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toa Citron ora Lemmon, the Flowers are {mall and Siping; growing at the tops 
of the ftaiks, of a pale Carnation colour, almoft white: the Roots fatten them- 
{elves ftrongly in the ground, and endure lone, the leaves and ftalks dying down 
yearly. : . 
The Places and Time, 
The firit groweth no whefe but in Gardens : the two next grow naturally in 
Moldavia, whichis under the Txrkifh Dominion. The third at the foot of 
divers Hiils, both in Germany and Warbone in F ravse.The tourth and fifth in Sy- 
ria, as their Titles do declare, Th@three fir, foyer fomewhat earlier in the 
Summer, then the two Afyrias kinds, which flower very feldom before the 
middle of Ang »{o chat it hardly giveth any good Seed, alehough the two fors 
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The Temperature, — Dk os ” q 
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: eva Tee iP tin te foc > atin 
Balm is how and dry in the fecond degree, having allo 2 purgitig quality theses 
in, with fome tenuity of parts, ere 5 mots foc: ryref 03 
6 The Signature and Vertuet,: pad Aa OO sees, HY. 
The Leaves of this Herb have alfo the Signature of the Heart; and accordingly 
it is very much commended for the paffions of the heart, For Serapio faith, it is 
the property of Baxlm,to caule the mindjand the heart to, become Merry, t6 ‘te- 
vive the fainting heart falling into Swoonings, to ftrengthem the weaknels of the 
Spirits and Heart, and to comfore them;e/pecially,fuch who are troubled in their 
fleep, to drive away.all troublefome cares and thoughts out of the mind,wheeher 
thote paffions arife trom melancholy, Or burnt ‘flegme,y which Avicen alfo con- 
fone It is good foracold{tomach, to help digeftion, andto open the ob- 
ftrnétion of the Brain : as alfo among other things. for the Plague, the water 
thereof, bur efpecially, the Conferve of the Flowers being ufed. It provokerh 
Womens Courtes, helpeth a finking breath, and is good for the rifing of thé Mo- — 
ther.A Decoction of Baw/m made inl Wine.and drank,is good againit Venom and 
Poyton, helpech the griping pains of the Belly, and is good for them that cannot 
take their breath, uniets they hold their necks upright, being taken in a Lohock, 
or licking Eleétuary. The Syrup of Baslm is likewile a good Cordiall, and fireng- 
theneth the heart and ftomach, refiftech Melancholy, and is very profitable. in 
_ burning and contagious Feavers,, A Caydle made with the juyce hereof, while 
it is young:together, with Egys,and fome Rose-warer ahd Sugar put thereto, is of- 
ten given roWomen in Child-bed,when theAfter-birth is nor throughly avoideds 
and for their faintings upon, or aftertheir fore Travels, The Herb’ brnifed-and 
boyledin a lictle Wine and Oyl, and laid warm ona 29 > Will ripen and break 
fwellings in the flefh or 
ic, wed with Salt, ic taketh away Wetis, Kernels, or har 
or fit in; ro 
fo towafh: 
rto Oyls or Salves, ro heal g 
keep Bees, to have this He 
