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that arise from the heat, sharpness and cor- 
ruption of blood and choler. The distilled 
water hereof taken by itself or with the 
powder of the herb or seed, is very effectual 
to all the purposes aforesaid, and is ac- 
counted one of the most sovereign remedies 
to cool all manner of inflammations, break- 
ing out through heat, hot swellings and 
imposthumes, gangrene and fistulous can- 
kers, or foul filthy ulcers, being applied 
or put into them; but especially for all 
sorts of ulcers and sores happening in the 
privy parts of men and women. It helps 
all fresh and green wounds, and speedily 
heals them. The juice dropped into the 
ears, cleanses them being foul, and having 
running matter in them. 
It is very prevalent for the premises; as 
also for broken joints and ruptures. 
LADIES’ MANTLE. 
Descript.] Ir has many leaves rising 
from the root standing upon long hairy 
foot-stalks, being almost round, and a little 
cut on the edges, into eight or ten parts, 
making it seem like a star, with so many 
corners and points, and dented round about, 
of a light green colour, somewhat hard in. 
handling, and as it were folded or plaited 
at first, and then crumpled in divers places, 
and a little hairy, as the stalk is also, which 
rises up among them to the height of two 
or three feet; and being weak, is not able 
to stand upright, but bended to the ground, 
divided at the top into two or three small 
branches, with small yellowish green heads, 
and flowers of a whitish colour breaking out 
of them; which being past, there comes a 
small yellowish seed like a poppy seed: 
The root is somewhat long and black, with 
many strings and fibres thereat. 
Place.] It grows naturally in many pas- 
tures and wood sides in Hertfordshire, 
Wiltshire, and Kent, and other places of 
abides after seedtime green all the Winter. 
Government and virtues.| Venus claims 
the herb as her own. Ladies’ Mantle is 
very proper for those wounds that have in- 
flammations, and is very effectual to stay 
bleeding, vomitings, fluxes of all sorts, 
bruises by falls or otherwise, and helps rup- 
tures; and such women as have large 
breasts, causing them to grow less and hard, 
being both drank and outwardly applied; 
the distilled water drank for 20 days 
together helps conception, and to retain the 
birth; if the women do sometimes also sit in 
a bath made of the decoction of the herb. 
It is one of the most singular wound herbs 
that is, and therefore highly prized and 
praised by the Germans, who use it in all 
wounds inward and outward, to drink a de- 
coction thereof, and wash the wounds there- 
with, or dip tents therein, and put them 
into the wounds, which wonderfully dries 
up all humidity of the sores, and abates in- 
flammations therein. It quickly heals all 
green wounds, not suffering any corruption 
to remain behind, and cures all old sores, 
though fistulous and hollow. 
LAVENDER. 
Berne an inhabitant almost in every 
garden, it is so well known, sa it needs 
no description. 
Time.| It flowers about the end of June, 
and beginning of July. 
Government and virtues.| Mercury owns 
the herb, and it carries his effects very po- — 
tently. Lavender is of a special good use 
for all the griefs and pains of the head and _ 
brain that proceed of a cold cause, as the — 
apoplexy, falling-sickness, the dropsy, or — 
sluggish malady, cramps, convulsions, pal- _ 
sies, and often faintings. It strengthens _ 
the stomach, and frees the liver and 
spleen from obstructions, ater? women’ 
birth. ‘The Serene tee] 
