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that happen in the lungs, and it comforteth the heart and fainting fpirits ; the leaves 
outwardly applied to the fkin will raife blifters, which hath .caufed fome to thik it 
dangerous to be taken inwardly. There ig an ufual drink made hereof, with aqua: 
vite and {pices, frequently, and without any offence or cman} but to good purpofe, 
a de in qualms and paffions of the heart. 
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OUR garden rofemary is fo well known, that I need not defcribe it. ig atl. 
Time. It flowereth in April and May with us, and fometimes again in Auguft. 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtues, The Sun claims privilege in it, and it is under the 
coeleftial Ram. ‘It isan herb of as great ufe with us as any whatfoever, not only for 
phyfical, but civil, purpofes. T he phyfical ufe of it (being my prefent tafk) is very 
much both for inward and outward difeafes; for, by the warming and comforting 
_heat hereof, it helpeth all cold difeafes, both of the head, ftomach, liver, and belly. ge 
~ The decoction thereof in wine helpeth the cold difti ations of rheum into the eyes, ! 
- and all other cold difeafes of the head and brain, as the giddinefs or fwimming there- 
in, drowfinefs; or dulnefg of the mind and fenfes, the dumb palfy, or lofs of fpeech, 
_ the'lethargy, and falling-ficknefs, to be both drunk and the temples bathed there- 
with. It helpeth the pains inthe gums and teeth, by rheum falling into them, or, by 
2 cremaee caufing ‘an evil {mell from them, or a ftinking breath. . It helpeth a 
_ weakymemory, and quickeneth the fenfes. It is ver oe arid to the ftomach i ‘in 
~allthe cold griefs thereof, helping digeftion, the deco 
wine. It is a remedy for wind in the ftomach els, ¢ 
_ olys.as alfo wind in the fpleen. . It helpeth thofe that are liv 
~ ebftruétions thereof. It helpeth dim eyes, and procureth a 
thereof being taken, all the while it is flowering, every morning fafting, with peal 
and falt. Both Diofcorides and Galen fay, that, i if a + decoction be made thereof with 
water, and they that have. the yellow jaundice do xercife their bodi prefently after 
the taking thereof, it will certainly curethem. _ The flowers, and the confervemade 
ws Lay are good to comfort: the heart, and to exp el the contagiot ‘of the” peftilence , 5: ea 
: ee herb in oles ee: chambers correcte i | . 
is a 5 fovercign help ‘eit all ¢ lifeal s afc 
