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It helps digestion, quenches thirst, increases 
milk in nurses, eases griping pains in the 
stomach or bowels, that come of choler. 
Applied outwardly to the region of the 
heart, liver or reins, or by bathing the said 
place with the juice of distilled water, 
wherein some white Sanders, or red Roses 
are put; not only represses the heat and 
inflammations therein, but comforts and 
strengthens those parts, and also tempers 
the heat of urine. Galen advises old men 
to use it with spice; and where spices are 
wanting, to add mints, rochet, and such like 
hot herbs, or else citron lemon, or orange 
seeds, to abate the cold of one and heat of 
the other. The seed and distilled water of 
the Lettuce work the same effects in all 
things; but the use of Lettuce is chiefly 
forbidden to those that are shortwinded, or 
have any imperfection in the lungs, or spit 
blood. 
WATER LILY. 
Or these there are two principally noted 
kinds, viz. the White and the Yellow. 
Descript.| The White Lily has very 
large and thick dark green leaves lying on 
the water, sustained by long and thick 
foot-stalks, that arise from a great, thick, 
round, and long tuberous black root 
spoongy or loose, with many knobs thereon, 
green on the outside, but as white as snow 
within, consisting of divers rows of long 
and somewhat thick and narrow leaves, 
smaller and thinner the more inward they 
be, encompassing a head with many yel- 
low threads or thrums in the middle ; where, 
after they are past, stand round Poppy-like 
heads, full of broad oily and bitter seed. 
The yellow kind is little different from 
the former, save only that it has fewer 
_ leaves on the flowers, greater and more 
shining seed, and a whitish root, both with- 
_ in and without. The root of both is some- 
_ what sweet in taste. 
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Place.| They are found growing in great 
of a strong, though pleasing 
pools, and standing waters, and sometimes 
in slow running rivers, and lesser ditches 
of water, in sundry places of this land. 
Time.| They flower most commonly 
about the end of May, and their seed is 
ripe in August. 
Government and virtues.| The herb is 
under the dominion of the Moon, and there- 
fore cools and moistens like the former. 
The leaves and flowers of the Water Lilies 
are cold and moist, but the roots and seeds 
are cold and dry; the leaves do cool all 
inflammations, both outward and inward 
heat of agues; and so doth the flowers also, 
either by the syrup or conserve; the syrup 
helps much to procure rest, and to settle 
the brain of frantic persons, by cooling the 
hot distemperature of the head. The seed 
as well as the root is effectual to stay fluxes 
of blood or humours, either of wounds or of 
the belly; but the roots are most used, and 
more effectual to cool, bind, and restrain all 
fluxes in man or woman. The root is like- 
wise very good for those whose urine is hot 
and sharp, to be boiled in wine and water, 
and the decoction drank. The distilled wa- 
ter of the flowers is very effectual for all the 
diseases aforesaid, both inwardly taken, 
and outwardly applied; and is much com- 
mended to take away freckles, spots, sun- 
burn, and morphew from the face, or other 
parts of the body. The oil made of the 
flowers, as oil of Roses is made, is profitably 
used to cool hot tumours, and to ease the 
pains, and help the sores. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
. Cauuep also Conval Lily, Male Lily, and 
Lily Confancy. 
Descript.] The root is small, and creeps 
far in the ground, as grass roots do. The 
leaves are many, against which rises up a 
stalk half a foot high, with many white 
flowers, like little bells with turned edges, 
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