and aod ied leaves continue green pall the 
___ Government anp VirTvEs. They are under the dominion of the moon, and 
ver y little’ inferior to water-crefles in all their ¢ operations: they are very good for the 
“feurvy? they provoke urine’ and break the flone, and excellently warm a cold and 
: * gg ——— ee sels i sea mod Benes Seg 
Paks -_ 
* zt ee | ER 
